2025 AFC Toronto season

AFC Toronto
2025 season
CEO	Helena Ruken
Head coach	Marko Milanović
Stadium	York Lions Stadium; North York, Ontario;

The 2025 AFC Toronto season is the first in the club's history, as well as first season in Northern Super League history.^[1] The inaugural game was played on April 19, 2025, a 1-0 loss to Montreal Roses FC.^[2]

Team

Coaching staff

As of August 7, 2024^[3]

Position	Name
Head coach	Marko Milanović
Assistant coach	Sylvia Forbes
Goalkeeping coach	Rasih Pala
Head Athletic Therapist	Karla Leong
Sports Science & Performance coach	Mariana Gonzalez Moreno
Athletic therapist	Kia Halsall

Roster

^[4]

As of April 18, 2025

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	FIN	Sofia Manner
2	DF	CAN	April Lantaigne
3	DF	KOR	Hong Hye-ji
4	MF	CAN	Nikayla Small
5	DF	USA	Croix Soto
6	DF	CAN	Kaela Hansen
7	FW	CAN	Mya Jones (on loan from San Diego Wave)
8	DF	CAN	Emma Regan (captain)
9	FW	CAN	Jade Kovacevic
10	FW	CAN	Leah Pais
11	FW	CAN	Kaylee Hunter
12	FW	USA	Shaina Ashouri


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	MF	JPN	Aoi Kizaki
14	DF	CAN	Sarah Rollins
17	MF	COD	Nyota Katembo (^[A])
18	MF	PHI	Ivymae Perez (^[A])
19	DF	CAN	Ashley Cathro
20	MF	CAN	Sonia Walk
21	GK	POR	Sierra Cota-Yarde (^[A])
22	MF	SKN	Cloey Uddenberg (^[A])
23	FW	NGA	Esther Okoronkwo
24	FW	CAN	Amanda West (on loan from Houston Dash)
31	MF	USA	Colby Barnett
94	MF	CAN	Victoria Pickett (on loan from North Carolina Courage)

Competitions

Northern Super League

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	AFC Toronto	11	7	1	3	18	13	+5	22	Advance to playoffs
2	Montreal Roses	11	5	3	3	11	8	+3	18
3	Ottawa Rapid	10	4	2	4	16	12	+4	14
4	Calgary Wild	11	4	2	5	14	14	0	14
5	Vancouver Rise	11	3	3	5	10	16	−6	12
6	Halifax Tides	10	3	1	6	9	15	−6	10

Updated to match(es) played on July 12, 2025. Source: NSL, NSL on Instagram

Results by match

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Ground	N	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H
Result	L	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W
Position^[I]	5	5	5	5	4	3	5	2	2	1

Source: #Matches
H = Home; N = Neutral; A = Away; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Playoffs

^ Positions show the situation at the end of the week the match was played, not the position at the conclusion of matches or game days.

Matches

April 19 1	AFC Toronto	0-1	Montreal Roses FC	Toronto, Ontario
4pm ET		Report	Boychuk 1' Bilbaut 66'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 14,518 Referee: Carly Marissa Shaw-MacLaren

April 27 2	Ottawa Rapid FC	2-1	AFC Toronto	Ottawa, Ontario
1pm ET	Lee 54' Scott 81'	Report	Hunter 90+3'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 8,467 Referee: Sheila Couture

May 1 3	AFC Toronto	2-1	Calgary Wild FC	Toronto, Ontario
7pm ET	Okoronkwo 25', 53', 71' Hong 75'	Report	Stordy 13' Moore 80', 85'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 1,319 Referee: Salma Flores-Desrochers

May 11 4	AFC Toronto	1-1	Vancouver Rise FC	Toronto, Ontario
2pm ET	Kizaki 84' Small 86' Barnett 90+1'	Report	De Filippo 90+4'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 2,258 Referee: Isabelle Duclos

May 17 5	Halifax Tides FC	0-1	AFC Toronto	Halifax, Nova Scotia
1pm ET	Lemire 34'	Report	Barnett 5' Hunter 27' Okoronkwo 44'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Referee: Anne-Marie Canuel

May 22 6	Montreal Roses FC	0-2	AFC Toronto	Laval, Quebec
7pm ET	Leas 61'	Report	Okoronkwo 34' Small 65' Regan 72'	Stadium: Stade Boreale Referee: Sheila Couture

June 7 7	AFC Toronto	0-4	Ottawa Rapid FC	Toronto, Ontario
12pm ET		Report	Pridham 1', 20', 60', 43' Downing 27' Hyo-joo 50' Golen 80'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Referee: Sheila Couture

June 11 8	Vancouver Rise	2–3	AFC Toronto	Burnaby, British Columbia
22:00 ET	Sawan 27' Lee 68' Longhurst 79' Quinn 90+8'	Report	Regan 1', 78' Hunter 42' Cathro 51' Small 73' Rollins 90+7'	Stadium: Swangard Stadium Attendance: 3,343 Referee: Salma Flores-Desrochers

June 14 9	Calgary Wild FC	1–2	AFC Toronto	Calgary, Alberta
17:00 ET	Stordy 20' Dougherty Howard 43' Steer 53'	Report	Regan 14' Small 18', 26'	Stadium: McMahon Stadium Attendance: 3,977 Referee: Isabelle Duclos

June 21 10	AFC Toronto	3–1	Halifax Tides	Toronto, Ontario
16:00 ET	Hunter 21', 48' Okoronkwo 52' Lantaigne 90+4'	Report	Rollins 5' (o.g.) Norkus 67'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren

Jul 10 11	AFC Toronto	v	Ottawa Rapid FC	Toronto, Ontario
19:00 ET				Stadium: York Lions Stadium

July 15 12	Halifax Tides	v	AFC Toronto	Halifax, Nova Scotia
17:30 ET				Stadium: Wanderers Grounds

July 18 13	AFC Toronto	v	Montreal Roses	Toronto, Ontario
19:30 ET				Stadium: York Lions Stadium

July 24 14	Vancouver Rise	v	AFC Toronto	Burnaby, British Columbia
22:00 ET				Stadium: Swangard Stadium

August 2 15	Calgary Wild FC	v	AFC Toronto	Calgary, Alberta
16:00 ET				Stadium: McMahon Stadium

August 9 16	Montreal Roses	v	AFC Toronto	Laval, Quebec
13:00 ET				Stadium: Centre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne

August 13 17	Ottawa Rapid FC	v	AFC Toronto	Ottawa, Ontario
19:00 ET				Stadium: TD Place Stadium

August 17 18	AFC Toronto	v	Vancouver Rise	Toronto, Ontario
19:00 ET				Stadium: York Lions Stadium

August 30 19	AFC Toronto	v	Calgary Wild FC	Toronto, Ontario
14:00 ET				Stadium: York Lions Stadium

September 6 20	Halifax Tides	v	AFC Toronto	Halifax, Nova Scotia
14:00 ET				Stadium: Wanderers Grounds

September 13 21	AFC Toronto	v	Vancouver Rise	Toronto, Ontario
14:00 ET				Stadium: York Lions Stadium

September 21 22	AFC Toronto	v	Halifax Tides	Toronto, Ontario
14:00 ET				Stadium: York Lions Stadium

September 26 23	Ottawa Rapid FC	v	AFC Toronto	Ottawa, Ontario
19:00 ET				Stadium: TD Place Stadium

October 4 24	Calgary Wild FC	v	AFC Toronto	Calgary, Alberta
16:00 ET				Stadium: McMahon Stadium

October 18 25	AFC Toronto	v	Montreal Roses	Toronto, Ontario
12:00 ET				Stadium: York Lions Stadium

References

^ "AFC Toronto gears up for start of historic 1st season next week". CBC.
^ Molinaro, John (April 19, 2025). "AFC Toronto makes strong first impression despite loss to Montreal Roses". Sportsnet.ca.
^ "AFC Toronto Welcomes Marko Milanovic and Sylvia Forbes as New Coaching Team". AFC Toronto. August 7, 2024.
^ "Roster". AFC Toronto.

External links

Official website

[5] Positions show the situation at the end of the week the match was played, not the position at the conclusion of matches or game days.

[1] "AFC Toronto gears up for start of historic 1st season next week". CBC.

[2] Molinaro, John (April 19, 2025). "AFC Toronto makes strong first impression despite loss to Montreal Roses". Sportsnet.ca.

[3] "AFC Toronto Welcomes Marko Milanovic and Sylvia Forbes as New Coaching Team". AFC Toronto. August 7, 2024.

[4] "Roster". AFC Toronto.

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