At The Match: Inside the NSL Final
Upfront - A Women's Football Podcast
Stak Production
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 20 November 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Canada's first-ever season of the NSL came to its thrilling conclusion last weekend – and Rach was there to see it all! She's joined by Sophie for a journey across the pond to see Vancouver Rise take on AFC Toronto, and speak to some VERY famous faces along the way...
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| 0:00.0 | All right. |
| 0:03.0 | All right, so touchdown Toronto. |
| 0:23.3 | Given we both went out to the very first game of the Northern Super League back in April, |
| 0:30.1 | it seemed only right that we closed the circle and came back for the final, |
| 0:35.4 | which is in Toronto this time, and is conveniently against |
| 0:38.2 | AFC Toronto versus Vancouver Rise. So the team we saw first and then the city that |
| 0:44.3 | we're in is kind of worked out perfectly, hasn't it? Yeah, and also, I guess, to have the home |
| 0:48.3 | fans, I guess, in Toronto for the final. Really, really good for attendances and stuff like that, |
| 0:53.7 | you hope. But yes, it's been a |
| 0:55.9 | bit full circle for us. It's been very, it was very special to be there at BC Place back in |
| 1:00.9 | April. Obviously, I lived in Vancouver for a bit, so have a few soft spots for them. So to get |
| 1:07.3 | them to see them play in a final is really, really cool. And a reminder for you listening, this is, at the moment, a six-team league. |
| 1:16.3 | And they play every team five times. |
| 1:19.4 | Is that right? |
| 1:20.2 | Yep, that's right. |
| 1:21.0 | And they've basically got, like, for half of the teams they face, |
| 1:25.5 | they'll have two whole matches and three away games. And then for the other half of the team, or I know you can't half five, but you get my drift, you've got three home matches and two away games. It's kind of how they've worked it out. Yeah, it's a bit complicated at the moment because it is such a small league when you have six teams. If you only played each other twice, you'd be over in two months. |
| 1:49.2 | So they're trying to span it out, I guess, and get more football in, especially in this first season, and really get people and clubs and players up to speed. So that's crucial. As the league |
| 1:56.0 | goes on, they will expand it over the years and to try and get more teams involved spread more across |
| 2:02.6 | Canada. It's in five provinces at the moment, but they want to get the spread across Canada |
| 2:07.0 | a bit more and try and involve the whole country as they try and grow this domestic professional |
| 2:11.9 | league. Yeah, because not only is it probably boring playing the same team five times, |
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