Association announces dates for 2013 Amway Canadian Championship
With one month to play Vancouver and Montréal are caught in a tight race for the top seed.
The Canadian Soccer Association has announced the 2013 schedule for the sixth edition of the Amway Canadian Championship. The six-match schedule will once again feature the nation’s top-four professional clubs, with Vancouver Whitecaps FC, FC Edmonton, Toronto FC and Impact Montréal all playing for the honour to lift the Voyageurs Cup and represent Canada in the 2013-14 edition of CONCACAF Champions League.
The 2013 Amway Canadian Championship features a one-vs-four and two-vs-three semi-final format. The four semi-final matches will be played on 24 April (first leg) and 1 May (second leg). Each home-and-away semi-final series will advance the team that scores the most goals over two matches. The two home-and-away final-series matches will then be played on 15 May (first leg) and 29 May (second leg). The champion will qualify as Canada’s representative for the 24-team CONCACAF Champions League competition, from which the 2013-14 CONCACAF champion then qualifies for the FIFA Club World Cup in 2014.
2013 AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP
SEMI-FINAL SERIES:
1st Leg on 24 April 2012 – #4 vs. #1
1st Leg on 24 April 2012 – #3 vs. #2
2nd Leg on 1 May 2012 – #2 vs. #3
2nd Leg on 1 May 2012 – #1 vs. #4
FINAL SERIES:
1st Leg on 15 May 2012
2nd Leg on 29 May 2012