Country Canada Champions Toronto FC (3rd title) Matches played 6 | Teams 4 Runners-up Vancouver Whitecaps FC Goals scored 12 (2 per match) | |
The 2011 Canadian Championship (officially the Nutrilite Canadian Championship) 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 2011. As in previous tournaments, participating teams included the Montreal Impact, Toronto FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC. FC Edmonton participated in this year's competition for the first time. Toronto FC won the tournament, claiming the Voyageurs Cup and Canada's entry into the preliminary round of the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League. The tournament has been held annually since 2008.
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The format of the 2011 tournament was different from previous editions. In 2011, with four teams involved, the tournament was changed to be a home-and-away semifinal round and a similar final round between the winners. Toronto, as reigning champions, were assigned the top seed and were matched with Edmonton, who were assigned the fourth seed as newcomers to the tournament. The two remaining teams, Montreal and Vancouver, faced off in the other semifinal.
Bracket
Each round was a two-game aggregate goal series.First leg
Philippe Brière
Kevin Duliba
Second leg
Bedik Charchafian
Toronto FC won 4–0 on aggregate.
Marco Arruda
Vancouver Whitecaps FC won 2–1 on aggregate.
First leg
Kevin Duliba
Second leg
Match abandoned in the 60th minute due to lightning and unplayable field conditions. Originally scheduled to be replayed on May 26, 11:00 EDT, but was rescheduled as weather conditions prevented the match from being played. The second leg was eventually replayed on July 2, 12:30 EDT, in its entirety starting from 0–0 according to the rules of the tournament.
Daniel Belleau
Toronto FC won 3–2 on aggregate.