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Canadian international Alidou joins Calgary's Roses FC in NSL

Marie-Yasmine Alidou has signed with Roses FC, becoming part of a growing group of Canadian national team players moving to the Northern Super League.

Marie-Yasmine Alidou has joined Roses FC of the Northern Super League, becoming the latest Canadian international to sign with the country's new professional women's soccer circuit.

According to the report, Alidou said she believed she would eventually return home to play in the NSL from the moment the league launched. She is now part of a wider trend of Canadian national team players choosing to join NSL clubs rather than continue their careers abroad.

Roses FC is one of the founding clubs in the Northern Super League, which began play as Canada's first professional women's soccer league. Details on the length or terms of Alidou's contract were not disclosed in the report.

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