| 2012 Amway Canadian Championship (in English) Championnat Canadien Amway 2012 (in French) | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Country | Canada |
| Date | May 2–23 |
| Teams | 4 (from 2 leagues) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Toronto FC (4th title) |
| Runners-up | Vancouver Whitecaps FC |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 6 |
| Goals scored | 11 (1.83 per match) |
| Attendance | 75,866 (12,644 per match) |
| Top goal scorer(s) | Eric Hassli Ryan Johnson Reggie Lambe Sébastien Le Toux (2 goals each) |
| Awards | |
| George Gross Memorial Trophy | Ryan Johnson |
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, the Montreal Impact (making a first appearance since succeeding the team's previous iteration), 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 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.
| Team | 2011 league position | Appearance |
|---|---|---|
| Toronto FC | 16th in MLS | 5th |
| Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 18th in MLS | 2nd |
| FC Edmonton | 5th in NASL | 2nd |
| Montreal Impact | 7th in NASL (previous iteration) | 1st |
The teams were seeded based on 2011 league results, with the Major League Soccer teams receiving the first and second seeds, and the North American Soccer League teams receiving the third and fourth seeds.
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| NASL | FC Edmonton | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| MLS | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||
| MLS | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| MLS | Toronto FC | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| MLS | Montreal Impact | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| MLS | Toronto FC | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
Toronto FC won 2–0 on aggregate.
Vancouver Whitecaps FC won 5–1 on aggregate.
| Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1–1 | Toronto FC |
|---|---|---|
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Toronto FC won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals | By round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF1 | SF2 | F1 | F2 | ||||
| 1 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Toronto FC | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Toronto FC | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2 | ||||||
| 5 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1 | ||||||
| FC Edmonton | 1 | ||||||