Canadian Championship 2009

Canadian Championship 2009
Nutrilite Canadian Championship 2009
winner	Toronto FC (1st title)
venue	Canada
Games	6th
Gates	14  (⌀: 2.33 per game)
Top scorer	Dwayne De Rosario (3 goals)
Best player	Dwayne De Rosario

The Canadian Championship was played for the second time in 2009. The tournament took place from May 6, 2009 to June 18, 2009 in league format. The three participants competed against each other once at home and away. Defending champion was Montreal Impact .

The field of participants consisted of the Canadian clubs Toronto FC from Major League Soccer , Montreal Impact and Vancouver Whitecaps , both of which play in the second-rate USL First Division . The winner is entitled to participate in the qualification for the CONCACAF Champions League 2009/10 .

Toronto FC won the tournament with a 6-1 win over previous year's winner Montreal in the last group game because of the better goal difference, ahead of the tied Whitecaps.

Tournament course

table

team	Pt	Games	S.	U	N	T +	T-	TD
Toronto FC	9	4th	3	0	1	8th	3	+5
Vancouver Whitecaps	9	4th	3	0	1	5	1	+4
Montreal Impact	0	4th	0	0	4th	1	10	−9

In the event of a tie, the following decides:

1. Points in direct comparison
2. Goal difference
3. Number of goals scored
4. Drawing of lots

game schedule

Wednesday May 6, 2009 in Toronto
Toronto FC	-	Vancouver Whitecaps	1: 0 (1: 0)
Wednesday May 13, 2009 in Toronto
Toronto FC	-	Montreal Impact	1: 0 (1: 0)
Wednesday May 20, 2009 in Montreal
Montreal Impact	-	Vancouver Whitecaps	0: 2 (0: 2)
Wednesday May 27, 2009 in Vancouver
Vancouver Whitecaps	-	Montreal Impact	1: 0 (0: 0)
Tuesday June 2, 2009 in Vancouver
Vancouver Whitecaps	-	Toronto FC	2: 0 (1: 0)
Thursday June 18, 2009 in Montreal
Montreal Impact	-	Toronto FC	1: 6 (1: 2)

statistics

List of goalscorers

player	society	Gates
Dwayne De Rosario	Toronto FC	3
Amado Guevara	Toronto FC	2
Chad Barrett	Toronto FC	2
Ansu Toure	Vancouver Whitecaps	2
Tony Donatelli	Montreal Impact	1
Charles Gbeke	Vancouver Whitecaps	1
Ethan Gage	Vancouver Whitecaps	1
Marcus Haber	Vancouver Whitecaps	1
Kevin Harmse	Toronto FC	1

Player of the tournament

Toronto FC's Dwayne De Rosario was elected player of the tournament , who among other things scored a hat trick in the crucial final group game.

credentials

1. ↑ http://www.thestar.com/sports/soccer/article/653457
2. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.