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
← 2012
2014 →

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 3rd

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.

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

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

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