Vancouver Rise beat Ottawa Rapid FC in 1st leg of Northern Super League semifinal

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Latifah Abdu scored doubly successful the archetypal fractional to pb the Vancouver Rise to a 2-1 triumph implicit Ottawa Rapid FC successful the archetypal limb of a Northern Super League semifinal connected Tuesday.

Latifah Abdu scored doubly arsenic Rise clasp advantage, 2nd limb of playoff bid successful Ottawa connected Saturday

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Nov 05, 2025 12:35 AM EST | Last Updated: November 5

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Latifah Abdu scored doubly successful the archetypal fractional to pb the Vancouver Rise to a 2-1 home-field triumph implicit Ottawa Rapid FC successful the archetypal limb of a Northern Super League semifinal connected Tuesday.

Ottawa's Delaney Pridham halved the shortage successful the 2nd half. The semifinal's 2nd limb is Saturday astatine Ottawa's TD Place.

The different semifinal features league-leading AFC Toronto and the Montreal Roses.

Toronto takes a 2-0 pb from the archetypal limb of that bid into Sunday's 2nd match.

Aggregate winners of the semifinals beforehand to the azygous title lucifer Nov. 15 astatine Toronto's BMO Field, wherever the archetypal champion successful the caller Canadian women's pro shot league volition beryllium crowned.

Abdu took vantage of a sloppy play successful beforehand of Ottawa's nett successful the 14th infinitesimal arsenic Ottawa keeper Melissa Dagenais attempted a walk retired of the container astatine Swangard Stadium.

WATCH | Abdu scores doubly arsenic Rise transportation advantage:

2 goals from Abdu gives Rise opening semifinal limb 1 lucifer triumph implicit Rapid FC

Latifah Abdu's 2 goals aboriginal successful the NSL semifinal lucifer led her Vancouver Rise to a 2-1 triumph implicit Ottawa Rapid FC Tuesday night.

Abdu struck again connected the tally successful the 21st infinitesimal erstwhile she threw connected the brakes to springiness herself abstraction to nonstop a left-footer home.

Pridham halved the shortage successful the 66th infinitesimal erstwhile she deked Vancouver defender Rebecca Lake and enactment a low, left-footer by Rise keeper Morgan McAslan.

Pridham, who led the NSL successful goals successful its inaugural play with 19, scored her archetypal playoff goal.

"We were not blessed with however we showed up successful the archetypal fractional — that was not ourselves," said Ottawa manager Katrine Pederson. "We met a precise bully Vancouver squad who were each implicit us, and we struggled."

"We came retired with a wholly antithetic mindset and mentality successful the 2nd half. We didn't predominate the full half, but we were overmuch better. We created chances, got successful behind, and scored."

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