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2016 in Canadian soccer

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The 2016 season is the 140th season of competitive soccer in Canada.[1]

National teams

When available, the home team or the team that is designated as the home team is listed in the left column; the away team is in the right column.

  Win   Draw   Loss

Senior Men

2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers

March 25, 2016 Round 4 Canada  0–3  Mexico Vancouver, Canada
7:00 pm PT Report Hernández 32'
Lozano 40'
Corona 72'
Stadium: BC Place
Attendance: 54,798
Referee: Kimball Ward (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
March 29, 2016 Round 4 Mexico  2–0  Canada Mexico City, Mexico
8:30 pm CT Guardado 17' (pen.)
Corona 45+3'
Report Stadium: Estadio Azteca
Referee: Yadel Martínez (Cuba)
September 2, 2016 Round 4 Honduras  2–1  Canada San Pedro Sula, Honduras
3:06 CT Martínez 45+2'
Quioto 50'
Report James 35' Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano
Referee: Yadel Martínez (Cuba)
September 6, 2016 Round 4 Canada  3–1  El Salvador Vancouver, Canada
7:00 pm PT Larin 11'
Ledgerwood 53'
Edgar 90+2'
Report Bonilla 78' Stadium: BC Place
Referee: Valdin Legister (Jamaica)

 Canada finishes in third place; does not advance to fifth round of qualifying.

Friendlies

February 5, 2016 Friendly United States  1–0  Canada Carson, United States
7:45 pm PT Altidore 90' Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 9,274
Referee: Marlon Mejía (El Salvador)
June 3, 2016 Friendly Canada  1–1  Azerbaijan Rohrbach an der Lafnitz, Austria
7:00 pm CET Akindele 43' Report Navarov 57' (pen) Stadium: Stadion Rohrbach an der Lafnitz
Attendance: 150
June 7, 2016 Friendly Canada  2–1  Uzbekistan Bad Waltersdorf, Austria
4:00 pm CET Edgar 20'
Kolimov 81' (o.g.)
Report Shomurodov 62' Stadium: Thermenstadion Bad Waltersdorf
October 6, 2016 Friendly Mauritania  0–4  Canada Marrakech, Morocco
8:00 pm WET Report Ricketts 53', 80'
Vitoria 55'
Haber 59'
Stadium: Grand Stade de Marrakech
Attendance: 200
October 11, 2016 Friendly Morocco  4–0  Canada Marrakech, Morocco
8:00 pm WET Carcela 12'
Ziyech 65' (pen), 81' (pen)
Alioui 86'
Report Stadium: Grand Stade de Marrakech
Attendance: 8,000
November 11, 2016 Friendly South Korea  2–0  Canada Cheonan, South Korea
8:00 pm KST Kim 10'
Lee 25'
Report Stadium: Cheonan Baekseok Stadium
Attendance: 18,920

Senior Women

2016 Olympic Games

August 3, 2016 Group stage Canada  2–0  Australia São Paulo, Brazil
3:00 pm BRT Beckie 1'
Sinclair 80'
Report Stadium: Arena Corinthians
Attendance: 20,521
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)
August 6, 2016 Group stage Canada  3–1  Zimbabwe São Paulo, Brazil
3:00 pm BRT Beckie 7', 35'
Sinclair 19' (pen.)
Report Chirandu 86' Stadium: Arena Corinthians
Referee: Olga Miranda (Paraguay)
August 9, 2016 Group stage Germany  1–2  Canada Brasília, Brazil
4:00 pm BRT Behringer 13' (pen.) Report Tancredi 26', 60' Stadium: Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha
Referee: Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea)
August 12, 2016 Quarterfinal Canada  1–0  France São Paulo, Brazil
7:00 pm BRT Schmidt 56' Report Stadium: Arena Corinthians
Attendance: 38,688
Referee: Claudia Umpierrez (Uruguay)
August 19, 2016 Bronze medal match Brazil  1–2  Canada São Paulo, Brazil
1:00 pm BRT Beatriz 79' Report Rose 25'
Sinclair 52'
Stadium: Arena Corinthians
Referee: Teodora Albon (Romania)

 Canada finishes in third place.

2016 Olympic Games Qualifiers

February 11, 2016 Group stage Canada  5–0  Guyana Houston, United States
7:30 pm CT Rose 26', 39'
Lawrence 28', 46', 48'
Report Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 836
Referee: Marianela Araya (Costa Rica)
February 14, 2016 Group stage Trinidad and Tobago  0–6  Canada Houston, United States
3:00 pm CT Report Matheson 24'
Tancredi 44'
Sinclair 63'
Buchanan 66'
Beckie 75'
Fleming 79'
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 1,453
Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)
February 16, 2016 Group stage Canada  10–0  Guatemala Houston, United States
7:30 pm CT Tancredi 4', 86'
Carle 27'
Beckie 35'
Prince 43', 84', 88'
Quinn 45+1' (pen.), 49', 52'
Report Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 859
February 19, 2016 Semifinal Canada  3–1  Costa Rica Houston, United States
4:30 pm CT Sinclair 17', 51'
Rose 86'
Report Rodríguez 71' (pen.) Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 5,516
February 21, 2016 Final Canada  0–2  United States Houston, United States
4:00 pm CT Report Horan 53'
Heath 61'
Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 10,119
Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)

 Canada finishes in second place; qualifies for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

2016 Algarve Cup

March 2, 2016 Group stage Canada  0–1  Denmark Albufeira, Portugal
3:00 pm WET Report Nadim 55' Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Albufeira
Attendance: 500
March 4, 2016 Group stage Canada  1–0  Belgium Santo António, Portugal
3:00 pm WET Clarke 89' Report Stadium: Complexo Desportivo
March 7, 2016 Group stage Canada  1–0  Iceland Lagos, Portugal
6:30 pm WET Beckie 42' Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Lagos
March 9, 2016 Final Canada  2–1  Brazil Parchal, Portugal
6:30 pm WET Zadorsky 60'
Beckie 67'
Report Andressa Alves 90' Stadium: Estádio Municipal da Bela Vista
Referee: Sara Persson (Sweden)

 Canada finishes in first place.

Friendlies

June 4, 2016 Friendly Canada  0–2  Brazil Toronto, Canada
4:00 pm ET Marta (footballer) 11', 41' Stadium: BMO Field
Attendance: 28,604
June 7, 2016 Friendly Canada  1–0  Brazil Ottawa, Canada
7:00 pm ET Beckie 90+4' Report Stadium: TD Place
Attendance: 23,568
July 20, 2016 Friendly Canada  1–0  China Paris, France
7:00 pm CET Fleming 6' Report Stadium: Stade Sébastien Charléty
Attendance: 95
July 23, 2016 Friendly France  1–0  Canada Auxerre, France
9:00 pm CET Abily 36' Report Stadium: Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps
Attendance: 17,589

Domestic leagues

Men

Major League Soccer

Three Canadian teams (Montreal Impact, Toronto FC, and Vancouver Whitecaps FC) play in this league, which also contains 17 teams from the United States. It is considered a Division 1 league in the Canadian soccer league system.

Overall standings
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Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored;
(C) MLS Cup Champion; (S) Supporters' Shield

North American Soccer League

Two Canadian teams (FC Edmonton and Ottawa Fury FC) play in this league, which also contains 12 teams from the United States. It is considered a Division 2 league in the Canadian soccer league system.

Overall standings
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Source: NASL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) head-to-head record; 5) away goal differential; 6) away goals scored
(C) Champions; (X) Regular season champion

United Soccer League

Three Canadian teams (FC Montreal, Toronto FC II, and Whitecaps FC 2) play in this league, which also contains 25 teams from the United States. It is considered a Division 3 league in the Canadian soccer league system.

Eastern Conference
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Source: 2016 USL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots
(C) Champions; (X) Regular Season League Champion
Western Conference
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Source: 2016 USL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots

League1 Ontario

16 teams play in this league, all of which are based in Canada. It is considered a Division 3 league in the Canadian soccer league system.

Eastern Conference

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Source: http://www.league1ontario.com/page/show/2309115-standings
(C) Champions; (X) L1 Cup winner
Western Conference

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League Championship

The league champion is determined by a single-match series between the top-ranked teams from the western and eastern conferences.

October 15, 2016 FC London 2–4 Vaughan Azzurri Vaughan, Ontario
4:00 pm Nafar 71'
Gigolaj 80'
Report Butters 9'
Gogarty 12'
Kovacevic 52'
Whiteman 68'
Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre
Attendance: 700

Première Ligue de soccer du Québec

Seven teams play in this league, all of which are based in Canada. It is considered a Division 3 league in the Canadian soccer league system.

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Source: TSI Sports
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Premier Development League

Six Canadian teams (TFC Academy, K-W United FC, Thunder Bay Chill, WSA Winnipeg, Calgary Foothills FC, and Victoria Highlanders) play in this league, which also contains 57 teams from the United States. It is considered a Division 4 league in the Canadian soccer league system.

Great Lakes Division

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Source: Premier Development League
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Heartland Division

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Source: Premier Development League
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Northwest Division

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Source: Premier Development League
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Kitsap Pumas had three points deducted for using an illegal player against Victoria Highlanders.

Canadian Soccer League

Fourteen teams play in this league, all of which are based in Canada. It is a Non-FIFA league previously sanctioned by the Canadian Soccer Association and is now a member of the Soccer Federation of Canada (SFC).

First Division

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Updated to match(es) played on October 9, 2016. Source: canadiansoccerleague.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Second Division

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Updated to match(es) played on October 9, 2016. Source: canadiansoccerleague.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

Women

National Women's Soccer League

No Canadian teams play in this league, though eleven players from the Canada women's national soccer team play on its teams. It is considered a Division 1 league in the Canadian soccer league system.

Overall standings
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Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions

Women's Premier Soccer League

103 teams play in this league, one of which is based in Canada (NSGSC). It is considered a Division 2 league in the Canadian soccer league system.

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League1 Ontario

Nine teams play in this league, all of which are based in Canada. It is considered a Division 3 league in the Canadian soccer league system.

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Domestic cups

Men

Canadian Championship

The Canadian Championship is contested by men's teams at the division 1 & 2 level.

Preliminary round
     
4 Ottawa Fury FC 3 0 3
5 FC Edmonton 0 2 2
Semifinals Final
          
1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 3 3
4 Ottawa Fury FC 2 0 2
1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 2 2
3 Toronto FC (a) 1 1 2
2 Montreal Impact 2 0 2
3 Toronto FC 4 0 4

Inter-Provincial Cup

The Inter-Provincial Cup is a two-legged home-and-away series at the division 3 level played between the season champions of League1 Ontario and the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec.

November 5, 2016 CS Mont-Royal Outremont Quebec 1–1 Ontario Vaughan Azzurri Terrebonne, Quebec
6:30 pm Rosa 24' Report Kovacevic 57' (pen) Stadium: Terrebonne Sports Complex
Referee: R. Schaap
November 12, 2016 Vaughan Azzurri Ontario 1–2 Quebec CS Mont-Royal Outremont Pickering, Ontario
5:00 pm Lowe 14' Report Ritch-Andy 41'
Oliveri 67' (pen)
Stadium: Pickering Soccer Centre

CS Mont-Royal Outremont wins 3–2 on aggregate.

Challenge Trophy

The Challenge Trophy is a national cup contested by men's teams at the division 4 level and below.

October 10, 2016 Royal Sélect de Beauport Quebec 0–1 Alberta Edmonton Scottish St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
12:00 pm Report Wheeler 93' Stadium: King George V Stadium

Women

Jubilee Trophy

The Jubilee Trophy is a national cup contested by women's teams at the division 4 level and below.

October 10, 2016 Richmond FC British Columbia 0–2 Quebec Royal Sélect de Beauport St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
8:30 am Report Chastenay-Joseph
Verret
Stadium: King George V Stadium

Canadian clubs in international competition

2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League

Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC advances to knockout stage.


References

  1. Toronto FC was the best Canadian club, reaching the final of the MLS Cup Playoffs.
  2. Toronto FC was the best Canadian club, placing 5th in the Supporters' Shield standings.
  3. Whitecaps FC 2 was the best Canadian club, reaching the Conference Finals of the USL Playoffs.
  4. Calgary Foothills FC was the best Canadian club, reaching the final of the PDL national playoffs.
  5. North Shore Girls SC were the best Canadian club, placing 5th in the Northwest division.
  1. "History". canadasoccer.com. Canadian Soccer Association. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2015.

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