Canada Soccer’s top domestic club competition, the Canadian Championship, will kick off on 15 August with all matches of the 2021 competition carried LIVE on OneSoccer.ca. Canadian Premier League (CanPL) sides FC Edmonton and Cavalry FC play the first of five single-elimination Preliminary Round matches at Clarke Stadium in Edmonton, AB with the winner moving forward to face the winner of CanPL’s Pacific FC and Major League Soccer’s (MLS) Vancouver Whitecaps FC match that will be the final match in the Preliminary Round on 26 August at Starlight Stadium in Langford, BC.
CanPL’s Atletico Ottawa make their Canadian Championship
\u200bdebut playing host to league rivals Valour FC at Ottawa’s TD Place in one of
\u200btwo matches on 21 Aug. The winner of the match will move forward to face Forge
\u200bFC. York United FC will host League1 Ontario’s 2019 Champions Master’s Futbol
\u200bAcademy at York Lions Stadium in the afternoon fixture on 21 Aug with the
\u200bwinner moving forward to face Toronto FC. HFX Wanderers FC play host to 2019 Première
\u200bligue de soccer du Québec (PLSQ) champions AS Blainville on 17 Aug for a chance
\u200bat 2019 Canadian Championship winners CF Montréal in the Quarter-Final Round.
“We are excited to present the 2021 Canadian Championship
\u200bwith all 13 participating clubs that were due to compete in the 2020 Canadian
\u200bChampionship and we remain committed to hosting a one-match Final to determine
\u200bthe winner of the Voyageurs Cup for the 2020 Canadian Championship,” said Dr.
\u200bNick Bontis, Canada Soccer President. “The single-elimination format in 2021
\u200bwill provide thrilling matchups based on regional travel realities and continue
\u200bto build fierce rivalries on the pathway to bragging rights as the Canadian
\u200bChampionship winner and entrant into the Concacaf Champions League
\u200bcompetition.”
The Quarter-Final Round is set to take place between 14-22 Sept , however, all scheduling past the Preliminary Round will be confirmed pending league schedule confirmation and public health guidelines.
The Canadian Championship is the highest domestic club
\u200bcompetition and leads to a direct entry into the 2022 Scotiabank Concacaf
\u200bChampions League with an opportunity to play in the 2022 FIFA Club World Cup.
\u200bThe current champions are CF Montréal who won the 2019 Canadian Championship.
At the completion of the competition, the tournament MVP is
\u200bnamed as the George Gross Memorial Trophy Award winner. The reigning MVP is
\u200bIgnacio Piatti. Added to the competition in 2019 the Young Canadian Player
\u200bAward is awarded to the best Canadian player in the competition 21 years of age
\u200bor under. The reigning Young Canadian is Zachary Brault-Guillard.
Fans can follow the Canadian Championship at the official
\u200bhome of the competition: migmultidev-canada-soccer.pantheonsite.io/canadian-championship and across Canada Soccer’s social media channels by following #CanChamp.