{ "title": "Forge FC qualify for the 2020 Canadian Championship Final", "modified_at": "2026-05-04 14:50:24", "published_at": "2020-09-19 19:58:00", "url": "https://news.canadasoccer.com/forge-fc-qualify-for-the-2020-canadian-championship-final", "short_url": "http://prez.ly/QtEd", "culture": "en", "language": "EN", "subtitle": "Forge FC will face Toronto FC in the Battle of the North final.", "slug": "forge-fc-qualify-for-the-2020-canadian-championship-final", "body": "

Forge FC Hamilton have advanced to the 2020 Canadian Championship Final for the first time after finishing first at the Canadian Premier League’s Island Games. Forge FC Hamilton will face Toronto FC in the Battle of the North Final for the Voyageurs Cup, with the date and location to be announced at a later stage.

Hamilton won 2:0 over HFX Wanderers of Halifax in the
\u200bCanadian Premier League Final to lift the 2020 North Star Shield. Alexander
\u200bAchinioti Jönsson and Maxim Tissot were the goalscorers, with both goals scored in the second half. Captain
\u200bKyle Bekker lifted the trophy for the second year in a row.

The Canadian Championship is Canada Soccer’s highest
\u200bdomestic professional soccer competition. This year, 11 professional teams in
\u200bthe Canadian Premier League and Major League Soccer will play combined 44
\u200bleague matches as qualification to the 2020 Canadian Championship Final.
\u200bToronto FC reached the Final for the fifth-straight year after finishing first
\u200bamong the three Canadian teams in the first phase of Major League Soccer’s
\u200brevised league schedule.

In the
\u200bCanadian Premier League Final, Achinioti Jönsson scored the winner on a header
\u200bfrom a Molham Babouli pass. Babouli was selected the Player of the Match.
\u200bTissot scored the second goal late with a long shot that tricked the opposing
\u200bgoalkeeper.

Across the 44 matches between the two competitions, the 11
\u200bprofessional clubs included more than 150 Canadian professional players in
\u200btheir match-day rosters. Sixteen members of Canada Soccer’s Referee Program
\u200balso spent six weeks inside of the Canadian Premier League’s Island Games
\u200bbubble in Charlottetown with matches from 13 August to 19 September. Juan
\u200bMarquez, Stefan Tanaka-Freundt, Gabrielle Lemieux and Myriam Marcotte were the
\u200breferees for the CPL’s Final Match.

Since 2008, Canada Soccer’s Canadian Championship has
\u200bfeatured 14 different Canadian teams across more than 100 matches. To date,
\u200bToronto FC have won the competition seven times, the Impact de Montréal four
\u200btimes, and Vancouver Whitecaps FC once. From the Canadian Championship, the
\u200bCanadian winner qualifies for Concacaf Champions League, which plays into the
\u200bFIFA Club World Cup. From the list of Canadian champions, both Montréal
\u200b(2014-15) and Toronto (2018) have reached the Concacaf Champions League Grand
\u200bFinal.

CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS
\u200b2019 Impact de Montréal
\u200b2018 Toronto FC
\u200b2017 Toronto FC
\u200b2016 Toronto FC
\u200b2015 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
\u200b2014 Impact de Montréal
\u200b2013 Impact de Montréal
\u200b2012 Toronto FC
\u200b2011 Toronto FC
\u200b2010 Toronto FC
\u200b2009 Toronto FC
\u200b2008 Impact de Montréal

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\n Paulo Senra\n Chief Communications & Content Officer | Chef des communications et du contenu, Canada Soccer\n \n
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