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2015 Canadian Championship

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2015 Canadian Championship
2015 Amway Canadian Championship (in English)
Championnat Canadien Amway 2015 (in French)
Tournament details
CountryCanada
DatesApril 22 – August 26
Teams5
Final positions
ChampionsVancouver Whitecaps FC (1st title)
Runners-upMontreal Impact
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored25 (3.13 per match)
Attendance88,944 (11,118 per match)
Top goal scorerTomi Ameobi (4 goals)
Awards
George Gross Memorial TrophyRussell Teibert
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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 the Montreal Impact, Toronto FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC of Major League Soccer, the first-level of Canadian club soccer. The Montreal Impact were the two-time defending champions.

The winners, Vancouver Whitecaps FC, were awarded the Voyageurs Cup and qualified for the group stage of the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League. This was 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]

Teams

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Team 2014 league position Appearance
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 9th in MLS 5th
Toronto FC 13th in MLS 8th
Montreal Impact 19th in MLS 4th
Ottawa Fury FC 6th in NASL 1st
FC Edmonton 9th in NASL 5th

Bracket

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

All rounds of the competition were played via a two-leg home-and-away knock-out format. The higher seeded team had the option of deciding which leg they played at home. The team that scored the higher aggregate of goals in the two matches advanced. The team that won the final on aggregate, Vancouver Whitecaps FC, was declared champion and earned the right to represent Canada in the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League.[2]

Each round was a two-legged series with the away goals rule.

Preliminary round
April 22–29		Semi-finals
May 6–20		Final
August 12–26
NASLFC Edmonton[a]112
NASLFC Edmonton336MLSVancouver Whitecaps FC[a]123
NASLOttawa Fury FC112MLSVancouver Whitecaps FC224
MLSMontreal Impact202
MLSToronto FC033
MLSMontreal Impact (a)123

Preliminary round

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Summary

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Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Ottawa Fury FC2–6FC Edmonton1–31–3

Matches

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Ottawa Fury FC1–3FC Edmonton
 Report
Attendance: 2,402
Referee: Geoff Gamble
FC Edmonton3–1Ottawa Fury FC
 Report
Attendance: 1,858
Referee: Drew Fischer

FC Edmonton won 6–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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Summary

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Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Montreal Impact3–3 (a)Toronto FC1–02–3
Vancouver Whitecaps FC3–2FC Edmonton1–12–1

Matches

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Montreal Impact1–0Toronto FC
 Report
Attendance: 12,518
Toronto FC3–2Montreal Impact
 Report
BMO Field, Toronto, Ontario
Attendance: 21,069
Referee: Mathieu Bourdeau

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

Vancouver Whitecaps FC1–1FC Edmonton
 Report
BC Place, Vancouver, British Columbia
Attendance: 15,283
Referee: David Gantar
FC Edmonton1–2Vancouver Whitecaps FC
 Report
Attendance: 3,803

Vancouver Whitecaps FC won 3–2 on aggregate.

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    FC Edmonton had originally been scheduled to host the first leg of the semi-finals against Vancouver in Edmonton on May 6, but the match was postponed due to snow.[4]

Final

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Summary

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Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Montreal Impact2–4Vancouver Whitecaps FC2–20–2

Matches

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Montreal Impact2–2Vancouver Whitecaps FC
 Report
Attendance: 12,395
Referee: David Gantar
Vancouver Whitecaps FC2–0Montreal Impact
 Report
BC Place, Vancouver, British Columbia
Attendance: 19,616

Vancouver Whitecaps FC won 4–2 on aggregate.

Goalscorers

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Rank Player Team Goals
1 England Tomi AmeobiFC Edmonton 4
2 Northern Ireland Daryl FordyceFC Edmonton 2
Chile Pedro MoralesVancouver Whitecaps FC
4 United States Jozy AltidoreToronto FC 1
France Benoît CheyrouToronto FC
Belgium Laurent CimanMontreal Impact
United States Kenny CooperMontreal Impact
Italy Sebastian GiovincoToronto FC
Canada Anthony Jackson-HamelMontreal Impact
Ghana Gershon KoffieVancouver Whitecaps FC
Argentina Matías LabaVancouver Whitecaps FC
Jamaica Lance LaingFC Edmonton
Jamaica Darren MattocksVancouver Whitecaps FC
United States Jack McInerneyMontreal Impact
The Gambia Sainey NyassiFC Edmonton
Ghana Dominic OduroMontreal Impact
Brazil OliverOttawa Fury FC
United States Tim ParkerVancouver Whitecaps FC
Uruguay Octavio RiveroVancouver Whitecaps FC
United States Andrew WiedemanOttawa Fury FC

Notes

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  1. 1 2 Although Vancouver was originally scheduled to host the second leg, the order of legs were reversed as heavy snow caused the match in Edmonton to be postponed.

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 "Schedule for 2015 Amway Canadian Championship set" (Press release). Canadian Soccer Association. February 4, 2015. Archived from the original on October 12, 2016. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Canada Soccer announces move to new time-frame for future Amway Canadian Championships" (Press release). Canadian Soccer Association. March 21, 2014. Archived from the original on August 20, 2016. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Canada Soccer confirms Amway Canadian Championship kick off times" (Press release). Canadian Soccer Association. April 9, 2015. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Storify: Snowed out in Edmonton". Vancouver Whitecaps FC. May 6, 2015. Retrieved May 10, 2015.
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