2015 Canadian Championship

The 2015 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 eighth edition of the annual Canadian Championship, and took place in the cities of Edmonton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver in 2015. The participating teams were Ottawa Fury FC and FC Edmonton of the North American Soccer League, the second-level of the Canadian Soccer Pyramid, and Montreal Impact, Toronto FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC of Major League Soccer, the first-level of Canadian club soccer. Montreal Impact were the two-time defending champions.

2015 Canadian Championship
2015 Amway Canadian Championship (in English)
Championnat Canadien Amway 2015 (in French)
CountryCanada
DatesApril 22 – August 26, 2015
Teams5
ChampionsVancouver Whitecaps FC (1st title)
Runners-upMontreal Impact
Matches played8
Goals scored25 (3.13 per match)
Attendance88,844 (11,106 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Tomi Ameobi (4 goals)
George Gross Memorial TrophyRussell Teibert
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The winner, Vancouver Whitecaps FC, were awarded the Voyageurs Cup and will become Canada's entry into the Group Stage of the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League. This is a permanent change from procedure used in the past, where the Canadian Champion qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League beginning the same year (in this case, 2015–16).

The tournament moved to an April–August timeframe from its usual April–June timeframe[1] to accommodate the schedule of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup held in Canada. It was permanently moved to a June/July timeframe in 2016.[2]

Matches

Bracket

The three Major League Soccer and two NASL Canadian clubs are seeded according to their final position in 2014 league play, with both NASL clubs playing in the preliminary round, the winner of which advance to the semifinals.[1]

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. Vancouver Whitecaps FC, was declared champion and earned the right to represent Canada in the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League.[2]

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

  Preliminary Round
           
  FC Edmonton 3 3 6
  Ottawa Fury FC 1 1 2
  Semifinals Final
                         
1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1 2 3  
4 FC Edmonton 1 1 2  
    1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 2 4
  3 Montreal Impact 2 0 2
2 Toronto FC 0 3 3
3 Montreal Impact (a) 1 2 3  

Preliminary Round

First leg
Ottawa Fury FC1–3FC Edmonton
Oliver  1'
Alves  28'		 Report Jones  76'
Fordyce  83'
Laing  87'
Ameobi  90+4'
Attendance: 2,402
Referee: Geoff Gamble

Second leg
FC Edmonton3–1Ottawa Fury FC
Ameobi  9'
Nyassi  15'
Watson  56'
Fordyce  81' (pen.)		 Report Wiedeman  32'
Beckie  66'
Attendance: 1,858
Referee: Drew Fischer

Edmonton won 6–2 on aggregate.

Semifinals

First leg
Montreal Impact1–0Toronto FC
Lefevre  30'
McInerney  68'
Bernier  78'		 Report
Attendance: 12,518
Vancouver Whitecaps FC1–1FC Edmonton
Flores  51'
Koffie  59'  87'		 Report Ameobi  4'
Smith  26'
Attendance: 15,183[4]
Referee: David Gantar

Second leg
Toronto FC3–2Montreal Impact
Altidore  22'
Cheyrou  56'
Giovinco  58'  73'		 Report Oduro  16'  84'
Cooper  25'
Bernier  63'
Kronberg  90+5'
Attendance: 21,069[5]
Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau

3–3 on aggregate. Montreal Impact won on away goals.

FC Edmonton1–2Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Van Oekel  8'
Granitto  38'
Ameobi  90+1' (pen.)
Edward  90+6'		 Report Morales  9' (pen.)
Mezquida  19'
Mattocks  60'
Sampson  70'
Dean  73'
Laba  90+7'
Attendance: 3,803[7]
Referee: Silviu Petrescu

Vancouver won 3–2 on aggregate

  1. ^
    Edmonton had originally been scheduled to host the first leg of their semi-final against Vancouver in Edmonton on May 6, 2015 but the match was postponed due to snow.

Final

First leg
Montreal Impact2–2Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Ciman  84'
Jackson-Hamel  85'		 Report Waston  19'
Mattocks  65'
Morales  72'
Tornaghi  90+1'
Attendance: 12,395
Referee: David Gantar

Second leg
Vancouver Whitecaps FC2–0Montreal Impact
Rivero  40'
Parker  53'		 Report Cabrera  22'  30'
Ciman  23'
Oduro
Attendance: 19,616
Referee: Silviu Petrescu

Vancouver won 4–2 on aggregate

Goalscorers
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Tomi AmeobiFC Edmonton 4
2 Daryl FordyceFC Edmonton 2
Pedro MoralesVancouver Whitecaps FC
4 Jozy AltidoreToronto FC 1
Benoît CheyrouToronto FC
Laurent CimanMontreal Impact
Kenny CooperMontreal Impact
Sebastian GiovincoToronto FC
Anthony Jackson-HamelMontreal Impact
Gershon KoffieVancouver Whitecaps FC
Matías LabaVancouver Whitecaps FC
Lance LaingFC Edmonton
Darren MattocksVancouver Whitecaps FC
Jack McInerneyMontreal Impact
Sainey NyassiFC Edmonton
Dominic OduroMontreal Impact
OliverOttawa Fury FC
Tim ParkerVancouver Whitecaps FC
Octavio RiveroVancouver Whitecaps FC
Andrew WiedemanOttawa Fury FC

References
  1. "Schedule for 2015 Amway Canadian Championship set" (Press release). Canadian Soccer Association. February 4, 2015. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  2. "Canada Soccer announces move to new time-frame for future Amway Canadian Championships" (Press release). Canadian Soccer Association. March 21, 2014. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
  3. "Canada Soccer confirms Amway Canadian Championship kick off times" (Press release). Canadian Soccer Association. April 9, 2015. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  4. "Match Timeline". mlssoccer.com. Soccer United Marketing LLC. May 13, 2015.
  5. "Match Timeline". mlssoccer.com. Soccer United Marketing LLC. May 13, 2015. Archived from the original on May 16, 2015.
  6. "Storify: Snowed out in Edmonton". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Retrieved May 10, 2015.
  7. "Eddies Fall Short 2-1 In Dramatic ACC Semifinal Thriller". fcedmonton.com. May 21, 2015. Archived from the original on May 21, 2015. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
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