{"id":9862,"date":"2025-04-17T04:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T08:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/?p=9862"},"modified":"2025-04-17T06:11:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T10:11:40","slug":"vancouver-rise-wins-first-northern-super-league-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/vancouver-rise-wins-first-northern-super-league-game","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver Rise Wins First Northern Super League Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"380\" height=\"250\" src=\"http:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/quinn-celebrates-scoring-a-penalty-against-calgary-wild-with-teammates-during-nsl-2025.jpg\" alt=\"Quinn celebrates scoring a penalty against Calgary Wild with teammates during 2025 Northern Super League\" class=\"wp-image-9864\" style=\"width:300px\" title=\"Vancouver Rise Wins First Northern Super League Game\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Northern Super League kicked off Wednesday night, with a 1-0 win for the Vancouver Rise over the Calgary Wild.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Quinn made the victory happen with a penalty kick in the 22nd minute.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vancouver will host the Montreal Roses on April 27, while the Wild will play an away game against the Halifax Tides a day earlier.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/vancouver-reveals-name-and-logo-of-new-womens-soccer-team\">Vancouver Rise<\/a> made history Wednesday night with a 1-0 victory over the Calgary Wild, earning their <strong>first win in the Northern Super League<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"good-start-to-the-inaugural-season\">Good Start to the Inaugural Season&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The milestone moment came courtesy of Canadian midfielder <strong>Quinn<\/strong>, who calmly buried a penalty kick in the 22nd minute, the <strong>first goal ever scored in the new women\u2019s professional league<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The first-ever NSL goal.<br><br>Quinn writes history! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OvrZq907FI\">pic.twitter.com\/OvrZq907FI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Northern Super League (@NorthernSuperLg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NorthernSuperLg\/status\/1912700868241031602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Quinn who was born female (hence legitimacy for playing in a female league)  from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/ontario\">Ontario<\/a> plays for the Canadian national team, made history as the <strong>first transgender and non-binary person to appear at a World Cup event and win a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics<\/strong> in 2021.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The atmosphere at B.C. Place was electric, with 14,018 fans cheering on the home team, many waving teal-and-black scarves in support of the Rise.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The crowd was treated to pre-match festivities featuring league co-founder Diana Matheson and Canadian icon Christine Sinclair, a part-owner of the Vancouver club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The six-team league officially kicked off its inaugural <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/soccer\/odds\">NSL<\/a> season with this matchup, and it was Vancouver who dictated the tempo for most of the night.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They <strong>outshot Calgary 9-7 overall, with a dominant 4-0 advantage in shots on target<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"vancouver-led-5-3-in-shots-with-3-0-in-shots-on-goal\">Vancouver Led 5-3 in Shots, with 3-0 in Shots on Goal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>From the opening whistle, Vancouver came out pressing. A standout opportunity came in the 14th minute when <strong>Lisa Perchersky<\/strong> unleashed a powerful strike from outside the box, forcing a sharp diving save from Calgary goalkeeper Stephanie Bukovec.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just minutes later, <strong>Holly Ward<\/strong> made a dangerous run into the box, only to be brought down by Calgary defender Meikayla Moore.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Referee Marie-Soleil Beaudoin had no hesitation pointing to the spot. Quinn stepped up and made no mistake, delivering a clean right-footed finish to put her name in the history books: the league\u2019s first goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though Calgary held a slight edge in first-half possession at 51 percent, Vancouver made better use of the ball, generating higher-quality chances and leading 5-3 in shots, including a 3-0 edge in shots on goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Calgary nearly equalized in the 75th minute when Kahli Johnson threaded a dangerous pass into the area for Danielle Steer, but Vancouver goalkeeper <strong>Morgan McAslan<\/strong> read the play perfectly and smothered the ball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vancouver nearly added a second late in the game, when Ward again broke free and fired from the top of the box, but Bukovec came up big with a diving stop in the 83rd minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the dying moments of stoppage time, Serita Thurton whipped a corner into a crowded penalty area, but McAslan rose above the pack to secure the ball and the win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next up, the Wild will travel to face the Halifax Tides on April 26, while Vancouver will get ready to host the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/montreal-roses-fc-is-the-name-of-montreals-northern-super-league-team\">Montreal Roses<\/a> on April 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Summary: The Vancouver Rise made history Wednesday night with a 1-0 victory over the Calgary Wild, earning their first win in the Northern Super League. 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