2012 Canadian Championship

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2012 Canadian Championship
2012 Amway Canadian Championship (in English)
Championnat Canadien Amway 2012 (in French)
Amway Canadian Championship logo 2012.svg
Tournament details
CountryCanada
Teams4
Final positions
Champions Toronto FC (4th title)
Runner-up Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored11 (1.83 per match)
Attendance75,789 (12,632 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Eric Hassli
Ryan Johnson
Reggie Lambe
Sébastien Le Toux
(2 goals each)
George Gross Memorial Trophy Ryan Johnson
  2011
2013  

The 2012 Canadian Championship (officially the Amway Canadian Championship for sponsorship reasons) 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 2012. As in the previous tournament, participating teams included FC Edmonton, Montreal Impact, Toronto FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC. It was won by Toronto FC, who defeated the Vancouver Whitecaps 2-1 on aggregate in the final round. As the winner, Toronto FC took the Voyageurs Cup and Canada's entry into the Group Stage of the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League. It was the fifth edition of the annual Canadian Championship. [1]

Contents

Qualified teams

TeamLeaguePositionAppearance
Toronto FC MLS 16th5th
Vancouver Whitecaps FC MLS 18th5th
FC Edmonton NASL 5th2nd
Montreal Impact NASL 7th5th

Matches

Bracket

The teams were seeded based on 2011 league results, with the Major League Soccer teams receiving the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds, and the North American Soccer League teams receiving the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds. [1]

Each round is a two-game aggregate goal series.
Semifinals Final
          
3 FC Edmonton 0 1 1
2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC   2 3 5
2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC   1 0 1
1 Toronto FC 1 1 2
4 Montreal Impact 0 0 0
1 Toronto FC 0 2 2

Semifinals

Montreal Impact 0–0 Toronto FC
Report
Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec
Attendance: 13,405
Referee: Paul Ward
Toronto FC 2–0 Montreal Impact
Lambe Soccerball shade.svg2'
Johnson Soccerball shade.svg38'
Report
BMO Field, Toronto, Ontario
Attendance: 15,016
Referee: Dave Gantar

Toronto FC won 2–0 on aggregate.


FC Edmonton 0–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Report Hassli Soccerball shade.svg18'
Harris Soccerball shade.svg41'
Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta
Attendance: 3,700
Referee: Carol Anne Chenard
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–1 FC Edmonton
Le Toux Soccerball shade.svg75', 88'
Mattocks Soccerball shade.svg90+3'
Report Pinto Soccerball shade.svg54'
BC Place, Vancouver, British Columbia
Attendance: 15,011
Referee: Geoff Gamble

Vancouver Whitecaps FC won 5–1 on aggregate.


Final

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 Toronto FC
Hassli Soccerball shade.svg90+1' Report Johnson Soccerball shade.svg66'
BC Place, Vancouver, British Columbia
Attendance: 14,878
Referee: Drew Fischer
Toronto FC 1–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Lambe Soccerball shade.svg83' Report
BMO Field, Toronto, Ontario
Attendance: 13,777
Referee: Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Silviu Petrescu

Toronto FC won 2–1 on aggregate.

Goalscorers

  Team eliminated or did not play in this round.
RankPlayerTeamGoalsBy round
SF1SF2F1F2
1 Flag of France.svg Eric Hassli Vancouver Whitecaps FC 211
Flag of Jamaica.svg Ryan Johnson Toronto FC11
Flag of Bermuda.svg Reggie Lambe Toronto FC 11
Flag of France.svg Sébastien Le Toux Vancouver Whitecaps FC2
5 Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg Atiba Harris Vancouver Whitecaps FC11
Flag of Jamaica.svg Darren Mattocks Vancouver Whitecaps FC1
Flag of Chile.svg Pinto FC Edmonton 1

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References

  1. 1 2 "2012 Amway Canadian Championship" . Retrieved January 27, 2012.