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. Ottawa became the first victorious amateur club in the tournament's history, and the 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 nation's top-tier division. Notable entries included the reigning Spectator Cup champions Hamilton Serbia, and the 2005 Canadian National Challenge Cup, Ontario Cup champions, Scarborough GS United, both from the Ontario Soccer League.
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. All CSL clubs competed in the competition except Toronto Croatia, which opted out to compete in the annual Croatian-North American Soccer Tournament.
Qualification Enter in Preliminary Round Enter in Second Round OSL/LSEQ/OCSL/WOSL3 teams/1 team/1 team/1 team CSL/USL11 teams/1 teamOntario Soccer League Scarborough GS United Hamilton Argentina 78 Hamilton Serbia
Ligue de Soccer Elite Quebec Montreal Panellinios
Ottawa Carleton Soccer League Ottawa St. Anthony Italia
Western Ontario Soccer League AEK LondonCanadian Soccer League Brampton Stallions Caribbean Selects Italia Shooters Laval Dynamites London City North York Astros Oakville Blue Devils Serbian White Eagles St. Catharines Wolves Toronto Supra Portuguese Windsor Border Stars
USL First Division Toronto Lynx
First round
Second round
Quarter-final
Wild Card Game
Semi-final
Final
GK 28 Chris Baker RB 17 Chris WilliamsCB 6 Andres Arango LB 3 Rick TitusRM 23 Gordon Chin CM 4 Joe Mattacchione (c) CM 9 David Diplacido CM 27 Edgar Bartolomeu LM 12 Marko Bedenikovic ST 2 Damien Pottinger ST 15 Matthew Palleschi Substitutes:DF 46 Anthony Doran DF 14 Cameron Medwin MF 21 Osni Neto DF 32 Aaron Steele MF 29 Steve Lumley MW 74 Mackenzie Wilde Manager: Duncan Wilde GK 0 Angus Wong RB 6 Simon BonkCB 3 Kwame TelemaqueLB 16 Kwesi LoneyRM 20 Marcelo Plada CM 8 Richard Furano CM 19 Urbain Some (c) CM 4 Ladislas Bushiri LM 7 Christian Hoefler CF 9 Abraham Osman CF 11 Souleyman Gagou Substitutes:GK 1 Scott Millique DF 5 Alessandro Battisi ST 12 Edgar Soglo MF 18 Claudio Venegas MF 21 Allan Popazzi ST 10 Johnny Schleda 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
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