2011 Canadian Championship

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2011 Canadian Championship
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Country Canada
Teams 4
Champions Toronto FC (3rd title)
Runners-up Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Matches played 6
Goals scored 12 (2 per match)
Attendance 82,463 (13,744 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Maicon Santos (3 goals)
George Gross Memorial Trophy Joao Plata

The 2011 Canadian Championship (officially the Nutrilite Canadian Championship[1]) 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 2011. As in previous tournaments, participating teams included the Montreal Impact, Toronto FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC. FC Edmonton participated in this year's competition for the first time. Toronto FC won the tournament, claiming the Voyageurs Cup and Canada's entry into the preliminary round of the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League. The tournament has been held annually since 2008.

The format of the 2011 tournament was different from previous editions. In 2011, with four teams involved, the tournament was changed to be a home-and-away semifinal round and a similar final round between the winners. Toronto, as reigning champions, were assigned the top seed and were matched with Edmonton, who were assigned the fourth seed as newcomers to the tournament. The two remaining teams, Montreal and Vancouver, faced off in the other semifinal.[2][3]

Bracket

Seeding

  Semifinals Finals
                         
3  Montreal Impact 0 1 1  
2  Vancouver Whitecaps FC   1 1 2  
    2  Vancouver Whitecaps FC   1 1 2
  1  Toronto FC 1 2 3
4  FC Edmonton 0 0 0
1  Toronto FC 3 1 4  

Matches

Semifinals

April 27, 2011
20:00 EDT
Montreal Impact 0–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Report Dunfield Goal 67'
Saputo Stadium, Montreal, Quebec
Attendance: 8,412
Referee: Carol-Anne Chénard

Vancouver Whitecaps FC won 2–1 on aggregate.


April 27, 2011
18:00 MDT
FC Edmonton 0–3 Toronto FC
Report[permanent dead link] Santos Goal 35'61'
Gordon Goal 47'
Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta
Attendance: 5,781
Referee: Paul Ward

May 4, 2011
20:00 EDT
Toronto FC 1–0 FC Edmonton
Gordon Goal 21' Report
BMO Field, Toronto, Ontario
Attendance: 17,937
Referee: Mauricio Navarro

Toronto FC won 4–0 on aggregate.


Final

Match abandoned in the 60th minute due to lightning and unplayable field conditions.[4] Originally scheduled to be replayed on May 26, 11:00 EDT, but was rescheduled as weather conditions prevented the match from being played. The second leg was eventually replayed on July 2, 12:30 EDT, in its entirety starting from 0–0 according to the rules of the tournament.[5]

Replay July 2, 2011
12:30 EDT
Toronto FC 2–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Plata Goal 51' (pen.)
Yourassowsky Goal 61'
Camilo Goal 21'
BMO Field, Toronto, Ontario
Attendance: 18,212
Referee: Dave Gantar

Toronto FC won 3–2 on aggregate.


Top goalscorers

Pos Name Nationality Club Goals
1 Maicon Santos  Brazil Toronto FC 3
2 Alan Gordon  United States Toronto FC 2
3 Mouloud Akloul  France Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1
Camilo  Brazil Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Terry Dunfield  Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Eric Hassli  France Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Ali Gerba  Canada Montreal Impact
Joao Plata  Ecuador Toronto FC
Mikael Yourassowsky  Belgium Toronto FC

References

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  4. Championship replay: match abandoned, rescheduled for Thursday
  5. Championship final rescheduled for 2 July

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