2019 Challenge Trophy

The 2019 Canada Soccer National Championships (officially the Toyota National Championships for sponsorship reasons) was the 97th staging of Canada Soccer's amateur football club competition. Central City Breakers FC won the Challenge Trophy after they beat Ottawa St. Anthony SC in the Canadian Final at King George V Park in St. John's on 14 October 2019.

2019 Canada Soccer National Championships

2019 Toyota National Championships French: Championnats nationaux Toyota 2019
Tournament details
Country	Canada
Dates	9–14 October 2019
Teams	10
Defending champions	Surrey BC Tigers Hurricanes
Final positions
Champions	Central City Breakers FC (1st title)
Runners-up	Ottawa St. Anthony SC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	25
Goals scored	108 (4.32 per match)
Attendance	2,480 (99 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Ryan Ramjiawan (9 goals)
Awards
Best player	MVP Bobby Jhutty
← 2018 2022 →

Central City Breakers FC won the tournament on their debut, defeating Ottawa St. Anthony SC 2–0 in the Canadian Final.^[1][2]

Ten teams qualified to the final week of the 2019 National Championships in St. John's. Each team played four group matches before the medal and ranking matches on the last day.^[3]

On the road to the National Championships, Central City Breakers FC beat Rino's FC Tigers Vancouver in the 2019 BC Province Cup Final.

Teams

Each of Canada Soccer's thirteen provincial and territorial associations can send one representative to the Challenge Trophy, with teams generally qualifying through a regional preliminary series such as an open cup or league competition.^[4]

For the 2019 tournament, nine provinces and one territory confirmed their participation.^[5]

Province	Team	Qualified as	Previous appearances in tournament1	Previous best performance	Ref.
British Columbia	Central City Breakers FC	British Columbia Provincial Championship winners	0 (debut)	—	[6]
Alberta	Edmonton Scottish	Alberta Soccer Challenge Cup winners	10 (1972, 1979, 1987, 1992, 1996, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018)	Champions (2016)	[7]
Saskatchewan	Saskatoon Revolution	Saskatchewan Open Cup winners	1 (2018)	Third place (2018)	—
Manitoba	FC Winnipeg Lions2	Manitoba Soccer Provincial Championship winners	10 (1996, 1998, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018)	Champions (2002)	[8]
Ontario	Ottawa St. Anthony SC3	Ontario Cup winners	2 (1964, 2006)	Champions (2006)	[9]
Quebec	Kodiak de Charlesbourg	Québec LSEQ playoff winners	0 (debut)	—	—
New Brunswick	Fredericton Picaroons Reds	NBPSL Men's League winners	8 (2007, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)	Sixth place (2007)	—
Nova Scotia	United Dartmouth FC4	Nova Scotia Provincial Championship winners	8 (1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 2014, 2015)	Runners-up (1990)	[10]
Newfoundland and Labrador	Holy Cross FC	Newfoundland and Labrador Challenge Cup winners	19 (1973, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018)	Champions (1988)	[11]
Northwest Territories	YK Galaxy FC5	Acclaimed	6 (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018)	Tenth place (2018)	—

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year.

² Competed in previous tournaments as Winnipeg Sons of Italy.

³ Competed in previous tournaments as Ottawa St. Anthony's Italia FC.

⁴ Competed in previous tournaments as Dartmouth United Oland.

⁵ Competed in previous tournaments as Yellowknife FC.

Venues

Matches were played at four different venues within the St. John's metropolitan area.^[12][13]

Conception Bay South	Mount Pearl
Topsail Field	Smallwood Field
Capacity: 750	Capacity: 2,500[14]
Topsail Field Smallwood Field Rainbow Gully Park King George V Park Location of venues for the 2019 Challenge Trophy
Portugal Cove–St. Philip's	St. John's
Rainbow Gully Park	King George V Park
Capacity: 450	Capacity: 6,400[15]

Group stage

Competing teams are divided into two groups of five teams, playing against one another in a single round-robin and advancing to the final round based on their group positioning.

Tie-breaking criteria for group play

The following criteria shall be used to determine the final standings:[4] Most points in all group matches; Greater number of points in matches between the teams concerned (head-to-head competition); Greater goal difference in all group matches; Greater number of goals scored in all group matches; Kicks from the penalty mark as per the Laws of the Game, at a time and place decided by the Canada Soccer General Coordinator.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Central City Breakers FC	4	3	1	0	9	3	+6	10	Advance to final		—	1–1	4–0	2–1	2–1
2	Edmonton Scottish	4	2	1	1	9	6	+3	7	Advance to third place match		—	—	1–2	—	2–1
3	Fredericton Picaroons Reds	4	2	0	2	8	11	−3	6	Advance to fifth place match		—	—	—	—	—
4	Holy Cross FC	4	1	1	2	7	9	−2	4	Advance to seventh place match		—	2–5	3–1	—	1–1
5	FC Winnipeg Lions	4	0	1	3	6	10	−4	1	Advance to ninth place match		—	—	3–5	—	—

Source: Canada Soccer
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Central City Breakers FC	2–1	FC Winnipeg Lions
Mehrabi 64' Clarke 89'	Report	Szulc 55'

9 October 2019 (2019-10-09)

14:00 UTC−3:30

Smallwood Field, Mount Pearl

Attendance: 85

Referee: Ben Hoskins

Holy Cross FC	2–5	Edmonton Scottish
Williams 30', 41'	Report	Hamilton 13', 90' (pen.) Sahota 15' Carter 80' (o.g.) Hylton 88'

9 October 2019 (2019-10-09)

18:00 UTC−3:30

King George V Park, St. John's

Attendance: 500

Referee: Juan Marquez

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Edmonton Scottish	1–2	Fredericton Picaroons Reds
Cabrera 69'	Report	Kanneh 28' Rouse 45'

10 October 2019 (2019-10-10)

14:30 UTC−3:30

Smallwood Field, Mount Pearl

Attendance: 25

Referee: Marko Kalic

Central City Breakers FC	2–1	Holy Cross FC
Mehrabi 18' Si 58'	Report	Warren 90'

10 October 2019 (2019-10-10)

18:00 UTC−3:30

King George V Park, St. John's

Attendance: 500

Referee: Brad Doubrough

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Central City Breakers FC	4–0	Fredericton Picaroons Reds
Mehrabi 35' Clarke 48' Rahmati 88' Mackinnon 90+3' (o.g.)	Report

11 October 2019 (2019-10-11)

14:30 UTC−3:30

Topsail Field, Conception Bay South

Attendance: 25

Referee: Nicolas Joubert

Holy Cross FC	1–1	FC Winnipeg Lions
Bonisteel 32'	Report	Figueiredo 27'

11 October 2019 (2019-10-11)

18:00 UTC−3:30

Topsail Field, Conception Bay South

Attendance: 350

Referee: Serge Topalian

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FC Winnipeg Lions	3–5	Fredericton Picaroons Reds
Szulc 37' Lourenco 44' Rattai 86'	Report	Itoafa 9', 31' Morrison 21', 60' (pen.) Niyonkuru 73'

12 October 2019 (2019-10-12)

14:30 UTC−3:30

King George V Park, St. John's

Attendance: 50

Referee: Juan Marquez

Central City Breakers FC	1–1	Edmonton Scottish
Clarke 71'	Report	Hylton 81'

12 October 2019 (2019-10-12)

16:30 UTC−3:30

Smallwood Field, Mount Pearl

Attendance: 100

Referee: Sebastian Noshinravani

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Holy Cross FC	3–1	Fredericton Picaroons Reds
Grant 32' Bonisteel 64' Warren 82'	Report	Sanoh 33'

13 October 2019 (2019-10-13)

09:30 UTC−3:30

Topsail Field, Conception Bay South

Attendance: 150

Referee: Nicolas Joubert

Edmonton Scottish	2–1	FC Winnipeg Lions
Lam 31' Hylton 75'	Report	Hidalgo-Mazzei 39'

13 October 2019 (2019-10-13)

13:00 UTC−3:30

Smallwood Field, Mount Pearl

Attendance: 35

Referee: Brad Doubrough

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ottawa St. Anthony SC	4	4	0	0	11	1	+10	12	Advance to final		—	2–0	1–0	4–1	4–0
2	United Dartmouth FC	4	2	1	1	7	2	+5	7	Advance to third place match		—	—	—	—	5–0
3	Kodiak de Charlesbourg	4	1	2	1	9	2	+7	5	Advance to fifth place match		—	0–0	—	—	8–0
4	Saskatoon Revolution	4	1	1	2	12	8	+4	4	Advance to seventh place match		—	0–2	1–1	—	10–1
5	YK Galaxy FC	4	0	0	4	1	27	−26	0	Advance to ninth place match		—	—	—	—	—

Source: Canada Soccer
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Saskatoon Revolution	1–1	Kodiak de Charlesbourg
Whiting 82'	Report	Le Roy 37'

9 October 2019 (2019-10-09)

16:30 UTC−3:30

Smallwood Field, Mount Pearl

Attendance: 40

Referee: Nicolas Joubert

Ottawa St. Anthony SC	2–0	United Dartmouth FC
Bauld 81' (o.g.) Lubenga 90'	Report

9 October 2019 (2019-10-09)

16:30 UTC−3:30

Topsail Field, Conception Bay South

Attendance: 20

Referee: Sebastian Noshinravani

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Kodiak de Charlesbourg	8–0	YK Galaxy FC
Perusse 13', 37', 63', 71' Kouo Dibongue 43', 64' Tothaud-Mouandza 44' Chiasson 75'	Report

10 October 2019 (2019-10-10)

14:00 UTC−3:30

Topsail Field, Conception Bay South

Attendance: 20

Referee: Mohammad Mohseni

Ottawa St. Anthony SC	4–1	Saskatoon Revolution
Lubenga 31', 77' Turner 50' Soukary 54'	Report	Reis 57'

10 October 2019 (2019-10-10)

17:00 UTC−3:30

Smallwood Field, Mount Pearl

Attendance: 20

Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren

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Ottawa St. Anthony SC	4–0	YK Galaxy FC
Kalule 9' Lubenga 43' Natoli 52' Turner 88'	Report

11 October 2019 (2019-10-11)

14:00 UTC−3:30

King George V Park, St. John's

Attendance: 20

Referee: Richard Kent

Saskatoon Revolution	0–2	United Dartmouth FC
	Report	Serieys 55' Miller 85'

11 October 2019 (2019-10-11)

16:30 UTC−3:30

King George V Park, St. John's

Attendance: 50

Referee: Ben Hoskins

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United Dartmouth FC	5–0	YK Galaxy FC
Miller 2', 17' Thompson 42' Marshall 50', 84'	Report

12 October 2019 (2019-10-12)

16:30 UTC−3:30

Rainbow Gully Park, Portugal Cove–St. Philip's

Attendance: 10

Referee: Isabelle Duclos

Ottawa St. Anthony SC	1–0	Kodiak de Charlesbourg
Lubenga 79'	Report

12 October 2019 (2019-10-12)

17:00 UTC−3:30

King George V Park, St. John's

Attendance: 50

Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren

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Kodiak de Charlesbourg	0–0	United Dartmouth FC
	Report

13 October 2019 (2019-10-13)

13:00 UTC−3:30

Rainbow Gully Park, Portugal Cove–St. Philip's

Attendance: 50

Referee: Michael Mund

Saskatoon Revolution	10–1	YK Galaxy FC
Peters 3', 23', 41' Reis 6', 11', 19', 42' Bauche 21' Brown 49', 59'	Report	Danso 16'

13 October 2019 (2019-10-13)

14:15 UTC−3:30

Topsail Field, Conception Bay South

Attendance: 10

Referee: Shannon Tobin

Final round

The final round (known as Teck Finals Day for sponsorship reasons) consists of one game for each team, where they are paired with their equal-ranked opponent from the opposite group to determine a final ranking for the tournament.

FC Winnipeg Lions	19–0	YK Galaxy FC
Ramjiawan 4', 6', 22', 39', 47', 62', 68', 76', 82' Aitken 10' Szulc 31' Hodges 35', 65', 71', 75' Hidalgo-Mazzei 60' Harrison 80' Naumiuk 84', 86'	Report

14 October 2019 (2019-10-14)

10:00 UTC−3:30

Ninth place match

Rainbow Gully Park, Portugal Cove–St. Philip's

Attendance: 25

Referee: Richard Kent

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Holy Cross FC	2–0	Saskatoon Revolution
Grant 16' Bonisteel 37'	Report

14 October 2019 (2019-10-14)

10:00 UTC−3:30

Seventh place match

Smallwood Field, Mount Pearl

Attendance: 100

Referee: Michael Mund

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Fredericton Picaroons Reds	0–4	Kodiak de Charlesbourg
	Report	Kouo Dibongue 30', 41' Morissette 65' Tothaud-Mouandza 87'

14 October 2019 (2019-10-14)

10:00 UTC−3:30

Fifth place match

Topsail Field, Conception Bay South

Attendance: 25

Referee: Brad Doubrough

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Edmonton Scottish	0–2	United Dartmouth FC
	Report	Serieys 28' Gaudet 90+3'

14 October 2019 (2019-10-14)

09:00 UTC−3:30

Third place match

King George V Park, St. John's

Attendance: 20

Referee: Mohammad Mohseni

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Central City Breakers FC	2–0	Ottawa St. Anthony SC
Clarke 65' Mehrabi 90'	Report

14 October 2019 (2019-10-14)

12:00 UTC−3:30

Final

King George V Park, St. John's

Attendance: 200

Referee: Serge Topalian

Goalscorers

There were 108 goals scored in 25 matches, for an average of 4.32 goals per match.

9 goals

• Ryan Ramjiawan

5 goals

• Shamir Lubenga
• Nathan Reis

4 goals

• Caleb Clarke
• Milad Mehrabi
• Stuart Hodges
• Marc-Olivier Kouo Dibongue
• Alexandre Perusse

3 goals

• Oshane Hylton
• Krzysztof Szulc
• Isaac Bonisteel
• Adam Miller
• Garrett Peters

2 goals

• Paul Hamilton
• Aaron Hidalgo-Mazzei
• A.J. Naumiuk
• David Itoafa
• Kenny Morrison
• Jacob Grant
• Jake Warren
• Kyle Williams
• Oscar Marshall
• Andrew Serieys
• Trevor Turner
• Jeremy-Nathaniel Tothaud-Mouandza
• David Brown

1 goal

• Sebastian Cabrera
• Sam Lam
• Anoop Sahota
• Milad Rahmati
• Boris Si
• Andrew Aitken
• Hugo Figueiredo
• Zach Harrison
• Anthony Lourenco
• Brendan Rattai
• Eseaka Kanneh
• Yosua Niyonkuru
• Jason Rouse
• Ibrahima Sanoh
• Russell Danso
• Derek Gaudet
• Callum Thompson
• Anthony Kalule
• Marco Natoli
• Ibrahim Soukary
• Pierre-Luc Chiasson
• Yann Gael Le Roy
• Julien Morissette
• Mitchell Bauche
• Sam Whiting

1 own goal

• Ryan Mackinnon (against Central City Breakers FC)
• Harry Carter (against Edmonton Scottish)
• Zach Bauld (against Ottawa St. Anthony SC)