🆕 Vancouver Rise defied odds and AFC Toronto’s momentum to win the #NSL title. After Quinn’s injury, it looked bleak. But the lighting break gave Vancouver a fresh start. They refocused and won it all. ✍️ for @cansoccerdaily.bsky.social canadiansoccerdaily.com/2025/11/15/h...

🆕 The Vancouver Rise have reached the NSL summit. An unlikely turnaround against AFC Toronto at BMO Field saw the Rise capture the first NSL championship. Ward winner, McAslan heroics, cards galore... this one had it all. ✍️ for @cansoccerdaily.bsky.social canadiansoccerdaily.com/2025/11/15/v...

🆕 The Vancouver Rise have reached the NSL summit. An unlikely turnaround against AFC Toronto at BMO Field saw the Rise capture the first NSL championship. Ward winner, McAslan heroics, cards galore... this one had it all. ✍️ for @cansoccerdaily.bsky.social canadiansoccerdaily.com/2025/11/15/v...

That’s all she wrote at BMO Field for the first #NSL final. Super dramatic game. Proves why this league is worthy of everyone’s attention. Read all about it on @cansoccerdaily.bsky.social (more coverage coming!): canadiansoccerdaily.com/2025/11/15/v...

VANCOUVER RISE ARE THE FIRST #NSL CHAMPIONS! The NSL season is bookended by Rise wins, this time a gritty comeback in rainy Toronto. Holly Ward, the league's first big breakout player, with the winner. MORE: canadiansoccerdaily.com/2025/11/15/v...

🏆🏔️VANCOUVER RISE, INAUGURAL #NSL CHAMPIONS 🏔️🏆 It took a gritty comeback, but the Rise have done it. The NSL season starts and ends with Vancouver wins. Samantha Chang raises the Diana B Matheson Cup.

12,429 here at BMO Field for the inaugural #NSLFinal!

HOLLY WARD SCORES! VANCOUVER LEAD! Exceptional finish from Ward up close on Cota-Yarde. Vancouver finally having their counter-attacks work out. What a turnaround from the Rise. #NSL #NSLFinal

VANCOUVER RISE TIE IT! Nikki Stanton from the corner puts it at Sierra Cota-Yarde and AFC's 'keeper couldn't handle it, going into the net at the near post. We've got a game! #NSL #NSLFinal

Warmups have been back on at BMO for a few minutes, match should be restarting at 3:30. #NSL #NSLFinal

The NSL Final has been paused 38 minutes in. Lightning was spotted, thunder struck, and now the teams are heading in. Very unfortunate but safety has to come first. #NSL #NSLFinal

KAYLEE HUNTER SCORES!! AFC TORONTO AHEAD Two fantastic passes out of the midfield send Hunter on the break, and she sneaks it past Morgan McAslan. Can't say it wasn't coming. #NSL #NSLFinal

Kaylee Hunter NEARLY opens the scoring for AFC Toronto, coming within a foot of tapping in a phenomenal ball from Emma Regan. Toronto knocking at the door early on. #NSL #NSLFinal

ITS GO TIME AT BMO FOR THE NSL FINAL‼️🏆 Beautiful rendition of O Canada by a choir

Melanie Joly: “We’re excited for FIFA, but we’re also excited to support our own women… We’re putting our money where our mouth is.”

Evan Solomon announces the Canadian government is investing $5.4 million into helping the #NSL grow women’s soccer in Canada. “It’s gonna be a kickass championship today,” he said.

📍 BMO Field for the NSL FINAL!!! It’s not the best of days here on the lakeshore, but spirits are high for the #NSL ’s first final. AFC Toronto vs Vancouver Rise, but I’ve talked to fans from Halifax, Ottawa, and Calgary outside the stadium.

🆕 The #NSL couldn't reach 8 clubs by kickoff like they sought out to do, but they will get a step closer in 2027. At media day, Diana Matheson said expansion is coming in '27 as the NSL aims for another western club. ✍️ for @cansoccerdaily.bsky.social canadiansoccerdaily.com/2025/11/14/m...

People will say otherwise, but I liked that #CanMNT performance. Ecuador should've done better up top, but Canada didn't panic or ditch the gameplan after Ahmed's red. Good stuff from Laryea and Buchanan on the wings, just couldn't get it to Tani and David enough.

Tani Oluwaseyi NEARLY scores, Laryea with a great cross to Tani on the breakaway, who has his effort stopped. Good to see #CanMNT creating chances down the left with Ahmed’s absence.

Red card to Ali Ahmed. An immensely high boot from Ahmed on Alan Franco. A risky challenge by Ahmed, but by no means deserving of a red card. Not dangerous enough contact. Ahmed slammed the grass in frustration, #CanMNT in disbelief over the call.

#CANMNT PLAY TONIGHT! A big test against good opposition in Ecuador to start a camp with a lot of questions. Who’s scoring the goals? Who makes up the backline? We will start getting answers tonight. canadiansoccerdaily.com/2025/11/12/c...

Big few days of Canadian soccer in Toronto starts today: -NSL Media Day all day - #CanMNT vs Ecuador tonight NSL Final is also at BMO Field Saturday afternoon

🆕 Scoring and injuries are top-of-mind issues for the #CanMNT. But with every challenge comes an opportunity. Theo Bair is back in a camp featuring some exciting new faces, with optimism in the air. ✍️ for @cansoccerdaily.bsky.social canadiansoccerdaily.com/2025/11/12/c...

ICYMI: The 2025 #CanPL Final was one to remember forever. The mix of quintessentially Canadian conditions, Rodríguez’s historic heroics, and Ottawa finally claiming a Cup will make the match revered for years. My story from Sunday 👇 canadiansoccerdaily.com/2025/11/10/a...

It’s been 36 hours since the #CanPL Final and I miss this league already

🆕 It took a lot to convince David Rodríguez to come to the #CanPL. “I said to him, ‘David, you need to come.’ It’s your opportunity to show the world,” said Mejía. After 2 stunners in the final, his decision was rewarded. ✍️ for @cansoccerdaily.bsky.social canadiansoccerdaily.com/2025/11/10/a...

🆕 It took a lot to convince David Rodríguez to come to the #CanPL. “I said to him, ‘David, you need to come.’ It’s your opportunity to show the world,” said Mejía. After 2 stunners in the final, his decision was rewarded. ✍️ for @cansoccerdaily.bsky.social canadiansoccerdaily.com/2025/11/10/a...

🆕 Diego Mejía has ruffled feathers all year for saying Atlético Ottawa is the best team in the #CanPL. With a legendary performance from David Rodríguez, Ottawa is atop the snow summit. Mejía can say whatever he wants now. ✍️ for @cansoccerdaily.bsky.social canadiansoccerdaily.com/2025/11/10/a...

David Rodriguez on proving Diego Mejia was right to say Ottawa is the CPL's best: "With all the respect to all the teams, they will laugh when they hear those comments, and we just prove it was true. So it just feels good to actually prove what coach says, what we are." #CanPL

Asked Sergio Camargo what his message was to longtime friend Nathan Ingham, and Ottawa after they beat Camargo's Cavs in the Final 👇 #CanPL

New: There were moments that felt purely Canadian. Goalkeepers shoveled snow. Fraser Aird got pelted with snowballs. And plows took to a pitch that could've doubled as a rink. My column on a #CanPL Final for the ages.

Abou Sissoko flexing on EVERYONE #CanPL

Here's the thing about David Rodriguez: his loan ends at the end of the year. This could easily be his final game in Ottawa. Who knows what happens next for him, but now, every few years, he can return to Ottawa and get a hero's ovation. He's a legend there now. That's so cool.

ATLÉTICO OTTAWA, YOUR 2025 #CANPL CHAMPIONS! Ottleti win a first North Star Cup and a first trip to the CONCACAF Champions Cup with a comeback 2-1 win over Cavalry in a blizzard. Diego Mejia has told us this team is the CPL's best all year. He wasn't wrong, just early.

ATLÉTICO OTTAWA, YOUR 2025 #CANPL CHAMPIONS! Ottleti win a first North Star Cup and a first trip to the CONCACAF Champions Cup with a comeback 2-1 win over Cavalry in a blizzard. Diego Mejia has told us this team is the CPL's best all year. He wasn't wrong, just early.

DAVID RODRIGUEZ HAS SURELY WON THE CPL FINAL FOR OTTAWA!! A bicycle kick to equalize, now a glorious chip to likely win it. Right in front of the supporters, too. It's a party in the capital. #CanPL

It's amazing to see how many people are engaging with the #CanPL tonight with this snowstorm in Ottawa. Match restarts with extra time at 8:31. Go watch it on TSN3!!

The #CanPL final mood 📸 Tim Austen

WE'RE GOING TO EXTRA TIME IN THE #CANPL FINAL!!!

THE SAVE FROM INGHAM, THE GOAL LINE STOP FROM SISSOKO Ottawa remain in it despite Cavalry layering on waves of pressure. #CanPL

SERGIO CAMARGO IS IN THE GAME He's been out since the final game of the regular season and missed two playoff games. This could be the #CanPL 's World Series Bo Bichette equivalent.

Random, but referee Michael Venne switched from a black to neon shirt at halftime. Still no longsleeves though #CanPL

Greatest half in the history of football. Only to be surpassed by the second half of this game. #CanPL

A look at Rodriguez's remarkable equalizer:

If it wasn't being played in a snowstrom this would have been a goal of the year, but the context of it makes it even better. #CanPL

GOLAZOOOO DAVID RODRIGUEZ YOU WILL NOT SEE A BETTER GOAL THIS YEAR The technicality. The power. The precision. Rodriguez goes bardown to level the #CanPL Final. Insanity!!!

🐎❄️ GOALLLL FRASER AIRD!!! Cavalry breaks the ice in the #CanPL final. No nonsense from the spot, calmly tucks it away. Without long sleeves, too. Absolute stud.

🚨 PENALTY Goteh Ntignee goes down after Kevin dos Santos sticks a leg in. How the ref saw that through the snow, I don't know. Right call either way. #CanPL

The goalkeepers are helping the shovelling effort at the #CanPL final 😭