| 2015 Amway Canadian Championship(in English) Championnat Canadien Amway 2015(in French) | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Country | Canada |
| Dates | April 22 – August 26, 2015 |
| Teams | 5 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Vancouver Whitecaps FC (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Montreal Impact |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 8 |
| Goals scored | 25 (3.13 per match) |
| Attendance | 88,844 (11,106 per match) |
| Top goal scorer | Tomi Ameobi (4 goals) |
| Awards | |
| George Gross Memorial Trophy | Russell Teibert |
The2015 Canadian Championship (officially theAmway Canadian Championship for sponsorship reasons) was asoccer tournament hosted and organized by theCanadian Soccer Association. It was the eighth edition of the annualCanadian Championship, and took place in the cities ofEdmonton,Montreal,Ottawa,Toronto andVancouver in 2015. The participating teams wereOttawa Fury FC andFC Edmonton of theNorth American Soccer League, the second-level of theCanadian Soccer Pyramid, andMontreal Impact,Toronto FC andVancouver Whitecaps FC ofMajor League Soccer, the first-level of Canadian club soccer. Montreal Impact were the two-time defending champions.
The winner,Vancouver Whitecaps FC, were awarded theVoyageurs Cup and qualified for thegroup stage of the2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League. This is a permanent change from procedure used in the past, where the Canadian Champion qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League beginning the same year (in this case, 2015–16).
The tournament moved to an April–August timeframe from its usual April–June timeframe[1] to accommodate the schedule of the2015 FIFA Women's World Cup held in Canada. It was permanently moved to a June/July timeframe in 2016.[2]
| Team | League | Position | Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vancouver Whitecaps FC | MLS | 9th | 8th |
| Toronto FC | MLS | 13th | 8th |
| Montreal Impact | MLS | 19th | 8th |
| Ottawa Fury FC | NASL | 6th | 1st |
| FC Edmonton | NASL | 9th | 5th |
The threeMajor League Soccer and twoNASL Canadian clubs are seeded according to their final position in 2014 league play, with both NASL clubs playing in the preliminary round, the winner of which advance to the semifinals.[1]
All rounds of the competition are played via a two-leg home-and-away knock-out format. The higher seeded team has the option of deciding which leg it played at home. The team that scores the greater aggregate of goals in the two matches advances.Vancouver Whitecaps FC, was declared champion and earned the right to represent Canada in the2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League.[2]
Each series is atwo-game aggregate goal series with theaway goals rule.
| Preliminary round | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||
4 FC Edmonton[a] | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC[a] | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| FC Edmonton | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Ottawa Fury FC | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Montreal Impact | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||
2 Toronto FC | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||
3 Montreal Impact (a) | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Ottawa Fury FC | 1–3 | FC Edmonton |
|---|---|---|
Oliver 1' | Report | Fordyce 83' Laing 87'Ameobi 90+4' |
| FC Edmonton | 3–1 | Ottawa Fury FC |
|---|---|---|
| Ameobi 9' Nyassi 15'Fordyce 81' (pen.) | Report | Wiedeman 32' |
FC Edmonton won 6–2 on aggregate.
| Toronto FC | 3–2 | Montreal Impact |
|---|---|---|
| Altidore 22' Cheyrou 56'Giovinco 58' | Report | Cooper 25' Oduro 84' |
3–3 on aggregate. Montreal Impact won on away goals.
| FC Edmonton | 1–2 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC |
|---|---|---|
| Ameobi 90+1' (pen.) | Report | Morales 9' (pen.) Laba 90+7' |
Vancouver won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Montreal Impact | 2–2 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC |
|---|---|---|
| Ciman 84' Jackson-Hamel 85' | Report | Mattocks 65' Morales 72' |
Vancouver won 4–2 on aggregate.
