2006 Open Canada Cup

The 2006 Open Canada Cup was the 9th edition of the Canadian Soccer League's open league cup tournament running from late May through late September. Ottawa St. Anthony Italia defeated Toronto Lynx 2-0 in the final played at Cove Road Stadium, London, Ontario.[1]Ottawa became the first victorious amateur club in the tournament's history, and first amateur club to claim a purely Canadian treble (Open Canada Cup, Ontario Cup, and The Challenge Trophy). The tournament expanded to include for the first time the Toronto Lynx of the USL First Division at that time the nations top tier division.[2][3] Notable entries included the reigning Spectator Cup champions Hamilton Serbia, and 2005 Canadian National Challenge Cup, Ontario Cup champions Scarborough GS United both respectively from the Ontario Soccer League.

2006 Open Canada Cup
CountryCanada
Teams18
ChampionsOttawa St. Anthony Italia (1st title)
Runners-upToronto Lynx
Matches played18
Goals scored53 (2.94 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Urbain Some, Abraham Osman, Helio Pereira, Dragorad Milicevic, Haris Cekic (3 goals each)
2005
2007

The Ontario and Quebec amateur clubs began the tournament in the preliminary rounds while the CSL clubs and Toronto Lynx received an automatic bye to the second round. For the fifth straight year London City were awarded the hosting rights to the finals which granted them a wild card match if they were defeated in the earlier rounds.[4] All CSL clubs competed in the competition with the exception of Toronto Croatia which opted out in order to compete in the annual Croatian-North American Soccer Tournament.

Qualification

Enter in Preliminary Round Enter in Second Round
OSL/LSEQ/OCSL/WOSL
3 teams/1 team/1 team/1 team
CSL/USL
11 teams/1 team
Ontario Soccer League
  • Scarborough GS United
  • Hamilton Argentina 78
  • Hamilton Serbia
Ligue de Soccer Elite Quebec
  • Montreal Panellinios
Ottawa Carleton Soccer League
Western Ontario Soccer League
  • AEK London
Canadian Soccer League
USL First Division

First round

May 20, 2006 Ottawa St. Anthony Italia (OCSL) 2–0 (forfeited) Montreal Panellinios (LSEQ) Ottawa, Ontario
(Report) Stadium: Gee-Gees Field
May 21, 2006 Hamilton Serbia (OSL) 1–0 GS United (OSL) Hamilton, Ontario
5:00 ET Igor Prostran (Report) Stadium: Brian Timmis Stadium
June 30, 2006 AEK London (WOSL) 5–0 Hamilton Argentina 78 (OSL) London, Ontario
8:38 ET Jaufcin Guy 3'
Haris Cekic 27'
Paul Arnold 33'
Noel Cunningham 74'
Dave Day 76'
(Report) Stadium: Cove Road Stadium

Second round

July 2, 2006 Laval Dynamites (CSL) 2–4 Ottawa St. Anthony Italia (OCSL) Laval, Quebec
7:00 ET Leo Incollingo
Mourad Bellari
(Report) Souleyman Gagou
Danny Jones
Urbain Some
Abraham Osman
Stadium: Centre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne
July 2, 2006 Italia Shooters (CSL) 2–0 Oakville Blue Devils (CSL) Vaughan, Ontario
7:00 ET Joshua Jaramillo 70'
Danny Sanna 88'
(Report) Stadium: The Soccer Centre
Attendance: 80
Referee: Mercy Watfa
July 2, 2006 St. Catharines Wolves (CSL) 0–1 AEK London (WOSL) St. Catharines, Ontario
8:00 ET (Report) Haris Cekic 67' Stadium: Club Roma Stadium
July 2, 2006 Hamilton Serbians (OSL) 3–2 Toronto Supra Portuguese (CSL) Hamilton, Ontario
9:00 ET Dragorad Milicevic 35'
Dragorad Milicevic 40'
Dragorad Milicevic 70'
(Report) Giovani Annisi 23'
Giovani Annisi 80'
Stadium: Brian Timmis Stadium
July 3, 2006 London City (CSL) 4–1 Caribbean Selects (CSL) London, Ontario
8:38 ET Marco Peeters 16'
Michel Daoust 19'
Johan Wikman 39'
Bruno Mota 89'
(Report) Ajani Stapleton 70' Stadium: Cove Road Stadium

Quarter Final

August 4, 2006 London City (CSL) 1–2 AEK London (WOSL) London, Ontario
8:38 ET Bruno Mota 71' (Report) Haris Cekic 15'
Martin Painter 23'
Stadium: Cove Road Stadium
August 6, 2006 Ottawa St. Anthony Italia (OCSL) 1–0 Windsor Border Stars (CSL) Carp, Ontario
3:00 ET Urbain Some 18' (Report) Stadium: OZ Optics Stadium
August 7, 2006 Italia Shooters (CSL) 0–1 Brampton Stallions (CSL) Vaughan, Ontario
7:00 ET (Report) Hugo Herrera 6' Stadium: The Soccer Centre
Attendance: 120
Referee: Mercy Watfa (Ontario)
August 13, 2006 Hamilton Serbians (OSL) 0–1 Toronto Lynx (USL) Hamilton, Ontario
5:00 ET (Report) Matthew Palleschi 81' Stadium: Brian Timmis Stadium
Attendance: 400
Referee: Vito Curalli (Ontario)

Wild Card Game

September 3, 2006 London City (CSL) 1–3 Ottawa St. Anthony Italia (OCSL) London, Ontario
7:38 ET Marco Peeters 79' (Report) Urbain Some 11'
Souleymane Gagou 28'
Christian Hoefler 50'
Stadium: Cove Road Stadium

Semi-final

September 1, 2006 London AEK (WOSL) 0–1 Toronto Lynx (USL) London, Ontario
8:38 ET (Report) Osni Neto 17' Stadium: Cove Road Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Silviu Petrescu (Ontario)
September 4, 2006 Brampton Stallions (CSL) 1–3 Ottawa St. Anthony Italia (OCSL) London, Ontario
4:08 ET Hugo Herrera 50' (Report) Ladislas Kikunda 28'
Abraham Osman 32'
Alain Njima 74'
Stadium: Cove Road Stadium

Final

Toronto Lynx0–2Ottawa St. Anthony Italia
Report Abraham Osman  55'
Abraham Osman  81'
GK28 Chris Baker
RB17 Chris Williams
CB6 Andres Arango
LB3 Rick Titus
RM23 Gordon Chin 89'
CM4 Joe Mattacchione (c) 85'
CM9 David Diplacido
CM27 Edgar Bartolomeu 64'
LM12 Marko Bedenikovic 46'
ST2 Damien Pottinger 85'
ST15 Matthew Palleschi 89'
Substitutes:
DF46 Anthony Doran 89'
DF14 Cameron Medwin 46'
MF21 Osni Neto 64'
DF32 Aaron Steele 85'
MF29 Steve Lumley 85'
MW74 Mackenzie Wilde 89'
Manager:
Duncan Wilde
GK0 Angus Wong
RB6 Simon Bonk
CB3 Kwame Telmarque
LB16 Kwesi Loney
RM20 Marcelo Plada
CM8 Richard Furano
CM19 Urbain Some (c)
CM4 Ladislas Bushiri 82'
LM7 Christian Hoefler
CF9 Abraham Osman
CF11 Souleyman Gagou 86'
Substitutes:
GK1 Scott Millique
DF5 Alessandro Battisi 82'
ST12 Edgar Soglo
MF18 Claudio Venegas
MF21 Allan Popazzi
ST10 Johnny Schleda 86'
Manager:
Aldo Popazzi

Assistant referees:
Vito Currali
Geoff Gamble
Fourth official:
Kyle McIntosh

Top scorers

Position Player Club Goals
1 Abraham Osman Ottawa St. Anthony Italia 3
Dragorad Milicevic Hamilton Serbians 3
Haris Cekic AEK London 3
Helio Pereira Brampton Stallions 3
Urbain Some Ottawa St. Anthony Italia 3
2 Hugo Herrera Brampton Stallions 2
Jamie Dodds Toronto Lynx 2
Souleyman Gagou Ottawa St. Anthony Italia 2

References

  1. "September 24, 2006 CSL summary of Sunday's games (from CSL website)". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
  2. Glover, Robin. "May 17, 2006 CSL press conference type (by Rocket Robin)". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
  3. "May 17, 2006 CSL Press Conference (from CSL media release)". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
  4. DALLA COSTA, Morris. "September 1, 2006 CSL Open Canada Cup story (from London Free Press)". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
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