2004 Voyageurs Cup

2004 Voyageurs Cup

2004 Coupe des Voyageurs(in French)
Tournament details
Country	Canada
Teams	5
Final positions
Champions	Montreal Impact (3rd title)
Runners-up	Toronto Lynx
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	55 (2.75 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Charles Gbeke (5 goals)
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The 2004 Voyageurs Cup was the third Voyageurs Cup tournament which was started by the Canadian supporters group The Voyageurs. ^{[1] [2]} The 2004 edition of the competition featured the expansion Edmonton Aviators as well as the four 2003 teams: Calgary Storm (now Calgary Mustangs), Montreal Impact, Toronto Lynx and Vancouver Whitecaps.

Similar to the 2003 Voyageurs Cup competition Montreal Impact built up an early lead with three wins and a draw in the competition's first four games that the other teams could not overcome even though Montreal Impact only clinched their third consecutive Voyageurs Cup in their last match with a 2–0 over Edmonton FC on Aug. 25 (the competition's penultimate match). ^[3]

Format

The competition was set up on the league principle with each team playing two matches (home and away) against each other team for a total of eight matches per team. The entire competition totaled twenty matches. All matches were part of the 2004 USL A-League regular season with the last home and away matches included when more than two matches were played due to the unbalanced league schedule. In each match, 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 point is awarded for a draw, and 0 points are awarded for a loss. The five teams are ranked according to the total number of points obtained in all matches. ^[4]

The team ranked highest after all matches have been played was the champion awarded the 2004 Voyageurs Cup.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		MTL	TOR	EDM	VAN	CAL
1	Montreal Impact	8	5	3	0	13	2	+11	18		—	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–0
2	Toronto Lynx	8	4	1	3	13	12	+1	13		0–2	—	3–1	2–0	2–1
3	Edmonton Aviators	8	3	2	3	11	14	−3	11		1–1	2–1	—	0–2	3–2
4	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	8	2	2	4	8	13	−5	8		0–3	3–1	2–3	—	1–1
5	Calgary Mustangs	8	1	2	5	10	14	−4	5		0–2	2–3	1–1	3–0	—

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Schedule

2004-05-29

18:00 EDT

Toronto Lynx	0–2	Montreal Impact
	Report	Frederick Commodore 14', 43'

Centennial Park Stadium
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Attendance: 1,826

Referee: Jose Farias

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2004-06-11

22:00 EDT

Vancouver Whitecaps	0–3	Montreal Impact
	Report	António Ribeiro 27' JJ Bailey 44', 79'

Swangard Stadium
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Attendance: 4,613

Referee: Michael Lambert

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2004-06-13

16:00 EDT

Calgary Mustangs	0–2	Montreal Impact
	Report	Patrick Leduc 9' (pen.) Frederick Commodore 61'

McMahon Stadium
Calgary, Canada

Attendance: 879

Referee: Silviu Petrescu

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2004-06-15

22:30 EDT

Edmonton F.C.	1–1	Montreal Impact
Jaime Lopresti 81'	Report	Darko Kolic 90'

Commonwealth Stadium
Edmonton, Canada

Attendance: 3,823

Referee: Joe Branco

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2004-06-18

21:00 EDT

Calgary Mustangs	3–0	Vancouver Whitecaps
Conrad Smith 18', 41' Mesut Mert 43'	Report

McMahon Stadium
Calgary, Canada

Attendance: 1,867

Referee: Bernhardssen

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2004-06-20

16:00 EDT

Montreal Impact	1–1	Toronto Lynx
Mauricio Vincello 69'	Report	Darren Baxter 60'

Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Attendance: 9,289

Referee: Rob Aritle

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2004-06-25

21:00 EDT

Calgary Mustangs	1–1	Edmonton F.C.
Jaime Auvigne 78' (pen.)	Report	Nikola Vignjevic 4'

McMahon Stadium
Calgary, Canada

Attendance: 3,198

Referee: Mauricio Navarro

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2004-06-25

22:00 EDT

Vancouver Whitecaps	3–1	Toronto Lynx
Johnny Sulentic 62' Oliver Heald 90' (pen.) Johnny Sulentic 90'	Report	Charles Gbeke 75'

Swangard Stadium
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Attendance: 4,729

Referee: Tiger Lui

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2004-07-04

22:00 EDT

Vancouver Whitecaps	2–3	Edmonton F.C.
Davide Xausa 14' Alfredo Valente 24'	Report	Sean Fraser 45', 89' Fred Akok 52'

Swangard Stadium
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Attendance: 3,837

Referee: Steve Dipiero

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2004-07-13

20:00 EDT

Edmonton F.C.	0–2	Vancouver Whitecaps
	Report	Davide Xausa 5', 66'

Commonwealth Stadium
Edmonton, Canada

Attendance: 1,983

Referee: Mauricio Navarro

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2004-07-18

18:00 EDT

Toronto Lynx	2–1	Calgary Mustangs
Andres Arango 53' Ali Gerba 91'	Report	Walter Otta 10'

Centennial Park Stadium
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Attendance: 3,462

Referee: Simon Moreatroyd

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2004-07-21

19:30 EDT

Montreal Impact	2–0	Calgary Mustangs
Eduardo Sebrango 23' Zé Roberto 44'	Report

Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Attendance: 9,752

Referee: Dominic Rossetto

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2004-07-25

16:00 EDT

Calgary Mustangs	2–3	Toronto Lynx
Conrad Smith 16' Geert Brusselers 29'	Report	Gerba 9', 22' Charles Gbeke 49'

McMahon Stadium
Calgary, Canada

Attendance: 1,736

Referee: Mauricio Navarro

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2004-07-26

21:00 EDT

Edmonton F.C.	2–1	Toronto Lynx
Sipho Sibiya 38' Chris Devlin 110'	Report	Charles Gbeke 68'

Commonwealth Stadium
Edmonton, Canada

Attendance: 473

Referee: John De La Cruz

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2004-07-30

23:00 EDT

Vancouver Whitecaps	1–1	Calgary Mustangs
Jason Jordan 60'	Report	Steffen Holdt 90'

Swangard Stadium
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Attendance: 4,853

Referee: David Gantar

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2004-08-06

20:00 EDT

Montreal Impact	0–0	Vancouver Whitecaps
	Report

Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Attendance: 11,019

Referee: Steve DePiero

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2004-08-07

19:30 EDT

Toronto Lynx	2–0	Vancouver Whitecaps
Darren Baxter 28' Charles Gbeke 89'	Report

Centennial Park Stadium
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Attendance: 2,358

Referee: Jeff Corrivault

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2004-08-10

21:15 EDT

Edmonton F.C.	3–2	Calgary Mustangs
Fred Akok 30' Sean Fraser 45' Nikola Vignjević 110' (pen.)	Report	Mesut Mert 8' Walter Otta 27'

Commonwealth Stadium
Edmonton, Canada

Attendance: 527

Referee: Paul Ward

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2004-08-25

19:30 EDT

Montreal Impact	2–0	Edmonton F.C.
Zé Roberto 21' Eduardo Sebrango 22'	Report

Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Attendance: 10,122

Referee: Jose Farias

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2004-08-26

19:30 EDT

Toronto Lynx	3–1	Edmonton F.C.
Vinicius Brito 27' Charles Gbeke 61' Shawn Faria 67'	Report	Gordon Chin 75'

Centennial Park Stadium
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Attendance: 2,075

Referee: Tiger Liu

Champion

Voyageurs Cup: Montreal Impact 3rd Voyageurs Cup Win

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Charles Gbeke	Toronto Lynx	5
2	Frederick Commodore	Montreal Impact	3
	Ali Gerba	Toronto Lynx	3
	Sean Fraser	Edmonton Aviators	3
	Conrad Smith	Calgary Mustangs	3
	Davide Xausa	Vancouver Whitecaps	3
7	Fred Akok	Edmonton Aviators	2
	Zé Roberto	Montreal Impact	2
	Eduardo Sebrango	Montreal Impact	2
	Johnny Sulentic	Vancouver Whitecaps	2
	Joel John Bailey	Montreal Impact	2
	Darren Baxter	Toronto Lynx	2
	Mesut Mert	Calgary Mustangs	2
	Walter Otta	Calgary Mustangs	2
	Nikola Vignjevic	Edmonton Aviators	2
16	Andres Arango	Toronto Lynx	1
	Vinicius Brito	Toronto Lynx	1
	Geert Brusselers	Calgary Mustangs	1
	Shawn Faria	Toronto Lynx	1
	Steffen Holdt	Calgary Mustangs	1
	Jason Jordan	Vancouver Whitecaps	1
	Patrick Leduc	Montreal Impact	1
	Gordon Chin	Edmonton Aviators	1
	Darko Kolic	Montreal Impact	1
	Chris Devlin	Edmonton Aviators	1
	António Ribeiro	Montreal Impact	1
	Sipho Sibiya	Edmonton Aviators	1
	Alfredo Valente	Vancouver Whitecaps	1
	Oliver Heald	Vancouver Whitecaps	1
	Mauricio Vincello	Montreal Impact	1
	Jamie Auvigne	Calgary Mustangs	1
	Jaime Lopresti	Edmonton Aviators	1

References

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3. "Montreal Impact vs. Edmonton Aviators 2 - 0". Soccerway.com. August 24, 2004. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
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