Overview
- Ottawa beat Cavalry FC 2-1 after extra time at TD Place to secure their first Canadian Premier League title.
- Rodríguez leveled with a bicycle kick in the first half and chipped the winner in the 106th–107th minute, earning Finals MVP honors.
- Cavalry struck first through Fraser Aird’s 33rd-minute penalty as temperatures hovered near −8 C.
- Snow forced line-clearing breaks roughly every 15 minutes, goalkeepers shoveled their boxes, and plows spent about an hour clearing the pitch before extra time with an orange ball used for visibility.
- The victory sends Ottawa to the 2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup, with 13,132 tickets sold and just over 10,000 fans braving the storm as some threw snowballs.