2015 Canadian Championship

2015 professional soccer tournament November 2017 Canadian Championship 2015 2015 Amway Canadian Championship enChampionnat Canadien Amway 2015 fr 200px April 22 – August 26 Canada 5 Vancouver Whitecaps FC (1st title) Montreal Impact 8 25 88944 Tomi Ameobi (4 goals) George Gross Memorial Trophy Russell Teibert 2014 2016 The 2015 Canadian Championship (officially the Amway Canadian Championship for sponsorship reasons) was a soccer tournament hosted and organized by the Canadian Soccer Association. It was the eighth edition of the annual Canadian Championship, and took place in the cities of Edmonton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver in 2015. The participating teams were Ottawa Fury FC and FC Edmonton of the North American Soccer League, the second-level of the Canadian Soccer Pyramid, and the Montreal Impact, Toronto FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC of Major League Soccer, the first-level of Canadian club soccer. The Montreal Impact were the two-time defending champions. The winners, Vancouver Whitecaps FC, were awarded the Voyageurs Cup and qualified for the group stage of the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League. This was a permanent change from procedure used in the past, where the Canadian Champion qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League beginning the same year (in this case, 2015–16). The tournament moved to an April–August timeframe from its usual April–June timeframeSchedule for 2015 Amway Canadian Championship set http://www.canadasoccer.com/schedule-for-2015-amway-canadian-championship-set-p157440%26t%3Dchampionship_article Canadian Soccer Association February 4, 2015 April 19, 2015 October 12, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161012120617/http://www.canadasoccer.com/schedule-for-2015-amway-canadian-championship-set-p157440 dead to accommodate the schedule of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup held in Canada. It was permanently moved to a June/July timeframe in 2016.Canada Soccer announces move to new time-frame for future Amway Canadian Championships http://www.canadasoccer.com/canada-soccer-announces-move-to-new-timeframe-for-future-amway-canadian-championships-p156082%26t%3Dchampionship_article Canadian Soccer Association March 21, 2014 October 18, 2014 August 20, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160820144946/http://www.canadasoccer.com/canada-soccer-announces-move-to-new-timeframe-for-future-amway-canadian-championships-p156082 dead Teams Team 2014 league position Appearance Vancouver Whitecaps FC9th in MLS5th Toronto FC13th in MLS8th Montreal Impact19th in MLS4th Ottawa Fury FC6th in NASL1st FC Edmonton9th in NASL5th Bracket The three Major League Soccer and two NASL Canadian clubs were seeded according to their final position in 2014 league play, with both NASL clubs playing in the preliminary round, the winner of which advanced to the semi-finals. All rounds of the competition were played via a two-leg home-and-away knock-out format. The higher seeded team had the option of deciding which leg they played at home. The team that scored the higher aggregate of goals in the two matches advanced. The team that won the final on aggregate, Vancouver Whitecaps FC, was declared champion and earned the right to represent Canada in the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League. Each round was a two-legged series with the away goals rule. main 3 5 4,8 6 5-4 (4,8)-6 y y 2 y y Preliminary roundApril 22–29 Semi-finalsMay 6–20 FinalAugust 12–26 NASL FC Edmonton 3 3 6 NASL Ottawa Fury FC 1 1 2 NASL FC Edmontonsnow Although Vancouver was originally scheduled to host the second leg, the order of legs were reversed as heavy snow caused the match in Edmonton to be postponed. 1 1 2 MLS Vancouver Whitecaps FCsnow 1 2 3 MLS Toronto FC 0 3 3 MLS Montreal Impact (a) 1 2 3 MLS Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 2 4 MLS Montreal Impact 2 0 2 Preliminary round Summary main y n Ottawa Fury FC 2–6 FC Edmonton 1–3 1–3 Matches Ottawa Fury FC v FC Edmonton April 22 7:30 pm EDTCanada Soccer confirms Amway Canadian Championship kick off times http://www.canadasoccer.com/canada-soccer-confirms-amway-canadian-championship-kick-off-times-p157644&t=championship_article Canadian Soccer Association April 9, 2015 April 19, 2015 Ottawa Fury FC FC Edmonton TD Place Stadium, Ottawa, Ontario https://canadasoccer.com/match/1646/ 1–3 Oliver 1 Fordyce 83 Laing 87 Ameobi 90+4 2,402 Geoff Gamble FC Edmonton v Ottawa Fury FC April 29 8:00 pm MDT FC Edmonton Ottawa Fury FC Clarke Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta https://canadasoccer.com/match/1645/ 3–1 Ameobi 9 Nyassi 15 Fordyce 81 pen. Wiedeman 32 1,858 Drew Fischer FC Edmonton won 6–2 on aggregate. Semi-finals Summary main y n Montreal Impact 3–3 (a) Toronto FC 1–0 2–3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–2 FC Edmonton 1–1 2–1 Matches Montreal Impact v Toronto FC May 6 7:30 pm EDT Montreal Impact Toronto FC Saputo Stadium, Montreal, Quebec https://canadasoccer.com/match/1649/ 1–0 McInerney 68 12,518 Silviu Petrescu Toronto FC v Montreal Impact May 13 7:30 pm EDT Toronto FC Montreal Impact BMO Field, Toronto, Ontario https://canadasoccer.com/match/1649/ 3–2 Altidore 22 Cheyrou 56 Giovinco 58 Cooper 25 Oduro 84 21,069 Mathieu Bourdeau 3–3 on aggregate. Montreal Impact won on away goals. Vancouver Whitecaps FC v FC Edmonton May 13 7:00 pm PDT Vancouver Whitecaps FC FC Edmonton BC Place, Vancouver, British Columbia https://canadasoccer.com/match/1647/ 1–1 Koffie 87 Ameobi 4 15,283 David Gantar FC Edmonton v Vancouver Whitecaps FC May 20† 8:00 pm MDT FC Edmonton Vancouver Whitecaps FC Clarke Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta https://canadasoccer.com/match/1651/ 1–2 Ameobi 90+1 pen. Morales 9 pen. Laba 90+7 3,803 Silviu Petrescu Vancouver Whitecaps FC won 3–2 on aggregate. none † FC Edmonton had originally been scheduled to host the first leg of the semi-finals against Vancouver in Edmonton on May 6, but the match was postponed due to snow.http://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/2015/05/storify-snowed-out-edmonton Storify: Snowed out in Edmonton Vancouver Whitecaps FC May 6, 2015 May 10, 2015 Final Summary main y n Montreal Impact 2–4 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–2 0–2 Matches Montreal Impact v Vancouver Whitecaps FC August 12 7:30 pm EDT Montreal Impact Vancouver Whitecaps FC Saputo Stadium, Montreal, Quebec https://canadasoccer.com/match/1652/ 2–2 Ciman 84 Jackson-Hamel 85 Mattocks 65 Morales 72 12,395 David Gantar Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Montreal Impact August 26 7:00 pm PDT Vancouver Whitecaps FC Montreal Impact BC Place, Vancouver, British Columbia https://canadasoccer.com/match/1650/ 2–0 Rivero 40 Parker 53 19,616 Silviu Petrescu Vancouver Whitecaps FC won 4–2 on aggregate. Goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1 ENG Tomi Ameobi FC Edmonton42 NIR Daryl Fordyce FC Edmonton2 CHI Pedro Morales Vancouver Whitecaps FC4 USA Jozy Altidore Toronto FC1 FRA Benoît Cheyrou Toronto FC BEL Laurent Ciman Montreal Impact USA Kenny Cooper Montreal Impact ITA Sebastian Giovinco Toronto FC CAN Anthony Jackson-Hamel Montreal Impact GHA Gershon Koffie Vancouver Whitecaps FC ARG Matías Laba Vancouver Whitecaps FC JAM Lance Laing FC Edmonton JAM Darren Mattocks Vancouver Whitecaps FC USA Jack McInerney Montreal Impact GAM Sainey Nyassi FC Edmonton GHA Dominic Oduro Montreal Impact BRA Oliver Ottawa Fury FC USA Tim Parker Vancouver Whitecaps FC URU Octavio Rivero Vancouver Whitecaps FC USA Andrew Wiedeman Ottawa Fury FC Notes References 2015 Category:2015 in Canadian soccer Category:2015 in domestic association football cups