2016 Canadian Championship

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2016 Canadian Championship
2016 Amway Canadian Championship (in English)
Championnat Canadien Amway 2016 (in French)
CountryCanada
DatesMay 11 – June 29, 2016
Teams5
Champions Toronto FC (5th title)
Runners-up Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Matches played8
Goals scored20 (2.5 per match)
Attendance114,360 (14,295 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Jordan Hamilton
Nicolás Mezquida
Jonathan Osorio
(2 goals each)
George Gross Memorial Trophy Benoît Cheyrou
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The 2016 Canadian Championship (officially the Amway Canadian Championship for sponsorship reasons) was a soccer tournament hosted and organized by the Canadian Soccer Association. It was the ninth edition of the annual Canadian Championship, and took place in the cities of Edmonton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver in 2016. The participating teams were Ottawa Fury FC and FC Edmonton of the second-division North American Soccer League, and the Montreal Impact, Toronto FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC of Major League Soccer, the first-level of Canadian club soccer. The Vancouver Whitecaps were the reigning champions; having won their first title in the 2015 competition.

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The winner, Toronto FC, was awarded the Voyageurs Cup and was supposed to become Canada's sole entry into the group stage of the 2017–18 CONCACAF Champions League. However, due to that tournament's restructuring, it was later announced that the Canadian representative at the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League would be determined by a playoff match between Toronto FC and the 2017 Canadian Championship winner. [1] Toronto FC went on to win the 2017 edition, however, and qualified without the need for a playoff.

Tournament bracket

The three Major League Soccer and two NASL Canadian clubs are seeded according to their final position in 2015 league play, with both NASL clubs playing in the preliminary round, the winner of which advances to the semifinals. [2]

All rounds of the competition are played via a two-leg home-and-away knock-out format. The higher seeded team had the option of deciding which leg it played at home. The team that scores the greater aggregate of goals in the two matches advances. Toronto FC, was declared champion and earns the right to play in the CONCACAF Champions League playoff match.

Each series was a two-game aggregate goal series with the away goals rule.

Preliminary round Semifinals Final
               
3 Toronto FC 4 0 4
2 Montreal Impact 2 0 2
3 Toronto FC (a) 1 1 2
1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 2 2
FC Edmonton 0 2 2
Ottawa Fury FC 3 0 3
4 Ottawa Fury FC 2 0 2
1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 3 3

Matches

Preliminary round

First leg

FC Edmonton 0–3 Ottawa Fury FC
Ledgerwood Yellow card.svg 60'
Fordyce Yellow card.svg 75'		 Report Timbó Soccerball shade.svg13'
Bailey Yellow card.svg 31'
Haworth Soccerball shade.svg69'
Vered Soccerball shade.svg74'
Olivera Yellow card.svg 86'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Alain Ruch

Second leg

Ottawa Fury FC 0–2 FC Edmonton
Steele Yellow card.svg 54'
Bailey Yellow card.svg 55'
Timbó Yellow card.svg 90+1'		 Report Diakite Yellow card.svg 15'
Corea Soccerball shade.svg26'
Watson Yellow card.svg 38'
Eckersley Soccerball shade.svg45'
Attendance: 3,946
Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau

Ottawa won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semifinals

First leg

Ottawa Fury FC 2–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Steele Soccerball shade.svg3'
Obasi Yellow card.svg 16'
Paulo Jr. Soccerball shade.svg41'
Haworth Yellow card.svg 63'
Eustáquio Yellow card.svg 90+2'		 Report
Attendance: 9,057
Referee: Yusri Rudolf
Toronto FC 4–2 Montreal Impact
Osorio Soccerball shade.svg13', 36'
Hamilton Soccerball shade.svg60', 80'
Lovitz Yellow card.svg 84'
Irwin Yellow card.svg 90+2'		 Report Bernier Red card.svg 45+2'
Salazar Soccerball shade.svg86'
Drogba Soccerball shade.svg90+1'
Attendance: 22,143
Referee: David Gantar

Second leg

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–0 Ottawa Fury FC
Morales Soccerball shade.svg3' (pen.)
Mezquida Soccerball shade.svg20'
Rivero Soccerball shade.svg52'
Parker Yellow card.svg 67'		 Report Alves Yellow card.svg 2'
de Guzman Yellow card.svg 73'
Attendance: 17,863
Referee: Geoff Gamble

Vancouver won 3–2 on aggregate.

Montreal Impact 0–0 Toronto FC
Drogba Yellow card.svg 50'
Ontivero Red card.svg 60'
Oduro Yellow card.svg 88'		 Report Zavaleta Yellow card.svg 45'
Attendance: 18,964
Referee: Silviu Petrescu

Toronto won 4–2 on aggregate.

Final

First leg

Toronto FC 1–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Giovinco Soccerball shade.svg43' Report Bolaños Yellow card.svg 88'
Attendance: 20,011
Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau

Second leg

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Toronto FC
Waston Yellow card.svg 32'
Mezquida Soccerball shade.svg47'
Manneh Yellow card.svg 62'
Parker Soccerball shade.svg68'		 Report Johnson Soccerball shade.svg90+5'
Attendance: 19,376
Referee: Drew Fischer

2–2 on aggregate. Toronto won on away goals.

Goalscorers

RankPlayerNationTeamGoals
1 Jonathan Osorio Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg CAN Toronto FC 2
Jordan Hamilton Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg CAN Toronto FC
Nicolás Mezquida Flag of Uruguay.svg URU Vancouver Whitecaps FC
4 Dustin Corea Flag of El Salvador.svg SLV FC Edmonton 1
Didier Drogba Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg CIV Montreal Impact
Adam Eckersley Flag of England.svg ENGFC Edmonton
Sebastian Giovinco Flag of Italy.svg ITAToronto FC
Carl Haworth Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg CAN Ottawa Fury
Will Johnson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg CANToronto FC
Pedro Morales Flag of Chile.svg CHIVancouver Whitecaps FC
Tim Parker Flag of the United States.svg USAVancouver Whitecaps FC
Paulo Jr. Flag of Brazil.svg BRAOttawa Fury
Octavio Rivero Flag of Uruguay.svg URUVancouver Whitecaps FC
Michael Salazar Flag of Belize.svg BLZMontreal Impact
Jonny Steele Ulster Banner.svg NIROttawa Fury
Fernando Timbó Flag of Brazil.svg BRAOttawa Fury
Idan Vered Flag of Israel.svg ISROttawa Fury

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