The 2004 Open Canada Cup was the 7th edition of the Canadian Professional Soccer League's open league cup tournament, running from late May through early September. Windsor Border Stars defeated Ottawa St. Anthony Italia 4-3 in a penalty shootout in the final played at Cove Road Stadium, London, Ontario. The victory marked Windsor's first piece of silverware and became the second expansion club to win the open tournament in their debut season. Ottawa also recorded a milestone by becoming the first amateur team to reach the finals. The tournament expanded to include a record number of 24 clubs throughout Ontario.
The Ontario amateur clubs began the tournament in the preliminary rounds, while the CPSL clubs received an automatic bye to the second round. For the third straight year, London City were granted the hosting rights to the finals, which granted them a wild card match if they were defeated in the earlier rounds. Toronto Croatia decided for the first time to opt out of the tournament to compete in the annual Croatian-North American Soccer Tournament, while the rest of the CPSL clubs competed in the competition.
Qualification Enter in Preliminary Round Enter in Second Round OSL/OCSL/WOSL8 teams/4 teams/2 teams CPSL10 teamsOntario Soccer League 777 Soccer Club Benfica Toronto Brampton Dynamic Kickers Hearts S.C. Peniche S. C. Real Vaughan Scarborough GS United Woodbridge Sora
Ottawa Carleton Soccer League Capital City Ambassadors Capital United Ottawa Royals S.C. Ottawa St. Anthony Italia
Western Ontario Soccer League AEK London London Portuguese Canadian Professional Soccer League Brampton Stallions Durham Storm Hamilton Thunder London City Metro Lions North York Astros St. Catharines Wolves Toronto Supra Vaughan Shooters Windsor Border Stars
First round
Second round
Quarter-final
Wild Card Game
Semi-final
Final
GK 1 Angus Wong RB 6 Marc LabromCB 14 Russell ShawCB 7 Christian HoeflerLB 5 Allessandro Battisti RM 23 Huffman Eja-Tabe CM 17 Urbain Some (c) CM 2 Richard Furano LM 12 Edgar Soglo CF 9 Abraham Osman CF 20 Allan Popazzi Substitutes:DF 4 David Giamerandino MF 8 Alain Njima ST 10 Johnny Schieda MF 13 Jimmy Zito MF 16 Claudio Venegas ST 18 Nicolas Schleda DF 19 Mike Circelli FW 21 Jason Frederick Manager: Aldo PopazziGK 23 Alan Placek RB 33 Justin MarshallCB 4 Filip RoccaCB 5 Scott PatriquinLB 19 Mike Vonella RM 17 Dave Dwaihy CM 7 Jeff Hodgson (c)CM 10 Tati Errecalde LM 11 Jeremy Harkins ST 15 Steve Wonsch ST 9 Aaron Byrd Substitutes:GK 1 Anthony Santili MF 2 Dan Zalenski FW 6 Mike Perica MF 14 JJ Dowhan MF 16 Dan Kolic FW 18 John Roma Manager: Pat Hilton
Assistant referees: Yakov Kheimach John Oliva Fourth official: Tamara Reisma
Top scorers
Position Player Club Goals 1 Tati Errecalde Windsor Border Stars 4 2 Alex Braletic North York Astros 3 Huffman Eja-Tabe Ottawa St. Anthony Italia 3 Hayden Fitzwilliams Metro Lions 3 Abraham Osman Ottawa St. Anthony Italia 3 Martin Painter AEK London 3
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