The 2026 Montreal Roses FC season is the second in the club's history, as well as the second season in Northern Super League history.
Summary During the 2025 season, Montreal Roses finished fourth in the league, and got to the playoff semi–finals.
On 15 February 2026, Montreal Roses announced their training camp roster, along with the signing of Marilou Harvey, who became the youngest player in club history.
On 2 March 2026, Montreal Roses announced the technical staff ahead of the 2026 season.
After Kang Chae-rim terminated her contract with the club, she subsequently joined Gangjin Swans.
The Montreal Roses competed in the inaugural W Canadian Championship this season, but would find their campaign cut short following an 0-1 loss to Simcoe County Rovers FC in the quarter-finals. Following this loss, the team would fire their head coach, Robert Rositoiu, with Maryse Bard-Martel subsequently serving as interim head coach.
On 19 August 2026, Montreal Roses appointed Hugues Léger as club president.
On 29 August 2026, Montreal Roses played against Halifax Tides, setting a new Northern Super League attendance record with 17,077 fans.
Team
Technical Team
PositionName
Players
NameDate of birth (age)Signed fromNotesGoalkeepers 1 Anna Karpenko 2025 Vaughan Azzurri 22 Anne-Marie Laroche 2025 Royal-Sélect de Beauport 26 Gabrielle Lambert 2024 SC FreiburgDefenders 2 Lucy Cappadona 2025 UConn Huskies 3 Hailey Whitaker 2025 Valur 4 Stephanie Hill 2025 McGill University 5 Julia Leas 2025 Vittsjö GIK 20 Mégane Sauvé 2025 Sporting CP 24 Olivia Mbala 2025 LilleMidfielders 8 Mara Bouchard 2025 McGill University 10 Lisa Pechersky 2026 Vancouver Rise FC13 Evelyn Badu 2026 Molde FK 15 Chloe Minas 2025 Växjö 18 Charlotte Bilbault 2024 Montpellier 19 Lorie Thibault 2025 Montreal Carabins 23 Félicia Roy 2025 Collège Champlain CavaliersForwards 7 Noémi Paquin 2025 FIU Panthers 9 Elyse Bennett 2026 Orlando Pride 12 Tanya Boychuk 2024 Vittsjö GIK 14 Claire Monyard 2025 Miami Athletic Club 21 Marilou Harvey 2026 CS St-HubertPlayers who made an appearance and/or had a squad number but left the team. 11 Kang Chae-rim 2025 Suwon 17 Choi Han-bin 2026 Korea University
Competitions
Northern Super League
Table
Matches
April and May
June
July
August
September
October
Playoffs
W Canadian Championship
Transactions Contract operations
DatePlayerNotes 18 November 2025 Julia LeasDFContract option exercised Charlotte BilbaultDFContract option exercised Anne-Marie LarocheGKContract option exercised Hailey WhitakerDFNew contract Lara SchenkDFContract not renewed for the 2026 season Mathilde LachanceDFContract not renewed for the 2026 season9 December 2025 Jodi SmithDFMutual contract termination12 February 2026 Allie HessMFMutual contract termination so Hess could join Calgary Wild FC23 June 2026 Kang Chae-rimMFMutual contract termination30 June 2026 Choi Han-binMFMutual contract termination
Transfers in
No.Pos.PlayerFrom clubFee/notesDateSourceN/AMF Lisa Pechersky Vancouver Rise FCTransfer13 January 2026N/AMF Choi Han-bin Korea UniversityTransfer21 January 2026N/AMF Evelyn Badu MoldeTransfer28 January 2026N/AFW Elyse BennettFree agent3 February 2026N/AFW Marilou Harvey CS St-HubertTransfer15 February 2026N/AMF Anne-Valérie SetoFree agent14 April 2026MF Marie-Yasmine Alidou Portland ThornsTransfer 8 July 2026DF Ève Périsset Tigres UANLTransferGK Florence Cloutier AS BrossardTransfer11 August 2026DF Anna Heilferty Tampa Bay Sun FCFree agent8 September 2026
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Statistics
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