2014 Canadian Championship

The 2014 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, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver in 2014. For the first time in the history of the tournament, the Ottawa Fury FC participated in addition to FC Edmonton, Montreal Impact, Toronto FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC. The winner, Montreal Impact, was awarded the Voyageurs Cup and became Canada's entry into the Group stage of the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League. It was the seventh edition of the annual Canadian Championship.[1]

2014 Canadian Championship
2014 Amway Canadian Championship (in English)
Championnat Canadien Amway 2014 (in French)
Tournament details
CountryCanada
DatesApril 23 – June 4
Teams5
Final positions
ChampionsMontreal Impact (3rd title)
(9th Voyageurs Cup)
Runner-upToronto FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored22 (2.75 per match)
Attendance91,937 (11,492 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Jack McInerney (3 goals)
George Gross Memorial TrophyJustin Mapp
← 2013
2015 →

Matches edit

Bracket edit

The three Major League Soccer Canadian clubs are seeded according to their final position in 2013 league play. The fourth seed was allocated to the winner of the preliminary round between the participating NASL clubs.


All rounds of the competition are played via a two-leg home-and-away knock-out format. The higher seeded team has the option of deciding which leg it played at home. The team that scores the greater aggregate of goals in the two matches advances. As in previous years, the team that came on top on aggregate for the two matches, Montreal Impact, was declared champion and earned the right to represent Canada in the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League.[1]

Each round is a two-game aggregate goal series with the away goals rule.
                
3
Toronto FC (p)
213 (5)
2
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
123 (3)
Toronto FC101
Montreal Impact112
Ottawa Fury FC011
FC Edmonton033
4
FC Edmonton
224
1
Montreal Impact
145

Preliminary Round edit

First leg
Ottawa Fury FC0–0FC Edmonton
Report
Second leg
FC Edmonton3–1Ottawa Fury FC
Fordyce   30', 62'
Boakai   48'
Report Dantas   90'

FC Edmonton won 3–1 on aggregate.

Semifinals edit

First leg
FC Edmonton2–1Montreal Impact
Ameobi   60'
Nonni   90'
Report McInerney   56'
Second leg
Montreal Impact4–2FC Edmonton
McInerney   10', 17'
Brovsky   47'
Bernier   90+7' (pen.)
Report Jonke   67', 70' (pen.)
Attendance: 12,826
Referee: Drew Fischer

Montreal Impact won 5–4 on aggregate.


First leg
Toronto FC2–1Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Defoe   28'
Bradley   89'
Report Manneh   90'
Attendance: 22,591
Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau

3–3 on aggregate, Toronto FC won 5–3 on penalties.


Final edit

First leg edit

Toronto FC1–1Montreal Impact
Henry   20' Report 1
Report 2
Mapp   73'
Attendance: 18,269
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Toronto FC
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Montreal Impact
GK 12 Joe Bendik
DF 5 Ashtone Morgan
DF 15 Doneil Henry (c)
DF 17 Nick Hagglund
DF 13 Steven Caldwell
MF 16 Bradley Orr
MF 35 Daniel Lovitz
MF 25 Jeremy Hall
MF 23 Álvaro Rey   35'   79'
FW 14 Dwayne De Rosario
FW 9 Gilberto   90'
Substitutes
FW 8 Kyle Bekker   76'
FW 2 Justin Morrow   79'
Manager
  Ryan Nelsen
GK 30 Evan Bush
DF 6 Hassoun Camara
DF 44 Heath Pearce
DF 34 Karl Ouimette
DF 2 Nelson Rivas   3'
MF 15 Andrés Romero
MF 7 Felipe   45'
MF 23 Hernán Bernardello
MF 21 Justin Mapp
MF 8 Patrice Bernier (c)   81'
FW 9 Marco Di Vaio
Substitutes
DF 55 Wandrille Lefèvre   83'   3'
FW 99 Jack McInerney   45'
MF 16 Calum Mallace   81'
Manager
  Frank Klopas
Assistant referees
  Gianni Facchini
  Lyes Arfa
Fourth official
  Yusri Rudolf

Second leg edit

Montreal Impact1–0Toronto FC
Felipe   90+1' Report 1
Report 2
Attendance: 13,423
Referee: David Gantar
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Montreal Impact
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Toronto FC
GK 30   Evan Bush
RB 6   Hassoun Camara
CB 44   Heath Pearce
CB 34   Karl Ouimette
LB 55   Wandrille Lefevre
MF 15   Andrés Romero   88'
MF 23   Hernán Bernardello   4'
MF 21   Justin Mapp   60'
MF 8   Patrice Bernier (c)
FW 99   Jack McInerney   75'
FW 9   Marco Di Vaio
Substitutes:
GK 1   Troy Perkins
DF 26   Adrián López
DF 13   Matteo Ferrari
DF 17   Maxim Tissot   88'
MF 51   Calum Mallace   75'
MF 16   Felipe   90+2'   60'
FW 7   Santiago González
Manager:
  Frank Klopas
GK 12   Joe Bendik
DF 15   Doneil Henry
DF 2   Justin Morrow
DF 28   Mark Bloom
DF 13   Steven Caldwell (c)
MF 35   Daniel Lovitz   55'
MF 25   Jeremy Hall   67'
MF 8   Kyle Bekker
MF 23   Álvaro Rey   74'
FW 18   Jermain Defoe
FW 27   Luke Moore
Substitutes:
GK 1   Chris Konopka
DF 5   Ashtone Morgan
MF 17   Nick Hagglund
MF 14   Dwayne De Rosario   74'
MF 21   Jonathan Osorio   67'
FW 32   Andrew Wiedeman
FW 9   Gilberto   55'
Manager:
  Ryan Nelsen

George Gross Memorial Trophy:
  Justin Mapp (Montreal Impact)[2]
Assistant referees:
Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho
Richard Gamache
Fourth official:
Justin Tasev

Match rules

  • Home and away 90 minutes match.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

Top goalscorers edit

Rank Player Team Goals
1   Jack McInerney Montreal Impact 3
2   Frank Jonke FC Edmonton 2
  Daryl Fordyce FC Edmonton
  Doneil Henry Toronto FC
5   Hanson Boakai FC Edmonton 1
  Tomi Ameobi FC Edmonton
  Michael Nonni FC Edmonton
  Jeb Brovsky Montreal Impact
  Patrice Bernier Montreal Impact
  Justin Mapp Montreal Impact
  Felipe Campanholi Martins Montreal Impact
  Vini Dantas Ottawa Fury FC
  Jermain Defoe Toronto FC
  Michael Bradley Toronto FC
  Kekuta Manneh Vancouver Whitecaps FC
  Erik Hurtado Vancouver Whitecaps FC
  Pedro Morales Vancouver Whitecaps FC

References edit

  1. ^ a b "2014 Amway Canadian Championship schedule announced". Archived from the original on March 16, 2018. Retrieved December 6, 2013.
  2. ^ "Montreal's Mapp wins 2014 George Gross Memorial Trophy". Canada Soccer. June 4, 2014. Archived from the original on June 6, 2014. Retrieved June 8, 2014.