The 2014 Challenge Trophy was hosted in Vaughan, Ontario from October 8–13, 2014. It is the Canadian national championship for men's amateur soccer teams on the 4th and 5th levels of the Canadian soccer league system.

2014 Challenge Trophy
Challenge Cup
Nationals
Tournament details
CountryCanada
Teams12
Final positions
ChampionsLondon Marconi
Runner-upCalgary Callies
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Teams edit

Group stage edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 London Marconi 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4
2 Vaughan Azzurri 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
3 P.E.I. FC 2 0 1 1 2 4 −2 1
Source: [citation needed]

Standings source: [1]

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Croatia SC 2 1 0 1 4 1 +3 3
2 Fredericton Picaroons 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3
3 Dartmouth United Golden Goal 2 1 0 1 1 4 −3 3
Source: [2]

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Calgary Callies 2 1 1 0 8 1 +7 4
2 FC Winnipeg Lions 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4
3 Yellowknife FC 2 0 0 2 2 10 −8 0
Source: [3]

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Saskatoon HUSA Alumni 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 6
2 Holy Cross 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 3
3 Royal Sélect de Beauport 2 0 0 2 0 2 −2 0
Source: [4]

Relegation tournament edit

Last placed teams from the group stage were entered into a relegation round-robin tournament to determine overall classifications for 9th through 12th place.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
9 P.E.I. FC 3 3 0 0 13 2 +11 9
10 Royal Sélect de Beauport 3 2 0 1 14 6 +8 6
11 Dartmouth United Golden Goal 3 1 0 2 7 6 +1 3
12 Yellowknife FC 3 0 0 3 3 23 −20 0
Source: [5]

Knockout round edit

The top two teams from each group in the group stage advanced to the knockout round. All teams played three matches, as teams that lost in the knockout round still advanced to face other losing teams to determine final classifications for 3rd through 8th place.

Quarter finals edit

Croatia SC0 - 3Calgary Callies
Soccer Centre
FC Winnipeg Lions2 - 1Fredericton Picaroons
Sonoma
London Marconi2 - 2Holy Cross
Penalties
6 - 5
Soccer Centre
Saskatoon HUSA Alumni3 - 3Vaughan Azzurri
Penalties
5 - 4
Sonoma

Semifinals edit

Winner to 1st place match
London Marconi1 - 0FC Winnipeg Lions
Soccer Centre
Winner to 1st place match
Saskatoon HUSA Alumni0 - 0Calgary Callies
Penalties
2 - 4
Soccer Centre

Winner to 5th place match
Holy Cross2 - 0Fredericton Picaroons
Vaughan Grove
Winner to 5th place match
Vaughan Azzurri0 - 4Croatia SC
Sonoma

Finals edit

1st place match
London Marconi0 - 0Calgary Callies
Penalties
4 - 2
Soccer Centre

3rd place match
FC Winnipeg Lions0 - 0Saskatoon HUSA Alumni
Penalties
0 - 3
Vaughan Grove

5th place match
Holy Cross4 - 4Croatia SC
Penalties
4 - 3
Hershey 1

7th place match
Fredericton Picaroons3 - 0Vaughan Azzurri
Hershey 2

Winning team roster edit

London Marconi edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
6    Aaron Schneebeli
12    Ahmad Birani
4    Alex Lewis
3    Brandon Mendes
17    Brian Pistor
4    Connor McFall
13    Denver Spearman
18    Geert Remjin
15    Jovan Ivanovich
1 GK    Mark Haynes
No. Pos. Nation Player
22    Matt Catalano
23    Matt Cuthbert
10    Mike Marcoccia
16    Parker Seymour
11    Paul Aronold
2    Ryan Avola
7    Steven Hepton
9    Taso Bujouves
5    Tyler Hemming

Final standings edit

Rank Team
    London Marconi
    Calgary Callies
    Saskatoon HUSA Alumni
4   FC Winnipeg Lions
5   Holy Cross
6   Croatia SC
7   Fredericton Picaroons
8   Vaughan Azzurri
9   P.E.I. FC
10   Royal Sélect de Beauport
11   Dartmouth United Golden Goal
12   Yellowknife FC

References edit