2018 Canadian Championship
| Championnat Canadien 2018 (in French) | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Country | Canada |
| Dates | June 6 – August 15, 2018 |
| Teams | 6 (from 4 leagues) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Toronto FC (7th title) |
| Runner-up | Vancouver Whitecaps FC |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 10 |
| Goals scored | 24 (2.4 per match) |
| Top goal scorer(s) | Jozy Altidore Kei Kamara Jonathan Osorio (3 goals each) |
| Awards | |
| George Gross Memorial Trophy | Jonathan Osorio |
The 2018 Canadian Championship was a soccer tournament hosted and organized by the Canadian Soccer Association. It was the eleventh edition of the annual Canadian Championship. Toronto FC won the competition for the third consecutive year and qualified for the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League.
The 2018 edition saw the invitation of the champions of League1 Ontario (L1O) and Première Ligue de soccer du Québec (PLSQ). FC Edmonton suspended operations and did not take part in the Championship this year. As a result, a new format was adopted which saw the L1O and PLSQ champions, the Oakville Blue Devils and A.S. Blainville, enter in a new first qualifying round.[1] [2] As winners of the first qualifying round, AS Blainville played Ottawa Fury FC in the second qualifying round, and the winner of that match, Ottawa Fury, joined the MLS teams in the semi-final round.[3] With six teams, the 2018 edition was the largest edition of the championship to date.
Qualified clubs
[edit ]| Club | Location | League | Previous best | Prior appearances |
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| A.S. Blainville | Blainville, Quebec | Première Ligue de soccer du Québec | N/A | 0 |
| Montreal Impact | Montreal, Quebec | Major League Soccer | Champions: 3 | 10 |
| Oakville Blue Devils | Oakville, Ontario | League1 Ontario | N/A | 0 |
| Ottawa Fury | Ottawa, Ontario | United Soccer League | Semi-finals: 2 | 4 |
| Toronto FC | Toronto, Ontario | Major League Soccer | Champions: 6 | 10 |
| Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Vancouver, British Columbia | Major League Soccer | Champions: 1 | 10 |
Statistics include previous incarnations of the Montreal Impact and Vancouver Whitecaps.
Distribution
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| First qualifying round (2 teams) |
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| Second qualifying round (2 teams) |
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| Semifinals (4 teams) |
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| Final (2 teams) |
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Tournament bracket
[edit ]June 6–13 Second Qualifying Round
June 20–27 Semifinals
July 18–25 Final
August 8–15
Matches
[edit ]First qualifying round
[edit ]A.S. Blainville won 3–1 on aggregate.
Second qualifying round
[edit ]| A.S. Blainville | 0–1 | Ottawa Fury |
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| Ottawa Fury | 1–0 | A.S. Blainville |
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Ottawa Fury FC won 2–0 on aggregate.
Semifinals
[edit ]| Ottawa Fury | 0–1 | Toronto FC |
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Toronto FC won 4–0 on aggregate.
Vancouver Whitecaps FC won 2–1 on aggregate.
Final
[edit ]Toronto FC won 7–4 on aggregate.
Goalscorers
[edit ]| Rank | Player | Team | Goals | By round | |||||||
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| 1Q1 | 1Q2 | 2Q1 | 2Q2 | SF1 | SF2 | F1 | F2 | ||||
| 1 | United States Jozy Altidore | Toronto FC | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| Canada Jonathan Osorio | Toronto FC | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Sierra Leone Kei Kamara | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 4 | Canada Diyaeddine Abzi | A.S. Blainville | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| United States Ayo Akinola | Toronto FC | 1 | |||||||||
| Italy Sebastian Giovinco | Toronto FC | 1 | |||||||||
| Canada Jordan Hamilton | Toronto FC | 1 | |||||||||
| Canada Carl Haworth | Ottawa Fury | 1 | |||||||||
| United States Erik Hurtado | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1 | |||||||||
| Canada Pierre-Rudolph Mayard | A.S. Blainville | 1 | |||||||||
| Canada Anthony Novak | Oakville Blue Devils | 1 | |||||||||
| Peru Yordy Reyna | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1 | |||||||||
| Canada Tosaint Ricketts | Toronto FC | 1 | |||||||||
| United States Brek Shea | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1 | |||||||||
| Uruguay Alejandro Silva | Montreal Impact | 1 | |||||||||
| Canada Mitchell Syla | A.S. Blainville | 1 | |||||||||
| Panama Tony Taylor | Ottawa Fury | 1 | |||||||||
References
[edit ]- ^ "Oakville Blue Devils qualifies for Canadian Championship - Canada Soccer". www.canadasoccer.com. Archived from the original on October 27, 2019. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
- ^ "AS Blainville qualifies for Canadian Championship - Canada Soccer". www.canadasoccer.com. Archived from the original on October 27, 2019. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
- ^ "About the Canadian Championship". Archived from the original on December 22, 2017. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
- ^ "Fury beat Blainville, advance to semis in Canadian Championship". ottawafuryfc.com. Ottawa Fury FC. June 27, 2018. Archived from the original on July 20, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2018.