It was a frustrating afternoon for the Rise, but a landmark result for the Wild, who finally got their first three points of the season.

The opening 45 minutes were tightly contested, with neither side being able to find much space in the final third. Vancouver created the first real opening when Maithé López tested Calgary goalkeeper Katelin Talbert, while Anna Bout and López continued to cause problems with their deliveries into the box.

Calgary had chances of their own. Morgan McAslan stayed sharp to hold Taegan Stewart's effort from distance, while Talbert was forced into another strong intervention to keep out López near the edge of the box.

The best chance of the half fell to Vancouver just before the break. Yuka Okamoto's lofted pass found Latifah Abdu, who brought it down before firing a low effort toward goal. It narrowly missed the far post, sending both teams into halftime level.

Calgary needed just three minutes after the restart to change that.

The Wild were awarded a penalty, and Stewart calmly stepped up to put Calgary ahead 1-0.

Vancouver nearly responded immediately. Abdu collected the ball inside the box and got a shot away, but it was blocked wide. Then, in the 53rd minute, McAslan produced one of the saves of the afternoon to deny Jorian Baucom after the Calgary forward slipped behind the Rise defence.

That save gave Vancouver a lift.

Just two minutes later, they were level.

Bout found Abdu down the left and drove toward the box before picking out De Filippo's late run. De Filippo took a touch and fired low into the net to make it 1-1.

The comeback was complete soon after.

Camila Reyes recovered a loose ball and sent a cross deep into the box, where De Filippo was first to react. The forward redirected it past Talbert to put Vancouver 2-1 ahead and complete her brace.

After spending much of the first half struggling to find an opening, Vancouver suddenly had control of the game.

Then came the turning point.

Calgary threatened to break through again, only for Tori Tumeth to make a last-ditch challenge that was judged to have denied a clear goalscoring opportunity. The Rise defender was shown a red card, leaving Vancouver down to 10 players.

Calgary pushed forward, and the numerical advantage eventually told.

The Wild scored twice in added time to complete a stunning turnaround and claim their first victory of the 2026 season.

For Vancouver head coach Anja Heiner-Møller, the result was difficult to separate from the team's slow start.

“I think the first half, we played way under the level. That’s not good enough,” Heiner-Møller said. “We need to show up at a better, higher level, and we have that in the team.”

The Rise showed a completely different side of themselves after halftime, but Heiner-Møller said the challenge now is finding that level consistently.

“We need consistency, for the 90 minutes but also the consistency in the level, so we don’t drop out,” she said. “We can play, and we can win against the best team in this league. We have the team, and we have the players to do it.”

De Filippo, who had put Vancouver in front with her two goals, was understandably disappointed with the result.

“I hope we take this loss personally. I hope we don’t settle for this,” she said.

The forward made it clear that the team's current form is not where she believes it should be.

“I’m a competitor, I want to win, but I hate losing more than I like winning,” De Filippo said. “This is not a fun day.”

Despite the setback, she knows there is still plenty of football left to play.

“There’s still a lot of points to be taken this season, and we need to take them all honestly,” she said. “So we need to fight and do it as a team.”

For Calgary, the late comeback could prove to be a defining moment in their season. For Vancouver, it was another reminder that matches can turn in an instant and that leads have to be protected until the final whistle.