2009 Challenge Trophy

The 2009 Challenge Trophy was be contested for in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan from October 7 to 12, 2009. The round robin group seedings were based on last years performance.

  • Group A : Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
  • Group B : Quebec, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland Labrador, Yukon
2009 Challenge Trophy
CountryCanada
Teams10
ChampionsHellas SC
Runners-upRoyal-Sélect de Beauport
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2010 →

Day 2 saw extreme snow and wind which forced organizers to adjust the schedule to the SaskTel Indoor pitch. Games were also shortened to 60 minutes.[1]

Teams and rosters

The Nationals are seeded based on last seasons performance. For 2009 the seedings are:[2]

  1. AB - Calgary Callies
  2. QC - Royal-Sélect de Beauport
  3. PE - Avondale Islanders
  4. BC - West Van SC
  5. ON - Real Toronto
  6. NS - Halifax City SC
  7. NL - Holy Cross Crusaders
  8. MB - Hellas SC
  9. SK - Huskie Alumni
  10. YT - Yukon Selects

Hellas SC

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
11 MF  ITA Fabio Capone
19 FW  GRE Justin Castalanos
14 FW  CAN Ulrick Disna
6 DF  GRE Bill Economou
27 DF  CAN Vinny Ferlaino
28 MF  CAN Tom Findlay
15 MF  CAN Tom Foderaro
27 FW  PAR Andry Giesbrecht
4 MF  CAN Jordan Goetting
16 MF  CAN Dimitri Ifandis
1 GK  CAN Kyle Kilcup
No. Pos. Nation Player
5 MF  BIH Edin Kurbegovic
21 MF  SLV Jorge Mendez
3 DF  CAN Tim Mullen
11 FW  CAN Chris Musto
29 GK  CAN Dylan O'Connor
10 DF  CAN Trevor Perrault
3 DF  ITA Phillip Porpiglia
8 MF  GRE Yiannis Tsalatsidis
17 DF  COL Jeff Valdivia

Royal-Sélect de Beauport

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 DF  CAN Alexandre Lévesque-Tremblay
18 FW  TOG Boris I Gervais Salou
15 FW  CAN David Chapdelaine-Miller
8 DF  ARG Édouardo Davalos
2 FW  FRA Francois Ouellet
20 DF  CMR Nyam A Well Garba
17 MF  FRA Jean-Philippe Grenon
5 DF  FRA Julien Meunier
14 MF  CGO Michael Mana Nga
3 DF  CAN Marc-Olier Boudreau-Daigle
12 FW  CAN Mathieu-François
No. Pos. Nation Player
7 FW  BIH Nihad Nedzibovic
6 DF  CAN Olivier Brett
16 DF  ITA Pascal Bragagnolo
13 DF  CAN Pierre-Henri Poudré
10 DF  MAR Samir El Akkati
11 DF  FRA Samuel Georget
22 GK  CAN Vincent Dubé

Calgary Callies

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   Dave Harrison
3 DF   Drew Milne
4 MF   Cenek Patik
5 DF   Andre Duberry
6 DF   Eric Roa
7 MF   Nic Reyes
8 DF   Jamie Auvigne
9 FW   Mark Slade
10 MF   Fran Miron
11 FW   Greg Perez
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 DF   Liam deSilva
13 FW   Felix Napuri
14 FW   Scott McCorkill
15 MF   Alex Strbac
17 DF   Brett Colvin
18 DF   Neto Miguel
19 FW   Milan Timotjevic
10 MF   Chris Kooy
21 DF   Allen Jovica
22 GK   Will Langford

Results

Group stage
Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Hellas SC 4 3 0 1 5 4 +1 9
2 Calgary Callies 4 3 0 1 7 3 +4 9
3 West Van FC 4 2 0 2 4 5 −1 6
4 Huskies Alumni 4 1 1 2 5 4 +1 4
5 Real Toronto 4 0 1 3 3 8 −5 1
Source:
Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Royal-Sélect de Beauport 4 2 2 0 7 2 +5 8
2 Avondale Islanders 4 2 1 1 8 3 +5 7
3 Holy Cross 4 1 3 0 7 2 +5 6
4 Halifax City SC 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 5
5 Yukon Selects 4 0 0 4 1 16 −15 0
Source:
7 October 2009 West Van SC 1-2 Real Toronto Saskatoon, SK
16:00 Stadium: Umea East
7 October 2009 Calgary Callies 1-2 Hellas SC Saskatoon, SK
16:00 Stadium: Sasktel Sports Centre West
7 October 2009 Avondale Islanders 4-1 Halifax City SC Saskatoon, SK
18:00 Stadium: Umea West
7 October 2009 Royal-Sélect de Beauport 1-1 Holy Cross Saskatoon, SK
18:00 Stadium: Sasktel East
8 October 2009 Calgary Callies 1-0 Huskie Alumni Saskatoon, SK
14:00 Felix Napuri Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre
8 October 2009 West Van SC 0-1 Hellas SC Saskatoon, SK
14:00 Tom Findlay Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre
8 October 2009 Royal-Sélect de Beauport 5-1 Yukon Selects Saskatoon, SK
16:00 Ammon Hoefs Boris
Gervais Salou (x3)
Jean-Philippe Grenon		 Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre
8 October 2009 Avondale Islanders 0-0 Holy Cross Saskatoon, SK
16:00 Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre
9 October 2009 Calgary Callies 3-1 West Van SC Saskatoon, SK
12:00 Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre
9 October 2009 Real Toronto 2-2 Huskie Alumni Saskatoon, SK
12:00 Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre
9 October 2009 Royal-Sélect de Beauport 2-0 Avondale Islanders Saskatoon, SK
14:00 Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre
9 October 2009 Halifax City SC 3-0 Yukon Selects Saskatoon, SK
14:00 Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre
10 October 2009 Calgary Callies 2-0 Real Toronto Saskatoon, SK
16:00 Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre
10 October 2009 Hellas SC 0-3 Huskie Alumni Saskatoon, SK
18:00 Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre
10 October 2009 Royal-Sélect de Beauport 0-0 Halifax City SC Saskatoon, SK
18:00 Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre
10 October 2009 Holy Cross 5-0 Yukon Selects Saskatoon, SK
18:00 Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre
11 October 2009 West Van SC 1-0 Huskie Alumni Saskatoon, SK
12:00 Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre
11 October 2009 Real Toronto 0-2 Hellas SC Saskatoon, SK
12:00 Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre
11 October 2009 Avondale Islanders 4-0 Yukon Selects Saskatoon, SK
14:00 Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre
11 October 2009 Halifax City SC 1-1 Holy Cross Saskatoon, SK
14:00 Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre

Finals
12 October 2009 Real Toronto (A5) 1-3 (pks) Yukon Selects (B5) Saskatoon, SK
08:00 Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre
12 October 2009 Huskie Alumni (A4) 3-4 (pks) Halifax City SC (B4) Saskatoon, SK
08:00 Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre
12 October 2009 West Van FC (A3) 6-5 (pks) Holy Cross (B3) Saskatoon, SK
10:00 Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre
12 October 2009 Calgary Callies (A2) 3-4 (pks) Avondale Islanders (B2) Saskatoon, SK
12:30 Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre
12 October 2009 Hellas SC (A1) 1-0 Royal-Sélect de Beauport (B1) Saskatoon, SK
12:30 Chris Musto Report Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre
Referee: Dave Gantar

Final standings
PosClub
1 Hellas SC
2 Royal-Sélect de Beauport
3 Avondale Islanders
4 Calgary Callies
5 West Van FC
6 Holy Cross
7 Halifax City SC
8 Huskies Alumni
9 Yukon Selects
10 Real Toronto

[3]

Qualified teams

British Columbia

The BC Provincial Cup is held in the spring of the season. This year's event went from April 4 to May 16.[4]

  Sixteenth-final Eight-final Quarter-final Semi-final Final
                                               
 
  Langley United 0  
    Croatia FC 1  
 
  Croatia FC 0  
  CMF Wolves 2  
 
 
  CMF Wolves 7
    Peace Arch SC 5  
Peace Arch SC 0
ICSF Inter 0  
  CMF Wolves 0  
  West Van SC 2  
 
 
  West Van SC 7
    Westside FC 0  
 
  West Van SC 2
  Surrey United 0  
 
 
  Surrey United 3
    Columbus Clan FC 2  
Columbus Clan FC 2
Abbotsford Mariners 0  
  West Van SC 1
  Victoria Gorge FC 0
 
  Bays United 1  
    Nanaimo 0  
 
  Bays United 3  
  Athletic Club of BC 2  
 
 
  Athletic Club of BC 2
    NorVan Eagles 1  
NorVan Eagles 2
Sooke Celtic 1  
  Bays United 0
  Victoria Gorge FC 5  
 
 
  Victoria Gorge FC 4
    PoCo City FC 0  
 
  Victoria Gorge FC 2
  RCIU Legends 0  
 
 
  RCIU Legends 2
    Gordon Head 1  
Kamloops Excel 1
Gordon Head 5  

Alberta

The Mike Traficante Challenge Cup will be held in Edmonton from 4 Sep to 7 Sep, 2009.info The teams will be seeded from the Alberta Major Soccer League. The groups will be S1, N2 and N3 in one and N1, S2 and S3 in the other. Seeds S3 and N3 are open to challenge from any district. This year, the teams in the AMSL include:

North:

South:

AMSL Site

Saskatchewan

The Saskatchewan representative shall be determined through the Saskatchewan Premier Soccer League.[5] Six teams will compete this season including:

  • Yorkton United
  • ACFC Milan
  • SK Canada Games
  • Huskie Alumni
  • Saskatoon Hose and Hydrant
  • Colo Colo

Standings as of 9 July 2009

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Huskie Alumni 7 5 2 0 21 1 +20 17
ACFC Milan 7 5 1 1 14 5 +9 16
Yorkton United 8 5 0 3 22 10 +12 15
Saskatoon Hose and Hydrant 6 1 1 4 5 12 −7 4
Sk Canada Games 4 0 1 3 4 19 −15 1
Colo Colo 6 0 1 5 3 22 −19 1
Source:

The Saskatchewan Huskie Alumni have qualified[6]

Manitoba

The Manitoba representative will be determined through the MSA 2009 Senior Provincial Championship. This cup competition will take place in August as the team entry's are due 4 August 2009.[7] Watch for teams in the Manitoba Major Soccer League to be entered. Seeding is determined by 15 July 2009.

Hellas SC of Manitoba qualified after a 1-0 extra time win over Lucania.

Ontario

The Ontario representative is determined by the Ontario Cup. This is a single knock-out tournament with the finals scheduled for 20-Sep-2009 at 8:00pm at the Soccer Centre in Vaughan. This year's event features 62 teams entering the bracket at various levels determined by geography. Before the First round is a Preliminary round and an Extra Preliminary round for some regions.[8]

The final match saw a repeat of 2008 between London AEK and Real Toronto.[9]

Extra Round
10 May 2009		 Preliminary Round 7
24 May 2009
 
    Hamilton Boca Juniors 0
    Hamilton Glasgow United 3
 
Extra Round
10 May 2009		 Preliminary Round 8
24 May 2009
 
    Barrie Spirit 2
    Richmond Hill Raiders Madrid FC 1
 
Extra Round
10 May 2009		 Preliminary Round 15
24 May 2009
 
    Mississauga Portofino 2
Alliston Arsenal 0     Cambridge Aurora Lodge 1
Cambridge Aurora Lodge 2  
Extra Round
10 May 2009		 Preliminary Round 16
24 May 2009
 
    Toronto FC Hitmen 0
    Malton Steeda Bulls 4
 
Extra Round
10 May 2009		 Preliminary Round 23
24 May 2009
 
    Brampton Ebony Jrs 0 (2)
    Toronto Blues FC 0 (4)
 
Extra Round
10 May 2009		 Preliminary Round 24
24 May 2009
 
    Toronto Blackstar FC 2
    Brantford Vicano 4
 
Extra Round
10 May 2009		 Preliminary Round 31
24 May 2009
 
    Kitchener Al's Motors 1
Welland Youngs Insurance 2     Welland Youngs Insurance 2
Erin Mills Eagles 0  
Extra Round
10 May 2009		 Preliminary Round 32
24 May 2009
 
    Kitchener Hrvat 5
    Brampton United FC 0
 
Extra Round
10 May 2009		 Preliminary Round 35
24 May 2009
 
    London/St.Thomas Croatia 3
    Tecumseh Warriors 0
 
Extra Round
10 May 2009		 Preliminary Round 39
24 May 2009
 
    Sonny's Waterloo FC 2
    Weston Wolves 3
 
Extra Round
10 May 2009		 Preliminary Round 40
24 May 2009
 
    East Hamilton 76 2
    Real Toronto 9
 
Extra Round
10 May 2009		 Preliminary Round 59
24 May 2009
 
    Toronto Peniche 4
Niagara Falls Club Italia Juventus 3     Niagara Falls Club Italia Juventus 1
Toronto Celtic 0  
Extra Round
10 May 2009		 Preliminary Round 60
24 May 2009
 
    Woodbridge Veneto Lions 0
    Aurora Hearts 1
 

Ontario Cup proper
First Round
7 June 2009 		Second Round
21 June 2009 		Third Round
5 July 2009 		Quarter-finals
16 August 2009 		Semi-finals
Centennial Stadium
Toronto
30 August 2009 		Final
The Soccer Centre
Vaughan
20 September 2009
                  
bye
bye
Sudbury Croatia Adria 2 (3)
Sudbury Panhellenic 2 (2)
bye
bye
Sudbury Croatia Adria 1
Hamilton Serbians 4
bye
bye
Hamilton Serbians 0 (4)
Hamilton Glasgow United 0 (3)
Hamilton Glasgow United 2
Barrie Spirit 0
Hamilton Serbians 2
Scarborough Ulster Thistle 1
bye
bye
Scarboro Azzurri 2
Ottawa Capital United Premier 0
Ottawa Capital United Premier 1
Ottawa Royals 0
Scarboro Azzurri 2
Scarborough Ulster Thistle 4
bye
bye
Scarborough Ulster Thistle 9
Malton Steeda Bulls 0
Mississauga Portofino 1 (2)
Malton Steeda Bulls 1 (4)
Hamilton Serbians 1
A.E.K. London FC 1 *4-3pk
bye
bye
Caledon Celtic 1
A.E.K. London FC 2
bye
bye
A.E.K. London FC 10
Toronto Blues FC 0
bye
bye
Brampton Boavista FC 1 (2)
Toronto Blues FC 1 (4)
Toronto Blues FC 3
Brantford Vicano 2
A.E.K. London FC 2
London Portuguese 1
London Portuguese 3
Windsor Caboto F.C. 0
London Portuguese 1
London Benfica 0
London Marconi 3
London Benfica 3 (pk)
London Portuguese 1
Kitchener Hvart 0
bye
bye
Oakville Italia 3 (2)
Kitchener Hvart 3 (4)
Welland Youngs Insurance 1
Kitchener Hvart 4
A.E.K. London FC 1
Real Toronto 2
HNSC Croatia Windsor 2
St. Thomas "A" 0
HNSC Croatia Windsor 1 *
London/St.Thomas Croatia 1
London/St.Thomas Croatia 3
Strathroy Portuguese 0
HNSC Croatia Windsor 3
Real Toronto 6
bye
bye
Scarborough G.S. United 1
Real Toronto 2
Weston Wolves 3
Real Toronto 6
Real Toronto 1
Oakville Wisla United 0
bye
bye
Oakville Wisla United 4
Peterborough City 2
bye
bye
Oakville Wisla United 3
Windsor Hellenic 1
Sarnia Fury 3
London White Eagles 0
Sarnia Fury 1
Windsor Hellenic 4
Windsor A.E. United 0
Windsor Hellenic 8
Real Toronto 4
Croatia Hamilton 1
bye
bye
Mississauga A.C. Soccer Diavoli 4
Vaughan Shooters 0
bye
bye
Mississauga A.C. Soccer Diavoli 1
Ottawa St. Anthony Italia 2
Ottawa South United 5
Ottawa Rockers 4
Ottawa South United 0
Ottawa St. Anthony Italia 6
Ottawa St. Anthony Italia 2
Ottawa Eagles 0
Ottawa St. Anthony Italia 1
Croatia Hamilton 4
bye
bye
Croatia Hamilton 2
Toronto Peniche 1
Toronto Peniche 1
Aurora Hearts 0
Croatia Hamilton 0 *
Thunder Bay Italia Juventus 0
bye
bye
bye
bye
bye
bye

Québec

The AAA Quebec Cup (aka Coupe du Québec Saputo AAA) is the cup competition that determines the Quebec representative at the Canadian Club Nationals.[10] The first 2 rounds are home and away matches, while the last 3 rounds are single matches. Results Site

  First Round
4/5 June 2009
4/5 July 2009		 Eighth-finals
11/12 July 2009
1/2 August 2009
                         
Verts de Sherbrooke 4 0 4  
FC Trois-Rivières AA 0 1 1  
    Verts de Sherbrooke 1 2 3
  Corfinium St-Léonard 2 3 5
bye
bye  
  First Round
4/5 June 2009
4/5 July 2009		 Eighth-finals
11/12 July 2009
1/2 August 2009
                         
Chomedey 1 2 3  
Longueuil 2 3 3 6  
    Longueuil 2 1 - 1
  Lachine SC 0 - 0
Lachine SC 2 2 4
Casalciprano Anjou AA 1 0 1  
  First Round
4/5 June 2009
4/5 July 2009		 Eighth-finals
11/12 July 2009
1/2 August 2009
                         
Hull 5 4 9  
Cosmos de Granby 1 0 1  
    Hull 2 4 6
  Dollard Red Star 1 0 1
bye
bye  
  First Round
4/5 June 2009
4/5 July 2009		 Eighth-finals
11/12 July 2009
1/2 August 2009
                         
Rimouski 0 1 1  
Casalciprano Anjou 2 2 4  
    Casalciprano Anjou 1
  Association trifluvienne 0
Longueuil 1 1 0 1
Association trifluvienne 3 7 10  
  First Round
4/5 June 2009
4/5 July 2009		 Eighth-finals
11/12 July 2009
1/2 August 2009
                         
SC Panellinios Montréal 5 6 11  
TerreBonne 0 0 0  
    SC Panellinios Montréal 3 3 6
  Beauport 5 2 7
bye
bye  
  First Round
4/5 June 2009
4/5 July 2009		 Eighth-finals
11/12 July 2009
1/2 August 2009
                         
CS Mont-Royal Outremont 1 0 1  
Blainville AA 1 3 4  
    Blainville AA 1 - 1
  Lasalle-Lakeshore United 0 - 0
Rivière-des-Prairies 2 1 3
Lasalle-Lakeshore United 0 3 3  
  First Round
4/5 June 2009
4/5 July 2009		 Eighth-finals
11/12 July 2009
1/2 August 2009
                         
Drummondville AA 1 6 7  
St-Hubert 1 2 3  
    Drummondville AA 1 1 2
  Vallée-du-Richelieu 1 2 3
bye
bye  
  First Round
4/5 June 2009
4/5 July 2009		 Eighth-finals
11/12 July 2009
1/2 August 2009
                         
FS Salaberry AA 3 1 4  
Brossard 0 0 0  
    FS Salaberry AA 2 - 2
  Celtix du Haut-Richelieu 4 - 4
Charlesbourg 0 2 2
Celtix du Haut-Richelieu 1 3 4  
Quarter-finals
15/16 August 2009 		Semi-finals
5 September 2009
Quebec City 		Final
6 September 2009
Quebec City
         
Corfinium St-Léonard 3
Longueuil 2 1
Corfinium St-Léonard
Casalciprano Anjou
Hull 1
Casalciprano Anjou 2
 
Beauport
Beauport 4
Blainville AA 1
Beauport
Celtix du Haut-Richelieu
Vallée-du-Richelieu 0
Celtix du Haut-Richelieu 3

New Brunswick

Did not send a team in 2008 and so are unranked for 2009. Deadline for teams to register is 15-July-2009.[11]

Prince Edward Island

The Avondale Islanders seen to be the only team competing at a high enough level and will probably represent PEI again.

Nova Scotia

The winner of the Nova Scotia Soccer League will represent the province at the National Challenge Trophy. This year's competition will include:

standings as of 22-July-2009

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Halifax Dunbrack 10 10 0 0 36 4 +32 30
Halifax City 10 5 3 2 18 11 +7 18
Valley Kings Arms 10 5 2 3 14 14 0 17
Scotia 10 4 1 5 17 17 0 13
NS Canada Games* 10 3 2 5 17 17 0 11
Cape Breton United 10 2 3 5 11 22 −11 9
Halifax County United Molson Canadian 10 2 2 6 16 23 −7 8
Dartmouth United 10 2 1 7 10 31 −21 7
Source:

Newfoundland Labrador

2009 Newfoundland and Labrador Challenge Cup

Yukon

Selects Team

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