Soccer·LiveThe first Northern Super League Final pits the host AFC Toronto against Vancouver Rise FC. Live coverage is underway from BMO Field in Toronto. Live coverage underway from BMO Field in Toronto after weather delayCBC Sports · Posted: Nov 15, 2025 4:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 1 hour agoListen to this articleEstimated 1 minuteThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.Northern Super League ChampionshipThe inaugural Northern Super League season comes to an exciting close with AFC Toronto and Vancouver Rise FC facing off in this championship clash with the Diana B. Matheson Cup on the line.Click on the video player above to watch the first Northern Super League Final.The host AFC Toronto welcomes Vancouver Rise FC to BMO Field with the Diana B. Matheson Cup up for grabs.The threat of lightning forced a weather delay late in the first half of the championship game. The players returned to the field for warmups at 3:23 p.m. ET and the game restarted shortly after.Toronto was leading 1-0 through a Kaylee Hunter goal when the players came off the field in the 38th minute as rain fell. There had been an earlier lightning warning but the danger passed before the gates opened to let fans in.WATCH | Players talk about what is at stake in Saturday’s NSL Final:What winning the first-ever NSL Championship would mean to its playersAs they head in to the first-ever NSL championship game, players Holly Ward and Latifah Abdu from Vancouver Rise, and AFC Toronto’s Emma Regan and Nikki Small, tell CBC Sports about what winning the final would mean to them.
Watch the NSL Final: AFC Toronto vs. Vancouver Rise FC
