2006 Open Canada Cup

The 2006 Open Canada Cup was the 9th edition of the Canadian Soccer League's open league cup tournament, running from late May through late September. Ottawa St. Anthony Italia defeated Toronto Lynx 2-0 in the final played at Cove Road Stadium, London, Ontario.^[1] Ottawa became the first victorious amateur club in the tournament's history, and the first amateur club to claim a purely Canadian treble (Open Canada Cup, Ontario Cup, and The Challenge Trophy). The tournament expanded to include, for the first time, the Toronto Lynx of the USL First Division, at that time the nation's top-tier division.^[2][3] Notable entries included the reigning Spectator Cup champions Hamilton Serbia, and the 2005 Canadian National Challenge Cup, Ontario Cup champions, Scarborough GS United, both from the Ontario Soccer League.

2006 Open Canada Cup

Tournament details
Country	Canada
Teams	18
Final positions
Champions	Ottawa St. Anthony Italia (1st title)
Runners-up	Toronto Lynx
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	53 (2.94 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Urbain Some, Abraham Osman, Helio Pereira, Dragorad Milicevic, Haris Cekic (3 goals each)
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The Ontario and Quebec amateur clubs began the tournament in the preliminary rounds, while the CSL clubs and Toronto Lynx received an automatic bye to the second round. For the fifth straight year, London City were awarded the hosting rights to the finals, which granted them a wild card match if they were defeated in the earlier rounds.^[4] All CSL clubs competed in the competition except Toronto Croatia, which opted out to compete in the annual Croatian-North American Soccer Tournament.

Qualification

Enter in Preliminary Round	Enter in Second Round
OSL/LSEQ/OCSL/WOSL 3 teams/1 team/1 team/1 team	CSL/USL 11 teams/1 team
Ontario Soccer League Scarborough GS United Hamilton Argentina 78 Hamilton Serbia Ligue de Soccer Elite Quebec Montreal Panellinios Ottawa Carleton Soccer League Ottawa St. Anthony Italia Western Ontario Soccer League AEK London	Canadian Soccer League Brampton Stallions Caribbean Selects Italia Shooters Laval Dynamites London City North York Astros Oakville Blue Devils Serbian White Eagles St. Catharines Wolves Toronto Supra Portuguese Windsor Border Stars USL First Division Toronto Lynx

First round

Ottawa St. Anthony Italia (OCSL) v Montreal Panellinios (LSEQ)

May 20, 2006	Ottawa St. Anthony Italia (OCSL)	2–0 (forfeited)	Montreal Panellinios (LSEQ)	Ottawa, Ontario
		(Report)		Stadium: Gee-Gees Field

Hamilton Serbia (OSL) v GS United (OSL)

May 21, 2006	Hamilton Serbia (OSL)	1–0	GS United (OSL)	Hamilton, Ontario
5:00 ET	Igor Prostran	(Report)		Stadium: Brian Timmis Stadium

AEK London (WOSL) v Hamilton Argentina 78 (OSL)

June 30, 2006	AEK London (WOSL)	5–0	Hamilton Argentina 78 (OSL)	London, Ontario
8:38 ET	Jaufcin Guy 3' Haris Cekic 27' Paul Arnold 33' Noel Cunningham 74' Dave Day 76'	(Report)		Stadium: Cove Road Stadium

Second round

North York Astros (CSL) v Brampton Stallions (CSL)

July 2, 2006	North York Astros (CSL)	0–5	Brampton Stallions (CSL)	Toronto Ontario
2:30 ET		(Report)	André Andrade 48' Ronald Nicholas 50' Helio Pereira 65' Helio Pereira 67' Helio Pereira 79'	Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium Attendance: 30 Referee: Geoff Gamble

Laval Dynamites (CSL) v Ottawa St. Anthony Italia (OCSL)

July 2, 2006	Laval Dynamites (CSL)	2–4	Ottawa St. Anthony Italia (OCSL)	Laval, Quebec
7:00 ET	Leo Incollingo Mourad Bellari	(Report)	Souleyman Gagou Danny Jones Urbain Some Abraham Osman	Stadium: Centre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne

Italia Shooters (CSL) v Oakville Blue Devils (CSL)

July 2, 2006	Italia Shooters (CSL)	2–0	Oakville Blue Devils (CSL)	Vaughan, Ontario
7:00 ET	Joshua Jaramillo 70' Danny Sanna 88'	(Report)		Stadium: The Soccer Centre Attendance: 80 Referee: Mercy Watfa

St. Catharines Wolves (CSL) v AEK London (WOSL)

July 2, 2006	St. Catharines Wolves (CSL)	0–1	AEK London (WOSL)	St. Catharines, Ontario
8:00 ET		(Report)	Haris Cekic 67'	Stadium: Club Roma Stadium

Hamilton Serbians (OSL) v Toronto Supra Portuguese (CSL)

July 2, 2006	Hamilton Serbians (OSL)	3–2	Toronto Supra Portuguese (CSL)	Hamilton, Ontario
9:00 ET	Dragorad Milicevic 35' Dragorad Milicevic 40' Dragorad Milicevic 70'	(Report)	Giovani Annisi 23' Giovani Annisi 80'	Stadium: Brian Timmis Stadium

London City (CSL) v Caribbean Selects (CSL)

July 3, 2006	London City (CSL)	4–1	Caribbean Selects (CSL)	London, Ontario
8:38 ET	Marco Peeters 16' Michel Daoust 19' Johan Wikman 39' Bruno Mota 89'	(Report)	Ajani Stapleton 70'	Stadium: Cove Road Stadium

Serbian White Eagles (CSL) v Toronto Lynx (USL)

July 14, 2006	Serbian White Eagles (CSL)	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Toronto Lynx (USL)	Toronto, Ontario
7:30 ET	Nikola Budalic 23' Bozo Milic 61'	(Report)	Jamie Dodds 66' Jamie Dodds 88'	Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium Attendance: 1, 511 Referee: Joe Fletcher (Ontario)
	Penalties
	Nikola Budalic Sinisa Ninkovic Bozo Milic Gabriel Pop Sasa Viciknez Mario Ostojic		Jamie Dodds Damien Pottinger Kevin Jeffrey Cameron Medwin Edgar Bartolomeu Jeremy Shepherd

Quarter-final

London City (CSL) v AEK London (WOSL)

August 4, 2006	London City (CSL)	1–2	AEK London (WOSL)	London, Ontario
8:38 ET	Bruno Mota 71'	(Report)	Haris Cekic 15' Martin Painter 23'	Stadium: Cove Road Stadium

Ottawa St. Anthony Italia (OCSL) v Windsor Border Stars (CSL)

August 6, 2006	Ottawa St. Anthony Italia (OCSL)	1–0	Windsor Border Stars (CSL)	Carp, Ontario
3:00 ET	Urbain Some 18'	(Report)		Stadium: OZ Optics Stadium

Italia Shooters (CSL) v Brampton Stallions (CSL)

August 7, 2006	Italia Shooters (CSL)	0–1	Brampton Stallions (CSL)	Vaughan, Ontario
7:00 ET		(Report)	Hugo Herrera 6'	Stadium: The Soccer Centre Attendance: 120 Referee: Mercy Watfa (Ontario)

Hamilton Serbians (OSL) v Toronto Lynx (USL)

August 13, 2006	Hamilton Serbians (OSL)	0–1	Toronto Lynx (USL)	Hamilton, Ontario
5:00 ET		(Report)	Matthew Palleschi 81'	Stadium: Brian Timmis Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Vito Curalli (Ontario)

Wild Card Game

London City (CSL) v Ottawa St. Anthony Italia (OCSL)

September 3, 2006	London City (CSL)	1–3	Ottawa St. Anthony Italia (OCSL)	London, Ontario
7:38 ET	Marco Peeters 79'	(Report)	Urbain Some 11' Souleymane Gagou 28' Christian Hoefler 50'	Stadium: Cove Road Stadium

Semi-final

London AEK (WOSL) v Toronto Lynx (USL)

September 1, 2006	London AEK (WOSL)	0–1	Toronto Lynx (USL)	London, Ontario
8:38 ET		(Report)	Osni Neto 17'	Stadium: Cove Road Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Silviu Petrescu (Ontario)

Brampton Stallions (CSL) v Ottawa St. Anthony Italia (OCSL)

September 4, 2006	Brampton Stallions (CSL)	1–3	Ottawa St. Anthony Italia (OCSL)	London, Ontario
4:08 ET	Hugo Herrera 50'	(Report)	Ladislas Kikunda 28' Abraham Osman 32' Alain Njima 74'	Stadium: Cove Road Stadium

Final

September 24

5:00 ET

Toronto Lynx	0–2	Ottawa St. Anthony Italia
	Report	Abraham Osman 55' Abraham Osman 81'

Esther Shiner Stadium, Toronto, Ontario

Attendance: 200

Referee: Joe Fletcher (Ontario)

GK 28 Chris Baker RB 17 Chris Williams CB 6 Andres Arango LB 3 Rick Titus RM 23 Gordon Chin  89' CM 4 Joe Mattacchione (c)  85' CM 9 David Diplacido CM 27 Edgar Bartolomeu  64' LM 12 Marko Bedenikovic  46' ST 2 Damien Pottinger  85' ST 15 Matthew Palleschi  89' Substitutes: DF 46 Anthony Doran  89' DF 14 Cameron Medwin  46' MF 21 Osni Neto  64' DF 32 Aaron Steele  85' MF 29 Steve Lumley  85' MW 74 Mackenzie Wilde  89' Manager: Duncan Wilde

GK 0 Angus Wong RB 6 Simon Bonk CB 3 Kwame Telemaque LB 16 Kwesi Loney RM 20 Marcelo Plada CM 8 Richard Furano CM 19 Urbain Some (c) CM 4 Ladislas Bushiri  82' LM 7 Christian Hoefler CF 9 Abraham Osman CF 11 Souleyman Gagou  86' Substitutes: GK 1 Scott Millique DF 5 Alessandro Battisi  82' ST 12 Edgar Soglo MF 18 Claudio Venegas MF 21 Allan Popazzi ST 10 Johnny Schleda  86' Manager: Aldo Popazzi

Assistant referees: Vito Currali Geoff Gamble Fourth official: Kyle McIntosh

Top scorers

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Abraham Osman	Ottawa St. Anthony Italia	3
	Dragorad Milicevic	Hamilton Serbians	3
	Haris Cekic	AEK London	3
	Helio Pereira	Brampton Stallions	3
	Urbain Some	Ottawa St. Anthony Italia	3
2	Hugo Herrera	Brampton Stallions	2
	Jamie Dodds	Toronto Lynx	2
	Souleyman Gagou	Ottawa St. Anthony Italia	2