The 2026 Ottawa Rapid FC season is the second in the club's history, as well as the second season in Northern Super League history.
Summary
Ottawa Rapid finished 2nd in the league during the 2025 season.
On February 20, 2026, it was announced that as part of its preseason the Rapid would play a friendly against Bay FC at PayPal Park on April 17, 2026, the first-ever match open to the public between an NSL and an NWSL team.
On March 6, 2026, it was announced that Arcadia MapleLeaf Soccer had become majority owners of Ottawa Rapid.
On 17 July 2026, the club announced that Katrine Pedersen would depart Ottawa Rapid after the conclusion of the 2026 season.
On 10 August 2026, the club announced that Carmelina Moscato would take over as head coach after the 2026 season.
Team Coaching staff PositionName
Roster
NameDate of birth (age)Previous clubNotesGoalkeepers1Mollie Eriksson2025 North Mississauga SC30Melissa Dagenais2025 DamaienseDefenders2Susanne Haaland2025 Kolbotn18Liv Scott2025 Quinnipiac Bobcats33Jyllissa Harris2025 Houston Dash, Midfielders3Kayla Adamek2025 Reims5Emily Amano2025 Grótta6Caitlin Crichton2026 KTP10Florence Belzile2025 Nebraska Cornhuskers12Sadie Waite2026 Nebraska Cornhuskers13Ngozi Okobi-Okeoghene2025 Levante Las Planas14Lee Min-a2025 Hyundai Steel Red Angels15Nicola Golen2025 Harvard Crimson19Choo Hyo-joo2025 Hyundai Steel Red Angels20Jung Min-young2026 Seoul City Hall21Melanie Forbes2025 KeflavíkForwards7Johanne Fridlund2025 Kolbotn9Jazmine Wilkinson2025 Texas A&M Aggies22Delaney Baie Pridham2025 Linköping FC
Pre-season
Competitions Northern Super League
Table
Matches
April and May
June
July
August
September
October
Playoffs
W Canadian Championship
Transactions Contract operations DatePlayerNotes28 November 2025 Choo Hyo-jooMFContract through the 2026 season27 December 2025 Emily AmanoMFContract through the 2026 season6 January 2026 Nicola GolenMFContract through the 2026 season27 July 2026 Keera MelenhorstMFContract through the 2027 season17 August 2026 Delaney Baie PridhamFWContract through the 2027 season
Transfers in No.Pos.PlayerFrom clubFee/notesDateSource12MF Sadie Waite Nebraska CornhuskersTwo year contract11 January 202633DF Jyllissa Harris Houston DashLoan extension for the 2026 season26 January 202620MF Jung Min-young Seoul City HallTransfer6 February 20266MF Caitlin Crichton KTPTransfer12 February 2026DF Elise Bell Guelph United FCTransfer 21 August 2026DF Hannah Chown Simcoe County Rovers FCTransfer
References
External links Official website