Overview
- Holly Ward scored the 68th-minute winner after a 54th-minute own goal by Toronto goalkeeper Sierra Cota-Yarde brought Vancouver level.
- Toronto went ahead through 17-year-old Kaylee Hunter in the 20th minute before a lightning delay of roughly 30 to 40 minutes interrupted the first half.
- An announced 12,429 attended at BMO Field as Vancouver, the No. 3 seed, upset regular-season leader Toronto, which outshot the visitors 16–8.
- Vancouver’s Morgan McAslan, who won the season Golden Glove, was named Finals MVP after making eight saves.
- NSL leaders said the first year sold more than 275,000 tickets and generated about $30 million in revenue, with the league still in investment mode and prioritizing broadcast and facility growth.