2012 Canadian Championship

2012 Canadian Championship

2012 Amway Canadian Championship (in English) Championnat Canadien Amway 2012 (in French)
Tournament details
Country	Canada
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Toronto FC (4th title)
Runner-up	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	11 (1.83 per match)
Attendance	75,789 (12,632 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Eric Hassli Ryan Johnson Reggie Lambe Sébastien Le Toux (2 goals each)
George Gross Memorial Trophy	Ryan Johnson

The 2012 Canadian Championship (officially the Amway Canadian Championship for sponsorship reasons) was a soccer tournament hosted and organized by the Canadian Soccer Association that took place in the cities of Edmonton, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver in 2012. As in the previous tournament, participating teams included FC Edmonton, Montreal Impact, Toronto FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC. It was won by Toronto FC, who defeated the Vancouver Whitecaps 2-1 on aggregate in the final round. As the winner, Toronto FC took the Voyageurs Cup and Canada's entry into the Group Stage of the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League. It was the fifth edition of the annual Canadian Championship.

Qualified teams

Team	League	Position	Appearance
Toronto FC	MLS	16th	5th
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	MLS	18th	5th
FC Edmonton	NASL	5th	2nd
Montreal Impact	NASL	7th	5th

Matches

Bracket

The teams were seeded based on 2011 league results, with the Major League Soccer teams receiving the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds, and the North American Soccer League teams receiving the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds.

Each round is a two-game aggregate goal series.

	Semifinals							Final
	3	FC Edmonton	0	1	1
	2	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2	3	5
								2	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1	0	1
								1	Toronto FC	1	1	2
	4	Montreal Impact	0	0	0
	1	Toronto FC	0	2	2

Semifinals

May 2, 2012

20:00 EDT

Montreal Impact	0–0	Toronto FC
	Report

Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec

Attendance: 13,405

Referee: Paul Ward

May 9, 2012

20:00 EDT

Toronto FC	2–0	Montreal Impact
Lambe 2' Johnson 38'	Report

BMO Field, Toronto, Ontario

Attendance: 15,016

Referee: Dave Gantar

Toronto FC won 2–0 on aggregate.

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May 2, 2012

20:00 MDT

FC Edmonton	0–2	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
	Report	Hassli 18' Harris 41'

Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta

Attendance: 3,700

Referee: Carol Anne Chenard

May 9, 2012

20:00 PDT

Vancouver Whitecaps FC	3–1	FC Edmonton
Le Toux 75', 88' Mattocks 90+3'	Report	Pinto 54'

BC Place, Vancouver, British Columbia

Attendance: 15,011

Referee: Geoff Gamble

Vancouver Whitecaps FC won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Final

May 16, 2012

19:00 PDT

Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1–1	Toronto FC
Hassli 90+1'	Report	Johnson 66'

BC Place, Vancouver, British Columbia

Attendance: 14,878

Referee: Drew Fischer

May 23, 2012

20:00 EDT

Toronto FC	1–0	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Lambe 83'	Report

BMO Field, Toronto, Ontario

Attendance: 13,777

Referee: Silviu Petrescu

Toronto FC won 2–1 on aggregate.

Goalscorers

  Team eliminated or did not play in this round.

Rank	Player	Team	Goals	By round
				SF1	SF2	F1	F2
1	Eric Hassli	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2	1		1
	Ryan Johnson	Toronto FC		1		1
	Reggie Lambe	Toronto FC		1			1
	Sébastien Le Toux	Vancouver Whitecaps FC			2
5	Atiba Harris	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1	1
	Darren Mattocks	Vancouver Whitecaps FC			1
	Pinto	FC Edmonton			1