2023 Canadian Championship

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2023 Canadian Championship
Championnat canadien 2023  (French)
Country Canada
Date April 18 – June 7, 2023
Teams 14 (from 5 leagues)
Matches played 13
Goals scored 35 (2.69 per match)

The 2023 Canadian Championship (French: Championnat canadien 2023) was the sixteenth edition of the Canadian Championship, the premier men's domestic cup competition in Canadian soccer, and the 22nd competition staged to determine the winner of the Voyageurs Cup. It was a knockout tournament with all eleven professional men's soccer teams in Canada, from Major League Soccer and the Canadian Premier League, competing, along with the champions of the three semi-professional League1 Canada competitions. The tournament marked the first Voyageurs Cup campaign for FC Laval, TSS FC Rovers and Vancouver FC.

This tournament was notable for the TSS FC Rovers' performance, as they made the quarter-finals in their debut appearance by upsetting Valour FC in the first round. In doing so, they became the first non-professional team in the history of the competition to advance past a fully professional opponent.

Format

The winner of the 2022 Canadian Championship, Vancouver Whitecaps FC, and runner-up Toronto FC, both received byes to the quarter-finals. The remaining 12 teams began the competition from the first round in April.[1] Qualification to the Canadian Championship for 2023 was automatic for Canadian teams within Major League Soccer and for all teams within the Canadian Premier League, Canada's tier-one national league. The 2022 champions from the three regional pro-am leagues of League1 Canada (League1 Ontario, PLSQ, and League1 British Columbia) also qualified.[2]

The 2023 Canadian Championship determined a place in the continental 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup tournament.[3][4] If the winner had already qualified for the Champions Cup via berths in the 2023 Major League Soccer, 2023 Leagues Cup or 2023 Canadian Premier League, the place would have gone to the runners-up in the final, and then to the "higher-ranked" semi-finalist based on league points totals,[5] if the runners-up had also already qualified.[4]

Matches in the 2023 tournament were each played as a single 90-minute match with additional time. If a match ended in a draw, no extra time was played, and the match went straight to a penalty shoot-out to decide the winner.[6] Each team competing in the tournament could select up to 30 players to their tournament roster. If a player already nominated to a team's tournament roster was transferred to a competing team during the tournament, they were disqualified from further play in the tournament.[6] For each match, teams could select up to 18 players for a match roster, while their starting lineup had to include at least three Canadian players. Both teams could make up to five substitutions and two concussion substitutions throughout the match at up to three stoppages of play, excluding half-time.[6]

Teams

2023 Canadian Championship (Canada)
Locations of teams competing in the 2023 Canadian Championship
League Team Location Entry round App. Previous best performance
Major League Soccer Toronto FC Toronto Quarter-finals as 2022 finalist 16th Winners (8 times; 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020)
Vancouver Whitecaps FC Vancouver 15th Winners (2 times; 2015, 2022)
CF Montréal Montreal Preliminary round 15th Winners (4 times; 2013, 2014, 2019, 2021)
Canadian Premier League Atlético Ottawa Ottawa 3rd Preliminary round (2 times; 2021, 2022)
Cavalry FC Foothills 4th Semi-finals (2019)
Forge FC Hamilton 5th Runners-up (2020)
HFX Wanderers FC Halifax 4th Quarter-finals (3 times; 2019, 2021, 2022)
Pacific FC Langford 4th Semi-finals (2021)
Valour FC Winnipeg 4th Quarter-finals (2021)
Vancouver FC Langley 1st —
York United FC Toronto 4th Semi-finals (2022)
League1 Canada
(division champions)		 FC Laval (PLSQ) Laval 1st —
TSS FC Rovers (L1BC) Burnaby 1st —
Vaughan Azzurri (L1O) Vaughan 2nd First qualifying round (2019)

Draw

On January 17, 2023, Canada Soccer announced that the draw for the championship would be held on January 31 at 8:00 pm ET. The draw details and pots were announced on January 24.[1] Due to the early start of the tournament, only 5 of 12 teams were able to host to host a match in the first round.[7] Teams were assigned into pots based on geography (east or west) and hosting ability.[7]

Prior to the commencement of the draw, one club from Pot B1 was moved into Pot A1, then one club from Pot B2 was moved to B1, and then both clubs from Pot C were moved to Pot B2, resulting in an even distribution of three teams in each of the first round pots.[8] Atlético Ottawa and the HFX Wanderers were placed in Pot B2 prior to the draw as the eastern teams that did not commit to hosting a match in the first round. The Wanderers were eventually drawn from Pot A1 as the designated home team for their first round match against Ottawa, and Canada Soccer determined a neutral venue for the match.[7]

Pot A1 Pot A2 Pot B1 Pot B2 Pot C Pot D

Final positions

West (home) West (away) East (home) East (away) Byes

dagger: Could not host a Preliminary Round match.

Schedule

Round Match Dates
Preliminary round April 18–20
Quarter-finals May 9–10
Semi-finals May 24
Final June 7

Bracket

 
 
                            
 
 Langford, BC
 
 
 Pacific FC (p) 1 (5)
 
 Langford, BC
 
 Cavalry FC 1 (3)
 
 Pacific FC 2
 
 Burnaby, BC
 
 TSS FC Rovers 0
 
 TSS FC Rovers 3
 
 Langford, BC
 
 Valour FC 1
 
 Pacific FC 0
 
 Toronto (York Lions), ON
 
 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3
 
 York United FC 1
 
 Toronto (York Lions), ON
 
 Vancouver FC 0
 
 York United FC 1
 
 
 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4
 
 
 Vancouver, BC
 
 
 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2
 
 
 CF Montréal 1
 
 
 Toronto (BMO), ON
 
 
 Toronto FC 1
 
 Montreal, QC
 
 CF Montréal 2
 
 CF Montréal 2
 
 Montreal, QC
 
 Vaughan Azzurri 0
 
 CF Montréal 2
 
 Hamilton, ON
 
 Forge FC 0
 
 Forge FC 3
 
 Hamilton, ON
 
 FC Laval 0
 
 Forge FC (p) 1 (3)
 
 Toronto (York Lions), ON
 
 Atlético Ottawa 1 (2)
 
 HFX Wanderers FC 1
 
 
 Atlético Ottawa 3
 

Preliminary round

Summary

Team 1  Score  Team 2
TSS FC Rovers 3–1 Valour FC
Pacific FC 1–1 (5–3 p) Cavalry FC
York United FC 1–0 Vancouver FC
Forge FC 3–0 FC Laval
HFX Wanderers FC 1–3[lower-alpha 1] Atlético Ottawa
CF Montréal 2–0 Vaughan Azzurri

Matches

April 19
19:30 PT
TSS FC Rovers 3–1 Valour FC
https://canadasoccer.com/events/championship-match-live/?matchId=3400
Swangard Stadium
Attendance: 2,486
Referee: Robert D'Alesio

April 20
19:00 PT
Pacific FC 1–1 Cavalry FC
https://canadasoccer.com/events/championship-match/?matchId=3401
  Penalties  
*Heard Penalty scored 5–3 *Penalty scored Aird
Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 2,099
Referee: David Barrie

April 19
20:00 ET
York United FC 1–0 Vancouver FC
Babouli Goal 6' (pen.) https://canadasoccer.com/events/championship-match/?matchId=3402
York Lions Stadium
Attendance: 950
Referee: Michael Venne

April 18
19:00 ET
Forge FC 3–0 FC Laval
Jensen Goal 37', 55'
Pacius Goal 57' (pen.)		 https://canadasoccer.com/championship-match/?matchId=3403
Tim Hortons Field
Attendance: 2,117
Referee: Scott Bowman

April 19
17:00 ET
HFX Wanderers FC 1–3 Atlético Ottawa
Ferrin Goal 19' https://canadasoccer.com/events/championship-match/?matchId=3404 Shaw Goal 40'
Espejo Goal 44'
Tissot Goal 85'
York Lions Stadium
Referee: Myriam Marcotte

April 18
19:00 ET
CF Montréal 2–0 Vaughan Azzurri
Rea Goal 31'
Ibrahim Goal 36'		 https://canadasoccer.com/events/championship-match/?matchId=3405#newsfeed_section
Saputo Stadium
Attendance: 11,069
Referee: Mathieu Souaré

Quarter-finals

Summary

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Pacific FC 2–0 TSS FC Rovers
York United FC 1–4 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Forge FC 1–1 (3–2 p)[lower-alpha 2] Atlético Ottawa
Toronto FC 1–2 CF Montréal

Matches

May 10
19:30 PT
Pacific FC 2–0 TSS FC Rovers
https://canadasoccer.com/events/championship-match-upcoming/?matchId=3406
Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 2,593
Referee: Myriam Marcotte

May 10
19:30 ET
York United FC 1–4 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
https://canadasoccer.com/championship-match-live/?matchId=3407
York Lions Stadium
Attendance: 1,827
Referee: Drew Fischer

May 9
19:00 ET
Forge FC 1–1 Atlético Ottawa
https://canadasoccer.com/events/championship-match/?matchId=3408
  Penalties  
*Borges Penalty missed 3–2 *Penalty missed Shaw
Tim Hortons Field
Attendance: 2,979
Referee: Filip Dujic

Toronto FC 1–2 CF Montréal
https://canadasoccer.com/events/championship-match?matchId=3409
BMO Field
Attendance: 17,726
Referee: Yusri Rudolf

Semi-finals

Summary

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Pacific FC 0–3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
CF Montréal 2–0 Forge FC

Matches

May 24
19:00 PT
Pacific FC 0–3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
https://canadasoccer.com/events/championship-match-live/?matchId=3410
Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 5,221
Referee: Drew Fischer

May 24
19:00 ET
CF Montréal 2–0 Forge FC
https://canadasoccer.com/events/championship-match/?matchId=3411
Saputo Stadium
Attendance: 10,062
Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière

Final

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Top goalscorers

  Team eliminated or did not play in this round.
Rank Player Team Goals By round
PR QF SF  F 
1 Nigeria Sunusi Ibrahim CF Montréal 3 1 1 1
2 United States Simon Becher Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 1 1
United States Julian Gressel Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1 1
Canada Noah Jensen Forge FC 2
Canada Matteo Polisi TSS FC Rovers 2
6 Canada Ali Ahmed Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1 1
Syria Molham Babouli York United FC 1
Northern Ireland Ollie Bassett Atlético Ottawa 1
Canada Kyle Bekker Forge FC 1
New Zealand Myer Bevan Cavalry FC 1
Canada Zachary Brault-Guillard CF Montréal 1
Spain Diego Espejo Atlético Ottawa 1
Canada Massimo Ferrin HFX Wanderers FC 1
Scotland Ryan Gauld Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1
Wales Josh Heard Pacific FC 1
Italy Lorenzo Insigne Toronto FC 1
Canada Levonte Johnson Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1
Costa Rica Ariel Lassiter CF Montréal 1
Canada Ivan Mejia TSS FC Rovers 1
Canada Anthony Novak Valour FC 1
Nigeria Chinonso Offor CF Montréal 1
Canada Easton Ongaro Pacific FC 1
Canada Woobens Pacius Forge FC 1
Canada Sean Rea CF Montréal 1
Canada Adonijah Reid Pacific FC 1
Canada Austin Ricci York United FC 1
Canada Malcolm Shaw Atlético Ottawa 1
Canada Maxim Tissot Atlético Ottawa 1
United States Brian White Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1

Awards

Broadcasting rights

Country Broadcaster Ref.
 Canada OneSoccer [14][15]
 United States Fox Sports [15][16][17]

Notes

  1. ↑ This match was played at York Lions Stadium (a neutral venue) due to both clubs being unable to host the match.[10]
  2. ↑ Although Atlético Ottawa was drawn as the home team, this match was played at Tim Hortons Field due to Atlético opting out of hosting.[11][12]

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