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2025 Northern Super League season

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Northern Super League
Season2025
DatesApril 16[1] – TBA
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The 2025 Northern Super League season is the first season of the Northern Super League, the top level of women's Canadian soccer.

Teams

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2025 Northern Super League season is located in Canada
Vancouver
Vancouver
Calgary
Calgary
Toronto
Toronto
Halifax
Halifax
Montreal
Montreal
Ottawa
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
 England Lydia Bedford
Halifax Tides FC Halifax
Wanderers Grounds
6,500
 Canada Lewis Page
Montreal Roses FC Laval, Quebec
CS Bois-de-Boulogne
5,581
 Romania Robert Rositoiu
Ottawa Rapid FC Ottawa
TD Place Stadium
24,000
 Denmark Katrine Pedersen
AFC Toronto Toronto
York Lions Stadium
4,000
 Canada Marko Milanović
Vancouver Rise FC Vancouver[a]
Swangard Stadium
4,500
 Denmark Anja Heiner-Møller
  1. ^ Vancouver Rise FC are based in the city of Vancouver, but will play their home games at Swangard Stadium which is located in nearby Burnaby, British Columbia.

Season and format

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Format

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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.[2]

Standings

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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: [citation needed]

Playoffs

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Semifinals
TBD 		Final
TBD
        
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4  
 
 
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Foreign players

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Northern Super League rosters will consist of 20-25 players, of which a maximum of seven can be international players.[3]

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 Former players
AFC Toronto United States Shaina Ashouri South Korea Hong Hye-ji Japan Aoi Kizaki Finland Sofia Manner United States Croix Soto
Calgary Wild FC New Zealand Ally Green New Zealand Meikayla Moore Netherlands Mijke Roelfsema
Halifax Tides FC New Zealand Milly Clegg United States Gianna Creighton Japan Megumi Nakamura United States Kiley Norkus
Montreal Roses FC France Charlotte Bilbault United States Alexandria Hess United States Jodi Smith
Ottawa Rapid FC Norway Susanne Haaland Norway Johanne Fridlund Nigeria Ngozi Okobi-Okeoghene Sweden Ellen Gibson
Vancouver Rise FC Sweden Sofia Hagman Wales Josie Longhurst United States Nikki Stanton United States Nedya Sawan

References

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  1. ^ "NSL co-founder Diana Matheson likes what she sees as new women's league countdown to kickoff hits 100 days". CBC Sports. The Canadian Press. January 6, 2025. Archived from the original on January 6, 2025. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
  2. ^ a b Davidson, Neil (September 12, 2024). "Northern Super League opens sales of season tickets for 2025 kickoff". CBC Sports.
  3. ^ "Fledgling Northern Super League close to announcing initial women's player signings". CBC Sports. October 18, 2024.
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