2012 in Canadian soccer

The 2012 Season is the 136th season of competitive soccer in Canada under the association rules.[1]

National teams

The home team or the team that is designated as the home team is listed in the left column; the away team is in the right column.

Win Draw Loss

Men

Senior

February 29 Friendly	Armenia	3–1	Canada	Limassol, Cyprus
11:00 UTC−06:00	Pizzelli 22', 67' Özbiliz 90' (pen)	Report	McKenna 4'	Stadium: Tsirion Stadium

June 3 Friendly	Canada	0–0	United States	Toronto
19:00 UTC−05		Report		Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 15,247 Referee: Mauricio Morales (MEX)

June 8 WCQ R3	Cuba	0–1	Canada	Havana, Cuba
14:00 UTC−4		Report	Occean 54'	Stadium: Estadio Pedro Marrero Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Courtney Campbell (JAM)

June 12 WCQ R3	Canada	0–0	Honduras	Toronto
19:45 UTC−4		Report		Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 16,132 Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (SUR)

September 7 WCQ R3	Canada	1–0	Panama	Toronto
19:30 UTC−4				Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 17,586

September 11 WCQ R3	Panama	0–2	Canada	Panama City, Panama
20:05 UTC−5				Stadium: Estadio Rommel Fernández Attendance: 21,853

October 12 WCQ R3	Canada	3–0	Cuba	Toronto
19:30 UTC−4				Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 17,712

October 16 WCQ R3	Honduras	8–1	Canada	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
19:30 UTC−6				Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Attendance: 38,000

Under-23

March 22, 2012 Olympic Qualifier	El Salvador	0–0	Canada	Nashville, Tennessee
18:30 (EDT)		Report		Stadium: LP Field Attendance: 4,269 Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

March 24, 2012 Olympic Qualifier	United States	0–2	Canada	Nashville, Tennessee
19:00 (EDT)		Report	Henry 58' Cavallini 83'	Stadium: LP Field Attendance: 10,578 Referee: Jafeth Perea (Panama)

March 26, 2012 Olympic Qualifier	Canada	1–1	Cuba	Nashville, Tennessee
18:30 (EDT)	James 25'	Report	Reyes 90'	Stadium: LP Field Attendance: 7,889 Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)

March 31, 2012 Olympic Qualifier	Mexico	3–1	Canada	Kansas City, Kansas
18:00 (EDT)	Fabián 20' Pulido 33' Ponce 59'	Report	Haber 32'	Stadium: Livestrong Sporting Park Attendance: 16,101 Referee: Jafeth Perea (Panama)

Under-20

Under-17

Women

Senior

2012 Olympic Qualifying Tournament

January 19 Group play	Canada	6–0	Haiti	Vancouver, British Columbia
19:30 PST UTC−8	Julien 7' Sinclair 25', 44', 56', 86' (pen.) Parker 90+2'	Report		Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 7,627 Referee: Kari Seitz (United States)

January 21 Group play	Canada	2–0	Cuba	Vancouver, British Columbia
19:30 PST UTC−8	Sinclair 17' (pen.) Tancredi 24'	Report		Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Gillian Martindale (Barbados)

January 23 Group play	Canada	5–1	Costa Rica	Vancouver, British Columbia
19:30 PST UTC−8	Sinclair 6', 45' Schmidt 10' Kyle 19' Ugalde 50' (o.g.)	Report	Barrantes 89'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 8,105 Referee: Kari Seitz (United States)

January 27 Semi-final	Canada	3–1	Mexico	Vancouver, British Columbia
20:00 PST UTC−8	Sinclair 15', 76' Tancredi 23'	Report	Perez 67'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 22,954 Referee: Diane Ferreira-James (Guyana)

January 29 Final	Canada	0–4	United States	Vancouver, British Columbia
17:00 PST UTC−8		Report	Morgan 4', 56' Wambach 24', 28'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 25,427 Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)

Friendlies

March 24 Friendly	Canada	2–1	Brazil	Foxborough, USA
13:00 (ET)	Sinclair 12', 78'	Report	Gabriella 87'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium

Managerial changes

League tables

Men

Major League Soccer

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	San Jose Earthquakes (SS)	34	19	6	9	72	43	+29	66	2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League ¹
2	Sporting Kansas City	34	18	7	9	42	27	+15	63	2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League ¹
3	D.C. United	34	17	10	7	53	43	+10	58
4	New York Red Bulls	34	16	9	9	57	46	+11	57
5	Real Salt Lake	34	17	11	6	46	35	+11	57
6	Chicago Fire	34	17	11	6	46	41	+5	57
7	Seattle Sounders FC	34	15	8	11	51	33	+18	56
8	LA Galaxy	34	16	12	6	59	47	+12	54	2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League ¹
9	Houston Dynamo	34	14	9	11	48	41	+7	53	2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League ¹
10	Columbus Crew	34	15	12	7	44	44	0	52
11	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	11	13	10	35	41	−6	43
12	Montreal Impact	34	12	16	6	45	51	−6	42
13	FC Dallas	34	9	13	12	42	47	−5	39
14	Colorado Rapids	34	11	19	4	44	50	−6	37
15	Philadelphia Union	34	10	18	6	37	45	−8	36
16	New England Revolution	34	9	17	8	39	44	−5	35
17	Portland Timbers	34	8	16	10	34	56	−22	34
18	Chivas USA	34	7	18	9	24	58	−34	30
19	Toronto FC	34	5	21	8	36	62	−26	23	2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League ²

Updated to match(es) played on October 28, 2012. Source: MLSSoccer.com

(SS) = Supporters Shield winner

¹The highest ranked U.S.-based MLS club qualifies to the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League (placed in Pot A). The other U.S. representatives in the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League are:
- Winner of the 2012 MLS Cup (Pot A)
- Runner-up of the 2012 MLS Cup (Pot B)
- Winner of the 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (Pot B)
²Toronto FC qualified for the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League as winners of the 2012 Canadian Championship.

North American Soccer League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	San Antonio Scorpions (X)	28	13	8	7	46	27	+19	47	Playoff semifinals
2	Tampa Bay Rowdies (C)	28	12	9	7	37	30	+7	45	Playoff semifinals
3	Puerto Rico Islanders	28	11	8	9	32	30	+2	41	Playoff quarterfinals
4	Carolina RailHawks	28	10	10	8	44	46	−2	40
5	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	28	9	9	10	40	46	−6	36
6	Minnesota United	28	8	11	9	34	33	+1	35
7	Atlanta Silverbacks	28	7	9	12	35	46	−11	30
8	FC Edmonton	28	5	10	13	26	36	−10	25

Source: NASL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (X) Commissioner's Cup (regular season champion).

Canadian Soccer League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Toronto Croatia (A, C, O)	22	15	6	1	57	13	+44	51	Playoffs
2	Montreal Impact Academy (A)	22	14	5	3	52	17	+35	47
3	SC Toronto (A)	22	14	4	4	51	16	+35	46
4	Windsor Stars (A)	22	12	4	6	46	21	+25	40
5	York Region Shooters (A)	22	9	11	2	33	19	+14	38
6	Serbian White Eagles (A)	22	10	5	7	48	35	+13	35
7	TFC Academy (A)	22	10	5	7	42	28	+14	35
8	Niagara United (A)	22	10	3	9	34	36	−2	33
9	SC Waterloo Region	22	10	1	11	46	37	+9	31
10	Mississauga Eagles	22	8	5	9	42	44	−2	29
11	Brampton United	22	8	4	10	49	35	+14	28
12	London City	22	7	7	8	34	55	−21	28
13	Brantford Galaxy	22	8	1	13	40	68	−28	25
14	Kingston FC	22	4	1	17	23	61	−38	13
15	St. Catharines Wolves	22	1	5	16	13	67	−54	8
16	North York Astros	22	2	1	19	15	73	−58	7

Updated to match(es) played on 10 October 2012. Source: http://canadiansoccerleague.com/schedules/1standings.htm
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner.

Premier Development League

In 2012 there were nine Canadian teams playing in the US-based USL PDL:

Victoria Highlanders
Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23
Abbotsford Mariners
WSA Winnipeg
Thunder Bay Chill
Forest City London
Hamilton Rage
Toronto Lynx
Ottawa Fury

Women

W-League

For details on Canadian W-League teams' year, please refer to 2012 W-League season.

Canadian clubs in international competitions

Toronto FC

2011–12 edition

March 7, 2012 Quarterfinals	Toronto FC	2–2	Los Angeles Galaxy	Toronto
20:00 UTC−05:00	Johnson 12' Silva 17'	Report	Magee 29' Donovan 88'	Stadium: Rogers Centre Attendance: 47,658 Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

March 14, 2012 Quarterfinals	Los Angeles Galaxy	1–2 (3–4 agg.)	Toronto FC	Carson, United States
22:00 UTC−04:00	Harden 55' (o.g.)	Report	Johnson 34' Soolsma 67'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Roberto Moreno (PAN)

March 28, 2012 Semifinals	Toronto FC	1–1	Santos Laguna	Toronto
20:00 UTC−04:00	Aceval 37'	Report	Gomez 30'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 18,950 Referee: Ricardo Salazar (United States)

April 4, 2012 Semifinals	Santos Laguna	6–2 (7–3 agg.)	Toronto FC	Torreón, Mexico
20:00 UTC−04:00	Gomez 31', 45+2' Rodríguez 56' (pen.), 64' (pen.) Peralta 66' Ludueña 90+2'	Report	Plata 15', 43'	Stadium: Estadio Corona Attendance: 26,483 Referee: Benigno Pineda (Honduras)

References

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