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AFC Toronto Signs Forward Shaina Ashouri

AFC Toronto

February 3, 2025 – Northern Super League (NSL)
AFC Toronto News Release

Toronto, ON – AFC Toronto is proud to announce American forward Shaina
Ashouri as the club’s newest signing. The 28-year-old from Parker, Colorado brings invaluable
career experience to the roster after helping two Icelandic clubs to record-breaking achievements.

Ashouri’s ambition to leave a lasting impact in professional women’s sports led to her identifying
the groundbreaking Northern Super League as her perfect next step. AFC Toronto is thrilled to rely
on her key leadership as the club fosters its legacy in the Canadian soccer community.

“The last two teams I was a part of were both programs in building mode. They were newly
promoted and looking for someone to help propel them forward. What is happening in Canada with
the new Northern Super League provides me another opportunity to have an influence and
inspiring young athletes is a goal I value,” said Ashouri on the opportunity with AFC Toronto.

After a short stint with Icelandic club Thor/KA, Ashouri signed for Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar (FH)
in 2022. Here, she registered nine goals and four assists in 10 games on route to helping the club
go undefeated in the regular season and earn promotion to Iceland’s first tier, the Besta deild
kvenna. The following season as co-captain, Ashouri helped FH finish in the top six and was
named in the Besta Deild Team of the Season for 2023.

Her standout performances led to interest from high-profile Icelandic teams who played in the
UEFA Women’s Champions League. However, Ashouri signed for Víkingur Reykjavik FC in 2024,
another newly promoted club. Here as the club’s leading goal scorer, she helped the team to its
highest-ever league finish (third) and won the team’s first Icelandic Super Cup.

“Shaina has demonstrated that she’s prepared to take on exciting new projects and is passionate
about laying foundations for success,” said AFC Toronto Sporting Director Billy Wilson. “She has
experience and we feel she has the tools to make an impact here in Toronto. Her movement off
the ball is very intelligent, she can break lines with and without the ball and has a knack of arriving
in key areas at the right time which means she carries a goal threat.”

“AFC Toronto has an immense amount of support and it’s extremely meaningful to me to help build
programs up. I’m proud to be trailblazer with this club,” added Ashouri. “After my conversations
with Billy and [head coach] Marko, I really bought into…

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