2003 Open Canada Cup

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2003 Open Canada Cup
Tournament details
CountryCanada
Teams22
Final positions
ChampionsLondon City (1st title)
Runner-upMetro Lions
Tournament statistics
Matches played21
Goals scored79 (3.76 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Canada Craig Patton (4 goals)
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The 2003 Open Canada Cup was the 6th edition of the Canadian Professional Soccer League's open league cup tournament running from mid May through early September. London City defeated Metro Lions 4-2 in a penalty shootout in the final played at Cove Road Stadium, London, Ontario.[1][2][3] The victory gave London their first piece of silverware and brought an end to the Ottawa Wizards Canada Cup dynasty. The 2003 edition of the Canada Cup was a historical milestone achieved by the CPSL by opening the tournament to all Canadian professional and amateur clubs in order to provide a potential candidate for the CONCACAF Champions' Cup and a $10,000 reward for the champion.[4][5][6] The last time a Canadian club competed in the Champions' Cup was in the 1976 CONCACAF Champions' Cup represented by Toronto Italia of the National Soccer League the predecessor league of the CPSL.

The tournament featured several clubs from the Ontario League, Ottawa Carleton Soccer League, Western Ontario League, and the Ligue de Soccer Elite Quebec. The Ontario amateur clubs began the tournament in the preliminary rounds and the CPSL & LSEQ clubs were given a bye to the second round. While defending champions Ottawa Wizards received an automatic bye to the quarterfinals. For the second 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.[7] Despite the CPSL's successful attempt in organizing a national tournament the competition was without controversy. The controversy stemmed from a dispute involving Ottawa Wizards with the CPSL's board of directors over the hosting rights for the finals.[8][9][10] After failing to confirm their participation in the later rounds of the tournament the league removed Ottawa from the competition, and in return Ottawa threatened to obtain an injunction.[11] The dispute eventually reached the Superior Court of Justice which ruled in favor of the CPSL decision, and allowed the tournament to precede without the participation of Ottawa.[12][13][14]

Qualification[edit]

Enter in Preliminary Round Enter in Second Round Enter in Quarter-final
OSL/OCSL/WOSL
5 teams/1 team/2 teams 		CPSL/LSEQ
12 teams/1 team 		CPSL
1 team
Ontario Soccer League
Ottawa Carleton Soccer League
  • Kanata
Western Ontario Soccer League
  • AEK London
  • Exeter Centennials
Canadian Professional Soccer League
Ligue de Soccer Elite Quebec
  • FC Levski Montreal
Canadian Professional Soccer League

First round[edit]

May 17, 2003 Kanata (OCSL) 7–0 Whitby Iroquois (OSL) London, Ontario
7:00 ET Sylvain Cloutier 4'
Huffman Eja-Tabe 22'
Sylvain Cloutier 28'
Pavel Cancura 45'
Louie Legakis 52'
Huffman Eja-Tabe 62'
Manny Mendez 69'		 (Report) Stadium: Cove Road Stadium
May 18, 2003 Toronto Benfica (OSL) 2–1 Real Richmond Hill (OSL) London, Ontario
7:00 ET Philipe Silva 38'
Fred Pereira 48'		 (Report) Stuart Black 89' Stadium: Cove Road Stadium
May 19, 2003 Exeter Centennials (WOSL) 1–3 Toronto Peniche (OSL) London, Ontario
7:00 ET Nathan Davies 48' (Report) Alexandre Freixo 2'
Adiel Guilherme 39'
Jorge Carvalho 70'		 Stadium: Cove Road Stadium
June 27, 2003 AEK London (WOSL) 6–1 Woodbridge Azzuri (OSL) London, Ontario
8:30 ET Jim Tsaprailis 4'
Jim Tsaprailis
Jim Balatsoukas
Matt Gallo
Xavier Patural
Gistard De Gourville		 (Report) Stadium: Cove Road Stadium

Second round[edit]

June 27, 2003 St. Catharines Wolves (CPSL) 1–0 Toronto Benfica (OSL) St. Catharines, Ontario
8:30 ET Tony Carbonara 32' (Report) Stadium: Club Roma Stadium
June 28, 2003 Metro Lions (CPSL) 3–0 Brampton Hitmen (CPSL) Toronto, Ontario
8:00 ET Darryl Gomez 39'
Darryl Gomez 58'
Kareem Reynolds 70'		 (Report) Stadium: Birchmount Stadium
June 28, 2003 Hamilton Thunder (CPSL) 3–4 Vaughan Sun Devils (CPSL) London, Ontario
8:30 ET Kevin De Serpa 3'
Stalin Cardenas 63'
Jason Crnic 67'		 (Report) Aundrea Rollins 2'
Bayete Smith 45'
Cameron Medwin 60'
Matthew Palleschi 77'		 Stadium: Cove Road Stadium
June 29, 2003 Toronto Croatia (CPSL) 2–4 Toronto Supra (CPSL) London, Ontario
4:30 ET Edin Kalic 14'
Josip Bucic 47'		 (Report) Danny Amaral 38'
Avio Silva 51'
Jarek Radzinski 62'
Michael Di Luca 70'		 Stadium: Cove Road Stadium
June 29, 2003 Kanata (OCSL) 3–2 FC Levski Montreal (LSEQ) Carp, Ontario
4:00 ET (Report) Stadium: OZ Stadium
June 30, 2003 London City (CPSL) 2–1 (a.e.t.) Toronto Peniche (OSL) London, Ontario
8:30 ET Andrew Loague 90'
Erik Elmauer 93'		 (Report) Bruno Real 45' Stadium: Cove Road Stadium
July 1, 2003 North York Astros (CPSL) 0–2 Durham Flames (CPSL) London, Ontario
3:15 ET (Report) Jamal Jupiter 38'
David Mills 58'		 Stadium: Cove Road Stadium
July 1, 2003 AEK London (WOSL) 2–1 Mississauga Olympians (CPSL) London, Ontario
7:00 ET Ryan Leigh 37'
Matt Gallo 78'		 (Report) Geoff Attard 86' Stadium: Cove Road Stadium

Quarter-final[edit]

August 1, 2003 London City (CPSL) 1–2 St. Catharines Wolves (CPSL) London, Ontario
8:30 ET Tafaj 40' (Report) Thomas Latocha 36'
Carlo Arghittu 83'		 Stadium: Cove Road Stadium
August 2, 2003 Ottawa Wizards (CPSL) 1–0 Laval Dynamites (CPSL) Carp, Ontario
4:00 ET Peter Mponda 90' (Report) Stadium: OZ Stadium
August 4, 2003 Toronto Supra (CPSL) 0–1 Kanata (OCSL) Thornhill, Ontario
3:00 ET (Report) Pavel Cancura 86' Stadium: Dufferin District Field
Attendance: 30
Referee: Yahkov Keimach (Ontario)
August 4, 2003 Vaughan Sun Devils (CPSL) 3–5 Metro Lions (CPSL) Thornhill, Ontario
5:30 ET Fitzroy Powell 11'
Paul Sinisi 66'
Matthew Palleschi 87'		 (Report) Hayden Fitzwilliams 3'
Craig Patton 6'
Michael Levkov 9'
Craig Patton 48'
Craig Patton 90'		 Stadium: Dufferin District Field
August 4, 2003 Durham Flames (CPSL) 3–0 AEK London (WOSL) Thornhill, Ontario
8:00 ET Desmond Humphrey 35'
Jahmo Welch 81'
Desmond Humphrey 93'		 (Report) Stadium: Dufferin District Field

Wild Card Game[edit]

August 29, 2003 London City (CPSL) 4–1 Durham Flames (CPSL) London, Ontario
8:30 ET Andrew Loague 5'
Ermal Murataj 55'
Andrew Loague 59'
Tafaj 74'		 (Report) Jahmo Welch 25' Stadium: Cove Road Stadium

Semi-final[edit]

August 31, 2003 St. Catharines Wolves (CPSL) 1–3 Metro Lions (CPSL) London, Ontario
5:30 ET Carlo Arghittu 57' (Report) Darryl Gomez 6'
Hayden Fitzwilliams 38'
Darryl Gomez 82'		 Stadium: Cove Road Stadium
August 31, 2003 Kanata (OCSL) 0–2 London City (CPSL) London, Ontario
8:30 ET (Report) Erik Elmauer
Phil McDonald		 Stadium: Cove Road Stadium

Final[edit]

London City1–1Metro Lions
Tafaj 30' Report Craig Patton 84'
Penalties
Eris Tafaj soccer ball with check mark
Gentian Dervishi soccer ball with check mark
Erik Elmauer soccer ball with check mark
Luan Jonuzi soccer ball with check mark		 4 – 2 Kareem Reynolds soccer ball with red X
Jason Baker soccer ball with check mark
Darryl Gomez soccer ball with red X
Hayden Fitzwilliams soccer ball with check mark
Attendance: 225
GK 21 Canada Haidar Al-Shaibani
RB 2 Canada Erald Pope
CB 34 Canada Marco Peeters downward-facing red arrow 121'
LB 6 Canada Justin Medeiros
RM 8 Albania Gentian Dervishi
CM 24 Canada Tonino Commisso (c)
CM 5 Canada Mark Boyd
LM 19 Canada Jeff Russell
ST 10 Canada Andrew Loague downward-facing red arrow 97'
CF 20 Albania Ermal Murataj
ST 11 Albania Eris Tafaj
Substitutes:
DF 3 Canada Erik Elmauer upward-facing green arrow 97'
MF 12 Canada Ken Kopko
ST 18 Canada Jermaine Shakes
MF 26 Canada Keith Andrew
MF 35 Canada Luan Jonuzi upward-facing green arrow 121'
Manager:
Canada Harry Gauss
GK 25 Canada Gregory Drakes
RB 14 Canada Kevin Ricketts
CB 16 Canada O'Neil Brown (c)
LB 4 Canada Jason Baker
RM 12 Canada Michael Levkov
CM 20 Canada Maxim Dorneval downward-facing red arrow 72'
CM 8 Canada Kareem Reynolds
CM 7 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Caswain Mason downward-facing red arrow 117'
LM 9 Saint Kitts and Nevis Darryl Gomez
ST 19 Canada Craig Patton
ST 10 Trinidad and Tobago Hayden Fitzwilliams
Substitutes:
DF 13 Trinidad and Tobago Anton Skerritt upward-facing green arrow 117'
MF 22 Canada Christopher Clarke
FW 5 Canada Ilan Friedman
MF 6 Canada Marko Janjicek upward-facing green arrow 72'
Manager:
Croatia Goran Miscevic

Man of the Match:

Justin Medeiros (London City)

Assistant referees:
Amato DeLuca
Justin Tasev
Fourth official:
Vito Curalli

Top scorers[edit]

Position Player Club Goals
1 Craig Patton Metro Lions 4
2 Eris Tafaj London City 3
Darryl Gomez Metro Lions 3
Andrew Loague London City 3

References[edit]

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