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2018 Canadian Championship

2018 professional soccer tournament

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The 2018 Canadian Championship was a soccer tournament hosted and organized by the Canadian Soccer Association. It was the eleventh edition of the annual Canadian Championship. Toronto FC won the competition for the third consecutive year and qualified for the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League.

The 2018 edition saw the invitation of the champions of League1 Ontario (L1O) and Première Ligue de soccer du Québec (PLSQ). FC Edmonton suspended operations and did not take part in the Championship this year. As a result, a new format was adopted which saw the L1O and PLSQ champions, the Oakville Blue Devils and A.S. Blainville, enter in a new first qualifying round. As winners of the first qualifying round, AS Blainville played Ottawa Fury FC in the second qualifying round, and the winner of that match, Ottawa Fury, joined the MLS teams in the semi-final round. With six teams, the 2018 edition was the largest edition of the championship at that time.

01Qualified clubs

Club	Location	League	Previous best	Prior appearances
A.S. Blainville	Blainville, Quebec	Première Ligue de soccer du Québec	N/A	0
Montreal Impact	Montreal, Quebec	Major League Soccer	Champions: 3	10
Oakville Blue Devils	Oakville, Ontario	League1 Ontario	N/A	0
Ottawa Fury	Ottawa, Ontario	United Soccer League	Semi-finals: 2	4
Toronto FC	Toronto, Ontario	Major League Soccer	Champions: 6	10
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Vancouver, British Columbia	Major League Soccer	Champions: 1	10

Statistics include previous incarnations of the Montreal Impact and Vancouver Whitecaps.

Distribution

Distribution of teams for 2018 Canadian Championship
Round	Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round
First qualifying round (2 teams)	1 champion of League1 Ontario 1 champion of Première ligue de soccer du Québec
Second qualifying round (2 teams)	1 United Soccer League team	1 winner from the first qualifying round
Semifinals (4 teams)	3 Major League Soccer teams	1 winner from the second qualifying round
Final (2 teams)		2 winners from the semifinals

02Tournament bracket

First Qualifying Round June 6-13				Second Qualifying Round June 20-27				Semifinals July 18-25				Final August 8-15












								Toronto FC	1	3	4

								Ottawa Fury	0	0	0



				Ottawa Fury	1	1	2

				A.S. Blainville	0	0	0
Oakville Blue Devils	1	0	1

A.S. Blainville	2	1	3
												Toronto FC	2	5	7

												Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2	2	4









								Vancouver Whitecaps FC	0	2	2

								Montreal Impact	1	0	1

03Matches

First qualifying round

June 6, 2018 (2018-06-06) 7:30 pm ET

A.S. Blainville	2-1	Oakville Blue Devils
Syla 26' Mayard 90'	Report	Novak 40'

Stade Desjardins, Laval June 13, 2018 (2018-06-13) 7:30 pm ET

Oakville Blue Devils	0-1	A.S. Blainville
	Report	Abzi 45'

Ontario Soccer Centre, Vaughan

A.S. Blainville won 3-1 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round

June 20, 2018 (2018-06-20) 7:30 pm ET

A.S. Blainville	0-1	Ottawa Fury
	Report	Taylor 1'

Stade Desjardins, Laval Referee: Alan Ruch June 27, 2018 (2018-06-27) 7:30 pm ET

Ottawa Fury	1-0	A.S. Blainville
Haworth 21'	Report

TD Place Stadium, Ottawa Attendance: 3,915 Referee: Juan Marquez

Ottawa Fury FC won 2-0 on aggregate.

Semifinals

July 18, 2018 (2018-07-18) 7:30 pm ET

Ottawa Fury	0-1	Toronto FC
	Report	Osorio 5'

TD Place Stadium, Ottawa Attendance: 6,057 Referee: Silviu Petrescu July 25, 2018 (2018-07-25) 7:30 pm ET

Toronto FC	3-0	Ottawa Fury
Akinola 36' Hamilton 76' Osorio 84'	Report

BMO Field, Toronto Attendance: 18,795 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere

Toronto FC won 4-0 on aggregate.

July 18, 2018 (2018-07-18) 7:30 pm ET

Montreal Impact	1-0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Silva 58'	Report

Saputo Stadium, Montreal Attendance: 13,389 Referee: Yusri Rudolf July 25, 2018 (2018-07-25) 7:00 pm PT

Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2-0	Montreal Impact
Reyna 19' Kamara 60' (pen.)	Report

BC Place, Vancouver Attendance: 19,267 Referee: David Barrie

Vancouver Whitecaps FC won 2-1 on aggregate.

Final

August 8, 2018 (2018-08-08) 7:00 pm PT

Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2-2	Toronto FC
Kamara 24' (pen.) Hurtado 84'	Report	Osorio 26' Henry 90+6' (o.g.)

BC Place, Vancouver Attendance: 16,833 Referee: David Gantar August 15, 2018 (2018-08-15) 7:30 pm ET

Toronto FC	5-2	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Altidore 39', 49', 53' Giovinco 44' Ricketts 80'	Report	Kamara 63' Shea 77'

BMO Field, Toronto Attendance: 14,994 Referee: Drew Fischer

Toronto FC won 7-4 on aggregate.

04Goalscorers

Team eliminated or did not play in this round.

Rank	Player	Team	Goals	By round
Rank	Player	Team	Goals	1Q1	1Q2	2Q1	2Q2	SF1	SF2	F1	F2
1	Jozy Altidore	Toronto FC	3								3
	Jonathan Osorio	Toronto FC						1	1	1
	Kei Kamara	Vancouver Whitecaps FC							1	1	1
4	Diyaeddine Abzi	A.S. Blainville	1		1
	Ayo Akinola	Toronto FC							1
	Sebastian Giovinco	Toronto FC									1
	Jordan Hamilton	Toronto FC							1
	Carl Haworth	Ottawa Fury					1
	Erik Hurtado	Vancouver Whitecaps FC								1
	Pierre-Rudolph Mayard	A.S. Blainville		1
	Anthony Novak	Oakville Blue Devils		1
	Yordy Reyna	Vancouver Whitecaps FC							1
	Tosaint Ricketts	Toronto FC									1
	Brek Shea	Vancouver Whitecaps FC									1
	Alejandro Silva	Montreal Impact						1
	Mitchell Syla	A.S. Blainville		1
	Tony Taylor	Ottawa Fury				1

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