TORONTO - Some seven months after its opening kickoff, the inaugural Northern Super League season wraps up Saturday with the championship game at Toronto’s BMO Field.

“It’s flown by. I can’t believe we’re almost at the end here,” league co-founder Diana Matheson said.

“We’re all pretty excited for Saturday,” she added. “So much work went into this first season — on the field, off the field, from the supporters — and we really want Saturday to be a celebration of women’s pro sport in Canada.”

And with the Grey Cup coming one day later in Winnipeg, it really is a Canadian championship weekend.

Matheson is hoping to sell out the lower bowl at BMO Field for the showdown between AFC Toronto and Vancouver Rise FC. And the weather appears to be co-operating, with the forecast calling for 7 C

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