2016 Canadian Championship

The 2016 Canadian Championship (officially the Amway Canadian Championship for sponsorship reasons) was a soccer tournament hosted and organized by the Canadian Soccer Association. It was the ninth edition of the annual Canadian Championship, and took place in the cities of Edmonton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver in 2016. The participating teams were Ottawa Fury FC and FC Edmonton of the second-division North American Soccer League, and the Montreal Impact, Toronto FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC of Major League Soccer, the first-level of Canadian club soccer. The Vancouver Whitecaps were the reigning champions; having won their first title in the 2015 competition.

2016 Canadian Championship
2016 Amway Canadian Championship (in English)
Championnat Canadien Amway 2016 (in French)
Tournament details
CountryCanada
DatesMay 11 – June 29, 2016
Teams5
Final positions
ChampionsToronto FC (5th title)
Runner-upVancouver Whitecaps FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored20 (2.5 per match)
Attendance114,360 (14,295 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Jordan Hamilton
Nicolás Mezquida
Jonathan Osorio
(2 goals each)
George Gross Memorial TrophyBenoît Cheyrou
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The winner, Toronto FC, was awarded the Voyageurs Cup and was supposed to become Canada's sole entry into the group stage of the 2017–18 CONCACAF Champions League. However, due to that tournament's restructuring, it was later announced that the Canadian representative at the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League would be determined by a playoff match between Toronto FC and the 2017 Canadian Championship winner.[1] Toronto FC went on to win the 2017 edition, however, and qualified without the need for a playoff.

Tournament bracket

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The three Major League Soccer and two NASL Canadian clubs are seeded according to their final position in 2015 league play, with both NASL clubs playing in the preliminary round, the winner of which advances to the semifinals.[2]

All rounds of the competition are played via a two-leg home-and-away knock-out format. The higher seeded team had the option of deciding which leg it played at home. The team that scores the greater aggregate of goals in the two matches advances. Toronto FC, was declared champion and earns the right to play in the CONCACAF Champions League playoff match.

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

Preliminary round Semifinals Final
               
3 Toronto FC 4 0 4
2 Montreal Impact 2 0 2
3 Toronto FC (a) 1 1 2
1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 2 2
FC Edmonton 0 2 2
Ottawa Fury FC 3 0 3
4 Ottawa Fury FC 2 0 2
1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 3 3

Matches

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Preliminary round

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First leg

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FC Edmonton0–3Ottawa Fury FC
Ledgerwood   60'
Fordyce   75'
Report Timbó   13'
Bailey   31'
Haworth   69'
Vered   74'
Olivera   86'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Alain Ruch

Second leg

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Ottawa Fury FC0–2FC Edmonton
Steele   54'
Bailey   55'
Timbó   90+1'
Report Diakite   15'
Corea   26'
Watson   38'
Eckersley   45'
Attendance: 3,946
Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau

Ottawa won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semifinals

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First leg

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Ottawa Fury FC2–0Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Steele   3'
Obasi   16'
Paulo Jr.   41'
Haworth   63'
Eustáquio   90+2'
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Attendance: 9,057
Referee: Yusri Rudolf

Toronto FC4–2Montreal Impact
Osorio   13', 36'
Hamilton   60', 80'
Lovitz   84'
Irwin   90+2'
Report Bernier   45+2'
Salazar   86'
Drogba   90+1'
Attendance: 22,143
Referee: David Gantar

Second leg

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Vancouver Whitecaps FC3–0Ottawa Fury FC
Morales   3' (pen.)
Mezquida   20'
Rivero   52'
Parker   67'
Report Alves   2'
de Guzman   73'
Attendance: 17,863
Referee: Geoff Gamble

Vancouver won 3–2 on aggregate.


Montreal Impact0–0Toronto FC
Drogba   50'
Ontivero   60'
Oduro   88'
Report Zavaleta   45'
Attendance: 18,964

Toronto won 4–2 on aggregate.

Final

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First leg

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Toronto FC1–0Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Giovinco   43' Report Bolaños   88'
Attendance: 20,011
Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau

Second leg

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Vancouver Whitecaps FC2–1Toronto FC
Waston   32'
Mezquida   47'
Manneh   62'
Parker   68'
Report Johnson   90+5'
Attendance: 19,376
Referee: Drew Fischer

2–2 on aggregate. Toronto won on away goals.

Goalscorers

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Rank Player Nation Team Goals
1 Jonathan Osorio   CAN Toronto FC 2
Jordan Hamilton   CAN Toronto FC
Nicolás Mezquida   URU Vancouver Whitecaps FC
4 Dustin Corea   SLV FC Edmonton 1
Didier Drogba   CIV Montreal Impact
Adam Eckersley   ENG FC Edmonton
Sebastian Giovinco   ITA Toronto FC
Carl Haworth   CAN Ottawa Fury
Will Johnson   CAN Toronto FC
Pedro Morales   CHI Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Tim Parker   USA Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Paulo Jr.   BRA Ottawa Fury
Octavio Rivero   URU Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Michael Salazar   BLZ Montreal Impact
Jonny Steele   NIR Ottawa Fury
Fernando Timbó   BRA Ottawa Fury
Idan Vered   ISR Ottawa Fury

References

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  1. ^ "Canadian Championship Kicks off 10th Edition in May with more Canadian Content". CanadaSoccer.com. Archived from the original on January 3, 2019. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
  2. ^ "2016 Amway Canadian Championship schedule announced". canadasoccer.com. Canadian Soccer Association. Archived from the original on January 10, 2016. Retrieved January 18, 2016.