Canadian Championship: Everything To Know

Canadian Championship 2024: Hstory, Teams, previous winners And Everything To Know

2024 Canadian Championship (French: Championnat canadien 2024), which is the seventeenth edition of the Canadian Championship. This premier men’s domestic cup competition in Canadian soccer aims to determine the winner of the Voyageurs Cup. Here’s what you need to know:

Noteworthy Details

• Top Scorer: Deandre Kerr (5 goals)
• Matches Played: 12
• Total Goals Scored: 41 (averaging 3.42 per match)
• Also Attendance: 70,840 passionate fans (approximately 5,903 per match)

Tournament Overview:

Major League Soccer (MLS) Teams:

1. Vancouver Whitecaps FC: Reigning champions, aiming for another title.
2. Also CF Montréal: Previous winners in 2021, hungry for victory.
3. Toronto FC: Kicking off from the preliminary round.

Canadian Premier League (CPL) Teams:

1. Pacific FC
2. Also Forge FC
3. Cavalry FC
4. And also Atlético Ottawa

League1 Canada Teams:

1. CS Saint-Laurent: Making their debut in the Voyageurs Cup.
2. Simcoe County Rovers FC: Also new to the competition.

Other Participating Clubs:

• Halifax Wanderers FC
• York United
• Also Vancouver FC
• TSS Rovers FC

• • The championship features all eleven professional men’s soccer teams in Canada, also including those from Major League Soccer (MLS) and the Canadian Premier League (CPL).
  • Additionally, the champions of the three semi-professional League1 Canada competitions participate.
  • Notably, this tournament marks the first Voyageurs Cup campaign for CS Saint-Laurent and also Simcoe County Rovers FC.
  • Victoria Highlanders FC qualified as the League1 British Columbia regular season winners but withdrew before the start of the tournament, and they were replaced by TSS Rovers FC.

Competition Format:

• • The tournament consists of four rounds:
    1. Preliminary Round: Single-match knockout format (April).
    2. Also Quarter-finals: Home-and-away series.
    3. Semi-finals: Also home-and-away series.
    4. Final: The two last teams standing face each other in a single-match final on either September 24 or 25.
  • The winner of the 2023 Canadian Championship (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) and also the runner-up (CF Montréal) received byes to the quarter-finals.
  • Hosting privileges up to the semi-finals are also determined based on a three-year Canadian Championship ranking index.

Player Spotlight

• • Alex Martinez (Toronto FC): The prolific striker has an eye for goal. C

Participating Teams:

• • Notable teams include:
    • Vancouver Whitecaps FC (MLS) – Winners in 2023.
    • CF Montréal (MLS) – Previous winners in 2021.
    • Also Toronto FC (MLS) – Participating from the preliminary round.
    • Pacific FC (CPL) – Representing the Canadian Premier League.