Canadian Championship 2013
| Canadian Championship 2013 | |
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| Amway Canadian Championship 2013 | |
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| winner | Montreal Impact (2nd title) |
| venue | Canada |
| Opening game | April 24, 2013 |
| Endgame | May 29, 2013 |
| Games | 6th |
| Gates | 19 (⌀: 3.17 per game) |
| spectator | 73,903 (⌀: 12,317 per game) |
| Top scorer | Sanvezzo (3rd goal) |
| Best player | Justin Mapp |
 yellow cards
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13 (⌀: 2.17 per game) |
 Yellow-red cards
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0 |
 Red cards
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1 (⌀: 0.17 per game) |
The Canadian Championship 2013 (officially: Amway Canadian Championship ) is a soccer tournament which is organized by the Canadian Soccer Association and serves to determine the Canadian participants in the CONCACAF Champions League 2013/14 .
The field of participants consisted of the Canadian clubs Toronto FC , Vancouver Whitecaps and Montreal Impact from Major League Soccer and FC Edmonton , which plays in the North American Soccer League .
As in the previous year, the tournament was held in knockout mode with semi-finals and finals. The seed numbers were assigned after the previous year's placement in the MLS (1, 2 and 3). Edmonton FC is seeded at number 4. The matches are played back and forth, with the better seeded team having home rights in the second leg or in the final, in which of the two games it exercises home rights.
The first legs of the semi-finals took place on April 24th and May 1st. The finals were held on May 14th and May 29th. Montreal won the final against Vancouver 0-0 (in Montreal) and 2-2 (in Vancouver).
Tournament course
| Semifinals | final | |||||||||||
| 1 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||
| 4th | Edmonton FC | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| Vancouver Whitecaps | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Montreal Impact | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2 | Montreal Impact | 0 | 6th | 6th | ||||||||
| 3 | Toronto FC | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
Semifinals
First leg
| April 24, 2013 7:45 PM (local time) |
Edmonton FC | 2: 3 | Vancouver Whitecaps |
Commonwealth Stadium , Edmonton, Alberta Spectators: 2,836 Referee: Silviu Petrescu |
Cox 8 ′ Nurse 28 ′
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Sanvezzo 5 ′ 83 ′ ( penalty ) Heinemann 89 ′
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| April 24, 2013 20:00 (local time) |
Toronto FC | 2-0 | Montreal Impact |
BMO Field , Toronto, Ontario Spectators: 11,043 Umpire: Paul Ward |
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Henry 49 ′ Wiedeman 81 ′
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Return leg
| May 1, 2013 7:00 p.m. (local time) |
Vancouver Whitecaps | 2-0 | Edmonton FC |
BC Place , Vancouver, British Columbia Spectators: 14,892 Umpire: Geoff Gamble |
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Hertzog 58 ′ Saiko 67 ′ ( own goal )
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| May 1, 2013 7:30 p.m. (local time) |
Montreal Impact | 6-0 | Toronto FC |
Stade Saputo , Montreal, Quebec Spectators: 14,931 Referee: Drew Fischer |
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Mapp 24 ′ Paponi 33 ′ Di Vaio 44 ′ 90 ′ Romero 61 ′ Wenger 90 + 4 ′
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final
First leg
| May 15, 2013 7:30 p.m. (local time) |
Montreal Impact | 0-0 | Vancouver Whitecaps |
Stade Saputo , Montreal, Quebec Spectators: 12,016 Referee: Silviu Petrescu |
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Return leg
| May 29, 2013 7:00 p.m. (local time) |
Vancouver Whitecaps | 2: 2 | Montreal Impact |
BC Place , Vancouver, British Columbia Spectators: 18,183 Referee: Drew Fischer |
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Sanvezzo 4 ′ Kobayashi 69 ′
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Felipe 49 ′ Camara 84 ′
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Individual evidence
- ^ Amway Canada to return as title sponsor of Canadian Championship . January 26, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
- ^ A b Association announces dates for 2013 Amway Canadian Championship . Retrieved December 2, 2012.
- ↑ Whitecaps FC win top seed 2013 Championship . Retrieved December 2, 2012.