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Thursday, April 18, 2013

CANADIAN SOCCER: 2013 Amway Canadian Championship starts 24 April, live on Sportsnet









CANADIAN SOCCER: 2013 Amway Canadian Championship starts 24 April, live on Sportsnet

 

18 April 2013
The opening leg of the 2013 Amway Canadian Championship semi-final stage kicks off on Wednesday 24 April in Toronto, ON and Edmonton, AB. The four Canadian professional clubs, Toronto FC, Vancouver Whitecaps FC, FC Edmonton and Impact Montréal, will battle it out for the right to represent Canada in the 2013-2014 CONCACAF Champions League.
The Amway Canadian Championship will again this year feature six matches over four Wednesday nights, with the semi-final series on 24 April and 1 May, and the championship final series on 15 and 29 May.
As part of a new three-year agreement between the Canadian Soccer Association and Sportsnet for the Amway Canadian Championship, all 2013 matches will be broadcast live on Sportsnet. In addition, the 24 April and 1 May matches featuring Impact Montréal will be broadcast on TVA Sports.
In addition to the Championship website at canadasoccer.com/championship that will provide updated information throughout the competition, fans can also follow via Canada Soccer’s platforms (Twitter @CanadaSoccerEN, facebook.com/canadasoccer, YouTube/CanadaSoccerTV and flickr.com/canadasoccer) as well as the four clubs various media.
In the first of the semi-final stage, four-time defending champion Toronto FC will host Impact Montréal, the one other national winner in the Championship's short history (2008), in a repeat of last year’s Eastern semi-final. Leg one of this semi-final will be played at BMO Field on 24 April (kickoff at 19.45 local, broadcast starting at 19.30 ET / 16.30 PT on Sportsnet East, Ontario, West and Pacific). The two clubs will resume their semi-final in Montreal on 1 May (kickoff at 19.45 local).
Vancouver Whitecaps FC will once again this year travel to FC Edmonton, the lone NASL club in this year’s Championship, for the other semi-final. The first leg of their semi-final will be held on 24 April at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, AB with a 19.45 local kickoff (broadcast starting at 21.30 ET / 18.30 PT on Sportsnet East, Ontario, West and Pacific). The two clubs will meet again in Vancouver on 1 May (kickoff at 19.15 local) in the second leg of their semi-final.
The home-and-away Championship final will be played on 15 and 29 May.
2013 AMWAY CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP
SEMI-FINAL SERIES:

1st Leg on 24 April 2013

Montréal Impact at Toronto FC – BMO Field, Toronto, ON – 19.45 local (19.45 ET / 16.45 PT) – Sportsnet East, Ontario, West and Pacific; TVA Sports

Vancouver Whitecaps FC at FC Edmonton – Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton, AB – 19.45 local (21.45 ET / 18.45 PT) – Sportsnet East, Ontario, West and Pacific
2nd Leg on 1 May 2013

Toronto FC at Montréal Impact – Stade Saputo, Montréal, QC – 19.45 local (19.45 ET / 16.45 PT) – Sportsnet One; TVA Sports

FC Edmonton at Vancouver Whitecaps FC – BC Place, Vancouver, BC – 19.15 local (22.15 ET / 19.15 PT) – Sportsnet One
FINAL SERIES:

1st Leg on 15 May 2013
2nd Leg on 29 May 2013

About the Canadian Soccer Association

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Media Contacts

Max Bell
Manager
National Teams Communications
mbell@canadasoccer.com
 C 416-797-9192
Michèle Dion
Acting Director
Communications
mdion@canadasoccer.com
 T 613-237-4580 x 226
 C 613-857-0827

Clubs


Impact de Montréal

 

Impact de Montréal

#PosName
1GKDonovan RICKETTS
2CBNelson RIVAS
3CBShavar THOMAS
5FBTyson WAHL
6CBHassoun CAMARA
7MFelipe MARTINS
8MPatrice BERNIER
11FSanna NYASSI
13CBMatteo FERRARI
15FBJeb BROVSKY
16FEduardo SEBRANGO
17FJustin BRAUN
18MCollen WARNER
19FBZarek VALENTIN
21MJustin MAPP
22MDavy ARNAUD
23FBernardo CORRADI
24GKGreg SUTTON
25MLamar NEAGLE
27MBryan ARGUEZ
28MSinisa UBIPARIPOVIC
29FBCallum MALLACE
30GKEvan BUSH
31FBJosh GARDNER
32FMiguel MONTAÑO
33FAndrew WENGER
36MEvan JAMES
38FBGienir GACIA
52CBKarl OUIMETTE
55MWandrille LEFEVRE
   
Head CoachJesse MARSCH
 
TorontoFC

 

Toronto FC

#PosName
2CBLogan EMORY
3CBMiguel ACEVAL
4CBDoneil HENRY
5FBAshtone MORGAN
6MJulian DE GUZMAN
7FJoao PLATA
8MEric AVILA
9FRyan JOHNSON
11MLuis SILVA
12CBAdrian CANN
14FDanny KOEVERMANS
15MMatt STINSON
16MOscar CORDON
18FNick SOOLSMA
19FReggie LAMBE
20CBTy HARDEN
21CBAaron MAUND
22MTorsten FRINGS
23MTerry DUNFIELD
25FBJeremy HALL
27FBRichard ECKERSLEY
30GKMilos KOCIC
31CBDicoy WILLIAMS
33MJunior BURGOS
40GKQuillan ROBERTS
   
Head CoachAaron WINTER
  
FC Edmonton

 

FC Edmonton

#PosName
1GKLance PARKER
3FBAdam WEST
4MSérisay BARTHÉLÉMY
5CBKévin HATCHI
6MShaun SAIKO
7MAlex SEMENETS
8MIlja VAN LEERDAM
9FMichael COX
10FKyle YAMADA
11MMatt LAM
13CBJonathan JOSEPH-AUGUSTIN
14FPaul CRAIG
16MKenny CACEROS
17FElvir GIGOLAJ
18FBPaul HAMILTON
19FKyle PORTER
20MChris KOOY
21MDominic OPPONG
22GKDavid MONSALVE
23GKJohn SMITS
24FBAntonio RAGO
25GKMichal MISIEWISCZ
26FBFabrice LASSONDE
27FBFabien VORBE
29FYashir PINTO
   
Head Coach Harry SINKGRAVEN
 
Vancouver Whitecaps FC

 

Vancouver Whitecaps FC

#PosName
1GKJoe CANNON
2CBMichael BOXALL
3FBJordan HARVEY
4FBAlain ROCHAT
6CBJay DEMERIT
7F/MSébastien LE TOUX
9M/FAtiba HARRIS
11MJohn THORRINGTON
12FBYoung-Pyo LEE
13MMichael NANCHOFF
15CBMartin BONJOUR
16MMatt WATSON
17FOmar SALGADO
18GKBrad KNIGHTON
19CBCarlyle MITCHELL
20M/FDavide CHIUMIENTO
23FLong TAN
26MFloyd FRANKS
27MJun Marques DAVIDSON
28MGershon KOFFIE
29FEric HASSLI
31MRussel TEIBERT
32FBGreg KLAZURA
36MBryce ALDERSON
37FCamilo SANVEZZO
   
Head CoachMartin RENNIE

 

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