![Watch inaugural NSL season kick off with Vancouver Rise FC hosting Calgary Wild FC [Video]](https://canadanewsvideo.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/mp_754255_0_nsljpg.jpg)
Watch Vancouver Rise FC and Calgary Wild FC face off in the historic debut of the Northern Super League from BC Place.
Click on the video above at 10 p.m. ET as the inaugural Northern Super League season begins tonight between Calgary Wild FC and Vancouver Rise FC at B.C. Place Stadium.
The match is available at CBCSports.ca and on the free CBC Gem streaming service.
The league, co-founded by former Canada women’s national soccer player Diana Matheson, consists of six Canadian-based teams in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Halifax.
Each team roster has both Canadian and International talent, including Team Canada veterans Quinn, Desiree Scott and Erin McLeod.
For retired Canadian soccer icon Christine Sinclair, a co-owner of Rise FC, the emotions are starting to set in ahead of the season’s launch.
“We have literally waited our whole career for this moment and to see this next generation of Canadians have this opportunity…all …
![B.C. ministers urge residents to have go-bags, insurance before floods and wildfires [Video]](https://canadanewsvideo.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/mp_754415_0_emergencypreparednessbc20250416jpg.jpg)
![Golfer left with broken jaw after vicious brawl on Canadian course [Video]](https://canadanewsvideo.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/mp_754303_0_973652650imagea141744842645898jpg.jpg)
![1,900-year-old Roman papyrus details elaborate tax evasion scheme, research suggests [Video]](https://canadanewsvideo.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/mp_754204_0_1900yearoldpapyrusonancientromejpg.jpg)
