2013 Canadian Championship

2013 Canadian Championship
2013 Amway Canadian Championship (in English)
Championnat Canadien Amway 2013 (in French)
Tournament details
CountryCanada
DatesApril 24 – May 29
Teams4 (from 2 leagues)
Final positions
ChampionsMontreal Impact (1st title)
Runners-upVancouver Whitecaps FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored19 (3.17 per match)
Attendance73,903 (12,317 per match)
Top goal scorerCamilo (3 goals)
Awards
George Gross Memorial TrophyJustin Mapp
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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, the 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.

Teams

Team 2012 league position Appearance
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 11th in MLS 3rd
Montreal Impact 12th in MLS 2nd
Toronto FC 19th in MLS 6th
FC Edmonton 8th in NASL 3rd

Bracket

The teams were seeded based on 2012 league results. The three Major League Soccer teams were seeded first, second and third based on their final regular season position during the 2012 MLS season, while the sole North American Soccer League team received the fourth seed.

Each round was a two-legged series with the away goals rule.
Semi-finals Final
          
MLS Toronto FC 2 0 2
MLS Montreal Impact 0 6 6
MLS Montreal Impact (a) 0 2 2
MLS Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 2 2
NASL FC Edmonton 2 0 2
MLS Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3 2 5

Matches

Semi-finals

Toronto FC2−0Montreal Impact
 Report
BMO Field, Toronto, Ontario
Attendance: 11,043
Referee: Paul Ward
Montreal Impact6−0Toronto FC
 Report
Attendance: 14,931
Referee: Drew Fischer

Montreal Impact won 6−2 on aggregate.

FC Edmonton2−3Vancouver Whitecaps FC
 Report
Attendance: 2,838
Vancouver Whitecaps FC2−0FC Edmonton
 Report
BC Place, Vancouver, British Columbia
Attendance: 14,892
Referee: Geoff Gamble

Vancouver Whitecaps FC won 5−2 on aggregate.

Final

Montreal Impact0−0Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Report
Attendance: 12,016
Vancouver Whitecaps FC2–2Montreal Impact
 Report
BC Place, Vancouver, British Columbia
Attendance: 18,183
Referee: Drew Fischer

2–2 on aggregate. Montreal Impact won on away goals.

Goalscorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Brazil Camilo Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3
2 Italy Marco Di Vaio Montreal Impact 2
3 France Hassoun Camara Montreal Impact 1
Canada Michael Cox FC Edmonton
Brazil Felipe Montreal Impact
United States Tom Heinemann Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Canada Doneil Henry Toronto FC
United States Corey Hertzog Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Japan Daigo Kobayashi Vancouver Whitecaps FC
United States Justin Mapp Montreal Impact
Guyana Chris Nurse FC Edmonton
Italy Daniele Paponi Montreal Impact
Argentina Andrés Romero Montreal Impact
United States Andrew Wenger Montreal Impact
United States Andrew Wiedeman Toronto FC

References

  1. 1 2 "Schedule announced for 2013 Amway Canadian Championship". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Retrieved September 28, 2012.