Open Canada Cup | |
Year: | 2007 |
Country: | Canada |
Num Teams: | 14 |
Champions: | Trois-Rivières Attak (1st title) |
Runner-Up: | Columbus Clan F.C. |
Matches: | 14 |
Goals: | 74 |
Top Goal Scorer: | Aaron Byrd (3 goals) |
Prevseason: | 2006 |
The 2007 Open Canada Cup was the 10th edition of the Canadian Soccer League's open league cup tournament running from July through early September. Trois-Rivières Attak defeated Columbus Clan F.C. 3-0 in the final played at Cove Road Stadium, London, Ontario.[1] It was the Attak's first Open Canada Cup title and marked the first time in the tournament's history where a Quebec club won. The 2007 tournament was significant as it featured for the first time professional and amateur teams from Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia.[2]
The British Columbia teams had their own regional qualifying matches with the winner of the British Columbia Provincial Soccer Championship the Columbus Clan F.C. receiving a bye to the semi-finals.[3] All CSL clubs competed in the competition with the exception of Toronto Croatia which opted out in order to compete in the Croatian World Club Championship and the annual Croatian-North American Soccer Tournament. The remaining Ontario club were from the Ontario Soccer League, Ottawa Carleton Soccer League, and the Western Ontario Soccer League. With the exception of Trois-Rivières the remaining Quebec club Jean-Talon 2007 represented the Concordia Regional Soccer League. London City were awarded the hosting rights to the semi-final, and final. As the host club London City were given a wild card match if they were defeated in the earlier rounds.
Enter in preliminary round | Enter in Second Round | Enter in Third Round | Enter in Semi-final | |
OSL/CRSL/OCSL/WOSL 1 teams/1 team/1 team/1 team | CSL 9 teams | VMSL 1 team | ||
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Assistant referees
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Position | Player | Club | Goals | |
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1 | Aaron Byrd | Windsor Border Stars | 3 | |
2 | Nicolas Lesage | Trois-Rivières Attak | 2 | |
Darko Kolić | Trois-Rivières Attak | 2 | ||
Leo Incollingo | Jean-Talon 2007 | 2 | ||
Saša Viciknez | Serbian White Eagles | 2 | ||
Boubacar Coulibaly | Trois-Rivières Attak | 2 | ||
Jonathan Poli | Columbus Clan F.C. | 2 | ||
Radek Papiez | Windsor Border Stars | 2 |