Montreal Roses and AFC Toronto meet in Ottawa today for the NSL championship

The final of Canada's professional women's soccer league, the Northern Super League (NSL), is played this afternoon (November 14) at 2 p.m. ET at TD Place Stadium in Ottawa, as the Montreal Roses take on AFC Toronto for the Diana B. Matheson Cup. The winner will become the second champion in league history.

Montreal arrive as regular-season champions

The Montreal Roses reached the final as regular-season champions, winning the Supporters' Shield with 12 wins, nine draws and four defeats from 25 matches for 45 points, five clear of second-placed Ottawa Rapid. In the semifinal they beat defending champions Vancouver Rise 5-2 on aggregate, winning the first leg 3-0 at home before a 2-1 defeat in the return leg.

Toronto back in the final for a second straight year

AFC Toronto finished third in the regular season with 10 wins, nine draws and six defeats for 39 points. They beat Ottawa Rapid 8-2 on aggregate in the semifinal, winning 4-2 away in the first leg and 4-0 at TD Place in the second, to reach the final for a second consecutive year. Toronto lost the inaugural final to Vancouver Rise last year and will be chasing a first league title.

Fan festival from 1 p.m.; live coverage from 1:30 p.m.

The final is being played at a neutral venue in Ottawa; the home side, Ottawa Rapid, were eliminated in the semifinal and will not play for the title in front of their own fans. A fan festival opens at 1 p.m. on Frank Clair Way outside TD Place. The match will be shown live on TSN4, TSN.ca and the TSN App, as well as RDS, CBC, ESPN+ and the league's YouTube channel, with pre-match coverage from 1:30 p.m.

Sources: Northern Super League; TSN.