2013 Canadian Championship Explained

Canadian Championship
Year:2013
Other Titles:2013 Amway Canadian Championship
Championnat Canadien Amway 2013
Dates:April 24 – May 29
Country:Canada
Num Teams:4
Champions:Montreal Impact (2nd title)
(8th Voyageurs Cup)
Runner-Up:Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Matches:6
Goals:19
Top Goal Scorer:Camilo (3 goals)
Player:Justin Mapp
Player Label:George Gross Memorial Trophy
Prevseason:2012
Nextseason:2014

The 2013 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, Toronto and Vancouver in 2013. As in the previous tournament, participating teams included FC Edmonton, Montreal Impact, Toronto FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC. The Montreal Impact won the Voyageurs Cup and became Canada's entry into the Group Stage of the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League. It was the sixth edition of the annual Canadian Championship.[1]

Teams

TeamLeagueLeague positionAppearance
Vancouver Whitecaps FCMLS11th6th
Montreal ImpactMLS12th6th
Toronto FCMLS19th6th
FC EdmontonNASL8th3rd

Matches

Bracket

The teams were seeded based on 2012 league results. The three Major League Soccer teams were seeded No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3 based on their final regular season position during the 2012 Major League Soccer season, while the sole North American Soccer League team received the No. 4 seed.[1]

Each round is a two-game aggregate goal series with the away goals rule.

Semifinals

Montreal Impact won 6−2 on aggregate.----Vancouver Whitecaps FC won 5−2 on aggregate.----

Final

2–2 on aggregate. Montreal won on away goals.----

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 CamiloVancouver Whitecaps FC3
2 Marco Di VaioMontreal Impact2
align=center rowspan=143 Michael CoxFC Edmontonalign=center rowspan=141
Chris NurseFC Edmonton
Justin MappMontreal Impact
Daniele PaponiMontreal Impact
Andrés RomeroMontreal Impact
Andrew WengerMontreal Impact
Felipe Campanholi MartinsMontreal Impact
Hassoun CamaraMontreal Impact
Doneil HenryToronto FC
Andrew WiedemanToronto FC
Tom HeinemannVancouver Whitecaps FC
Corey HertzogVancouver Whitecaps FC
Daigo KobayashiVancouver Whitecaps FC
Shaun Saiko

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Schedule announced for 2013 Amway Canadian Championship . September 28, 2012.