NSL roundup: Small, Hunter lift AFC Toronto to 2-1 win over Montreal Roses

By: The Canadian Press Posted: 3:42 PM CDT Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025 Last Modified: 7:05 PM CDT Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025

MONTREAL - Nikayla Small and Kaylee Hunter scored one goal apiece in the first half as AFC Toronto extended its lead atop the Northern Super League with a 2-1 win over Montreal Roses FC on Saturday.

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MONTREAL - Nikayla Small and Kaylee Hunter scored one goal apiece in the first half as AFC Toronto extended its lead atop the Northern Super League with a 2-1 win over Montreal Roses FC on Saturday.

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MONTREAL – Nikayla Small and Kaylee Hunter scored one goal apiece in the first half as AFC Toronto extended its lead atop the Northern Super League with a 2-1 win over Montreal Roses FC on Saturday.

Small opened the scoring with a tidy finish in the 24th minute at Stade Boreale after Sarah Stratigakis found her with a well-timed through ball on the counterattack for Toronto (10-5-1).

Hunter then blasted a shot from well beyond the 18-yard box in the 37th, doubling the lead with her team-high ninth goal of the season.

AFC Toronto forward Kaylee Hunter (11) collides with Montreal Roses FC goalkeeper Anna Karpenko (1) during second half Northern Super League soccer action in Toronto on Saturday, April 19, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Arlyn McAdorey

Stephanie Hill pulled one goal back for Montreal (7-4-4) when she connected on a corner kick from Latifah Abdu in first-half injury time, but Toronto hung on for the win.

Toronto, with 31 points in 16 games, now has six more points than second-place Montreal in the NSL standings. Montreal, however, has one game in hand.

The two teams each have two wins in head-to-head matchups. They’ll meet once more in Toronto on Oct. 18, the final match of the regular season.

Elsewhere in the NSL on Saturday:

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WILD 1 RAPID 0

OTTAWA — Jackie Sawicki scored in the 77th minute as Calgary Wild FC defeated Ottawa Rapid FC 1-0 at TD Place.

An unmarked Sawicki pounced on a ball at the back post, knocking it off the crossbar and into the net as fifth-place Calgary improved to 5-8-2.

Ottawa (6-5-3) remained in third place, four points behind Montreal with a game in hand.

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TIDES 0 RISE 0

HALIFAX, N.S. — Goalkeepers Anika Toth of the Halifax Tides and Morgan McAslan of the visiting Vancouver Rise each recorded clean sheets in a scoreless draw at Wanderers Grounds.

The fourth-place Rise (5-5-5), who controlled possession 57 per cent of the match, were outshot 14-12, but led in on-target shots 5-3, and 3-2 on corners taken against the last-place Tides (3-9-3).

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 9, 2025.