2022 Canadian Championship

This article is about the Canadian national championship for the 2022 season. For the postponed tournament played in 2022, see 2020 Canadian Championship.

The 2022 Canadian Championship was the fifteenth edition of Canada's national soccer cup tournament, awarding the Voyageurs Cup. It took place from May 10 to July 26, 2022. The winners of the tournament, Vancouver Whitecaps FC, were awarded the Voyageurs Cup and earned a berth in the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League.^[1]

2022 Canadian Championship

Championnat Canadien 2022
Tournament details
Country	Canada
Date	May 10 – July 26, 2022
Teams	13 (from 4 leagues)
Final positions
Champions	Vancouver Whitecaps FC (2nd title)
Runners-up	Toronto FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	32 (2.67 per match)
Attendance	90,082 (7,507 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Myer Bevan Sunusi Ibrahim Brian White (3 goals each)
Awards
George Gross Memorial Trophy	Ryan Gauld
Best young player	Ryan Raposo
← 2021 2023 →

Format

The competition followed a similar format to the 2021 edition with ten teams starting in the preliminary round and three teams receiving byes to the quarter-finals.^[1] CF Montréal and Toronto FC received byes for being the finalists of the 2021 tournament and Pacific FC received a bye for winning the 2021 Canadian Premier League season.^[2] Each tie of the four round tournament was played as a single-leg fixture.

Distribution

Distribution of teams for 2022 Canadian Championship

Round	Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round
Preliminary round (10 teams)	1 champion of 2021 League1 Ontario season 1 champion of 2021 Première ligue de soccer du Québec season 7 Canadian Premier League teams 1 Major League Soccer team
Quarter-finals (8 teams)	1 winner of the 2021 Canadian Premier League season 2 finalists of the 2021 Canadian Championship	5 winners from the preliminary round
Semi-finals (4 teams)		4 winners from the quarter-finals
Final (2 teams)		2 winners from the semi-finals

Qualified clubs

Qualification to the Canadian Championship for 2022 was automatic for Canadian teams within Major League Soccer and for all teams within the Canadian Premier League, Canada's tier-one national league. The champions from Canada's two regional pro-am leagues (League1 Ontario and PLSQ) also qualified.^[1]

Guelph

Forge FC

Cavalry FC

Atlético Ottawa

Montréal

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Pacific FC

HFX Wanderers

Toronto

Valour FC

FC Edmonton

2022 Canadian Championship (Canada)

Montreal area clubs: CF Montréal; CS Mont-Royal Outremont
Toronto area clubs: Toronto FC; York United

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Canadian Premier League Major League Soccer Other

Club	Location	League	Round of entry	Previous best	Prior appearances
Atlético Ottawa	Ottawa, Ontario	Canadian Premier League	Preliminary round	Preliminary round: 1	1
Cavalry FC	Foothills County, Alberta	Canadian Premier League	Preliminary round	Semi-finals: 1	2
FC Edmonton	Edmonton, Alberta	Canadian Premier League	Preliminary round	Semi-finals: 5	9
Forge FC	Hamilton, Ontario	Canadian Premier League	Preliminary round	Runner-up: 1	3
Guelph United FC	Guelph, Ontario	League1 Ontario	Preliminary round	first appearance	0
HFX Wanderers FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia	Canadian Premier League	Preliminary round	Quarter-finals: 1	2
CF Montréal	Montreal, Quebec	Major League Soccer	Quarter-finals	Champions: 5	13
CS Mont-Royal Outremont	Mount Royal, Quebec	Québec Premier League	Preliminary round	first appearance	0
Pacific FC	Langford, British Columbia	Canadian Premier League	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals: 1	2
Toronto FC	Toronto, Ontario	Major League Soccer	Quarter-finals	Champions: 8	14
Valour FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Canadian Premier League	Preliminary round	Quarter-finals: 1	2
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Vancouver, British Columbia	Major League Soccer	Preliminary round	Champions: 1	13
York United FC	Toronto, Ontario	Canadian Premier League	Preliminary round	Quarter-finals: 1	2

Note

• Statistics include previous incarnations of FC Edmonton, Montreal Impact, and Vancouver Whitecaps
• Results from the 2020 Canadian Championship are included for Toronto FC and Forge FC even though the championship was played after the start of the 2022 edition

Schedule and draw

Teams were divided into four geographical pots for the draw. In the preliminary round, teams in pot 1 were drawn with teams in pot 1 while teams in pot 2 were drawn with a team in pot 2 or pot 3.^[3] For the quarter-finals, the winners from pot 1 faced off while the winners from pot 2 and 3 were drawn against teams from pot 4. The draw also determined hosting rights for all four rounds.^[4]

Pot 1 (West)	Pot 2 (East)	Pot 3 (East)	Pot 4 (Bye)
Vancouver Whitecaps FC Cavalry FC FC Edmonton Valour FC	Forge FC York United FC Atlético Ottawa HFX Wanderers FC	Guelph United F.C. CS Mont-Royal Outremont	Pacific FC Toronto FC CF Montréal

Schedule

Round	Date
First round	May 10–11
Quarter-finals	May 24–25
Semi-finals	June 21
Final	July 26

Bracket

The draw for the Canadian Championship was streamed live on OneSoccer on March 9, 2022.^[5][4]

Preliminary round May 10–11

Quarter-finals May 24–25

Semi-finals June 22

Final July 26

Foothills County, AB

Cavalry FC

2

Foothills County, AB

FC Edmonton

1

Cavalry FC

1 (3)

Vancouver, BC

Vancouver Whitecaps FC (p)

1 (5)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

2

Vancouver, BC

Valour FC

0

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

2

York United

1

Langford, BC

Pacific FC

2 (3)

Ottawa, ON

York United (p)

2 (4)

Atlético Ottawa

1 (6)

Vancouver, BC

York United (p)

1 (7)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC (p)

1 (5)

Guelph, ON

Toronto FC

1 (3)

Guelph United

0

Halifax, NS

HFX Wanderers

2

HFX Wanderers

1

Toronto FC

2

Toronto, ON

Toronto FC

4

CF Montréal

0

Montreal, QC

CF Montréal

3

Hamilton, ON

Forge FC

0

Forge FC

2

Mont-Royal Outremont

0

Preliminary round

Summary

The preliminary round matches were played on May 10 and 11, 2022.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Guelph United	0–2	HFX Wanderers FC
Atlético Ottawa	1–1 (6–7 p)	York United
Cavalry FC	2–1	FC Edmonton
Forge FC	2–0	Mont-Royal Outremont
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2–0	Valour FC

Matches

May 10

7:00 pm ET

Guelph United	0–2	HFX Wanderers
	Report	Garcia 22' (pen.) Daniels 61'

Alumni Stadium, Guelph

Attendance: 1,728

Referee: Filip Dujic

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May 10

7:00 pm ET

Atlético Ottawa	1–1	York United
Shaw 61'	Report	Abzi 31'
Penalties
Haworth Wright Shaw Alemán Bassett Sissoko Beckie McKendry	6–7	De Rosario Abzi Zator Wilson Hernández Johnston Jesus Toussaint

TD Place Stadium, Ottawa

Attendance: 1,893

Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière

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See also: Cavalry FC–FC Edmonton rivalry

May 10

7:30 pm MT
(9:30 pm UTC−4)

Cavalry FC	2–1	FC Edmonton
Bevan 17', 36' (pen.)	Report	Warschewski 55' (pen.)

ATCO Field, Foothills County

Attendance: 2,229

Referee: Juan Marquez

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May 11

7:00 pm ET

Forge FC	2–0	Mont-Royal Outremont
Campbell 34' Pacius 90+2'	Report

Tim Hortons Field, Hamilton

Attendance: 2,213

Referee: Yusri Rudolf

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May 11

7:00 pm PT
(10:00 pm UTC−4)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2–0	Valour FC
Teibert 19' Raposo 22'	Report

BC Place, Vancouver

Attendance: 7,803

Referee: Alain Ruch

Quarter-finals

Summary

The quarter-final matches were played on May 24 and 25, 2022.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Cavalry FC	1–1 (3–5 p)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Pacific FC	2–2 (3–4 p)	York United
CF Montréal	3–0	Forge FC
HFX Wanderers	1–2	Toronto FC

Matches

May 24

7:00 pm AT
(6:00 pm UTC−4)

HFX Wanderers	1–2	Toronto FC
Salter 69'	Report	Bradley 55' Osorio 87'

Wanderers Grounds, Halifax

Attendance: 6,507

Referee: Juan Marquez

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May 24

7:00 pm PT
(10:00 pm UTC−4)

Pacific FC	2–2	York United
Đidić 12', 90+6'	Report	Thompson 26' De Rosario 31'
Penalties
Díaz Meilleur-Giguère Dos Santos Daniels Bustos	3–4	Abzi Zator Hernández Jesus Wilson

Starlight Stadium, Langford

Attendance: 1,462

Referee: Filip Dujic

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May 25

7:00 pm ET

CF Montréal	3–0	Forge FC
Ibrahim 14', 22', 49'	Report

Saputo Stadium, Montreal

Attendance: 10,107

Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière

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May 25

7:00 pm MT
(9:00 pm UTC−4)

Cavalry FC	1–1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Bevan 72'	Report	Klomp 80' (o.g.)
Penalties
Bevan Escalante Simmons Musse	3–5	Cavallini Caicedo Dájome Owusu Gutiérrez

ATCO Field, Foothills County

Attendance: 3,197

Referee: Yusri Rudolf

Semi-finals

Summary

The semi-final matches were played on June 22, 2022.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2–1	York United
Toronto FC	4–0	CF Montréal

Matches

See also: Canadian Classique

June 22

7:00 pm ET

Toronto FC	4–0	CF Montréal
Akinola 40', 54' Jiménez 75' Pozuelo 78'	Report

BMO Field, Toronto

Attendance: 18,133

Referee: Yusri Rudolf

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June 22

7:00 pm PT
(10:00 pm UTC−4)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2–1	York United
White 53', 74'	Report	Johnston 84'

BC Place, Vancouver

Attendance: 10,503

Referee: Juan Márquez

Final

Main article: 2022 Canadian Championship final

July 26

7:30 pm PT
(10:30 pm UTC−4)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1–1	Toronto FC
White 19'	Report	MacNaughton 75'
Penalties
Gauld White Gressel Cubas Blackmon	5–3	Criscito Perruzza Osorio Bernardeschi

BC Place, Vancouver

Attendance: 24,307

Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière

Top goalscorers

  Team eliminated or did not play in this round.

Rank	Player	Team	Goals	By round
				PR	QF	SF	F
1	Myer Bevan	Cavalry FC	3	2	1
	Sunusi Ibrahim	CF Montréal			3
	Brian White	Vancouver Whitecaps FC				2	1
4	Ayo Akinola	Toronto FC	2			2
	Amer Đidić	Pacific FC			2

Own goals

• 1 own goal - Daan Klomp

Awards

• George Gross Memorial Trophy: Ryan Gauld (Vancouver Whitecaps FC)^[6]
• Best Young Canadian Player Award: Ryan Raposo (Vancouver Whitecaps FC)^[6]

Discipline

Cautions

  Team eliminated or did not play in specific round

  Suspension due to yellow card accumulation

  Suspension due to red card

Rank	Player	Team	Cautions	By round
				PR	QF	SF	F
1	Alessandro Hojabrpour	Forge FC	2	1	1
	Chrisnovic N'sa	York United FC		1	1	YCA
	Aboubacar Sissoko	Forge FC		1	1
	Cédric Toussaint	York United FC		1		1
	Charlie Trafford	Cavalry FC		1	1
6	Ayo Akinola	Toronto FC	1		1
	Michael Bradley	Toronto FC					1
	Javain Brown	Vancouver Whitecaps FC			1
	Michael Baldisimo	Vancouver Whitecaps FC			1
	Sebastian Berhalter	Vancouver Whitecaps FC			1
	Zachary Brault-Guillard	CF Montréal			1
	Rudy Camacho	CF Montréal				1
	Lucas Cavallini	Vancouver Whitecaps FC		1
	Nikolaos Giantsopoulos	York United FC			1
	Sebastián Gutiérrez	York United FC			1
	Mateo Hernández	York United FC			1
	Isaiah Johnston	York United FC			1
	Matko Miljevic	CF Montréal				1
	Shane O'Neill	Toronto FC			1
	Ralph Priso-Mbongue	Toronto FC			1
	Joaquín Torres	CF Montréal				1
	Noah Verhoeven	York United FC			1
	Ranko Veselinović	Vancouver Whitecaps FC			1
	Jordan Wilson	York United FC		1
	Dominick Zator	York United FC			1

Note: Players receive a one-match ban for yellow card accumulation based on two cautions in Canadian Championship.

Sending offs

No.	Date	Player	Club	Offense
1	May 10	Camilo Benzi[a]	York United FC	Violent conduct

1. Coaching staff