2005 Open Canada Cup

2005 Open Canada Cup

Country	Canada
Teams	19
Champions	Windsor Border Stars (2nd title)
Runners-up	London City
Matches played	18
Goals scored	75 (4.17 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Aaron Byrd (4 goals)
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The 2005 Open Canada Cup was the 8th edition of the Canadian Professional Soccer League's open cup tournament running from late May through early September. Windsor Border Stars defeated London City 3-0 in the final played at Cove Road Stadium, London, Ontario.^[1] The victory marked Windsor's second Open Canada Cup title, and became the third club in the tournaments history to successfully defend their title. The tournament featured several clubs from the Ontario League, and saw the return of several clubs from the Ottawa Carleton Soccer League. Particularly the 2004 Open Canada Cup runner's up Ottawa St. Anthony Italia, and 2004 Canadian National Challenge Cup finalists and Ontario Cup champions Ottawa Royals S.C.^[2]

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 fourth straight year London City were granted the hosting rights to the finals. All CPSL 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/OCSL/WOSL 3 teams/3 teams/2 teams	CPSL 11 teams
Ontario Soccer League Benfica Toronto Hearts S.C. Inter Oshawa Ottawa Carleton Soccer League Capital City Ambassadors 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 Laval Dynamites London City North York Astros Oakville Blue Devils St. Catharines Wolves Toronto Supra Vaughan Shooters Windsor Border Stars

First round

Ottawa St. Anthony Italia (OCSL) v Hearts S.C. (OSL)

May 22, 2005	Ottawa St. Anthony Italia (OCSL)	2–1	Hearts S.C. (OSL)	London, Ontario
	Abraham Osman 36' Abraham Osman 52'	(Report)	Gil Vainshtein 31'	Stadium: Cove Road Stadium

Ottawa Royals (OCSL) v London Portuguese (WOSL)

May 22, 2005	Ottawa Royals (OCSL)	2–1	London Portuguese (WOSL)	London, Ontario
	Dan Cheney 47' Dan Cheney 78'	(Report)	Paul Ferreira 61'	Stadium: Cove Road Stadium

Capital City Ambassadors (OCSL) v Toronto Benfica (OSL)

May 23, 2005	Capital City Ambassadors (OCSL)	0–6	Toronto Benfica (OSL)	London, Ontario
3:00 ET		(Report)	Christopher Santos 37' Christopher Santos 60' Christopher Santos 82' Dean Campbell 71' Fred Perreira 87'	Stadium: Cove Road Stadium

AEK London (WOSL) v Inter Oshawa (OSL)

May 23, 2005	AEK London (WOSL)	2–0	Inter Oshawa (OSL)	London, Ontario
7:00 ET	Aldo D’Oria 37' Mark Magier 71'	(Report)	'	Stadium: Cove Road Stadium

Second round

Ottawa St. Anthony Italia (OCSL) v Laval Dynamites (CPSL)

July 1, 2005	Ottawa St. Anthony Italia (OCSL)	0–1	Laval Dynamites (CPSL)	Ottawa, Ontario
1:00 ET		(Report)	Radek Majkowski 90'	Stadium: Terry Fox Stadium

Durham Storm (CPSL) v Ottawa Royals (OCSL)

July 1, 2005	Durham Storm (CPSL)	0–1	Ottawa Royals (OCSL)	Ottawa, Ontario
3:30 ET		(Report)	Dan Chaney 76'	Stadium: Terry Fox Stadium

London City (CPSL) v Oakville Blue Devils (CPSL)

July 1, 2005	London City (CPSL)	3–1	Oakville Blue Devils (CPSL)	London, Ontario
8:38 ET	Miguel Knox 8' Eris Tafaj 53' Eris Tafaj 72'	(Report)	Igor Prostran	Stadium: Cove Road Stadium

North York Astros (CPSL) v Brampton Stallions (CPSL)

July 3, 2005	North York Astros (CPSL)	1–2	Brampton Stallions (CPSL)	North York, Ontario
5:45 ET	Lucas Alzate 80'	(Report)	Hugo Herrera 8' Mladen Dikic	Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium Attendance: 120 Referee: Yakov Kheimach (Ontario)

AEK London (WOSL) v Hamilton Thunder (CPSL)

July 3, 2005	AEK London (WOSL)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–2 p)	Hamilton Thunder (CPSL)	London, Ontario
7:00 ET	Weston Van Der Linde 62'	(Report)	Ian Bennett 30'	Stadium: Cove Road Stadium

St. Catharines Wolves (CPSL) v Toronto Benfica (OSL)

July 3, 2005	St. Catharines Wolves (CPSL)	1–4	Toronto Benfica (OSL)	St. Catharines, Ontario
7:30 ET	Petar Kus 73'	(Report)	Fred Pereira 21' Philipe Silva 46' Samuel Afryie 62' Uarlem Castro 76'	Stadium: Club Roma Stadium

Vaughan Shooters (CPSL) v Toronto Supra (CPSL)

July 4, 2005	Vaughan Shooters (CPSL)	1–0	Toronto Supra (CPSL)	Brockton Village, Toronto
8:30 ET	Jason De Thomasis 91'	(Report)		Stadium: Brockton Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Calin Pintea

Quarter-final

Windsor Border Stars (CPSL) v AEK London (WOSL)

July 30, 2005	Windsor Border Stars (CPSL)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (7–6 p)	AEK London (WOSL)	Windsor, Ontario
7:00 ET	Tino Scicluna 53'	(Report)	Kyle Cornet 11'	Stadium: Windsor Stadium

Vaughan Shooters (CPSL) v Toronto Benfica (OSL)

July 31, 2005	Vaughan Shooters (CPSL)	3–1	Toronto Benfica (OSL)	Vaughan, Ontario
6:00 ET	Frankie Bruno 16' Sean Myers 43' Jason De Thomasis 57'	(Report)	Fred Pereira 45'	Stadium: The Soccer Centre Referee: Steve DePierro (Ontario)

Laval Dynamites (CPSL) v Ottawa Royals (OCSL)

August 1, 2005	Laval Dynamites (CPSL)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Ottawa Royals (OCSL)	Laval, Quebec
8:00 ET	Tjeega Tchounkoe	(Report)	Sylvan Cloutier	Stadium: Centre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne

London City (CPSL) v Brampton Stallions (CPSL)

August 1, 2005	London City (CPSL)	2–0	Brampton Stallions (CPSL)	London, Ontario
7:38 ET	Robbie Della-Croce 34' Karim Ben Sari 35'	(Report)		Stadium: Cove Road Stadium

Semi-final

Laval Dynamites (CPSL) v Windsor Border Stars (CPSL)

September 4, 2005	Laval Dynamites (CPSL)	0–5	Windsor Border Stars (CPSL)	London, Ontario
3:38 ET		(Report)	Aaron Byrd 27' Aaron Byrd 32' Tati Errecalde 57' Radek Papiez 59' Aaron Byrd 72'	Stadium: Cove Road Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Giovanni Oliviera (Ontario)

London City (CPSL) v Vaughan Shooters (CPSL)

September 4, 2005	London City (CPSL)	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Vaughan Shooters (CPSL)	London, Ontario
7:38 ET	Miguel Knox 38' Dennis Peeters 63' Keith Andrew 120'	(Report)	Stalin Cardenas 34' Jason De Thomasis 47'	Stadium: Cove Road Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Vito Curalli (Ontario)

Final

London City (CPSL) v Windsor Border Stars (CPSL)

September 5, 2005	London City (CPSL)	0–3	Windsor Border Stars (CPSL)	London, Ontario
4:08 ET		(Report)	Radek Papiez 49' Radek Papiez 51' Aaron Byrd 82'	Stadium: Cove Road Stadium

Top scorers

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Aaron Byrd	Windsor Border Stars	4
2	Dan Cheney	Ottawa Royals	3
	Jason De Thomasis	Vaughan Shooters	3
	Radek Papiez	Windsor Border Stars	3
	Fred Perreira	Toronto Benfica	3
	Christopher Santos	Toronto Benfica	3

References

1. "September 5, 2005 CPSL Open Canada Cup Final (from CPSL website)". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
2. "May 23, 2005 CPSL game results (from CPSL website)". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2016-11-06.