2022 Canadian Championship final

The 2022 Canadian Championship Final was a soccer match played between Vancouver Whitecaps FC and Toronto FC at BC Place on July 26, 2022. The match determined the winner of the 2022 Canadian Championship, Canada's primary men's domestic cup competition.^[2][3]

2022 Canadian Championship Final

BC Place in Vancouver, British Columbia hosted the match.
Event	2022 Canadian Championship
Vancouver Whitecaps FC Toronto FC 1 1
Vancouver Whitecaps FC won 5–3 on penalties
Date	July 26, 2022
Venue	BC Place, Vancouver, British Columbia
Referee	Pierre-Luc Lauzière
Attendance	24,307
Weather	Fair 26 °C (79 °F) 61% humidity[1]
← 2021 2023 →

Vancouver Whitecaps won their second title in a 5–3 penalty shoot-out victory following a 1–1 draw, qualifying them for the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League.^[4]

Teams

Team	League	City	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Major League Soccer	Vancouver, British Columbia	6 (2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018)
Toronto FC	Major League Soccer	Toronto, Ontario	9 (2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)

Background

This was the fifth time Vancouver Whitecaps FC and Toronto FC faced each other in the Canadian Championship final with Toronto FC having won all previous ties. The most recent finals meeting took place in 2018 when Toronto FC won 7–4 on aggregate.

Path to the final

Further information: 2022 Canadian Championship § Bracket

Each tie of the four-round tournament was played as a single-leg fixture. Toronto FC received a bye in the preliminary round for being a finalist of the 2021 tournament.^[5]

Vancouver Whitecaps FC		Round	Toronto FC
Opponent	Result		Opponent	Result
Valour FC (H)	2–0	Preliminary round	Bye
Cavalry FC (A)	1–1 (5–3 p)	Quarter-finals	HFX Wanderers FC (A)	2–1
York United FC (H)	2–1	Semi-finals	CF Montréal (H)	4–0

Match details

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

Vancouver Whitecaps

Toronto FC

GK 55 Cody Cropper CB 28 Jake Nerwinski CB 4 Ranko Veselinović CB 6 Tristan Blackmon RM 11 Cristian Dájome  62' CM 31 Russell Teibert (c)  73' CM 20 Andrés Cubas LM 27 Ryan Raposo  82' RW 9 Lucas Cavallini  73' CF 25 Ryan Gauld LW 24 Brian White Substitutes: GK 60 Isaac Boehmer DF 2 Marcus Godinho DF 19 Julian Gressel  62' DF 23 Javain Brown  82' MF 33 Michael Baldisimo  73' MF 45 Pedro Vite FW 87 Tosaint Ricketts  73' Manager: Vanni Sartini

GK 25 Alex Bono RB 47 Kosi Thompson CB 27 Shane O'Neill  82' CB 5 Lukas MacNaughton  83' LB 44 Domenico Criscito CM 21 Jonathan Osorio CM 4 Michael Bradley (c)  69' CM 11 Jayden Nelson  88' RW 10 Federico Bernardeschi CF 9 Jesús Jiménez  62' LW 24 Lorenzo Insigne  88' Substitutes: GK 1 Greg Ranjitsingh DF 7 Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty DF 15 Doneil Henry  82' FW 20 Ayo Akinola  62' DF 23 Chris Mavinga  83' DF 38 Luca Petrasso  88' FW 77 Jordan Perruzza  88' Manager: Bob Bradley

Assistant referees: Chris Wattam Michael Barwegen Fourth official: Drew Fischer Fifth official: Stefan Tanaka-Freundt[6]