2017 Canadian Championship

2017 Canadian Championship

Championnat Canadien 2017 (in French)
Tournament details
Country	Canada
Teams	5
Final positions
Champions	Toronto FC (6th title)
Runner-up	Montreal Impact
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	27 (3.38 per match)
Attendance	101,856 (12,732 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Sebastian Giovinco (3 goals)
George Gross Memorial Trophy	Sebastian Giovinco
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The 2017 Canadian Championship was a soccer tournament hosted and organized by the Canadian Soccer Association. It was the tenth edition of the annual Canadian Championship.

The 2017 edition saw the introduction of a rule that required three players to be named in the starting eleven of each participating team who are eligible (and have declared their intention, if they had otherwise played for another national team) to play for the Canada men's national soccer team.^[1]

Due to the restructuring of the CONCACAF Champions League, the winner of the 2017 Canadian Championship would have advanced to a playoff against Toronto FC, the winner of the 2016 Canadian Championship, to be played in Toronto on August 9, 2017, for a place in the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League. However, as Toronto FC won the 2017 Canadian Championship, no playoff game was necessary, and Toronto earned a place in the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League automatically.^[1]

Tournament bracket

	Preliminary round						Semifinals						Final
							MLS Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2	2	4
							MLS Montreal Impact	1	4	5
													MLS Montreal Impact	1	1	2
													MLS Toronto FC	1	2	3
	USL Ottawa Fury	1	3	4
	NASL FC Edmonton	0	2	2
							USL Ottawa Fury	2	0	2
							MLS Toronto FC	1	4	5

Matches

Preliminary round

Ottawa Fury FC won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Semifinals

Toronto FC won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Montreal Impact won 5–4 on aggregate.

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Final

Toronto FC won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Nation	Team	Goals
1	Sebastian Giovinco	Italy	Toronto FC	3
2	Alphonso Davies	Canada	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2
	Steevan Dos Santos	Cape Verde	Ottawa Fury
	Ignacio Piatti	Argentina	Montreal Impact
	Sito Seoane	United States	Ottawa Fury
	Ryan Williams	England	Ottawa Fury
7	Jozy Altidore	United States	Toronto FC	1
	Benoît Cheyrou	France	Toronto FC
	David Choinière	Canada	Montreal Impact
	Marco Delgado	United States	Toronto FC
	Blerim Džemaili	Switzerland	Montreal Impact
	Tsubasa Endoh	Japan	Toronto FC
	Kyle Greig	United States	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
	Anthony Jackson-Hamel	Canada	Montreal Impact
	Jake Keegan	United States	FC Edmonton
	Matteo Mancosu	Italy	Montreal Impact
	Nicolás Mezquida	Uruguay	Vancouver Whitecaps
	Sainey Nyassi	Gambia	FC Edmonton
	Ballou Tabla	Canada	Montreal Impact

Own goals

Rank	Player	Nation	Team	Goals
1	Eddie Edward	Canada	Ottawa Fury	1

References