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
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2015 →

Matches

Bracket

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

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

FC Edmonton won 3–1 on aggregate.

Semifinals

First leg
FC Edmonton2–1Montreal Impact
Ameobi 60'
Nonni 90'
ReportMcInerney 56'
Second leg
Montreal Impact4–2FC Edmonton
McInerney 10', 17'
Brovsky 47'
Bernier 90+7' (pen.)
ReportJonke 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'
ReportManneh 90'
Attendance: 22,591
Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau

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


Final

First leg

Toronto FC
Montreal Impact
GK12Joe Bendik
DF5Ashtone Morgan
DF15Doneil Henry (c)
DF17Nick Hagglund
DF13Steven Caldwell
MF16Bradley Orr
MF35Daniel Lovitz
MF25Jeremy Hall
MF23Álvaro Rey  35'  79'
FW14Dwayne De Rosario
FW9Gilberto  90'
Substitutes
FW8Kyle Bekker  76'
FW2Justin Morrow  79'
Manager
Ryan Nelsen
GK30Evan Bush
DF6Hassoun Camara
DF44Heath Pearce
DF34Karl Ouimette
DF2Nelson Rivas  3'
MF15Andrés Romero
MF7Felipe  45'
MF23Hernán Bernardello
MF21Justin Mapp
MF8Patrice Bernier (c)  81'
FW9Marco Di Vaio
Substitutes
DF55Wandrille Lefèvre  83'  3'
FW99Jack McInerney  45'
MF16Calum Mallace  81'
Manager
Frank Klopas
Assistant referees
Gianni Facchini
Lyes Arfa
Fourth official
Yusri Rudolf

Second leg

Montreal Impact
Toronto FC
GK30 Evan Bush
RB6 Hassoun Camara
CB44 Heath Pearce
CB34 Karl Ouimette
LB55 Wandrille Lefevre
MF15 Andrés Romero  88'
MF23 Hernán Bernardello  4'
MF21 Justin Mapp  60'
MF8 Patrice Bernier (c)
FW99 Jack McInerney  75'
FW9 Marco Di Vaio
Substitutes:
GK1 Troy Perkins
DF26 Adrián López
DF13 Matteo Ferrari
DF17 Maxim Tissot  88'
MF51 Calum Mallace  75'
MF16 Felipe  90+2'  60'
FW7 Santiago González
Manager:
Frank Klopas
GK12 Joe Bendik
DF15 Doneil Henry
DF2 Justin Morrow
DF28 Mark Bloom
DF13 Steven Caldwell (c)
MF35 Daniel Lovitz  55'
MF25 Jeremy Hall  67'
MF8 Kyle Bekker
MF23 Álvaro Rey  74'
FW18 Jermain Defoe
FW27 Luke Moore
Substitutes:
GK1 Chris Konopka
DF5 Ashtone Morgan
MF17 Nick Hagglund
MF14 Dwayne De Rosario  74'
MF21 Jonathan Osorio  67'
FW32 Andrew Wiedeman
FW9 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

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Jack McInerneyMontreal Impact3
2 Frank JonkeFC Edmonton2
Daryl FordyceFC Edmonton
Doneil HenryToronto FC
5 Hanson BoakaiFC Edmonton1
Tomi AmeobiFC Edmonton
Michael NonniFC Edmonton
Jeb BrovskyMontreal Impact
Patrice BernierMontreal Impact
Justin MappMontreal Impact
Felipe Campanholi MartinsMontreal Impact
Vini DantasOttawa Fury FC
Jermain DefoeToronto FC
Michael BradleyToronto FC
Kekuta MannehVancouver Whitecaps FC
Erik HurtadoVancouver Whitecaps FC
Pedro MoralesVancouver Whitecaps FC

References