The 2007 Open Canada Cup was the 10th edition of the Canadian Soccer League's open league cup tournament, running from July through early September. Trois-Rivières Attak defeated Columbus Clan F.C. 3-0 in the final played at Cove Road Stadium, London, Ontario. It was the Attak's first Open Canada Cup title and marked the first time in the tournament's history that a Quebec club won. The 2007 tournament was significant as it featured, for the first time professional and amateur teams from Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia.
The British Columbia teams had their own regional qualifying matches, with the winner of the British Columbia Provincial Soccer Championship, the Columbus Clan F.C., receiving a bye to the semi-finals. All CSL clubs competed in the competition except Toronto Croatia, which opted out in order to compete in the Croatian World Club Championship and the annual Croatian-North American Soccer Tournament. The remaining Ontario clubs were from the Ontario Soccer League, Ottawa Carleton Soccer League, and the Western Ontario Soccer League. With the exception of Trois-Rivières the remaining Quebec club Jean-Talon 2007 represented the Concordia Regional Soccer League. London City were awarded the hosting rights to the semi-final, and final. As the host club London City were given a wild card match if they were defeated in the earlier rounds.
Qualification Enter in preliminary round Enter in Second Round Enter in Third Round Enter in Semi-final OSL/CRSL/OCSL/WOSL1 teams/1 team/1 team/1 team CSL9 teams VMSL1 teamOntario Soccer League Scarborough GS United
Concordia Regional Soccer League Jean-Talon 2007
Ottawa Carleton Soccer League Capital City Ambassadors
Western Ontario Soccer League AEK LondonCanadian Soccer League Canadian Lions Italia Shooters North York Astros Portuguese Supra Serbian White Eagles St. Catharines Wolves Trois-Rivières Attak Windsor Border StarsCanadian Soccer League London CityVancouver Metro Soccer League Columbus Clan F.C.
Open Canada Cup bracket
Preliminary round (amateur teams)
Second round
Third round
Wild Card
Semifinals
Finals
GK 1 Geoff Ayi-Bonte RB 6 Blair RobertsonCB 5 Tony Gaita (c)CB 4 Jonathan PoliLB 7 Frank Mollica RM 19 Carmen D'Onofrio CM 23 Craig RichardsCM 17 Tiarnan King LM 9 Steve Deblasio ST 21 Tino Cucca ST 18 Joe Scigliano Substitutes:GK 0 Carlo Bertelli MF 10 Gino Gaita DF 12 Devin Mathews DF 14 Rob Mascitti MF 16 Sal Cuccione FW 20 Paul Jordan Manager: Carmen D'Onofrio GK 22 Jon Paul Piques RB 2 Peter EustacheCB 5 Cedric JoquevielCB 3 Hicham Aaboubou LB 4 Alex Surprenant RM 19 Alpha Ibrahim Bah CM 17 Joe Di Buono CM 6 Boubacar Coulibaly (c)LM 20 Danny Anderson CF 8 Jean-Louis Besse CF 7 Ibrahim Baldeh Substitutes:GK 24 Vincent Cournoyer FW 12 Nicolas Lesage MF 14 Guillaume Barrette MF 15 Philippe Armand Kamdem MF 27 Francois Boivin Manager: Marc Dos Santos
Assistant referees: Jon Oliva Geoff Gamble Fourth official: Kyle McIntosh
Top scorers
Position Player Club Goals 1 Aaron Byrd Windsor Border Stars 3 2 Nicolas Lesage Trois-Rivières Attak 2 Darko Kolić Trois-Rivières Attak 2 Leo Incollingo Jean-Talon 2007 2 Saša Viciknez Serbian White Eagles 2 Boubacar Coulibaly Trois-Rivières Attak 2 Jonathan Poli Columbus Clan F.C. 2 Radek Papiez Windsor Border Stars 2
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