2012 Canadian Championship
| 2012 Amway Canadian Championship (in English) Championnat Canadien Amway 2012 (in French) | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Country | Canada |
| Teams | 4 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Toronto FC (4th title) |
| Runners-up | Vancouver Whitecaps FC |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 6 |
| Goals scored | 11 (1.83 per match) |
| Attendance | 75,789 (12,632 per match) |
| Top goal scorer(s) | Eric Hassli Ryan Johnson Reggie Lambe Sébastien Le Toux (2 goals each) |
| Awards | |
| George Gross Memorial Trophy | Ryan Johnson |
The 2012 Canadian Championship (officially the Amway Canadian Championship for sponsorship reasons) was a soccer tournament hosted and organized by the Canadian Soccer Association that took place in the cities of Edmonton, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver in 2012. As in the previous tournament, participating teams included FC Edmonton, Montreal Impact, Toronto FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC. It was won by Toronto FC, who defeated the Vancouver Whitecaps 2-1 on aggregate in the final round. As the winner, Toronto FC took the Voyageurs Cup and Canada's entry into the Group Stage of the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League. It was the fifth edition of the annual Canadian Championship.[1]
Qualified teams
[edit | edit source]| Team | League | Position | Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto FC | MLS | 16th | 5th |
| Vancouver Whitecaps FC | MLS | 18th | 5th |
| FC Edmonton | NASL | 5th | 2nd |
| Montreal Impact | NASL | 7th | 5th |
Matches
[edit | edit source]Bracket
[edit | edit source]The teams were seeded based on 2011 league results, with the Major League Soccer teams receiving the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds, and the North American Soccer League teams receiving the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds.[1]
- Each round is a two-game aggregate goal series.
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 3 | FC Edmonton | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||
| 2 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1 | Toronto FC | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 4 | Montreal Impact | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1 | Toronto FC | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
Semifinals
[edit | edit source]| Toronto FC | 2–0 | Montreal Impact |
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| Lambe File:Soccerball shade.svg 2' Johnson File:Soccerball shade.svg 38' |
Report |
Toronto FC won 2–0 on aggregate.
| FC Edmonton | 0–2 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC |
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| Report | Hassli File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' Harris File:Soccerball shade.svg 41' |
| Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 3–1 | FC Edmonton |
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| Le Toux File:Soccerball shade.svg 75', 88' Mattocks File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+3' |
Report | Pinto File:Soccerball shade.svg 54' |
Vancouver Whitecaps FC won 5–1 on aggregate.
Final
[edit | edit source]| Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1–1 | Toronto FC |
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| Hassli File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+1' | Report | Johnson File:Soccerball shade.svg 66' |
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Toronto FC won 2–1 on aggregate.
Goalscorers
[edit | edit source]| Rank | Player | Team | Goals | By round | |||
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| SF1 | SF2 | F1 | F2 | ||||
| 1 |  Eric Hassli
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Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jamaica Ryan Johnson | Toronto FC | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Bermuda Reggie Lambe | Toronto FC | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Sébastien Le Toux
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Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2 | |||||
| 5 | Saint Kitts and Nevis Atiba Harris | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1 | 1 | |||
| Jamaica Darren Mattocks | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1 | |||||
| Chile Pinto | FC Edmonton | 1 | |||||
