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National Lacrosse League Announces 2025-26 Regular Season Schedule
The National Lacrosse League (NLL) today unveiled its 2025-26 regular season schedule, highlighting a 21-week slate packed with high-intensity action and the debut of promising new stars.
The 126-game regular season begins with NLL Faceoff Weekend, highlighted by the Toronto Rock visiting the Oshawa FireWolves on Friday, November 28 at 7:30 PM ET, and continues the next day with the San Diego Seals visiting the Ottawa Black Bears, the three-time defending champion Buffalo Bandits hosting the Georgia Swarm, and the Colorado Mammoth heading west to battle the Vancouver Warriors. Fans can catch all the action live on ESPN+ in the United States, and TSN+ and NLL+ in Canada.
The first-ever Toronto versus Oshawa clash will showcase the much-anticipated rookie debut of
Cornell star CJ Kirst, the Rock’s first overall pick in the 2025 NLL Draft, as he faces reigning
NLL Rookie of the Year Dyson Williams in the FireWolves’ first home game at Tribute Communities Centre in Oshawa. Meanwhile, the defending champion Buffalo Bandits will open their season at home, raising their championship banner as they begin their title defense for a third consecutive year.
NLL Faceoff Weekend always sets the tone for what we expect to be another dog-eat-dog, historic season,” said NLL Commissioner Brett Frood. “With a 21-week schedule culminating in another thrilling final push towards the playoffs in April, our fans can expect fierce battles week in and week out. We are excited to showcase our emerging talent next to the already bonafied superstars of this league.”
The NLL is currently planning numerous announcements leading up to the start of the 2025-26 season, including the full “NLL Friday Night on TSN” linear broadcast schedule in Canada, the initial ESPN+ Saturday Showcase games of the week in the U.S., and the third wave of NLL UnBOXed™ markets set to join the League’s expanding activation footprint throughout North America.
WEEK 1
Week 1: Friday, November 28 — Toronto at Oshawa at 7:30pm ET
Week 1: Saturday, November 29 — San Diego at Ottawa at 7pm ET
Week 1: Saturday, November 29 — Georgia at Buffalo at 7pm ET
Week 1: Saturday, November 29 — Colorado at Vancouver at 10pm ET
WEEK 2
Week 2: Friday, December 5 — Oshawa at Halifax at 6pm ET
Week 2: Saturday, December 6 — Calgary at Saskatchewan at 8pm ET
WEEK 3
Week 3: Friday, December 12 — Saskatchewan at Ottawa at 7:30pm ET
Week 3: Saturday, December 13 — Colorado at Philadelphia at 1pm ET
Week 3: Saturday, December 13 — Calgary at Toronto at 7pm ET
Week 3: Saturday, December 13 — Halifax at Buffalo at 7pm ET
Week 3: Saturday, December 13 — Oshawa at Georgia at 7:30pm ET
Week 3: Saturday, December 13 — Las Vegas at Vancouver at 10pm ET
Week 3: Sunday, December 14 — Rochester at San Diego at 6pm ET
WEEK 4
Week 4: Friday, December 19 — Vancouver at Oshawa at 7:30pm ET
Week 4: Saturday, December 20 — Philadelphia at Rochester at 7pm ET
Week 4: Saturday, December 20 — Georgia at Saskatchewan at 8pm ET
Week 4: Saturday, December 20 — Ottawa at Las Vegas at 10pm ET
WEEK 5
Week 5: Saturday, December 27 — Saskatchewan at Halifax at 6pm ET
Week 5: Saturday, December 27 — Philadelphia at Ottawa at 7pm ET
Week 5: Saturday, December 27 — Las Vegas at Toronto at 7pm ET
Week 5: Saturday, December 27 — Georgia at Colorado at 9pm ET
Week 5: Sunday, December 28 — Buffalo at Calgary at 8pm ET
WEEK 6
Week 6: Friday, January 2 — Halifax at Saskatchewan at 8pm ET
Week 6: Saturday, January 3 — Las Vegas at Buffalo at 7pm ET
Week 6: Saturday, January 3 — Ottawa at Oshawa at 7pm ET
Week 6: Saturday, January 3 — Rochester at Colorado at 9pm ET
Week 6: Saturday, January 3 — Calgary at San Diego at 10pm ET
WEEK 7
Week 7: Friday, January 9 — Rochester at Philadelphia at 7pm ET
Week 7: Friday, January 9 — Halifax at Ottawa at 7pm ET
Week 7: Friday, January 9 — Vancouver at Calgary at 9:30pm ET
Week 7: Friday, January 9 — Toronto at San Diego at 10:30pm ET
Week 7: Friday, January 9 — Saskatchewan at Las Vegas at 10:30pm ET
Week 7: Saturday, January 10 — Buffalo at Rochester at 7pm ET
Week 7: Saturday, January 10 — Halifax at Oshawa at 7pm ET
Week 7: Saturday, January 10 — Colorado at Georgia at 7:30pm ET
WEEK 8
Week 8: Friday, January 16 — Colorado at Halifax at 6:30pm ET
Week 8: Friday, January 16 — Ottawa at Buffalo at 7:30pm ET
Week 8: Friday, January 16 — Calgary at Georgia at 10pm ET
Week 8: Friday, January 16 — San Diego at Vancouver at 10pm ET
Week 8: Saturday, January 17 — Toronto at Rochester at 7pm ET
Week 8: Saturday, January 17 — Oshawa at Saskatchewan at 8pm ET
Week 8: Saturday, January 17 — Philadelphia at Las Vegas at 10:30pm ET
WEEK 9
Week 9: Friday, January 23 — Vancouver at Ottawa at 7:30pm ET
Week 9: Friday, January 23 — San Diego at Philadelphia at 7pm ET
Week 9: Saturday, January 24 — Georgia at Toronto at 7pm ET
Week 9: Saturday, January 24 — Oshawa at Colorado at 9pm ET
WEEK 10
Week 10: Friday, January 30 — Saskatchewan at Calgary at 9pm ET
Week 10: Friday, January 30 — Philadelphia at San Diego at 10:30pm ET
Week 10: Saturday, January 31 — Georgia at Halifax at 6pm ET
Week 10: Saturday, January 31 — Vancouver at Rochester at 7pm ET
Week 10: Saturday, January 31 — Ottawa at Toronto at 7pm ET
Week 10: Saturday, January 31 — Buffalo at Colorado at 9pm ET
Week 10: Saturday, January 31 — Oshawa at Las Vegas at 10pm ET
WEEK 11
Week 11: Saturday, February 7 — Oshawa at Toronto at 7pm ET
Week 11: Saturday, February 7 — Philadelphia at Buffalo at 7pm ET
Week 11: Saturday, February 7 — Calgary at Ottawa at 7pm ET
Week 11: Saturday, February 7 — Las Vegas at Georgia at 7:30pm ET
Week 11: Saturday, February 7 — Rochester at Vancouver at 10pm ET
Week 11: Saturday, February 7 — Saskatchewan at San Diego at 10pm ET
WEEK 12
Week 12: Friday, February 13 — Colorado at Las Vegas at 10:30pm ET
Week 12: Saturday, February 14 — Buffalo at Halifax at 6:30pm ET
Week 12: Saturday, February 14 — San Diego at Oshawa at 7pm ET
Week 12: Saturday, February 14 — Ottawa at Rochester at 7pm ET
Week 12: Saturday, February 14 — Vancouver at Saskatchewan at 8pm ET
Week 12: Saturday, February 14 — Philadelphia at Calgary at 9pm ET
Week 12: Saturday, February 14 — Toronto at Colorado at 9:30pm ET
Week 12: Sunday, February 15 — Georgia at Calgary at 8pm ET
WEEK 13
Week 13: Friday, February 20 — Colorado at Toronto at 7:30pm ET
Week 13: Friday, February 20 — Buffalo at Vancouver at 10pm ET
Week 13: Saturday, February 21 — Halifax at San Diego at 10pm ET
Week 13: Sunday, February 22 — Saskatchewan at Philadelphia at 3pm ET
WEEK 14
Week 14: Friday, February 27 — Georgia at Philadelphia at 7pm ET
Week 14: Friday, February 27 — Saskatchewan at Buffalo at 7:30pm ET
Week 14: Friday, February 27 — San Diego at Colorado at 9pm ET
Week 14: Friday, February 27 — Vancouver at Las Vegas at 10pm ET
Week 14: Saturday, February 28 — Saskatchewan at Rochester at 7pm ET
Week 14: Saturday, February 28 — Oshawa at Ottawa at 7pm ET
Week 14: Saturday, February 28 — Buffalo at Toronto at 7pm ET
Week 14: Saturday, February 28 — Philadelphia at Georgia at 7:30pm ET
Week 14: Saturday, February 28 — Halifax at Calgary at 9pm ET
Week 14: Sunday, March 1 — Vancouver at San Diego at 6pm ET
WEEK 15
Week 15: Friday, March 6 — Toronto at Vancouver at 10pm ET
Week 15: Saturday, March 7 — Las Vegas at Halifax at 6pm ET
Week 15: Saturday, March 7 — Ottawa at Colorado at 9pm ET
Week 15: Sunday, March 8 — Calgary at Rochester at 1pm ET
Week 15: Sunday, March 8 — Oshawa at Philadelphia at 3pm ET
WEEK 16
Week 16: Friday, March 13 — Toronto at Halifax at 6:30pm ET
Week 16: Friday, March 13 — Philadelphia at Oshawa at 7pm ET
Week 16: Friday, March 13 — Colorado at Buffalo at 7:30pm ET
Week 16: Saturday, March 14 — Vancouver at Georgia at 7:30pm ET
Week 16: Saturday, March 14 — San Diego at Saskatchewan at 8pm ET
Week 16: Saturday, March 14 — Ottawa at Calgary at 9pm ET
Week 16: Sunday, March 15 — Rochester at Las Vegas at 6pm ET
WEEK 17
Week 17: Friday, March 20 — Halifax at Georgia at 7:30pm ET
Week 17: Friday, March 20 — Saskatchewan at Toronto at 7:30pm ET
Week 17: Friday, March 20 — Ottawa at Vancouver at 10pm ET
Week 17: Saturday, March 21 — Las Vegas at Rochester at 7pm ET
Week 17: Saturday, March 21 — Calgary at Colorado at 9pm ET
Week 17: Saturday, March 21 — Buffalo at San Diego at 10pm ET
WEEK 18
Week 18: Friday, March 27 — Halifax at Philadelphia at 7pm ET
Week 18: Saturday, March 28 — Georgia at Ottawa at 7pm ET
Week 18: Saturday, March 28 — Rochester at Oshawa at 7pm ET
Week 18: Saturday, March 28 — Buffalo at Saskatchewan at 9pm ET
Week 18: Saturday, March 28 — Calgary at Las Vegas at 10pm ET
Week 18: Sunday, March 29 — Toronto at Philadelphia at 1pm ET
WEEK 19
Week 19: Friday, April 3 — Las Vegas at Colorado at 9pm ET
Week 19: Saturday, April 4 — Rochester at Halifax at 6pm ET
Week 19: Saturday, April 4 — San Diego at Toronto at 7pm ET
Week 19: Saturday, April 4 — Vancouver at Buffalo at 7pm ET
Week 19: Saturday, April 4 — Oshawa at Calgary at 9pm ET
WEEK 20
Week 20: Friday, April 10 — Toronto at Ottawa at 7:30pm ET
Week 20: Friday, April 10 — Halifax at Vancouver at 10pm ET
Week 20: Saturday, April 11 — Rochester at Buffalo at 7pm ET
Week 20: Saturday, April 11 — Calgary at Oshawa at 7pm ET
Week 20: Saturday, April 11 — Las Vegas at Philadelphia at 7pm ET
Week 20: Saturday, April 11 — Colorado at Saskatchewan at 9pm ET
Week 20: Sunday, April 12 — San Diego at Georgia at 4pm ET
WEEK 21
Week 21: Friday, April 17 — Las Vegas at San Diego at 10:30pm ET
Week 21: Saturday, April 18 — Ottawa at Halifax at 6pm ET
Week 21: Saturday, April 18 — Buffalo at Oshawa at 7pm ET
Week 21: Saturday, April 18 — Rochester at Georgia at 4pm ET
Week 21: Saturday, April 18 — Colorado at Calgary at 9pm ET
Week 21: Saturday, April 18 — Toronto at Saskatchewan at 9pm ET
Week 21: Saturday, April 18 — Philadelphia at Vancouver at 10pm ET
Week 21: Saturday, April 18 — San Diego at Las Vegas at 10pm ET
Week 21: Sunday, April 19 — Georgia at Rochester at 3pm ET
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Vancouver Rise FC Reveal 2026 “After Dark” Home Kit
Vancouver Rise FC has revealed its new “After Dark” home kit for the 2026 Northern Super League season, pulling inspiration straight from the natural setting that surrounds its home at Swangard Stadium.
The design pays tribute to Central Park in Burnaby, with visuals that reflect the quiet, layered beauty of the park at night. Tree silhouettes stretch across the kit, creating a sense of depth and movement—meant to mirror the experience of looking up through the canopy after dark.
The club says the concept ties closely to its motto, “Stronger by Nature,” grounding the team’s identity in the environment that surrounds it. The design blends all crest colours with added tones that bring warmth and balance, giving the kit a look that feels both rooted and refined. Paired with classic shorts and socks, it leans into tradition while still telling a clear local story.
A key detail returns on both the After Dark kit and the club’s secondary “Sunshine Kit” for 2026. A Gold Pointed Star sits on the left sleeve, marking Vancouver Rise FC as the inaugural champions of the Northern Super League. The patch represents the league’s top honour and signals the club’s early place in its history.
Burnaby Mayor Mike Hurley praised the design and its connection to the community, pointing to the pride residents have in their parks and green spaces. He added that seeing Central Park reflected in the team’s identity makes the return to Swangard Stadium for the new season feel even more meaningful.
The After Dark kit leans heavily into place and atmosphere. It’s less about flash and more about identity—something that feels tied to where the team plays and who shows up for them.
Pre-orders for both the After Dark and Sunshine kits are now available through the club’s official store, with options for delivery or in-stadium pickup.
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Vancouver Rise FC Transfer Holly Ward to NWSL Side Seattle Reign FC
Vancouver Rise FC has made a major statement about its player development pathway. The club announced Friday that winger Holly Ward has been transferred to Seattle Reign FC of the National Women’s Soccer League for an undisclosed fee.
The move marks the first time a Rise FC Academy graduate has been transferred out of the club, setting a new benchmark for the organization and the broader Northern Super League.
Sporting director Stephanie Labbé called the transfer a defining moment. She pointed to Ward’s rise through the system as proof that the league is doing what it set out to do—create real opportunities for Canadian players.
Ward’s journey with the club began in 2018 when she joined the Rise FC Academy, then known as the Whitecaps FC Girls Elite Academy. Seven years later, she returned home to sign her first professional deal ahead of the 2025 season.
The 22-year-old from North Vancouver wasted no time making an impact. She started 27 of 28 matches in her rookie campaign, scoring eight goals and adding five assists. Her biggest moment came in the league’s inaugural final, where she scored the winner in a 2–1 victory over AFC Toronto to secure the Diana B. Matheson Cup.
Speaking about the move, Ward described her time in Vancouver as a dream realized. Playing professionally in her hometown and helping deliver a championship made the experience hard to leave behind, though she expressed excitement about the next step in her career.
Her breakout season didn’t go unnoticed at the international level. Ward earned her first senior call-up to the Canadian women’s national team and made history on June 3 by becoming the first NSL player to score for Canada in a match against Haiti.
Head coach Anja Heiner-Møller praised Ward’s growth and character, highlighting her attacking ability, work ethic, and presence in the locker room. She noted that Ward’s development—from academy prospect to national team contributor—reflects the strength of the club’s environment.
The transfer is a significant step for Rise FC as it begins to participate in the global player market, something the club sees as key to long-term growth. It also reinforces the idea that young Canadian players can develop at home and still reach top leagues abroad.
Rise FC now turns its focus to the upcoming season. The club will open its 2026 campaign with a championship rematch against AFC Toronto on April 24 at Swangard Stadium, with kickoff set for 7 p.m. PT.
Fans can purchase single-match tickets or explore package options, including season memberships that cover all 13 home games and flexible ticket bundles built around the home opener.