Soccer·ROUNDUPEsther Okoronkwo and Kaylee Hunter each scored twice and AFC Toronto piled up six second-half goals in a 7-0 thumping of the visiting Vancouver Rise on Saturday in Northern Super League soccer action.Roses beat Wild 5-0 to move past Rise for 2nd place; Rapid draw with last-place TidesThe Canadian Press · Posted: Sep 13, 2025 5:47 PM EDT | Last Updated: 40 minutes agoAFC Toronto’s Esther Okoronkwo, centre, scored twice in a 7-0 win over the visiting Vancouver Rise on Saturday at York Lions Stadium. (CBC Sports)Esther Okoronkwo and Kaylee Hunter each scored twice and AFC Toronto piled up six second-half goals in a 7-0 thumping of the visiting Vancouver Rise on Saturday in Northern Super League soccer action.Kaela Hansen, Sarah Stratigakis and Jade Kovacevic also scored for Toronto (13-6-2), which opened up a nine-point lead over Vancouver and Montreal for top spot in the six-team league standings..Sierra Cota-Yarde picked up the clean sheet as Toronto dominated Vancouver 15-1 in shots on target.The Rise had won their last four games and were unbeaten in their last eight heading into Saturday’s match.WATCH l AFC Toronto routs Rise with 7 goals: AFC Toronto scores 7 in a rout of Vancouver RiseToronto got nice goals from Esther Okoronkwo, Kaylee Hunter and Sarah Stratigakis in the 7-0 victory over Vancouver. The win was the largest deficit in an NSL game this season.Roses climb standings with win over WildMontreal vaulted from fourth into second with a 5-0 win over the Wild later Saturday in Calgary.The Roses and Rise each have 32 points from (9-6-5) records, but Montreal has a superior goal differential (plus-9 to plus-3) thanks to Saturday’s lopsided resultsStephanie Hill, Claire Monyard, Tanya Boychuk, Noemi Paquin and Lorie Thibault scored for Montreal.The Wild fell to 6-12-2.WATCH l Roses beat Wild to claim 2nd place: Montreal Roses move into 2nd place with win over Calgary Wild Montreal Roses FC defeats Calgary Wild FC 5-0 at McMahon Stadium.Rapid, Tides play to 1-1 drawEarlier Saturday, the Ottawa Rapid (8-6-6) rallied for with a 1-1 draw with the last-place Tides (3-12-4) in Halifax.Megumi Nakamura opened the scoring for Halifax in the first half before Florence Belzile drew Ottawa level two minutes after halftime.WATCH l Nakamura, Belzile score in draw: Ottawa Rapid and Halifax Tides play to a 1-1 drawMegumi Nakamura opened the scoring for Halifax, but was answered by Ottawa’s Florence Belzile in the early going of the second half. Each side secures a point in the 1-1 draw.
Rapid draw Tides, AFC Toronto thumps Vancouver in NSL action
