2018 Canadian Championship

The 2018 Canadian Championship was a soccer tournament hosted and organized by the Canadian Soccer Association. It was the eleventh edition of the annual Canadian Championship. Toronto FC won the competition for the third consecutive year and qualified for the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League.

2018 Canadian Championship

Championnat Canadien 2018 (in French)
Tournament details
Country	Canada
Dates	June 6 – August 15, 2018
Teams	6 (from 4 leagues)
Final positions
Champions	Toronto FC (7th title)
Runners-up	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	24 (2.4 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Jozy Altidore Kei Kamara Jonathan Osorio (3 goals each)
Awards
George Gross Memorial Trophy	Jonathan Osorio
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The 2018 edition saw the invitation of the champions of League1 Ontario (L1O) and Première Ligue de soccer du Québec (PLSQ). FC Edmonton suspended operations and did not take part in the Championship this year. As a result, a new format was adopted which saw the L1O and PLSQ champions, the Oakville Blue Devils and A.S. Blainville, enter in a new first qualifying round.^[1][2] As winners of the first qualifying round, AS Blainville played Ottawa Fury FC in the second qualifying round, and the winner of that match, Ottawa Fury, joined the MLS teams in the semi-final round.^[3] With six teams, the 2018 edition was the largest edition of the championship to date.

Qualified clubs

Club	Location	League	Previous best	Prior appearances
A.S. Blainville	Blainville, Quebec	Première Ligue de soccer du Québec	N/A	0
Montreal Impact	Montreal, Quebec	Major League Soccer	Champions: 3	10
Oakville Blue Devils	Oakville, Ontario	League1 Ontario	N/A	0
Ottawa Fury	Ottawa, Ontario	United Soccer League	Semi-finals: 2	4
Toronto FC	Toronto, Ontario	Major League Soccer	Champions: 6	10
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Vancouver, British Columbia	Major League Soccer	Champions: 1	10

Statistics include previous incarnations of the Montreal Impact and Vancouver Whitecaps.

Distribution

Distribution of teams for 2018 Canadian Championship

Round	Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round
First qualifying round (2 teams)	1 champion of League1 Ontario 1 champion of Première ligue de soccer du Québec
Second qualifying round (2 teams)	1 United Soccer League team	1 winner from the first qualifying round
Semifinals (4 teams)	3 Major League Soccer teams	1 winner from the second qualifying round
Final (2 teams)		2 winners from the semifinals

Tournament bracket

	First Qualifying Round June 6–13						Second Qualifying Round June 20–27						Semifinals July 18–25						Final August 8–15
													Toronto FC	1	3	4
													Ottawa Fury	0	0	0
							Ottawa Fury	1	1	2
							A.S. Blainville	0	0	0
	Oakville Blue Devils	1	0	1
	A.S. Blainville	2	1	3
																			Toronto FC	2	5	7
																			Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2	2	4
													Vancouver Whitecaps FC	0	2	2
													Montreal Impact	1	0	1

Matches

First qualifying round

A.S. Blainville	2–1	Oakville Blue Devils
Syla 26' Mayard 90'	Report	Novak 40'

June 6, 2018 (2018-06-06)

7:30 pm ET

Stade Desjardins, Laval

Oakville Blue Devils	0–1	A.S. Blainville
	Report	Abzi 45'

June 13, 2018 (2018-06-13)

7:30 pm ET

Ontario Soccer Centre, Vaughan

A.S. Blainville won 3–1 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round

A.S. Blainville	0–1	Ottawa Fury
	Report	Taylor 1'

June 20, 2018 (2018-06-20)

7:30 pm ET

Stade Desjardins, Laval

Referee: Alan Ruch

Ottawa Fury	1–0	A.S. Blainville
Haworth 21'	Report

June 27, 2018 (2018-06-27)

7:30 pm ET

TD Place Stadium, Ottawa

Attendance: 3,915^[4]

Referee: Juan Marquez

Ottawa Fury FC won 2–0 on aggregate.

Semifinals

Ottawa Fury	0–1	Toronto FC
	Report	Osorio 5'

July 18, 2018 (2018-07-18)

7:30 pm ET

TD Place Stadium, Ottawa

Attendance: 6,057

Referee: Silviu Petrescu

Toronto FC	3–0	Ottawa Fury
Akinola 36' Hamilton 76' Osorio 84'	Report

July 25, 2018 (2018-07-25)

7:30 pm ET

BMO Field, Toronto

Attendance: 18,795

Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere

Toronto FC won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Montreal Impact	1–0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Silva 58'	Report

July 18, 2018 (2018-07-18)

7:30 pm ET

Saputo Stadium, Montreal

Attendance: 13,389

Referee: Yusri Rudolf

Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2–0	Montreal Impact
Reyna 19' Kamara 60' (pen.)	Report

July 25, 2018 (2018-07-25)

7:00 pm PT

BC Place, Vancouver

Attendance: 19,267

Referee: David Barrie

Vancouver Whitecaps FC won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2–2	Toronto FC
Kamara 24' (pen.) Hurtado 84'	Report	Osorio 26' Henry 90+6' (o.g.)

August 8, 2018 (2018-08-08)

7:00 pm PT

BC Place, Vancouver

Attendance: 16,833

Referee: David Gantar

Toronto FC	5–2	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Altidore 39', 49', 53' Giovinco 44' Ricketts 80'	Report	Kamara 63' Shea 77'

August 15, 2018 (2018-08-15)

7:30 pm ET

BMO Field, Toronto

Attendance: 14,994

Referee: Drew Fischer

Toronto FC won 7–4 on aggregate.

Goalscorers

  Team eliminated or did not play in this round.

Rank	Player	Team	Goals	By round
				1Q1	1Q2	2Q1	2Q2	SF1	SF2	F1	F2
1	Jozy Altidore	Toronto FC	3								3
	Jonathan Osorio	Toronto FC						1	1	1
	Kei Kamara	Vancouver Whitecaps FC							1	1	1
4	Diyaeddine Abzi	A.S. Blainville	1		1
	Ayo Akinola	Toronto FC							1
	Sebastian Giovinco	Toronto FC									1
	Jordan Hamilton	Toronto FC							1
	Carl Haworth	Ottawa Fury					1
	Erik Hurtado	Vancouver Whitecaps FC								1
	Pierre-Rudolph Mayard	A.S. Blainville		1
	Anthony Novak	Oakville Blue Devils		1
	Yordy Reyna	Vancouver Whitecaps FC							1
	Tosaint Ricketts	Toronto FC									1
	Brek Shea	Vancouver Whitecaps FC									1
	Alejandro Silva	Montreal Impact						1
	Mitchell Syla	A.S. Blainville		1
	Tony Taylor	Ottawa Fury				1