{"id":953638,"date":"2026-10-31T22:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T22:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/953638\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T22:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T22:20:09","slug":"afc-toronto-powers-past-ottawa-rapid-with-4-2-win-in-nsl-semi-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/953638\/","title":{"rendered":"AFC Toronto powers past Ottawa Rapid with 4-2 win in NSL semi final"},"content":{"rendered":"

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AFC Toronto put on an entertaining attacking display, scoring four goals to secure a 4-2 victory in Northern Super League action at York Lions Stadium on Saturday.<\/p>\n

April Lantaigne opened the scoring in the 11th minute, giving Toronto an early advantage. The hosts continued to apply pressure, with Kaylee Hunter doubling the lead in the 25th minute to put AFC Toronto firmly in control.<\/p>\n

Toronto carried their two-goal advantage into the second half, with Lena Silano extending Toronto’s lead in the 54th minute, making it 3-0. However, the visitors responded through Choo Hyo-Joo in the 58th minute, reducing the deficit to 3-1.<\/p>\n

AFC Toronto answered back in the 66th minute as Hunter found the net for her second goal of the match, restoring the three-goal cushion at 4-1.<\/p>\n

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The visitors continued to battle, and Keera Melenhorst scored in the 90th minute to make it 4-2. Toronto held on through stoppage time to secure the victory.<\/p>\n

Hunter’s two-goal performance was particularly significant, putting her level with Vancouver Rise’s Jessica De Filippo at the top of the NSL scoring charts with 13 goals apiece.<\/p>\n

AFC Toronto will now turn its attention to the second leg of its semi-final series, travelling to Ottawa next Saturday for a crucial matchup as the club looks to secure its place in the final. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":953639,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-953638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=953638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/953639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=953638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=953638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=953638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}