Canadian Championship 2008
| Canadian Championship 2008 | |
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| Nutrilite Canadian Championship 2008 | |
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| winner | Montreal Impact (1st title) |
| venue | Canada |
| Games | 6th |
| Gates | 12 (⌀: 2 per game) |
| Top scorer | Eduardo Sebrango, Roberto Brown, Rohan Ricketts (2 goals each) |
| Best player | Matt Jordan |
The Canadian Championship was played for the first time in 2008. The tournament took place from May 27, 2008 to July 22, 2008 in league format. Each team competes once at home and once away against the other two participants.
The field of participants in the first edition of the tournament consisted of Montreal Impact ( USL1 ), Toronto FC ( MLS ) and the Vancouver Whitecaps (USL1).
Montreal Impact won this tournament and therefore took part in the first CONCACAF Champions League . There they were entitled to participate in the qualification.
Tournament course
table
| team | Pt | Games | S. | U | N | T + | T- | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal Impact | 7th | 4th | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 |
| Toronto FC | 5 | 4th | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4th | 4th | 0 |
| Vancouver Whitecaps | 4th | 4th | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6th | −3 |
In the event of a tie, the following decides:
- Goal difference
- Number of goals scored
- Number of away goals scored
- Drawing of lots
game schedule
| Tuesday May 27, 2008 in Montreal | |||
| Montreal Impact | - | Toronto FC | 0: 1 (0: 0) |
| Tuesday June 17, 2008 in Montreal | |||
| Montreal Impact | - | Vancouver Whitecaps | 2: 0 (2: 0) |
| Wednesday June 25, 2008 in Vancouver | |||
| Vancouver Whitecaps | - | Montreal Impact | 0: 2 (0: 1) |
| Tuesday July 1, 2008 in Toronto | |||
| Toronto FC | - | Vancouver Whitecaps | 0: 1 (0: 1) |
| Wednesday July 9, 2008 in Vancouver | |||
| Vancouver Whitecaps | - | Toronto FC | 2: 2 (1: 0) |
| Tuesday July 22, 2008 in Toronto | |||
| Toronto FC | - | Montreal Impact | 1: 1 (1: 1) |
statistics
List of goalscorers
| player | society | Gates |
|---|---|---|
 Eduardo Sebrango
|
Vancouver Whitecaps | 2 |
 Roberto Brown
|
Montreal Impact | 2 |
 Rohan Ricketts
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Toronto FC | 2 |
 Maurice Edu
|
Toronto FC | 1 |
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Joey Gjertsen
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Montreal Impact | 1 |
 Severino Jefferson
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Montreal Impact | 1 |
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Martin Nash
|
Vancouver Whitecaps | 1 |
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David Testo
|
Montreal Impact | 1 |
 Marco Velez
|
Toronto FC | 1 |
Player of the tournament
Matt Jordan was voted player of the tournament. He is the goalkeeper for Montreal Impact.
More statistics
- A total of 70,822 people saw the games in the stadiums. There were an average of 11,804 spectators per game.
- In the 6 games 12 goals were scored.
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