2011 Canadian Championship

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2011 Canadian Championship
2011 Nutrilite Canadian Championship (in English)
Championnat Canadien Nutrilite 2011 (in French)
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Tournament details
CountryCanada
Teams4
Final positions
Champions Toronto FC (3rd title)
Runners-up Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored12 (2 per match)
Attendance82,463 (13,744 per match)
Top goal scorer Maicon Santos (3 goals)
Awards
George Gross Memorial Trophy Joao Plata
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The 2011 Canadian Championship (officially the Nutrilite Canadian Championship [1] ) was a soccer tournament hosted and organized by the Canadian Soccer Association that took place in the cities of Edmonton, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver in 2011. As in previous tournaments, participating teams included the Montreal Impact, Toronto FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC. FC Edmonton participated in this year's competition for the first time. Toronto FC won the tournament, claiming the Voyageurs Cup and Canada's entry into the preliminary round of the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League. The tournament has been held annually since 2008.

Contents

The format of the 2011 tournament was different from previous editions. In 2011, with four teams involved, the tournament was changed to be a home-and-away semifinal round and a similar final round between the winners. Toronto, as reigning champions, were assigned the top seed and were matched with Edmonton, who were assigned the fourth seed as newcomers to the tournament. The two remaining teams, Montreal and Vancouver, faced off in the other semifinal. [2] [3]

Bracket

Seeding

Semifinals Finals
          
3 Montreal Impact 0 1 1
2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC   1 1 2
2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC   1 1 2
1 Toronto FC 1 2 3
4 FC Edmonton 0 0 0
1 Toronto FC 3 1 4

Matches

Semifinals

Montreal Impact 0–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Report Dunfield Soccerball shade.svg67'
Saputo Stadium, Montreal, Quebec
Attendance: 8,412
Referee: Carol-Anne Chénard
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 (a.e.t.) Montreal Impact
Akloul Soccerball shade.svg113' Report Gerba Soccerball shade.svg83' (pen.)
Empire Field, Vancouver, British Columbia
Attendance: 16,611
Referee: Dave Gantar

Vancouver Whitecaps FC won 2–1 on aggregate.

FC Edmonton 0–3 Toronto FC
Report [ permanent dead link ] Santos Soccerball shade.svg35', 61'
Gordon Soccerball shade.svg47'
Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta
Attendance: 5,781
Referee: Paul Ward
Toronto FC 1–0 FC Edmonton
Gordon Soccerball shade.svg21' Report
BMO Field, Toronto, Ontario
Attendance: 17,937
Referee: Mauricio Navarro

Toronto FC won 4–0 on aggregate.

Final

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 Toronto FC
Hassli Soccerball shade.svg64' Report Santos Soccerball shade.svg73'
Empire Field, Vancouver, British Columbia
Attendance: 15,474
Referee: Silviu Petrescu

Match abandoned in the 60th minute due to lightning and unplayable field conditions. [4] Originally scheduled to be replayed on May 26, 11:00 EDT, but was rescheduled as weather conditions prevented the match from being played. The second leg was eventually replayed on July 2, 12:30 EDT, in its entirety starting from 0–0 according to the rules of the tournament. [5]

Toronto FC 2–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Plata Soccerball shade.svg51' (pen.)
Yourassowsky Soccerball shade.svg61'		 Camilo Soccerball shade.svg21'
BMO Field, Toronto, Ontario
Attendance: 18,212
Referee: Dave Gantar

Toronto FC won 3–2 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers

PosNameNationalityClubGoals
1 Maicon Santos Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Toronto FC 3
2 Alan Gordon Flag of the United States.svg  United States Toronto FC2
3 Mouloud Akloul Flag of France.svg  France Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1
Camilo Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Terry Dunfield Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Eric Hassli Flag of France.svg  France Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Ali Gerba Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Montreal Impact
Joao Plata Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador Toronto FC
Mikael Yourassowsky Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Toronto FC

References

  1. ↑ "Association confirms 2011 Nutrilite Canadian Championship schedule". CSA Website. 2011-02-18. Archived from the original on 2011-02-28. Retrieved 2011-02-18.
  2. ↑ Rollins, Duane (2010-12-12). "Format of Canadian Championship may change". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
  3. ↑ Jones, Terry (2011-02-17). "Early test for FC Edmonton". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
  4. ↑ Championship replay: match abandoned, rescheduled for Thursday
  5. ↑ Championship final rescheduled for 2 July
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