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 Amway Canadian Championship (in English) Championnat Canadien Amway 2014 (in French) | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Country | Canada |
| Dates | April 23 – June 4 |
| Teams | 5 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Montreal Impact (3rd title) (9th Voyageurs Cup) |
| Runner-up | Toronto FC |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 8 |
| Goals scored | 22 (2.75 per match) |
| Attendance | 91,937 (11,492 per match) |
| Top goal scorer(s) | Jack McInerney (3 goals) |
| George Gross Memorial Trophy | Justin Mapp |
Matches
editBracket
editThe 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.
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3 Toronto FC (p) | 2 | 1 | 3 (5) | |||||||||||||
2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1 | 2 | 3 (3) | |||||||||||||
| Toronto FC | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Montreal Impact | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Ottawa Fury FC | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| FC Edmonton | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||
4 FC Edmonton | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||
1 Montreal Impact | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||
Preliminary Round
edit| Ottawa Fury FC | 0–0 | FC Edmonton |
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| FC Edmonton | 3–1 | Ottawa Fury FC |
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Fordyce  30', 62'Boakai 48' |
Report | Dantas 90' |
FC Edmonton won 3–1 on aggregate.
Semifinals
edit| FC Edmonton | 2–1 | Montreal Impact |
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| Ameobi 60' Nonni 90' |
Report | McInerney 56' |
| Montreal Impact | 4–2 | FC Edmonton |
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| McInerney 10', 17' Brovsky 47'Bernier 90+7' (pen.) |
Report | Jonke 67', 70' (pen.) |
Montreal Impact won 5–4 on aggregate.
| Toronto FC | 2–1 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC |
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| Defoe 28' Bradley 89' |
Report | Manneh 90' |
| Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Toronto FC |
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| Hurtado 43' Morales 86' |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Henry 4' |
| Penalties | ||
Laba  Manneh  Fernandez Teibert |
3–5 | Orr Moore De Rosario Bradley Nakajima-Farran |
3–3 on aggregate, Toronto FC won 5–3 on penalties.
Final
editFirst leg
edit| Toronto FC | 1–1 | Montreal Impact |
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| Henry 20' |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Mapp 73' |
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- Assistant referees
Gianni Facchini Lyes Arfa - Fourth official
- Yusri Rudolf
Second leg
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Toronto FC
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George Gross Memorial Trophy:
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Match rules
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Top goalscorers
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References
edit- ^ a b "2014 Amway Canadian Championship schedule announced". Archived from the original on March 16, 2018. Retrieved December 6, 2013.
- ^ "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.