2013 Canadian Championship

The 2013 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 2013. As in the previous tournament, participating teams included FC Edmonton, Montreal Impact, Toronto FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC. The Montreal Impact won the Voyageurs Cup and became Canada's entry into the Group Stage of the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League. It was the sixth edition of the annual Canadian Championship.[1]

2013 Canadian Championship
2013 Amway Canadian Championship (in English)
Championnat Canadien Amway 2013 (in French)
CountryCanada
DatesApril 24 – May 29
Teams4
ChampionsMontreal Impact (2nd title)
(8th Voyageurs Cup)
Runners-upVancouver Whitecaps FC
Matches played6
Goals scored19 (3.17 per match)
Attendance73,903 (12,317 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Camilo (3 goals)
George Gross Memorial TrophyJustin Mapp
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Teams
Team League League position Appearance
Vancouver Whitecaps FC MLS 11th 6th
Montreal Impact MLS 12th 6th
Toronto FC MLS 19th 6th
FC Edmonton NASL 8th 3th

Matches

Bracket

The teams were seeded based on 2012 league results. The three Major League Soccer teams were seeded No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3 based on their final regular season position during the 2012 Major League Soccer season, while the sole North American Soccer League team received the No. 4 seed.[1]

Each round is a two-game aggregate goal series with the away goals rule.
  Semifinals Final
                         
3 Toronto FC 2 0 2  
2 Montreal Impact 0 6 6  
    2 Montreal Impact (a) 0 2 2
  1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 2 2
4 FC Edmonton 2 0 2
1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3 2 5  

Semifinals
First leg
Toronto FC2−0Montreal Impact
  • Henry 49'
  • Wiedeman 81'
 Report
Attendance: 11,043
Referee: Paul Ward
Second leg
Montreal Impact6−0Toronto FC
 Report
Attendance: 14,931
Referee: Drew Fischer

Montreal Impact won 6−2 on aggregate.

First leg
FC Edmonton2−3Vancouver Whitecaps FC
 Report
Attendance: 2,838
Second leg
Vancouver Whitecaps FC2−0FC Edmonton
 Report
Attendance: 14,892
Referee: Geoff Gamble

Vancouver Whitecaps FC won 5−2 on aggregate.

First leg
Montreal Impact0−0Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Report
Attendance: 12,016
Montreal Impact
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
GK30Evan Bush
DF5Jeb Brovsky
DF13Matteo Ferrari
DF17Dennis Iapichino
DF6Hassoun Camara 25'
MF21Justin Mapp
MF15Andrés Romero 72'
MF18Collen Warner 31' 62'
FW8Patrice Bernier (c)
FW9Marco Di Vaio 33'
FW33Andrew Wenger 81'
Substitutes
MF 28 Sinisa Ubiparipovic  81'
FW 7 Felipe  62'
FW 19 Blake Smith  72'
Manager
Marco Schällibaum
GK18Brad Knighton
DF2Jordan Harvey
DF40Andy O'Brien 25'
DF16Johnny Leveron
DF3Brad Rusin
DF4Alain Rochat 79'
MF13Nigel Reo-Coker
MF28Gershon Koffie
MF8Matt Watson
MF31Russell Teibert
FW11Darren Mattocks 65'
Substitutes
FW 26 Corey Hertzog  65'
FW 19 Erik Hurtado  79'
Manager
Martin Rennie

Second leg
Vancouver Whitecaps FC2–2Montreal Impact
 Report
Attendance: 18,183
Referee: Drew Fischer
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Montreal Impact
GK18Brad Knighton
DF40Andy O'Brien
DF12Lee Young-Pyo
DF16Johnny Leveron
DF4Alain Rochat
MF27Jun Marques Davidson
MF28Gershon Koffie 57'
MF13Nigel Reo-Coker
FW9Kenny Miller
FW31Russell Teibert 73'
FW7Camilo 82'
Substitutes
FW 11 Darren Mattocks  82'
DF 2 Jordan Harvey  73'
MF 14 Daigo Kobayashi  57'
Manager
Martin Rennie
GK30Evan Bush
DF5Jeb Brovsky 82'
DF13Matteo Ferrari
DF14Alessandro Nesta
DF6Hassoun Camara 6'
MF21Justin Mapp
MF15Andrés Romero 73'
MF7Felipe 88'
MF8Patrice Bernier (c)
FW9Marco Di Vaio
FW33Andrew Wenger
Substitutes
DF 17 Dennis Iapichino  88'
MF 18 Collen Warner  82'
FW 19 Blake Smith  73'
Manager
Marco Schällibaum
Assistant referees
Daniel Belleau
Richard Gamache
Fourth official
Paul Ward

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Camilo Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3
2 Marco Di Vaio Montreal Impact 2
3 Michael Cox FC Edmonton 1
Chris Nurse FC Edmonton
Justin Mapp Montreal Impact
Daniele Paponi Montreal Impact
Andrés Romero Montreal Impact
Andrew Wenger Montreal Impact
Felipe Campanholi Martins Montreal Impact
Hassoun Camara Montreal Impact
Doneil Henry Toronto FC
Andrew Wiedeman Toronto FC
Tom Heinemann Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Corey Hertzog Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Daigo Kobayashi Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Shaun Saiko FC Edmonton (o.g.) against Whitecaps

References
  1. "Schedule announced for 2013 Amway Canadian Championship". Retrieved September 28, 2012.
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