Montreal Roses FC swarms Vancouver Rise FC early, earning 2nd NSL victory

Ottawa Rapid FC prevails in season and home opener, keeping AFC Toronto winless

Image | NSL-Montreal-Toronto

Caption: Montreal Roses FC players are seen celebrating a goal during a game against AFC Toronto earlier in April. The club earned its second Northern Super League victory after beating Vancouver Rise FC 3-1 in Burnaby, B.C., on Sunday. (Arlyn McAdorey/The Canadian Press)

Montreal Roses FC jumped out to a 2-0 edge 14 minutes into the contest and never looked back en route to defeating Vancouver Rise FC 3-1 on Sunday in Northern Super League action.
Hailey Whitaker, Alexandria Hess and Latifah Abdu scored for league-leading Montreal (2-0-0).
Quinn replied for Vancouver (1-1-0), which suffered its first loss of the season. It was Vancouver's first game at Swangard Stadium after opening the season at B.C. Place Stadium in a 1-0 win over Calgary Wild FC on April 16 in the league's inaugural game.
WATCH | Roses FC ambushes Rise FC with 3-goal opening half en route to 2nd win:

Media Video | Montreal Roses defeat Vancouver Rise with 3 goals in 1st half

Caption: Montreal Roses FC win 3-1 over Vancouver Rise FC to open the inaugural Northern Super League season with two consecutive victories.

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Whitaker got the show started in the third minute, with Hess following up 11 minutes later.
Abdu padded the lead in the 41st minute to send Montreal into the halftime break up 3-0.
Montreal hosts Ottawa Rapid FC for its home opener on Saturday, while Vancouver hosts Halifax Tides FC on May 5.

Min-a Lee scores Ottawa's 1st-ever goal

Min-a Lee and Desiree Scott scored one goal apiece to lift hometown Ottawa Rapid FC to a 2-1 victory over AFC Toronto on Sunday in Northern Super League action at TD Place.
The match was Ottawa's season and home opener in the new women's soccer league.
WATCH | Scott's goal lifts Rapids FC to victory against AFC Toronto:

Media Video | Desiree Scott's late goal delivers Ottawa Rapid FC's 1st franchise victory

Caption: In a series of franchise first's, Desiree Scott's goal in the eighty-first minute proved to be the winner as Ottawa Rapid FC defeated AFC Toronto 2-1 Sunday.

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Kaylee Hunter scored for Toronto three minutes into stoppage time near the game's end.
Toronto fell to 0-2-0, having also lost 1-0 to Montreal Roses FC on April 19 at BMO Field in its season opener.
WATCH | Hunter scores AFC Toronto franchise's 1st goal:

Media Video | Kaylee Hunter records AFC Toronto's 1st-ever goal, but fall short to Ottawa Rapid FC

Caption: An extra time goal by AFC Toronto's Kaylee Hunter proved to be the franchise's first goal scored, but it was Ottawa Rapid FC with a 2-1 victory.

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Lee opened the scoring in the 54th minute and Scott padded Ottawa's lead in the 81st minute.
Ottawa visits Montreal next on Saturday, while Toronto next hosts Calgary Wild FC on Thursday.
WATCH | Min-a Lee scores historic goal for Ottawa:

Media Video | Min-a Lee makes history as Ottawa Rapid FC's 1st-ever goal scorer in win over AFC Toronto

Caption: Ottawa Rapid FC got a franchise first goal Sunday when Min-a Lee scored to open the scoring in a 2-1 victory over AFC Toronto in NSL action.

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