Trillium Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 About The 2013 Amway Canadian Championship features a four-team format with teams taking part in a two-legged home-and-away semi-final before repeating the same process in the final. The winning club will lift the Voyageurs Cup and earn the right to represent Canada in 2013-14 CONCACAF Champions League. With clubs being seeded based on their 2012 league results in Major League Soccer and North American Soccer League, respectively, the 2013 Amway Canadian Championship will feature a pair of regional rivalries in the initial semi-final stage. The two winners of both semi-finals will then contest the Championship final over two matches on 15 and 29 May. The highest-seeded team in the Championship final will determine whether it plays home or away first. The 2013 Amway Canadian Championship will serve as the qualification competition for 2013-14 CONACAF Champions League, which in turn determines the confederation’s representative at the FIFA Club World Cup 2014. Schedule / Results 2013 SEMI-FINAL STAGE 24 April 2013: FC Edmonton vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC – Edmonton, AB (Commonwealth Stadium) Toronto FC vs. Impact Montréal – Toronto, ON (BMO Field) 1 May 2013: Impact Montréal vs. Toronto FC – Montréal, QC (Stade Saputo) Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs. FC Edmonton – Vancouver, BC (BC Place) CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL 15 May 2013: 1st Leg 29 May 2013: 2nd Leg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatest Cockney Rip Off Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Can't wait for this to start. I really like getting to see FC Edmonton live on tv and in HD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivanovski94 Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Im feeling a Vancouver - Montreal Final! Anyone else have that sense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuscan Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 This is the competition I most look forward to in the year. Love our cup! Wonder if it's the Whitecaps year this year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 This is the competition I most look forward to in the year. Love our cup! Wonder if it's the Whitecaps year this year? I'll second this! Hope the QE2 is in good shape on April 24 so I can make the drive up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Thank god this year's Montreal-Toronto game is at Saputo not the Big O. Last year's Voyageurs Cup 0-0 bore in front of 15,000 at the Big O was honestly one of the worst games of the season last year in terms of enjoyment value. The Voyageurs Cup should not be like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuscan Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 I hope the teams can ramp up the excitement with the casuals so there are better crowds. A sold out Saputo would be awesome for atmosphere, same with BMO and BC Place. It'd be really slick if I could make it to the Edmonton game, but that isn't going to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdude Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 I hope the teams can ramp up the excitement with the casuals so there are better crowds. A sold out Saputo would be awesome for atmosphere, same with BMO and BC Place. It'd be really slick if I could make it to the Edmonton game, but that isn't going to happen. V`s Cup is not as big this year than before here I feel, now that we`re in MLS, it`s not as big as an MLS game + there was trouble getting a crowd during midweek games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 I think this is Vancouver's year. Unless Nelson is Jesus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKottonmouthed1555362307 Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 I think this is Vancouver's year. Unless Nelson is Jesus. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdude Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 I think this is Vancouver's year. Unless Nelson is Jesus. Well he`s Colombian. There`s a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jcm144 Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 gotta go with Vancouver winning it this year. TFC doesn't even have their roster being close to set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baulderdash77 Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 V`s Cup is not as big this year than before here I feel, now that we`re in MLS, it`s not as big as an MLS game + there was trouble getting a crowd during midweek games. I always feel the opposite. The V's Cup is the game I look forward to most of all for TFC. Winning the Cup actually means something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawn_strat Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 After seeing Vancouver vs Toronto, and now Montreal vs Toronto, The V-Cup should be really tight this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue and White Army Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 After seeing Vancouver vs Toronto, and now Montreal vs Toronto, The V-Cup should be really tight this year. Edmonton cake walk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coxon Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 I wonder how it will work with 5 Pro teams in Canada next year? Maybe do something similar to the US Open Cup having one game knock out rounds and when it comes to the final 8 include the MLS and NASL sides? Other idea is a 5 team group stage. (TFC, Van, MTL. EDM, OTT) Home and home. 8 games is a lot to ask but it would be a huge boost to the NASL sides bringing all 3 MLS clubs to town once a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdude Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 I wonder how it will work with 5 Pro teams in Canada next year? Maybe do something similar to the US Open Cup having one game knock out rounds and when it comes to the final 8 include the MLS and NASL sides? Other idea is a 5 team group stage. (TFC, Van, MTL. EDM, OTT) Home and home. 8 games is a lot to ask but it would be a huge boost to the NASL sides bringing all 3 MLS clubs to town once a year. Pretty sure that Ottawa & Edmonton will play a play-in game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfitz Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Pretty sure that Ottawa & Edmonton will play a play-in game.I seem to recall reading something official when we went to the new format, that a fourth and fifth teams would do a play-in game in the preceding fall. Presumably then if Ottawa plays in 2014, they'd do a play-in game in fall 2014 to qualify for the for the 2015 competition. So on that basis, Ottawa wouldn't participate in 2014. Nothing to say that CSA won't change the rules on the fly, as usual though ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Bob Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Round. Robin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Pretty sure that Ottawa & Edmonton will play a play-in game. That might make sense from the point of view of cutting down on matches but it would be terrible for helping the Ottawa team survive the most difficult first years of the franchise. If the CSA wants the Ottawa team to survive they have to find a way to ensure that thousands of Impact or TFC fans are heading to Ottawa for a first round match. What would make sense given the congested match schedule is to give the team that won the Cup the year previously a bye into the second round and have the other four teams play the first round . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yagbod Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 That might make sense from the point of view of cutting down on matches but it would be terrible for helping the Ottawa team survive the most difficult first years of the franchise. If the CSA wants the Ottawa team to survive they have to find a way to ensure that thousands of Impact or TFC fans are heading to Ottawa for a first round match. What would make sense given the congested match schedule is to give the team that won the Cup the year previously a bye into the second round and have the other four teams play the first round . This is a great idea. Also, road trips to Ottawa would be quite amazing. I could imagine some decent numbers making it down there, even for a mid-week game. If they could find a way to put it on a weekend during a league bye-week we could see a close to a thousand or more I bet. I like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 They should go to a 5 team round robin format for now. Each team plays each team once. 2 home games, 2 away games. To help Ottawa and Edmonton out you could have them get two MLS teams for their home games. The MLS clubs would like this as it would guarantee them 2 home dates. As opposed to now where they are forced to offer refunds to season ticket holders if they are knocked out of the first round. Plus this would not add to fixture congestion, as the 4 dates are already blocked off the schedule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masster Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 They should go to a 5 team round robin format for now. Each team plays each team once. 2 home games, 2 away games. To help Ottawa and Edmonton out you could have them get two MLS teams for their home games. The MLS clubs would like this as it would guarantee them 2 home dates. As opposed to now where they are forced to offer refunds to season ticket holders if they are knocked out of the first round. Plus this would not add to fixture congestion, as the 4 dates are already blocked off the schedule. This is the best idea that I have heard so far. Like the old Europa League group stage, with 5 team groups and 4 games played. Yes, it isn't perfectly balanced, but if you have a live draw FA Cup style, you could say that is the way the cookie crumbles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 They should go to a 5 team round robin format for now. Each team plays each team once. 2 home games, 2 away games. To help Ottawa and Edmonton out you could have them get two MLS teams for their home games. The MLS clubs would like this as it would guarantee them 2 home dates. As opposed to now where they are forced to offer refunds to season ticket holders if they are knocked out of the first round. Plus this would not add to fixture congestion, as the 4 dates are already blocked off the schedule. I'm a fan of this. Would be good to get Ottawa and Edmonton against all Canadian MLS clubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redcoatsforever Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 For those who were upset at the Canada-Costa Rica timeslot for attendance at Commonwealth, the FCE site says they'll be playing Vancouver at 7:45 MT, meaning we should see larger crowds than last year, if only for Whitecaps fans showing up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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