Esther Okoronkwo and Kaylee Hunter each scored twice and AFC Toronto piled up six second-half goals in a 7-0 thumping of the Vancouver Rise on Saturday in Northern Super League soccer action.
Kaela Hansen, Sarah Stratigakis and Jade Kovacevic also scored for Toronto (13-6-2), which opened up a nine-point lead over Vancouver and Montreal for top spot in the six-team league standings..
Sierra Cota-Yarde picked up the clean sheet as Toronto dominated Vancouver 15-1 in shots on target.
The Rise had won their last four games and were unbeaten in their last eight heading into Saturday's match.
Montreal vaulted from fourth into second with a 5-0 win over the Wild later Saturday in Calgary. The Roses and Rise each have 32 points from (9-6-5) records, but Montreal has a superior goal differential (plus-9 to plus-3) thanks to Saturday's lopsided results
Stéphanie Hill, Claire Monyard, Tanya Boychuk, Noémi Paquin and Lorie Thibault scored for Montreal.
The Wild fell to 6-12-2.
Earlier Saturday, the Ottawa Rapid (8-6-6) rallied for with a 1-1 draw with the last-place Tides (3-12-4) in Halifax. Megumi Nakamura opened the scoring for Halifax in the first half before Florence Belzile drew Ottawa level two minutes after halftime.
