2025 Northern Super League season

Northern Super League

Season	2025
Dates	April 16 – November 15 [1]
2026 →

The 2025 Northern Super League season is the inaugural season of the Northern Super League, the top level of women's Canadian soccer.

Teams

Vancouver

Calgary

Toronto

Halifax

Montreal

Ottawa

Location of the 2025 Northern Super League teams

Six clubs will participate in the inaugural season.

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Head coach
Calgary Wild FC	Calgary	McMahon Stadium	35,400	Lydia Bedford
Halifax Tides FC	Halifax	Wanderers Grounds	6,500	Lewis Page
Montreal Roses FC	Laval, Quebec	CS Bois-de-Boulogne	5,581	Robert Rositoiu
Ottawa Rapid FC	Ottawa	TD Place Stadium	24,000	Katrine Pedersen
AFC Toronto	Toronto	York Lions Stadium	4,000	Marko Milanović
Vancouver Rise FC	Burnaby, British Columbia	Swangard Stadium	4,500	Anja Heiner-Møller

Season and format

Format

Clubs will play 25 matches during the season, playing each club five times. ^[2] The top four clubs will advance to the two-legged semi-finals, with the winners advancing to a single championship match on November 15. ^{[1] [2]}

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Calgary Wild FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to playoffs
2	Halifax Tides FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Montreal Roses FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Ottawa Rapid FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	AFC Toronto	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Vancouver Rise FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: April 16, 2025. Source: ^[3]

Playoffs

	Semifinals TBD							Final TBD
	1
	4
	2
	3

Foreign players

Northern Super League rosters will consist of 20-25 players, of which a maximum of eight can be international players. ^[4]

The following international players are signed for the 2025 season. Note that players may be considered domestic for NSL purposes (Canadian citizens, permanent residents, or refugees) while still representing other countries in international competitions.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7	Player 8
AFC Toronto	Shaina Ashouri	Hong Hye-ji	Aoi Kizaki	Sofia Manner	Croix Soto
Calgary Wild FC	Meggie Dougherty Howard	Ally Green	Meikayla Moore	Mijke Roelfsema
Halifax Tides FC	Milly Clegg	Gianna Creighton	Gunnhildur Yrsa Jónsdóttir	Megumi Nakamura	Kiley Norkus
Montreal Roses FC	Charlotte Bilbault	Lucy Cappadona	Alexandria Hess	Jodi Smith	Hailey Whitaker	Julia Leas
Ottawa Rapid FC	Choo Hyo-joo	Ellen Gibson	Susanne Haaland	Johanne Fridlund	Ngozi Okobi-Okeoghene
Vancouver Rise FC	Jessika Cowart	Sofia Hagman	Mariah Lee	Josie Longhurst	Nedya Sawan	Jasmyne Spencer	Nikki Stanton	Sara Vidlund

References

1. "Northern Super League unveils inaugural season schedule". TSN . The Canadian Press. February 20, 2025. Archived from the original on February 20, 2025. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
2. Davidson, Neil (September 12, 2024). "Northern Super League opens sales of season tickets for 2025 kickoff". CBC Sports .
3. Takeuchi, James. "The Northern Super League is set for kickoff in 2025". The Varsity. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
4. Dunlop, Brendan (October 23, 2024). "Behind the Badge: NSL 101 - Everything You Need to Know About Canada's First Professional Women's Soccer League". NSL - Official site of the Northern Super League. Retrieved February 7, 2025.