Despite 2015-16 qualifiers yet to be set, qualification for 2016-17 will soon get underway. The first entrant will be the winner of the 2015 Amway Canadian Championship, whose schedule was announced today: Preliminary Round 22-Apr: Ottawa v Edmonton 26-Apr: Edmonton v Ottawa Semi-Finals 06-May: Ott/Edm v Vancouver; Montreal v Toronto 13-May: Vancouver v Ott/Edm; Toronto v Montreal Final 12-Aug: Lowest Seed v Highest Seed 26-Aug: Highest Seed v Lowest Seed I have started a dedicated thread for this competition in the Canada forum
I dont understand something ... Canadian cup have the name Canadian Championship? )) So, Canada have not a league, but their national cup take the name "Championship"
The Canadian clubs in the "Championship" play in MLS or the NASL against mostly American clubs. Canada has a league with worse clubs that have no way of qualifying for the CCL.
The 2015 Lamar Hunt U. S. Open Cup announced the pairings for the amateur and Division III (USL) pro teams. The Division II (NASL) and Division I (MLS) teams enter in later rounds. http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2015/04/08/14/20/150408-usoc-schedule-announcement Schedule: Play-In Round, April 25: four amateur teams First Round, May 13: two Play-in winners and 40 amateur teams Second Round, May 20: 21 R1 winners versus 21 USL teams Third Round, May 27: 21 R2 winners and nine NASL teams Fourth Round, June 16-17: 15 R3 winners and 17 MLS teams Fifth Round, June 30-July 1: 16 R4 winners Quarterfinals, July 21-22 Semifinals, August 11-12 Final, Sept. 29 or 30
Under the radar of Montréals CCL antics, the Canadian Championship preliminary round was played over the last week: 22-Apr: Ottawa 1-3 Edmonton 29-Apr: Edmonton 3-1 Ottawa Edmonton win 6-2 on aggregate Semi Finals start next Wednesday (no rest for Montréal!): 06-May: Edmonton v Vancouver 06-May: Montréal v Toronto Return legs scheduled for 13-May.
Too bad Saputo has the league in his pocket. Montreal has yet ANOTHER bye week in the league so that they can rest for the beginning (end) of their Champions League run on Wednesday.
Canadian soccer, but they have matches in MLS. I see they are only team with fewest matches in MLS .... I think they prepared too much for CCL final
The Montreal Impact lost 3-2 tonight in Toronto, tying 3-3 on aggregate and advancing to the Final on away goals (how else?). Besides the CCL implications, a successful title defense would leave Montreal and Toronto tied on Canadian Championship titles (Montreal have a huge lead in overall Voyageurs' Cup wins, mind you).
Hoping EDM can pull it off against Vancouver in the return leg. Glad we made it through Toronto, it's always nice to put them down.
Unfortunately, FC Edmonton got punked again at the last minute, losing 2-1 at home (3-2 agg.) to Vancouver to set up a rematch of the 2013 final between the Whitecaps and the Montreal Impact. Btw, highlights of all Voyageurs' Cup games can be found on the CSA's Youtube channel.
Not quite... The first 3 years (2008-2010) were played as a league format, with no final. This is only the 5th year using a knock-out format - Vancouver have played in 3 (to be 4).
The US Open Cup final draw was recently held, and the possible matchups (host team first) are: 1. Chicago Fire vs. Real Salt Lake/Sporting Kansas City 2. Real Salt Lake vs. Philadelphia Union 3. Philadelphia Union vs. Sporting Kansas City The Open Cup semifinals, along with the first leg of the Canadian Championship final between Vancouver and Montreal, will take place next Wednesday.
The earliest Toronto FC will be able to play Champions League (for the first time since 2012)...is in 2017.