Overview
- Vancouver advanced after a 5-4 penalty shootout win sealed a semifinal that finished 3-3 on aggregate.
- Each team won its home leg 2-1, sending the tie to extra time in the second leg at TD Place Stadium in Ottawa.
- Delaney Baie Pridham scored in the 27th minute and Melanie Forbes added another early in the second half before Holly Ward leveled in the 84th minute.
- Sofia Hagman converted the decisive sixth-round penalty to send Vancouver to next week’s NSL final.
- Rapid captain Desiree Scott confirmed her retirement after the match, and attendance was announced at 3,068.