2005 Open Canada Cup

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2005 Open Canada Cup
Tournament details
CountryCanada
Teams19
Final positions
Champions Windsor Border Stars (2nd title)
Runner-up London City
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored75 (4.17 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Flag of the United States.svg Aaron Byrd (4 goals)
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The 2005 Open Canada Cup was the 8th edition of the Canadian Professional Soccer League's open league cup tournament running from late May through early September. Windsor Border Stars defeated London City 3-0 in the final played at Cove Road Stadium, London, Ontario. [1] The victory marked Windsor's second Open Canada Cup title, and became the third club in the tournaments history to successfully defend their title. The tournament featured several clubs from the Ontario League, and saw the return of several clubs from the Ottawa Carleton Soccer League. [2] Particularly the 2004 Open Canada Cup runner's up Ottawa St. Anthony Italia, and 2004 Canadian National Challenge Cup finalists and Ontario Cup champions Ottawa Royals S.C. [3]

Contents

The Ontario amateur clubs began the tournament in the preliminary rounds while the CPSL clubs received an automatic bye to the second round. For the fourth straight year London City were granted the hosting rights to the finals. All CPSL clubs competed in the competition with the exception of Toronto Croatia which opted out in order to compete in the annual Croatian-North American Soccer Tournament.

Qualification

Enter in preliminary roundEnter in Second Round
OSL/OCSL/WOSL
3 teams/3 teams/2 teams
CPSL
11 teams
Ontario Soccer League
  • Benfica Toronto
  • Hearts S.C.
  • Inter Oshawa
Ottawa Carleton Soccer League
Western Ontario Soccer League
  • AEK London
  • London Portuguese
Canadian Professional Soccer League

First round

May 22, 2005 Ottawa St. Anthony Italia (OCSL) 2–1 Hearts S.C. (OSL) London, Ontario
Abraham Osman 36'
Abraham Osman 52'
(Report) Gil Vainshtein 31'Stadium: Cove Road Stadium
May 22, 2005 Ottawa Royals (OCSL) 2–1 London Portuguese (WOSL) London, Ontario
Dan Cheney 47'
Dan Cheney 78'
(Report) Paul Ferreira 61'Stadium: Cove Road Stadium
May 23, 2005 Capital City Ambassadors (OCSL) 0–6 Toronto Benfica (OSL) London, Ontario
3:00 ET (Report) Christopher Santos 37'
Christopher Santos 60'
Christopher Santos 82'
Dean Campbell 71'
Fred Perreira 87'
Stadium: Cove Road Stadium
May 23, 2005 AEK London (WOSL) 2–0 Inter Oshawa (OSL) London, Ontario
7:00 ETAldo D'Oria 37'
Mark Magier 71'
(Report) 'Stadium: Cove Road Stadium

Second round

July 1, 2005 Ottawa St. Anthony Italia (OCSL) 0–1 Laval Dynamites (CPSL) Ottawa, Ontario
1:00 ET (Report) Radek Majkowski 90'Stadium: Terry Fox Stadium
July 1, 2005 Durham Storm (CPSL) 0–1 Ottawa Royals (OCSL) Ottawa, Ontario
3:30 ET (Report) Dan Chaney 76'Stadium: Terry Fox Stadium
July 1, 2005 London City (CPSL) 3–1 Oakville Blue Devils (CPSL) London, Ontario
8:38 ETMiguel Knox 8'
Tafaj 53', 72'
(Report) Igor Prostran Stadium: Cove Road Stadium
July 3, 2005 North York Astros (CPSL) 1–2 Brampton Stallions (CPSL) North York, Toronto
5:45 ETLucas Alzate 80' (Report) Hugo Herrera 8'
Mladen Dikic
Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium
Attendance: 120
Referee: Yakov Kheimach (Ontario)
July 3, 2005 AEK London (WOSL) 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–2 p)
Hamilton Thunder (CPSL) London, Ontario
7:00 ETWeston Van Der Linde 62' (Report) Ian Bennett 30'Stadium: Cove Road Stadium
July 3, 2005 St. Catharines Wolves (CPSL) 1–4 Toronto Benfica (OSL) St. Catharines, Ontario
7:30 ETPetar Kus 73' (Report) Fred Pereira 21'
Philipe Silva 46'
Samuel Afryie 62'
Uarlem Castro 76'
Stadium: Club Roma Stadium
July 4, 2005 Vaughan Shooters (CPSL) 1–0 Toronto Supra (CPSL) Brockton Village, Toronto
8:30 ETJason De Thomasis 91' (Report) Stadium: Brockton Stadium
Attendance: 150
Referee: Calin Pintea

Quarter-final

July 30, 2005 Windsor Border Stars (CPSL) 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(7–6 p)
AEK London (WOSL) Windsor, Ontario
7:00 ET Tino Scicluna 53' (Report) Kyle Cornet 11'Stadium: Windsor Stadium
July 31, 2005 Vaughan Shooters (CPSL) 3–1 Toronto Benfica (OSL) Vaughan, Ontario
6:00 ETFrankie Bruno 16'
Sean Myers 43'
Jason De Thomasis 57'
(Report) Fred Pereira 45'Stadium: The Soccer Centre
Referee: Steve DePierro (Ontario)
August 1, 2005 Laval Dynamites (CPSL) 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)
Ottawa Royals (OCSL) Laval, Quebec
8:00 ETTjeega Tchounkoe (Report) Sylvan CloutierStadium: Centre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne
August 1, 2005 London City (CPSL) 2–0 Brampton Stallions (CPSL) London, Ontario
7:38 ETRobbie Della-Croce 34'
Karim Ben Sari 35'
(Report) Stadium: Cove Road Stadium

Semi-final

September 4, 2005 Laval Dynamites (CPSL) 0–5 Windsor Border Stars (CPSL) London, Ontario
3:38 ET (Report) Aaron Byrd 27'
Aaron Byrd 32'
Tati Errecalde 57'
Radek Papiez 59'
Aaron Byrd 72'
Stadium: Cove Road Stadium
Attendance: 100
Referee: Giovanni Oliviera (Ontario)
September 4, 2005 London City (CPSL) 3–2 (a.e.t.) Vaughan Shooters (CPSL) London, Ontario
7:38 ETMiguel Knox 38'
Dennis Peeters 63'
Keith Andrew 120'
(Report) Stalin Cardenas 34'
Jason De Thomasis 47'
Stadium: Cove Road Stadium
Attendance: 150
Referee: Vito Curalli (Ontario)

Final

September 5, 2005 London City (CPSL) 0–3 Windsor Border Stars (CPSL) London, Ontario
4:08 ET (Report) Radek Papiez 49'
Radek Papiez 51'
Aaron Byrd 82'
Stadium: Cove Road Stadium

Top scorers

PositionPlayerClubGoals
1Aaron Byrd Windsor Border Stars 4
2Dan CheneyOttawa Royals3
Jason De Thomasis Vaughan Shooters 3
Radek Papiez Windsor Border Stars 3
Fred PerreiraToronto Benfica3
Christopher SantosToronto Benfica3

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