# 2006 Open Canada Cup

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 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 nations top tier division. Notable entries included the reigning Spectator Cup champions Hamilton Serbia, and 2005 Canadian National Challenge Cup, Ontario Cup champions Scarborough GS United both respectively 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 with the exception of Toronto Croatia which opted out in order to compete in the annual Croatian-North American Soccer Tournament.

## Qualification

| Enter in Preliminary Round | Enter in Second Round |
| OSL/LSEQ/OCSL/WOSL 3 teams/1 team/1 team/1 team | CSL/USL 11 teams/1 team |
| Ontario 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 London | Canadian 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 |

## Final

| GK | 28 | Chris Baker | |
| RB | 17 | Chris Williams |
| CB | 6 | Andres Arango |
| LB | 3 | Rick Titus |
| RM | 23 | Gordon Chin | 89' |
| CM | 4 | Joe Mattacchione (c) | 85' |
| CM | 9 | David Diplacido |
| CM | 27 | Edgar Bartolomeu | 64' |
| LM | 12 | Marko Bedenikovic | 46' |
| ST | 2 | Damien Pottinger | 85' |
| ST | 15 | Matthew Palleschi | 89' |
| Substitutes: ||
| DF | 46 | Anthony Doran | 89' |
| DF | 14 | Cameron Medwin | 46' |
| MF | 21 | Osni Neto | 64' |
| DF | 32 | Aaron Steele | 85' |
| MF | 29 | Steve Lumley | 85' |
| MW | 74 | Mackenzie Wilde | 89' |
| Manager: ||
| Duncan Wilde ||
| GK | 0 | Angus Wong | |
| RB | 6 | Simon Bonk |
| CB | 3 | Kwame Telemaque |
| LB | 16 | Kwesi Loney |
| RM | 20 | Marcelo Plada | |
| CM | 8 | Richard Furano | |
| CM | 19 | Urbain Some (c) |
| CM | 4 | Ladislas Bushiri | 82' |
| LM | 7 | Christian Hoefler | |
| CF | 9 | Abraham Osman | |
| CF | 11 | Souleyman Gagou | 86' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 1 | Scott Millique | |
| DF | 5 | Alessandro Battisi | 82' |
| ST | 12 | Edgar Soglo | |
| MF | 18 | Claudio Venegas | |
| MF | 21 | Allan Popazzi | |
| ST | 10 | Johnny Schleda | 86' |
| 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 |