# 2004 Open Canada Cup

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 in order 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/WOSL 8 teams/4 teams/2 teams | CPSL 10 teams |
| Ontario 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 |

## Final

| GK | 1 | Angus Wong | |
| RB | 6 | Marc Labrom |
| CB | 14 | Russell Shaw |
| CB | 7 | Christian Hoefler |
| LB | 5 | Allessandro Battisti | 31' |
| RM | 23 | Huffman Eja-Tabe | |
| CM | 17 | Urbain Some (c) |
| CM | 2 | Richard Furano | |
| LM | 12 | Edgar Soglo | 70' |
| CF | 9 | Abraham Osman | |
| CF | 20 | Allan Popazzi | 61' |
| Substitutes: ||
| DF | 4 | David Giamerandino | 31' |
| MF | 8 | Alain Njima | |
| ST | 10 | Johnny Schieda | 61' |
| MF | 13 | Jimmy Zito | |
| MF | 16 | Claudio Venegas | |
| ST | 18 | Nicolas Schleda | |
| DF | 19 | Mike Circelli |
| FW | 21 | Jason Frederick | 70' |
| Manager: ||
| Aldo Popazzi ||
| GK | 23 | Alan Placek | 118' |
| RB | 33 | Justin Marshall |
| CB | 4 | Filip Rocca |
| CB | 5 | Scott Patriquin |
| LB | 19 | Mike Vonella | |
| RM | 17 | Dave Dwaihy | 68' |
| CM | 7 | Jeff Hodgson (c) |
| CM | 10 | Tati Errecalde | |
| LM | 11 | Jeremy Harkins | |
| ST | 15 | Steve Wonsch | 45' |
| ST | 9 | Aaron Byrd | 66' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 1 | Anthony Santili | 118' |
| MF | 2 | Dan Zalenski | 66' |
| FW | 6 | Mike Perica | |
| MF | 14 | JJ Dowhan | |
| MF | 16 | Dan Kolic | 68' |
| FW | 18 | John Roma | 45' |
| 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 |