2024 Canadian Championship

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2024 Canadian Championship
Championnat canadien 2024 (French)
Tournament details
CountryCanada
DateApril 23 – September 25
Teams14 (from 5 leagues)
Final positions
ChampionsVancouver Whitecaps FC (4th title)
Runners-upToronto FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played19
Goals scored53 (2.79 per match)
Attendance112,917 (5,943 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Deandre Kerr
(5 goals)
Awards
George Gross
Memorial Trophy		Isaac Boehmer
Best young playerIsaac Boehmer
← 2023
2025 →

The 2024 Canadian Championship (French: Championnat canadien 2024) was the seventeenth edition of the Canadian Championship, the premier men's domestic cup competition in Canadian soccer, and the 23rd competition staged to determine the winner of the Voyageurs Cup. It featured all eleven professional men's soccer teams in Canada, from Major League Soccer and the Canadian Premier League, along with the champions of the three semi-professional League1 Canada competitions. This tournament marked the first Voyageurs Cup campaign for CS Saint-Laurent and Simcoe County Rovers FC. Victoria Highlanders FC had also qualified as the League1 British Columbia regular season winners but withdrew before the start of the tournament; they were replaced by TSS Rovers FC.

Vancouver Whitecaps FC earned their third consecutive title after defeating Toronto FC on penalties following a scoreless draw in the final, held at BC Place in Vancouver.[1] As winners, they qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup.

Format

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Canada Soccer announced the competition format on February 22. The tournament consisted of four rounds with the quarter-finals and semi-finals being two legs, and the preliminary round and the finals being single legs. The winner of the 2023 Canadian Championship, Vancouver Whitecaps FC, and runner-up, CF Montréal, both received byes to the quarter-finals. The remaining twelve teams began the competition in the preliminary round starting in April. Hosting privileges up to the semi-finals were determined based on a three-year Canadian Championship ranking index.[2][3]

An earlier report suggested that Canada Soccer was reviewing a Canadian Premier League format proposal that would include a May start date, byes for Vancouver Whitecaps FC (2023 Canadian Championship winners) and Forge FC (2023 Canadian Premier League champions), and replace the draw with set regional matchups.[4][5]

Teams

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Montreal area clubs: File:Red pog.svg CF Montréal; File:Blue pog.svg CS Saint-Laurent
Toronto area clubs: File:Red pog.svg Toronto FC; File:Green pog.svg York United
Vancouver area clubs: File:Red pog.svg Vancouver Whitecaps; File:Green pog.svg Vancouver FC; File:Blue pog.svg TSS Rovers

File:Green pog.svg Canadian Premier League File:Red pog.svg Major League Soccer File:Blue pog.svg League1 Canada

Rank League Team Location Entry round App. Previous best (last)
1 Major League Soccer Vancouver Whitecaps FC Vancouver, BC Quarter-finals 16th Winners (2023)
2 CF Montréal Montreal, Quebec 16th Winners (2021)
3 Toronto FC Toronto, Ontario Preliminary round 17th Winners (2020)
4 Canadian Premier League Pacific FC Langford, BC 5th Semi-finals (2023)
5 Forge FC Hamilton, Ontario 6th Runners-up (2020)
6 York United FC Toronto, Ontario 5th Semi-finals (2022)
7 Cavalry FC Foothills County, Alberta 5th Semi-finals (2019)
8 HFX Wanderers FC Halifax, Nova Scotia 5th Quarter-finals (2022)
9 Atlético Ottawa Ottawa, Ontario 4th Quarter-finals (2023)
10 Valour FC Winnipeg, Manitoba 5th Quarter-finals (2021)
11 Vancouver FC Langley, BC 2nd Preliminary round (2023)
12 League1 Canada
(division champions) 		TSS Rovers FC[a] (L1BC) Burnaby, BC 2nd Quarter-finals (2023)
13 CS Saint-Laurent (L1Q) Montreal, Quebec 1st —
14 Simcoe County Rovers FC (L1O) Barrie, Ontario 1st —

Notes

  1. ^ Victoria Highlanders FC had qualified for the Canadian Championship as the League1 BC regular season winners. However, on April 8, 2024, the club announced that it had withdrawn from the competition.[6][7] On April 19, 2024, they were replaced by TSS Rovers FC.[8]

Ranking Index

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Ahead of this edition of the competition, Canada Soccer created the Canadian Championship Club Ranking Index. The index used a weighted ranking of the past three years' competitive results in the Canadian Championship. Each professional team received its own ranking while League1 Canada's component leagues each received a league ranking that was used by their representative team. In the preliminary round, the team with the highest ranking hosted the single knockout game; in the quarter and semi-final rounds, the team with the highest ranking hosted the second game of the two-legged tie.[2][3]

Draw

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Canada Soccer conducted two draws to determine the matchups of the tournament: one draw to determine the preliminary round and quarter-final matchups, and another to determine the semi-final and final rounds.[9]

First draw

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The first draw was held on February 23, 2024 and was conducted behind closed doors. Canada Soccer placed each participating team in the following pots. Prior to the main draw, one team from the east pot was randomly drawn to play in the west bracket. They were automatically scheduled to host Valour FC in the preliminary round due to geographical considerations.[9]

West West (non-hosting) East East (semi-pro) Bye

Notes

  1. ^ Victoria Highlanders FC withdrew from the competition on April 8, 2024, after the first draw had been completed. They were replaced by the TSS Rovers FC.[6][7]
  2. ^ Moved to West Pot.

Second draw

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The second draw was held on May 29 during halftime of the Pacific FC vs Atlético Ottawa quarter-final second-leg match.[10] It determined the matchups for the semi-finals and hosting rights for the single-leg final.[9][11]

Schedule

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The preliminary round schedule was announced on March 11;[12] the quarter-final schedule was announced on May 3;[13] and the semi-final schedule was announced on June 10.[14]

Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Preliminary round February 23 April 23 – May 2
Quarter-finals May 7–8 May 21–29
Semi-finals May 29 July 10 August 27
Final September 25

Bracket

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<section begin=Bracket /> For two-legged ties, the team listed above in the bracket hosted the second match.

 
 
                      
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Vancouver Whitecaps FC (a)202
 
Foothills County, AB
 
Cavalry FC112
 
Cavalry FC1
 
 
 
Vancouver FC0
 
Vancouver Whitecaps FC112
 
Langford, BC
 
Pacific FC000
 
Pacific FC1 (5)
 
 
 
TSS Rovers FC1 (4)
 
Pacific FC022
 
Ottawa, ON
 
Atlético Ottawa011
 
Atlético Ottawa7
 
Vancouver, BC
 
Valour FC0
 
Vancouver Whitecaps FC (p)0 (4)
 
Toronto, ON (BMO)
 
Toronto FC0 (2)
 
Toronto FC5
 
 
 
Simcoe County Rovers FC0
 
Toronto FC3811
 
Halifax, NS
 
CS Saint-Laurent011
 
HFX Wanderers FC2 (3)
 
 
 
CS Saint-Laurent2 (5)
 
Toronto FC (a)112
 
 
Forge FC202
 
 
 
 
 
CF Montréal112
 
Hamilton, ON
 
Forge FC123
 
Forge FC3
 
 
York United FC1
 

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Preliminary round

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Summary

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Home teamScoreAway team
Cavalry FC1–0Vancouver FC
Atlético Ottawa7–0Valour FC
Pacific FC1–1 (5–4 p)TSS Rovers FC
Forge FC3–1York United FC
HFX Wanderers FC2–2 (3–5 p)CS Saint-Laurent
Toronto FC5–0Simcoe County Rovers FC

Matches

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Cavalry FC1–0Vancouver FC
 Report
Attendance: 1,946
Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière

Quarter-finals

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Summary

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Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Cavalry FC2–2 (a)Vancouver Whitecaps FC1–21–0
Atlético Ottawa1–2Pacific FC0–01–2
Forge FC3–2CF Montréal1–12–1
CS Saint-Laurent1–11Toronto FC0–31–8

Matches

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Vancouver Whitecaps FC0–1Cavalry FC
Report
Attendance: 11,863
Referee: Mathieu Souaré

2–2 on aggregate. Vancouver Whitecaps FC won on away goals.

Atlético Ottawa0–0Pacific FC
Report
Attendance: 1,977

Pacific FC won 2–1 on aggregate.

Forge FC won 3–2 on aggregate.

Toronto FC won 11–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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Summary

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Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Pacific FC0–2Vancouver Whitecaps FC0–10–1
Forge FC2–2 (a)Toronto FC2–10–1

Matches

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Vancouver Whitecaps FC1–0Pacific FC
 Report
Attendance: 10,966
Referee: Michael Venne

Vancouver Whitecaps FC won 2–0 on aggregate.

Toronto FC1–0Forge FC
 Report
Attendance: 20,173
Referee: Renzo Villanueva

2–2 on aggregate. Toronto FC won on away goals.

Final

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Main article: 2024 Canadian Championship final

Top goalscorers

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  Team eliminated or did not play in this round.
Rank Player Team Goals By round
PR QF1 QF2 SF1 SF2 F
1 Canada Deandre Kerr Toronto FC 5 1 4
2 Germany Prince Owusu Toronto FC 3 1 1 1
3 Northern Ireland Ollie Bassett Atlético Ottawa 2 2
Canada David Choinière Forge FC 1 1
Switzerland Rubén del Campo Atlético Ottawa 2
Scotland Ryan Gauld Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1 1
Canada Jordan Hamilton Forge FC 2
Canada Levonte Johnson Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2
South Africa Cassius Mailula Toronto FC 1 1
Canada Kwasi Poku Forge FC 1 1
Spain Alberto Zapater Atlético Ottawa 2

Sending offs

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No. Date Player Club Offence
1 April 23 Canada Shamit Shome Cavalry FC Serious foul play
May 21 Tunisia Oussema Boughanmi CS Saint-Laurent Serious foul play

Broadcasting rights

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OneSoccer, a Canadian video streaming service owned by Mediapro, had been the Canadian Championship's broadcaster in recent editions of the tournament.[15][16] This status was put into doubt on January 25, 2024 when Canadian Soccer Business launched legal action against Mediapro, taking back the broadcast rights of several properties including the Canadian Championship.[17] However, on April 2, OneSoccer began promoting a "2024 Season Pass" that included "exclusive access" to the Canadian Championship, suggesting a breakthrough had been reached.[18] The following day, Canadian Soccer Business issued a statement saying that they and Mediapro were "on a positive path toward resolving our differences and expect to come to a finalized agreement in the near future".[18]

Country Broadcaster Ref.
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada OneSoccer [18]

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Further reading

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