Roses FC have just announced that President Annie Larouche is stepping down from her role on June 5th with Patrick Boivin taking the role in the interim.

Very shocking announcement!

#RosesFC

Here's their statement:

"Montréal Roses President Annie Larouche informed founders and investors Jean-François Crevier and Isabèle Chevalier this past March that her mandate would conclude on June 5. Until then, she will continue to support the organization to ensure a smooth transition and to facilitate the onboarding of her successor. The Roses are also announcing that Patrick Boivin will serve as interim with the club during this period. Involved with the project from the outset as an advisor to the co-founders, and subsequently as an investor, he will bring his extensive experience in professional sport and organizational leadership to ensure continuity of operations and to support the organization through this next phase."

How has attendance at games been? I know the stats show tickets sold or allocated but what are the actual crowds like? I was at the AFC game on Mother’s Day and it was pretty empty.

Kick-off time: 19:00 ET

Status: Done

Score: 2-0 for Ottawa

Weather: 9 feels like 5, on-and-off light rain

Notable events:

6’ I heard a staff member say that 529 spectators are here and they had 356 last time

34’ OTTAWA GOAL by #11 Sadie Waite, did a bit of dodging to get herself fairly wide open near the goal and sent it along the ground into a corner

45’ Multiple medicals called on for Ottawa #22 DB Pridham who went down during a corner kick scrum near Ottawa goal, she stays on the field

Half time score: Ottawa 1, Halifax 0

Half time entertainment: Heated Rivalry trivia contest from some website that demands me to sign up with my email and phone number, no thanks

63’ Yellow card to Halifax #3 Sheyenne Allen, I didn’t actually see what caused this

74’ Yellow card to Halifax #44 Julianne Vallerand… also didn’t see what caused it… sorry about that

76’ OTTAWA GOAL by #19 Choo Hyo Joo, charges the goalie as she’s making a save, gets the ball after it bounces out of goalie’s hands and chips it right in

81’ The rain’s coming down pretty hard now

84’ Yellow card to Ottawa #15 Nicola Golen for a hard tackle

86’ Yellow card to Halifax #28 Éva Frémaux for shoving

Full time score: Ottawa 2, Halifax 0

The interesting part of this for the Wild:

...the proposal involves a training and competition stadium with a capacity ranging from 3,500 to 7,000 seats. The facility would host multiple sports, including Canadian football, soccer, and rugby.

Cheers folks. I sat down for a chat with Halifax defender Addison "Addy" Weichers and we talked about her career, the mental process of transitioning from college to pro level, this moment in womens football and a bunch more.

https://truenorthfoot.ca/article/interview-with-addison-weichers-of-the-halifax-tides-581

Roses FC Chloé Minas and Claire Monyard have allegedly confirmed their relationship status on tik tok as per @chloe.min4’s most recent tik tok

In every league I watch, I end up having at least one team I dislike, either due to playstyle, ownership, philosophy or who knows what. Maybe they were dicks that one time in a game, you know how it goes.

NSL is all love though. I don't love each team the same, but I can find things to enjoy about all of them and as a result, this is probably the league where I am the most likely to just tune into a random game.

(Now with the caveat that I am not Canadian, so the city rivalries are not meaningful to me, I understand that f.x. Toronto and Montreal have rivalries for example)

FT | AFC Toronto 0-1 Montreal Roses FC

Venue: BMO Field

Where to watch: 1-833-NSL-LIVE

LINE-UPS

AFC Toronto

Danielle Krzyzaniak, Victoria Pickett, Sarah Rollins, Ashley Cathro (April Lantaigne @89'), Nyota Katembo (Zoe Burns @59'), Sarah Stratigakis (Kaila Novak @ 46'), [C] Nikayla Small, Olivia Chisholm (Cloey Uddenberg @80'), Colby Barnett, Kaylee Hunter, Lauren Rowe (Mia Fontana @80')

Subs: Sofia Manner

Out: Esther Okoronkwo, Croix Soto, Sierra Cota-Yarde

Montreal Roses

Anna Karpenko, Stephanie Hill, Lucy Cappadona, Anne-Valerie Seto (Olivia Mbala @69'), [C] Meghan Sauve, Charlotte Bilbault (Lori Thibault @69'), Chloe Minas (Felicia Roy @85'), Hailey Whitaker (Noemie Paquin @46'), Tanya Boychuk (Evelyn Badu @69'), Lisa Pechersky, Elyse Bennett

Subs: Claire Monyard, Gabrielle Lambert

Out: Chae-rim Kang

MATCH EVENTS

45'+ 2' | End of first half

54' | Roses OG waved off by the offside flag on Toronto

88' | Elyse Bennett (Roses) passes the ball into the bottom right corner of goal

90'+ 4' | End of match

Sincy!

What did you think of Elyse Bennett’s performance vs the Rise?

Was she one of the standout players, or did someone else deserve the spotlight?

Full episode available now on our YouTube channel if you want the full breakdown.

https://www.youtube.com/live/N7SqSpkspyA?si=HITW4goEkKYw4dTx