2019 Canadian Championship

The 2019 Canadian Championship was the twelfth edition of the Canadian Championship, contested from May 15 to September 25, 2019. Montreal Impact won their fourth Canadian Championship title (their tenth Voyageurs Cup) and earned a berth in the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League.

2019 Canadian Championship

Championnat Canadien 2019
Tournament details
Country	Canada
Dates	May 15 – September 25, 2019
Teams	13 (from 5 leagues)
Final positions
Champions	Montreal Impact (4th title)
Runner-up	Toronto FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	55 (2.29 per match)
Attendance	156,268 (6,511 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Ignacio Piatti (4 goals)
Awards
George Gross Memorial Trophy	Ignacio Piatti
Best young player	Zachary Brault-Guillard
← 2018 2020 →

The competition expanded to thirteen teams with the introduction of the seven Canadian Premier League (CPL) clubs, the most in the competition's history. The 2019 tournament also marked the first time that clubs from Manitoba and Nova Scotia were represented in the Canadian Championship, and the return of clubs from Alberta after none participated in 2018.

Cavalry FC's 2–1 aggregate defeat of Vancouver Whitecaps FC in the tournament's third qualifying round marked the first time in the history of the Canadian Championship that an MLS team was defeated by a non-MLS team in a home-and-away series.

Ignacio Piatti was the tournament's top scorer with four goals and won the George Gross Memorial Trophy, while Zachary Brault-Guillard received the inaugural Best Young Canadian Player award for the best Canadian player of the tournament aged 21 or younger.^[1]

Format

The format of the competition was changed to include the seven CPL clubs, and consisted of three qualifying rounds before semi-finals and a final. All rounds were played in a two-legged tie format. In the first qualifying round, the League1 Ontario champion Vaughan Azzurri, Première ligue de soccer du Québec champion A.S. Blainville, and four CPL clubs entered the competition. They were joined by the remaining three CPL clubs (given byes due to previously competing or being sanctioned earlier than the other clubs)^[2] in the second qualifying round. In the third qualifying round, Ottawa Fury FC and two Major League Soccer teams entered. The previous year's champion, Toronto FC, received a bye to the semi-final.^[3]

Distribution

Distribution of teams for 2019 Canadian Championship

Round	Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round
First qualifying round (6 teams)	1 champion of League1 Ontario 1 champion of Première ligue de soccer du Québec 4 Canadian Premier League teams
Second qualifying round (6 teams)	3 Canadian Premier League "inaugural teams"	3 winners from the first qualifying round
Third qualifying round (6 teams)	1 USL Championship team 2 Major League Soccer teams	3 winners from the second qualifying round
Semi-finals (4 teams)	1 champion of 2018 Canadian Championship	3 winners from the third qualifying round
Final (2 teams)		2 winners from the semi-finals

Qualified clubs

Forge FC

Cavalry FC

Ottawa Fury

Montreal

Vancouver Whitecaps

Pacific FC

HFX Wanderers

Toronto

Valour FC

FC Edmonton

Montreal area clubs: A.S. Blainville; Montreal Impact
Toronto area clubs: Toronto FC; Vaughan Azzurri; York9 FC

---

Canadian Premier League Major League Soccer Other

Club	Location	League	Previous best	Prior appearances
A.S. Blainville	Blainville, Quebec	Première ligue de soccer du Québec	Second qualifying round: 1	1
Cavalry FC	Foothills County, Alberta	Canadian Premier League	N/A	debut
FC Edmonton	Edmonton, Alberta	Canadian Premier League	Semi-finals: 5	7
Forge FC	Hamilton, Ontario	Canadian Premier League	N/A	debut
HFX Wanderers	Halifax, Nova Scotia	Canadian Premier League	N/A	debut
Montreal Impact	Montreal, Quebec	Major League Soccer	Champions: 3	11
Ottawa Fury	Ottawa, Ontario	USL Championship	Semi-finals: 3	5
Pacific FC	Langford, British Columbia	Canadian Premier League	N/A	debut
Toronto FC	Toronto, Ontario	Major League Soccer	Champions: 7	11
Valour FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Canadian Premier League	N/A	debut
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Vancouver, British Columbia	Major League Soccer	Champions: 1	11
Vaughan Azzurri	Vaughan, Ontario	League1 Ontario	N/A	debut
York9 FC	Toronto, Ontario	Canadian Premier League	N/A	debut

Note

• Statistics include previous incarnations of FC Edmonton, Montreal Impact, and Vancouver Whitecaps

Schedule

Round	First leg date	Second leg date	Teams entering
First qualifying round	May 15	May 22	6 (A.S. Blainville, Cavalry FC, HFX Wanderers, Pacific FC, Vaughan Azzurri, York9 FC)
Second qualifying round	June 4/5	June 11/12	3 (FC Edmonton, Forge FC, Valour FC)
Third qualifying round	July 10	July 24	3 (Montreal Impact, Ottawa Fury, Vancouver Whitecaps FC)
Semi-finals	August 7	August 14	1 (Toronto FC)
Final	September 18	September 25	—

Bracket

The draw was held on February 12, 2019.^[4]

	First qualifying round May 15 & 22						Second qualifying round June 4–5 & 11–12						Third qualifying round July 10 & 24						Semi-finals August 7 & 14						Final September 18 & 25
													Montreal Impact	2	1	3
							FC Edmonton	1	1	2			York9	2	0	2
	A.S. Blainville	0	0	0			York9	3	0	3									Montreal Impact	2	1	3
	York9	0	1	1															Cavalry FC	1	0	1
													Vancouver Whitecaps FC	0	1	1
							Forge FC	1	1	2			Cavalry FC	0	2	2									Montreal Impact (p)	1	0	1 (3)
	Pacific FC	0	1	1			Cavalry FC	1	2	3															Toronto FC	0	1	1 (1)
	Cavalry FC	2	2	4
																			Ottawa Fury	0	0	0
													Ottawa Fury	3	2	5			Toronto FC	2	3	5
							Valour FC	1	0	1			HFX Wanderers	2	2	4
	Vaughan Azzurri	2	1	3			HFX Wanderers	2	2	4
	HFX Wanderers (a)	3	0	3

This bracket:

• view
• talk
• edit

First qualifying round

Summary

The first legs were held on May 15, and the second legs on May 22, 2019.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vaughan Azzurri	3–3 (a)	HFX Wanderers	2–3	1–0
Pacific FC	1–4[A]	Cavalry FC	0–2	1–2
A.S. Blainville	0–1	York9 FC	0–0	0–1

Notes

1. Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Matches

Vaughan Azzurri	2–3	HFX Wanderers
Whiteman 51' Raposo 60'	Report	Skublak 2' Garcia 39' Kourouma 90+3' (pen.)

May 15, 2019 (2019-05-15)

7:00 pm ET

Ontario Soccer Centre, Vaughan

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Serge Topalian

HFX Wanderers	0–1	Vaughan Azzurri
	Report	Schaale 27' (o.g.)

May 22, 2019 (2019-05-22)

6:00 pm AT

Wanderers Grounds, Halifax

Attendance: 5,532

Referee: Silviu Petrescu

3–3 on aggregate. HFX Wanderers won on away goals.

---

Pacific FC	0–2	Cavalry FC
	Report	Zator 9' Oliver 16'

May 15, 2019 (2019-05-15)

7:30 pm PT

Westhills Stadium, Langford

Attendance: 2,294

Referee: Yusri Rudolf

Cavalry FC	2–1	Pacific FC
Haber 2' (o.g.) Büscher 67'	Report	Haber 73'

May 22, 2019 (2019-05-22)

7:30 pm MT

ATCO Field, Foothills County

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Juan Marquez

Cavalry FC won 4–1 on aggregate.

---

A.S. Blainville	0–0	York9 FC
	Report

May 15, 2019 (2019-05-15)

7:00 pm ET

Blainville Equestrian Park, Blainville

Attendance: 1,503

Referee: Filip Dujic

York9 FC	1–0	A.S. Blainville
Telfer 70'	Report

May 22, 2019 (2019-05-22)

7:00 pm ET

York Lions Stadium, Toronto

Attendance: 1,723

Referee: Mathieu Souare

York9 won 1–0 on aggregate.

Second qualifying round

Summary

The first legs were held on June 4 and 5, and the second legs were held on June 11 and 12, 2019.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
York9 FC	3–2	FC Edmonton	3–1	0–1
Forge FC	2–3[A]	Cavalry FC	1–1	1–2
HFX Wanderers	4–1	Valour FC	2–1	2–0

Notes

1. Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Matches

York9 FC	3–1	FC Edmonton
Gasparotto 28' Gattas 31' Adjei 51'	Report	Diouck 66'

June 5, 2019 (2019-06-05)

7:00 pm ET

York Lions Stadium, Toronto

Attendance: 728

Referee: Serge Topalian

FC Edmonton	1–0	York9 FC
Temguia 90+4'	Report

June 12, 2019 (2019-06-12)

7:30 pm MT

Clarke Stadium, Edmonton

Attendance: 2,076

Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

York9 FC won 3–2 on aggregate.

---

See also: Cavalry FC–Forge FC rivalry

Forge FC	1–1	Cavalry FC
Welshman 48'	Report	Malonga 90+6' (pen.)

June 4, 2019 (2019-06-04)

7:30 pm ET

Tim Hortons Field, Hamilton

Attendance: 5,174

Referee: David Barrie

Cavalry FC	2–1	Forge FC
Malonga 41' Camargo 58'	Report	Bekker 13'

June 11, 2019 (2019-06-11)

7:30 pm MT

ATCO Field, Foothills County

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière

Cavalry FC won 3–2 on aggregate.

---

HFX Wanderers	2–1	Valour FC
Skublak 39' Kourouma 41'	Report	Bustos 33'

June 5, 2019 (2019-06-05)

6:15 pm AT

Wanderers Grounds, Halifax

Attendance: 3,854

Referee: Juan Marquez

Valour FC	0–2	HFX Wanderers
	Report	Kourouma 58' Bona 90+3'

June 12, 2019 (2019-06-12)

7:30 pm CT

IG Field, Winnipeg

Attendance: 4,373

Referee: Yusri Rudolf

HFX Wanderers won 4–1 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round

Summary

The first legs were held on July 10, and the second legs were held on July 24, 2019.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
HFX Wanderers	4–5	Ottawa Fury	2–3	2–2
York9 FC	2–3	Montreal Impact	2–2	0–1
Cavalry FC	2–1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	0–0	2–1

Matches

HFX Wanderers	2–3	Ottawa Fury
Perea 32' (pen.) Barnathan 62' (o.g.)	Report	Thiago 23', 35' Tissot 67'

July 10, 2019 (2019-07-10)

7:00 pm AT

Wanderers Grounds, Halifax

Attendance: 6,213

Referee: Silviu Petrescu

Ottawa Fury	2–2	HFX Wanderers
Obasi 45+1' François 66'	Report	Skublak 30' Perea 43'

July 24, 2019 (2019-07-24)

7:30 pm ET

TD Place Stadium, Ottawa

Attendance: 4,443

Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière

Ottawa Fury won 5–4 on aggregate.

---

York9 FC	2–2	Montreal Impact
Telfer 83' Gattas 88'	Report	Browne 62' Taïder 90+2' (pen.)

July 10, 2019 (2019-07-10)

7:30 pm ET

York Lions Stadium, Toronto

Attendance: 5,252

Referee: Yusri Rudolf

Montreal Impact	1–0	York9 FC
Piatti 55' (pen.)	Report

July 24, 2019 (2019-07-24)

7:30 pm ET

Saputo Stadium, Montreal

Attendance: 14,723

Referee: David Barrie

Montreal Impact won 3–2 on aggregate.

---

Cavalry FC	0–0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
	Report

July 10, 2019 (2019-07-10)

7:30 pm MT

ATCO Field, Foothills County

Attendance: 5,129

Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière

Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1–2	Cavalry FC
Hwang In-beom 67'	Report	Brown 7' Zator 72'

July 24, 2019 (2019-07-24)

7:30 pm PT

BC Place, Vancouver

Attendance: 16,089

Referee: Alain Ruch

Cavalry FC won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Summary

The first legs were held on August 7, and the second legs were held on August 14, 2019.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ottawa Fury	0–5	Toronto FC	0–2	0–3
Montreal Impact	3–1[A]	Cavalry FC	2–1	1–0

Notes

1. Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Matches

Ottawa Fury	0–2	Toronto FC
	Report	Moor 30' Endoh 90+1'

August 7, 2019 (2019-08-07)

7:30 pm ET

TD Place Stadium, Ottawa

Attendance: 5,809

Referee: David Barrie

Toronto FC	3–0	Ottawa Fury
DeLeon 14', 39' Mullins 37'	Report

August 14, 2019 (2019-08-14)

7:30 pm ET

BMO Field, Toronto

Attendance: 12,683

Referee: David Gantar

Toronto FC won 5–0 on aggregate.

---

Montreal Impact	2–1	Cavalry FC
Piatti 32', 49'	Report	Camargo 69'

August 7, 2019 (2019-08-07)

7:30 pm ET

Saputo Stadium, Montreal

Attendance: 12,665

Referee: Silviu Petrescu

Cavalry FC	0–1	Montreal Impact
	Report	Jackson-Hamel 13'

August 14, 2019 (2019-08-14)

7:30 pm MT

ATCO Field, Foothills County

Attendance: 5,633

Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière

Montreal Impact won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 2019 Canadian Championship final

Summary

The first leg was held on September 18, and the second leg was held on September 25, 2019.The higher-seeded team in the final, Toronto FC, chose to play the first leg away.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Montreal Impact	1–1 (3–1 p)	Toronto FC	1–0	0–1

Matches

Montreal Impact	1–0	Toronto FC
Piatti 17'	Report

September 18, 2019 (2019-09-18)

7:30 PM EDT

Saputo Stadium, Montreal

Attendance: 10,807

Referee: Yusri Rudolf

Toronto FC	1–0	Montreal Impact
Endoh 70'	Report
Penalties
Pozuelo Altidore Mullins Osorio	1–3	Bojan Lovitz Camacho

September 25, 2019 (2019-09-25)

7:30 PM EDT

BMO Field, Toronto

Attendance: 21,365

Referee: Drew Fischer

1–1 on aggregate. Montreal Impact won 3–1 on penalties.

Goalscorers

  Team eliminated or did not play in this round.

Rank	Player	Team	Goals	By round
				1Q1	1Q2	2Q1	2Q2	3Q1	3Q2	SF1	SF2	F1	F2
1	Ignacio Piatti	Montreal Impact	4						1	2		1
2	Mohamed Kourouma	HFX Wanderers	3	1		1	1
	Tomasz Skublak	HFX Wanderers		1		1			1
4	Sergio Camargo	Cavalry FC	2				1			1
	Thiago De Freitas	Ottawa Fury						2
	Nick DeLeon	Toronto FC									2
	Tsubasa Endoh	Toronto FC								1			1
	Rodrigo Gattas	York9				1		1
	Dominique Malonga	Cavalry FC				1	1
	Luis Perea	HFX Wanderers						1	1
	Ryan Telfer	York9			1			1
	Dominick Zator	Cavalry FC		1					1