# 2025 Northern Super League season

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

## Teams

Six clubs will participate in the inaugural season.
| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity | Head coach |
| Calgary Wild FC | Calgary, Alberta | McMahon Stadium | 35,400 | Lydia Bedford |
| Halifax Tides FC | Halifax, Nova Scotia | Wanderers Grounds | 6,500 | Lewis Page |
| Montreal Roses FC | Laval, Quebec | CS Bois-de-Boulogne | 5,581 | Robert Rositoiu |
| Ottawa Rapid FC | Ottawa, Ontario | TD Place Stadium | 24,000 | Katrine Pedersen |
| AFC Toronto | Toronto, Ontario | 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. The top four clubs will advance to the two-legged semi-finals, with the winners advancing to a single championship match on November 15.

### 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 | Advance to playoffs |
| 3 | Montreal Roses FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to playoffs |
| 4 | Ottawa Rapid FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to playoffs |
| 5 | AFC Toronto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Vancouver Rise FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | CAL | HFX | MON | OTT | TOR | VAN | CAL | HFX | MON | OTT | TOR | VAN | CAL | HFX | MON | OTT | TOR | VAN |
| Calgary Wild FC | — | Jun 6 | May 18 | May 12 | Jun 14 | Jul 13 | — | Aug 16 | Sep 13 | Jul 19 | Aug 2 | Oct 17 | — | Oct 11 | — | Sep 18 | Oct 4 | — |
| Halifax Tides FC | Apr 26 | — | Aug 2 | Jun 10 | May 17 | Jul 19 | Jul 7 | — | Oct 2 | Sep 13 | Jul 15 | Aug 9 | — | — | — | Oct 15 | Sep 6 | Sep 27 |
| Montreal Roses FC | Jul 27 | May 10 | — | May 3 | May 23 | Jun 7 | Aug 23 | Jul 12 | — | Aug 16 | Aug 9 | Oct 11 | Sep 27 | Sep 18 | — | — | — | — |
| Ottawa Rapid FC | Jun 21 | Jul 26 | May 25 | — | Apr 27 | May 16 | Aug 9 | Aug 29 | Jun 14 | — | Aug 14 | Aug 24 | — | — | Sep 7 | — | Sep 27 | Oct 9 |
| AFC Toronto | May 2 | Jun 21 | Apr 19 | Jun 7 | — | May 11 | Aug 30 | Sep 21 | Jul 19 | Jul 11 | — | Aug 18 | — | — | Oct 18 | — | — | Sep 13 |
| Vancouver Rise FC | Apr 16 | May 6 | Apr 25 | Aug 3 | Jun 12 | — | May 25 | May 22 | Jun 22 | Sep 20 | Jul 25 | — | Sep 7 | — | Aug 31 | — | — | — |

### Playoffs

* Semifinals TBD
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* 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.
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 | Esther Okoronkwo | Croix Soto | | |
| Calgary Wild FC | Meggie Dougherty Howard | Ally Green | Kahli Johnson | 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 | Johanne Fridlund | Ellen Gibson | Susanne Haaland | Jyllissa Harris | Lee Min-a | Ngozi Okobi-Okeoghene | |
| Vancouver Rise FC | Jessika Cowart | Sofia Hagman | Mariah Lee | Josie Longhurst | Nedya Sawan | Jasmyne Spencer | Nikki Stanton | Sara Vidlund |