2012 Canadian Championship


The 2012 Canadian Championship 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.

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.

Semifinals

First leg

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Second leg

Toronto FC won 2–0 on aggregate
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Vancouver Whitecaps FC won 5–1 on aggregate

Final

First leg

Second leg

Toronto won 2–1 on aggregate

Top goalscorers

PosNameNationalityClubGoals
1Eric HassliFRAWhitecaps FC2
1Ryan JohnsonJAMToronto FC2
1Reggie LambeBERToronto FC2
1Sébastien Le TouxFRAWhitecaps FC2
2Atiba HarrisSKNWhitecaps FC1
2Darren MattocksJAMWhitecaps FC1
2Yashir PintoCHIFC Edmonton1