2006 Open Canada Cup Explained

Open Canada Cup
Year:2006
Country:Canada
Num Teams:18
Champions:Ottawa St. Anthony Italia (1st title)
Runner-Up:Toronto Lynx
Matches:18
Goals:53
Top Goal Scorer:Urbain Some, Abraham Osman, Helio Pereira, Dragorad Milicevic, Haris Cekic (3 goals each)
Prevseason:2005
Nextseason:2007

The 2006 Open Canada Cup was the 9th edition of the Canadian Soccer League's open league cup tournament running from late May through late September. Ottawa St. Anthony Italia defeated Toronto Lynx 2-0 in the final played at Cove Road Stadium, London, Ontario.[1] Ottawa became the first victorious amateur club in the tournament's history, and first amateur club to claim a purely Canadian treble (Open Canada Cup, Ontario Cup, and The Challenge Trophy). The tournament expanded to include for the first time the Toronto Lynx of the USL First Division at that time the nations top tier division.[2] [3] Notable entries included the reigning Spectator Cup champions Hamilton Serbia, and 2005 Canadian National Challenge Cup, Ontario Cup champions Scarborough GS United both respectively from the Ontario Soccer League.

The Ontario and Quebec amateur clubs began the tournament in the preliminary rounds while the CSL clubs and Toronto Lynx received an automatic bye to the second round. For the fifth straight year London City were awarded the hosting rights to the finals which granted them a wild card match if they were defeated in the earlier rounds.[4] All CSL clubs competed in the competition with the exception of Toronto Croatia which opted out in order to compete in the annual Croatian-North American Soccer Tournament.

Qualification

Enter in Preliminary RoundEnter in Second Round
OSL/LSEQ/OCSL/WOSL
3 teams/1 team/1 team/1 team
CSL/USL
11 teams/1 team
Ontario Soccer League
  • Scarborough GS United
  • Hamilton Argentina 78
  • Hamilton Serbia
Ligue de Soccer Elite Quebec
  • Montreal Panellinios
Ottawa Carleton Soccer League
Western Ontario Soccer League
  • AEK London
Canadian Soccer League
USL First Division

Final

GK 28 Chris Baker
RB 17 Chris Williams
CB 6
LB 3 Rick Titus
RM 23
CM 4 Joe Mattacchione (c)
CM 9
CM 27
LM 12
ST 2
ST 15
Substitutes:
DF 46 Anthony Doran
DF 14
MF 21
DF 32
MF 29 Steve Lumley
MW 74 Mackenzie Wilde
Manager:
Duncan Wilde
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GK 0 Angus Wong
RB 6 Simon Bonk
CB 3 Kwame Telemaque
LB 16 Kwesi Loney
RM 20 Marcelo Plada
CM 8 Richard Furano
CM 19 Urbain Some (c)
CM 4
LM 7 Christian Hoefler
CF 9 Abraham Osman
CF 11 Souleyman Gagou
Substitutes:
GK 1 Scott Millique
DF 5 Alessandro Battisi
ST 12 Edgar Soglo
MF 18 Claudio Venegas
MF 21 Allan Popazzi
ST 10 Johnny Schleda
Manager:
Aldo Popazzi
Assistant referees


Vito Currali
Geoff Gamble
Fourth official


Kyle McIntosh

Top scorers

PositionPlayerClubGoals
1Abraham OsmanOttawa St. Anthony Italia3
Dragorad MilicevicHamilton Serbians3
Haris CekicAEK London3
Helio PereiraBrampton Stallions3
Urbain SomeOttawa St. Anthony Italia3
2Hugo HerreraBrampton Stallions2
Jamie DoddsToronto Lynx2
Souleyman GagouOttawa St. Anthony Italia2

Notes and References

  1. Web site: September 24, 2006 CSL summary of Sunday's games (from CSL website). www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. 2016-10-30.
  2. Web site: May 17, 2006 CSL press conference type (by Rocket Robin). Glover. Robin. www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. 2016-10-30.
  3. Web site: May 17, 2006 CSL Press Conference (from CSL media release). www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. 2016-10-30.
  4. Web site: September 1, 2006 CSL Open Canada Cup story (from London Free Press). DALLA COSTA. Morris. www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. 2016-10-30.