2012 Canadian Championship
{{short description|2012 professional soccer tournament}}
{{ infobox football tournament season
| title = Canadian Championship
| year = 2012
| other_titles = 2012 Amway Canadian Championship {{in lang|en}}
Championnat Canadien Amway 2012 {{in lang|fr}}
| image = Amway Canadian Championship logo 2012.svg
| imagesize = 200px
| caption =
| country = Canada
| num_teams = 4
| champions = Toronto FC (4th title)
| runner-up = Vancouver Whitecaps FC
| matches = 6
| goals = 11
| attendance = {{#expr: +13407 +3700 +15016 +15011 +14878 +13777}}
| top goal scorer = Eric Hassli
Ryan Johnson
Reggie Lambe
Sébastien Le Toux
(2 goals each)
| player = Ryan Johnson
| player_label = George Gross Memorial Trophy
| prevseason = 2011
| nextseason = 2013
}}
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.{{cite web |title=2012 Amway Canadian Championship |url=http://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/2012/01/2012-amway-canadian-championship |access-date=January 27, 2012}}
Qualified teams
| class="wikitable"
! Team ! League ! Position ! Appearance |
| Toronto FC
| align="center" |MLS | align="center" |16th | align="center" |5th |
| Vancouver Whitecaps FC
| align="center" |MLS | align="center" |18th | align="center" |5th |
| FC Edmonton
| align="center" |NASL | align="center" |5th | align="center" |2nd |
| Montreal Impact
| align="center" |NASL | align="center" |7th | align="center" |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.
{{4TeamBracket-2legs
| RD1=Semifinals
| RD2=Final
| RD1-seed4= 1
| RD1-team4= Toronto FC
| RD1-score4-1= 0
| RD1-score4-2= 2
| RD1-score4-A= 2
| RD1-seed3= 4
| RD1-team3= Montreal Impact
| RD1-score3-1= 0
| RD1-score3-2= 0
| RD1-score3-A= 0
| RD1-seed1= 3
| RD1-team1= FC Edmonton
| RD1-score1-1= 0
| RD1-score1-2= 1
| RD1-score1-A= 1
| RD1-seed2= 2
| RD1-team2= {{nowrap|Vancouver Whitecaps FC }}
| RD1-score2-1= 2
| RD1-score2-2= 3
| RD1-score2-A= 5
| RD2-seed2= 1
| RD2-team2= Toronto FC
| RD2-score2-1= 1
| RD2-score2-2= 1
| RD2-score2-A= 2
| RD2-seed1= 2
| RD2-team1= {{nowrap|Vancouver Whitecaps FC }}
| RD2-score1-1= 1
| RD2-score1-2= 0
| RD2-score1-A= 1
}}
=Semifinals=
{{football box
|date = May 2, 2012
|time = 20:00 EDT
|team1 = Montreal Impact
|team2 = Toronto FC
|stadium = Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Quebec
|report = [http://canadasoccer.com/impact-draw-toronto-fc-in-opening-leg-p150369 Report]
|score = 0–0
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|attendance = 13,405
|referee = Paul Ward
}}
{{football box
|date = May 9, 2012
|time = 20:00 EDT
|team1 = Toronto FC
|team2 = Montreal Impact
|stadium = BMO Field, Toronto, Ontario
|report = [http://canadasoccer.com/toronto-fc-advances-to-championship-final-p150494 Report]
|score = 2–0
|goals1 = Lambe {{goal|2}}
Johnson {{goal|38}}
|goals2 =
|attendance = 15,016
|referee = Dave Gantar
}}
Toronto FC won 2–0 on aggregate.
----
{{footballbox
|date = May 2, 2012
|time = 20:00 MDT
|team1 = FC Edmonton
|team2 = Vancouver Whitecaps FC
|stadium = Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, Alberta
|report = [http://canadasoccer.com/whitecaps-fc-picks-up-opening-win-away-to-fc-edmonton-p150370 Report]
|score = 0–2
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Hassli {{goal|18}}
Harris {{goal|41}}
|attendance = 3,700
|referee = Carol Anne Chenard
}}
{{football box
|date = May 9, 2012
|time = 20:00 PDT
|team1 = Vancouver Whitecaps FC
|team2 = FC Edmonton
|stadium = BC Place, Vancouver, British Columbia
|report = [http://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/2012/05/whitecaps-fc-advance-ACC Report]
|score = 3–1
|goals1 = Le Toux {{goal|75||88}}
Mattocks {{goal|90+3}}
|goals2 = Pinto {{goal|54}}
|attendance = 15,011
|referee = Geoff Gamble
}}
Vancouver Whitecaps FC won 5–1 on aggregate.
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=Final=
{{footballbox
|date = May 16, 2012
|time = 19:00 PDT
|team1 = Vancouver Whitecaps FC
|team2 = Toronto FC
|stadium = BC Place, Vancouver, British Columbia
|report = [http://canadasoccer.com/vancouver-toronto-draw-even-in-opening-leg-of-championship-final-p150587 Report]
|score = 1–1
|goals1 = Hassli {{goal|90+1}}
|goals2 = Johnson {{goal|66}}
|attendance = 14,878
|referee = Drew Fischer
}}
{{footballbox
|date = May 23, 2012
|time = 20:00 EDT
|team1 =Toronto FC
|team2 = Vancouver Whitecaps FC
|stadium = BMO Field, Toronto, Ontario
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20140808213346/http://www.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2012-05-23-tor-v-van/recap Report]
|score = 1–0
|goals1 = Lambe {{goal|83}}
|goals2 =
|attendance = 13,777
|referee = {{flagicon|CAN}} Silviu Petrescu
}}
Toronto FC won 2–1 on aggregate.
Goalscorers
{{legend|silver|Team eliminated or did not play in this round.}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||
| rowspan="2"|Rank
!rowspan="2"|Player !rowspan="2"|Team !rowspan="2"|Goals !colspan="4"|By round | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| {{abbr|SF1|Semi-finals 1st leg}}
!{{abbr|SF2|Semi-finals 2nd leg}} ! {{abbr|F1|Finals 1st leg}} ! {{abbr|F2|Finals 2nd leg}} | |||
| rowspan="4"|1
|align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} Eric Hassli |align="left"|Vancouver Whitecaps FC !rowspan="4"|2 |1|||||1|| | |||
| align="left"|{{flagicon|JAM}} Ryan Johnson
|align="left"|Toronto FC |1 | |1 | ||
| align="left"|{{flagicon|BER}} Reggie Lambe
|align="left"|Toronto FC |1 | |1 | ||
| align="left"|{{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Le Toux
|align="left"|Vancouver Whitecaps FC | |2 | | | |
| rowspan="3"|5
|align="left"|{{flagicon|SKN}} Atiba Harris |align="left"|Vancouver Whitecaps FC !rowspan="3"|1 |1||||||| | |||
| align="left"|{{flagicon|JAM}} Darren Mattocks
|align="left"|Vancouver Whitecaps FC | |1 | | | |
| align="left"|{{flagicon|CHI}} Pinto
|align="left"|FC Edmonton | |1 | bgcolor=silver colspan=2| |
References
{{reflist}}
{{Canadian Championship}}
{{2011–12 in North and Central America, and Caribbean Football (CONCACAF)}}
{{2012 in Canadian soccer}}
{{Toronto FC matches}}
{{Vancouver Whitecaps FC matches}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Canadian Championship, 2012}}
Category:2012 domestic association football leagues