The 2011 Canadian Championship (officially the Nutrilite Canadian Championship[1]) was a soccer tournament hosted and organized by the Canadian Soccer Association that took place in the cities of Edmonton, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver in 2011. As in previous tournaments, participating teams included the Montreal Impact, Toronto FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC. FC Edmonton participated in this year's competition for the first time. Toronto FC won the tournament, claiming the Voyageurs Cup and Canada's entry into the preliminary round of the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League. The tournament has been held annually since 2008.
| 2011 Nutrilite Canadian Championship (in English) Championnat Canadien Nutrilite 2011 (in French) | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Country | Canada |
| Teams | 4 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Toronto FC (3rd title) |
| Runner-up | Vancouver Whitecaps FC |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 6 |
| Goals scored | 12 (2 per match) |
| Attendance | 82,463 (13,744 per match) |
| Top goal scorer(s) | Maicon Santos (3 goals) |
| George Gross Memorial Trophy | Joao Plata |
The format of the 2011 tournament was different from previous editions. In 2011, with four teams involved, the tournament was changed to be a home-and-away semifinal round and a similar final round between the winners. Toronto, as reigning champions, were assigned the top seed and were matched with Edmonton, who were assigned the fourth seed as newcomers to the tournament. The two remaining teams, Montreal and Vancouver, faced off in the other semifinal.[2][3]
Bracket
Seeding
- 1. Toronto FC, MLS team, defending champions
- 2. Vancouver Whitecaps FC, MLS team
- 3. Montreal Impact, NASL team
- 4. FC Edmonton, NASL team, tournament newcomers
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Montreal Impact | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 1 | Toronto FC | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| 4 | FC Edmonton | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1 | Toronto FC | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
Matches
Semifinals
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| GK | 18 |  Jay Nolly | ||
| DF | 2 |  Michael Boxall | ||
| DF | 4 |  Alain Rochat | ||
| DF | 19 | Blake Wagner | ||
| DF | 25 | Jonathan Leathers | ||
| DF | 50 |  Mouloud Akloul | ||
| MF | 7 |  Terry Dunfield (c) | ||
| MF | 20 | Davide Chiumiento |  78' | |
| MF | 31 | Russell Teibert | ||
| FW | 29 | Eric Hassli | ||
| FW | 37 |  Camilo Sanvezzo | 68' | |
| Substitutes | ||||
| MF | 16 |  Nizar Khalfan |  68' | |
| MF | 22 | Shea Salinas | 78' | |
| Manager | ||||
 Teitur Thordarson | ||||
- Assistant referees
Daniel Belleau Philippe Brière - Fourth official
- John Oliva
| Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Montreal Impact |
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Akloul  113' | Report | Gerba 83' (pen.) |
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| GK | 1 |  Bill Gaudette | ||
| DF | 5 | Nevio Pizzolitto (c) | ||
| DF | 21 | Philippe Billy | ||
| DF | 77 |  Zourab Tsiskaridze |  59' | |
| DF | 99 | Kevin Hatchi | 26' | |
| MF | 7 | David Testo | 75' | |
| MF | 8 | Luke Kreamalmeyer | 80' | |
| MF | 11 |  Leonardo Di Lorenzo | 75' | |
| MF | 12 | Amir Lowery | 30' | |
| FW | 10 | Ali Gerba | 100' | |
| FW | 17 | Anthony Le Gall | ||
| Substitutes | ||||
| MF | 23 | António Ribeiro | 75' | |
| MF | 30 | Pierre-Rudolph Mayard | 75' | |
| FW | 28 | Idriss Ech-Chergui | 80' | |
| Manager | ||||
| Marc Dos Santos | ||||
- Assistant referees
- Joe Fletcher Marco Arruda
- Fourth official
- Alain Ruch
Vancouver Whitecaps FC won 2–1 on aggregate.
| FC Edmonton | 0–3 | Toronto FC |
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| Report[permanent dead link] | Santos 35', 61' Gordon 47' |
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| GK | 24 | Stefan Frei | ||
| DF | 19 |  Mikael Yourassowsky | ||
| DF | 20 | Ty Harden | ||
| DF | 25 |  Danleigh Borman | ||
| DF | 27 |  Richard Eckersley | 46' | |
| DF | 31 |  Dicoy Williams | ||
| MF | 16 | Oscar Cordon | ||
| MF | 22 |  Tony Tchani | ||
| MF | 7 |  Joao Plata | 64' | |
| FW | 21 | Alan Gordon | 43' | 59' |
| FW | 29 | Maicon Santos (c) | 68' | |
| Substitutes | ||||
| DF | 8 | Dan Gargan | 46' | |
| MF | 23 | Jacob Peterson | 59' | |
| MF | 18 |  Nick Soolsma | 64' | |
| Manager | ||||
| Aron Winter | ||||
- Assistant referees
- Darren Clark Kevin Duliba
- Fourth official
- Drew Fischer
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