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{{infobox football tournament season
|title = Open Canada Cup
|year = 2006
|other_title =
|image = 
|imagesize = 
|caption =
|country = Canada
|num_teams = 18
|champions = [[Ottawa St. Anthony Italia]] (1st title)
|runner-up = [[Toronto Lynx]]
|matches = 18
|goals = 53
|top goal scorer = [[Urbain Some]], Abraham Osman, [[Helio Pereira]], Dragorad Milicevic, Haris Cekic (3 goals each)
|player = 
|prevseason =  [[2005 Open Canada Cup|2005]]
|nextseason = [[2007 Open Canada Cup|2007]]
}}

The '''2006 [[Open Canada Cup]]''' was the 9th edition of the [[Canadian Soccer League|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 [[German Canadian Club of London Field|Cove Road Stadium]], [[London, Ontario]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports06/06cpsl3d.htm|title=September 24, 2006 CSL summary of Sunday's games (from CSL website)|website=www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com|access-date=2016-10-30}}</ref> Ottawa became the first victorious amateur club in the tournament's history, and the first amateur club to claim a purely Canadian [[Treble (association football)|treble]] (Open Canada Cup, Ontario Cup, and [[Challenge Trophy|The Challenge Trophy]]). The tournament expanded to include, for the first time, the Toronto Lynx of the [[USL First Division]], at that time the nation's top-tier division.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports06/06cpsl18.htm|title=May 17, 2006 CSL press conference type (by Rocket Robin)|last=Glover|first=Robin|date=|website=www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com|publisher=|access-date=2016-10-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports06/06cpsl25.htm|title=May 17, 2006 CSL Press Conference (from CSL media release)|website=www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com|access-date=2016-10-30}}</ref> Notable entries included the reigning Spectator Cup champions Hamilton Serbia, and the [[2005 Canadian National Challenge Cup]], [[Ontario Cup]] champions, Scarborough GS United, both 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 Soccer Club|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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports06/06cpsl2r.htm|title=September 1, 2006 CSL Open Canada Cup story (from London Free Press)|last=DALLA COSTA|first=Morris|date=|website=www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com|publisher=|access-date=2016-10-30}}</ref> All CSL clubs competed in the competition except [[Toronto Croatia]], which opted out to compete in the annual [[Croatian-North American Soccer Tournament]].

== Qualification ==
{| class="wikitable"
|- valign="top" bgcolor="#A6C059"
| align="center" width="20%"  | '''Enter in Preliminary Round'''
| align="center" width="20%"  | '''Enter in Second Round'''
|- valign="top" bgcolor="#D6E2B3"
| align="center" width="20%" | '''[[Ontario Soccer League|OSL]]/[[Ligue de soccer élite du Québec|LSEQ]]/OCSL/WOSL'''<br/>3 teams/1 team/1 team/1 team
| align="center" width="20%" | '''[[Canadian Soccer League|CSL]]/[[USL First Division|USL]]'''<br/>11 teams/1 team
|- valign="top"
|
;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 Stars|Caribbean Selects]]
* [[York Region Shooters|Italia Shooters]]
* [[Laval Dynamites]]
* [[London City Soccer Club|London City]]
* [[North York Astros]]
* [[Brampton City United FC|Oakville Blue Devils]]
* [[Serbian White Eagles FC|Serbian White Eagles]]
* [[St. Catharines Roma Wolves|St. Catharines Wolves]]
* [[SC Toronto|Toronto Supra Portuguese]]
* [[Windsor City FC|Windsor Border Stars]]

;USL First Division
* [[Toronto Lynx]]
|}

==First round==
{{football box collapsible|date = May 20, 2006|time=
|team1 = [[Ottawa St. Anthony Italia]] (OCSL) |score = 2–0 (forfeited) |report =[http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports06/06cpsl27.htm (Report)]|team2 = Montreal Panellinios  ([[Ligue de Soccer Elite Quebec|LSEQ]]) |goals1 =  |goals2 =
 |stadium = [[Gee-Gees Field]] |location=[[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]] | attendance =  | referee = }}

{{footballbox collapsible|date = May 21, 2006|time=5:00 ET
|team1 = Hamilton Serbia ([[Ontario Soccer League|OSL]]) |score = 1–0 |report= [http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports06/06cpsl27.htm (Report)]|team2 = GS United ([[Ontario Soccer League|OSL]]) |goals1 = [[Igor Prostran]] |goals2 =|stadium = [[Brian Timmis Stadium]] | location=[[Hamilton, Ontario]] | attendance =  | referee =  }}

{{football box collapsible|date = June 30, 2006|time=8:38 ET
|team1 = AEK London ([[Ontario Soccer League|WOSL]]) |score = 5–0 |report= [http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports06/06cpsl60.htm (Report)]|team2 = Hamilton Argentina 78 ([[Ontario Soccer League|OSL]]) |goals1 = Jaufcin Guy 3' <br> Haris Cekic 27' <br> Paul Arnold 33' <br> Noel Cunningham 74' <br> Dave Day 76' |goals2 =|stadium = [[Cove Road Stadium]]|location=[[London, Ontario]] | attendance =  | referee = }}

==Second round==
{{football box collapsible|date = July 2, 2006|time=2:30 ET
|team1 = [[North York Astros]] ([[Canadian Soccer League|CSL]]) |score = 0–5 |report =[http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports06/06cpsl63.htm (Report)]|team2 = [[Brampton Stallions]] ([[Canadian Soccer League|CSL]]) |goals1 =  |goals2 = [[André Andrade (footballer)|André Andrade]] 48' <br> Ronald Nicholas 50' <br> [[Helio Pereira]] 65' <br> [[Helio Pereira]] 67'<br> [[Helio Pereira]] 79'
 |stadium = [[Esther Shiner Stadium]] |location=[[Toronto|Toronto Ontario]] | attendance = 30 | referee = [[Geoff Gamble (referee)|Geoff Gamble]]}}

{{footballbox collapsible|date = July 2, 2006|time=7:00 ET
|team1 = [[Laval Dynamites]] ([[Canadian Soccer League|CSL]]) |score = 2–4 |report= [http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports06/06cpsl61.htm (Report)]|team2 = [[Ottawa St. Anthony Italia]] (OCSL) |goals1 = [[Leo Incollingo]]  <br> Mourad Bellari |goals2 = Souleyman Gagou <br> Danny Jones <br> [[Urbain Some]] <br> Abraham Osman|stadium = [[Centre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne]] | location=[[Laval, Quebec]] | attendance =  | referee =  }}

{{football box collapsible|date = July 2, 2006|time=7:00 ET
|team1 = [[Italia Shooters]] ([[Canadian Soccer League|CSL]]) |score = 2–0 |report= [http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports06/06cpsl64.htm (Report)]|team2 = [[Brampton United|Oakville Blue Devils]] ([[Canadian Soccer League|CSL]]) |goals1 = Joshua Jaramillo 70' <br> Danny Sanna 88' |goals2 =|stadium = [[The Soccer Centre]]|location=[[Vaughan, Ontario]] | attendance = 80 | referee = Mercy Watfa}}

{{footballbox collapsible|date = July 2, 2006|time=8:00 ET
|team1 = [[St. Catharines Wolves]] ([[Canadian Soccer League|CSL]]) |score = 0–1 |report= [http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports06/06cpsl61.htm (Report)]|team2 = AEK London ([[Ontario Soccer League|WOSL]]) |goals1 = |goals2 = Haris Cekic 67' |stadium = Club Roma Stadium|location=[[St. Catharines, Ontario]] | attendance =  | referee = }}

{{football box collapsible|date = July 2, 2006|time=9:00 ET
|team1 = Hamilton Serbians ([[Ontario Soccer League|OSL]]) |score = 3–2 |report= [http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports06/06cpsl61.htm (Report)]|team2 = [[Toronto Supra Portuguese]] ([[Canadian Soccer League|CSL]]) |goals1 = Dragorad Milicevic 35' <br> Dragorad Milicevic 40' <br> Dragorad Milicevic 70' |goals2 = Giovani Annisi 23' <br> Giovani Annisi 80'|stadium = [[Brian Timmis Stadium]] |location=[[Hamilton, Ontario]] | attendance =  | referee = }}

{{football box collapsible|date = July 3, 2006|time=8:38 ET
|team1 = [[London City Soccer Club|London City]] ([[Canadian Soccer League|CSL]]) |score = 4–1 |report= [http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports06/06cpsl62.htm (Report)]|team2 = [[Caribbean Selects]] ([[Canadian Soccer League|CSL]]) |goals1 = Marco Peeters 16' <br> Michel Daoust 19' <br> Johan Wikman 39' <br> Bruno Mota 89' |goals2 = Ajani Stapleton 70' |stadium = [[Cove Road Stadium]] |location=[[London, Ontario]] | attendance =  | referee = }}

{{football box collapsible|date = July 14, 2006|time=7:30 ET
|team1 = [[Serbian White Eagles]] ([[Canadian Soccer League|CSL]]) |score = 2–2|aet=yes|report= [http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports06/06cpsl72.htm (Report)]|team2 = [[Toronto Lynx]] ([[USL First Division|USL]]) |goals1 = [[Nikola Budalic]] 23' <br> [[Bozo Milic]] 61'|goals2 = [[Jamie Dodds]] 66' <br> [[Jamie Dodds]] 88'|stadium = [[Centennial Park Stadium]]|location=[[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]] | attendance = 1, 511  | referee = [[Joe Fletcher (referee)|Joe Fletcher]] ([[Ontario Soccer Association|Ontario]])
|penalties1 = [[Nikola Budalic]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Sinisa Ninkovic]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Bozo Milic]] {{pengoal}}<br />Gabriel Pop {{penmiss}}<br>[[Sasa Viciknez]] {{penmiss}}<br>Mario Ostojic {{penmiss}}
|penaltyscore = 3–4
|penalties2 = [[Jamie Dodds]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Damien Pottinger]] {{penmiss}}<br />[[Kevin Jeffrey]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Cameron Medwin]] {{pengoal}}<br>[[Edgar Bartolomeu]] {{penmiss}}<br>[[Jeremy Shepherd]] {{pengoal}}
|}}

==Quarter-final==
{{football box collapsible|date = August 4, 2006|time=8:38 ET
|team1 = [[London City Soccer Club|London City]] ([[Canadian Soccer League|CSL]]) |score = 1–2 |report= [http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports06/06cpsl94.htm (Report)]|team2 = AEK London ([[Ontario Soccer League|WOSL]]) |goals1 =  Bruno Mota 71' |goals2 =Haris Cekic 15' <br> Martin Painter 23'|stadium = [[Cove Road Stadium]]|location=[[London, Ontario]]| attendance =  | referee = }}

{{footballbox collapsible|date = August 6, 2006|time=3:00 ET
|team1 = [[Ottawa St. Anthony Italia]] (OCSL) |score = 1–0 |report= [http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports06/06cpsl92.htm (Report)]|team2 = [[Windsor Border Stars]] ([[Canadian Soccer League|CSL]]) |goals1 = [[Urbain Some]] 18'|goals2 =  |stadium = OZ Optics Stadium|location=[[Carp, Ontario]] | attendance = | referee =  }}

{{football box collapsible|date = August 7, 2006|time=7:00 ET
|team1 = [[Italia Shooters]] ([[Canadian Soccer League|CSL]]) |score = 0–1 |report= [http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports06/06cpsl96.htm (Report)]|team2 = [[Brampton Stallions]] ([[Canadian Soccer League|CSL]]) |goals1 =  |goals2 = [[Hugo Herrera]] 6'|stadium = [[The Soccer Centre]]|location=[[Vaughan, Ontario]] | attendance = 120 | referee = Mercy Watfa ([[Ontario Soccer Association|Ontario]])}}

{{football box collapsible|date = August 13, 2006|time=5:00 ET
|team1 = Hamilton Serbians ([[Ontario Soccer League|OSL]]) |score = 0–1 |report= [http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports06/06cpsl1b.htm (Report)]|team2 = [[Toronto Lynx]] ([[USL First Division|USL]]) |goals1 =  |goals2 = [[Matthew Palleschi]] 81'|stadium = [[Brian Timmis Stadium]] | location=[[Hamilton, Ontario]] | attendance = 400 | referee = Vito Curalli ([[Ontario Soccer Association|Ontario]])}}

==Wild Card Game==
{{football box collapsible|date = September 3, 2006|time=7:38 ET
|team1 = [[London City Soccer Club|London City]] ([[Canadian Soccer League|CSL]]) |score = 1–3 |report= [http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports06/06cpsl1z.htm (Report)]|team2 = [[Ottawa St. Anthony Italia]] (OCSL) |goals1 = Marco Peeters 79'|goals2 = [[Urbain Some]]  11' <br>  Souleymane Gagou 28' <br> Christian Hoefler 50' |stadium = [[Cove Road Stadium]]|location=[[London, Ontario]] | attendance =  | referee = }}

==Semi-final==
{{football box collapsible|date = September 1, 2006|time=8:38 ET
|team1 = London AEK ([[Ontario Soccer League|WOSL]]) |score = 0–1 |report= [http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports06/06lynx98.htm (Report)]|team2 = [[Toronto Lynx]] ([[USL First Division|USL]]) |goals1 = |goals2 = [[Osni Neto]] 17' |stadium = [[Cove Road Stadium]]|location=[[London, Ontario]] | attendance = 500 | referee = [[Silviu Petrescu]] ([[Ontario Soccer Association|Ontario]])}}

{{footballbox collapsible|date = September 4, 2006|time=4:08 ET
|team1 = [[Brampton Stallions]] ([[Canadian Soccer League|CSL]]) |score = 1–3 |report= [http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports06/06cpsl1y.htm (Report)]|team2 = [[Ottawa St. Anthony Italia]] (OCSL) |goals1 = [[Hugo Herrera]] 50'|goals2 = [[Ladislas Kikunda]] 28' <br> Abraham Osman  32' <br> Alain Njima 74'|stadium = [[Cove Road Stadium]]|location=[[London, Ontario]] | attendance =  | referee = }}

==Final==
{{Football box
|date= September 24
|time= 5:00 ET
|team1=[[Toronto Lynx]]
|score= 0–2
|aet = 
|report= [http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports06/06lynx1k.htm Report]
|goals1=
|goals2=Abraham Osman {{goal|55}} <br> Abraham Osman {{goal|81}} 
|team2=[[Ottawa St. Anthony Italia]]
|stadium=[[Esther Shiner Stadium]]
|location=[[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]]
|attendance= 200
|referee= [[Joe Fletcher (referee)|Joe Fletcher]] ([[Ontario Soccer Association|Ontario]])
}}
{| style="width:100%;"
|-
|style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK ||'''28'''||{{flagicon|CAN}} Chris Baker || || 
|-
|RB ||'''17'''||{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Chris Williams (Canadian soccer)|Chris Williams]]
|-
|CB ||'''6''' ||{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Andres Arango]] 
|-
|LB ||'''3'''||{{flagicon|Trinidad & Tobago}} [[Rick Titus (soccer)|Rick Titus]]
|-
|RM ||'''23'''||{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Gordon Chin]] ||  ||  {{suboff|89}}
|-
|CM ||'''4''' ||{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Joe Mattacchione]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]]) || || {{suboff|85}}
|-
|CM ||'''9'''||{{flagicon|CAN}} [[David Diplacido]] 
|-
|CM ||'''27'''||{{flagicon|Angola}} [[Edgar Bartolomeu]] || || {{suboff|64}}
|-
|LM ||'''12''' ||{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Marko Bedenikovic]] || || {{suboff|46}}
|-
|ST ||'''2'''||{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Damien Pottinger]] || || {{suboff|85}}
|-
|ST ||'''15'''||{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Matthew Palleschi]] || || {{suboff|89}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|DF ||'''46'''||{{flagicon|CAN}} Anthony Doran || || {{subon|89}}
|-
|DF ||'''14''' ||{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Cameron Medwin]] || || {{subon|46}}
|-
|MF ||'''21'''||{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Osni Neto]] || || {{subon|64}}
|-
|DF ||'''32'''||{{flagicon|England}} [[Aaron Steele (footballer, born 1983)|Aaron Steele]] || || {{subon|85}}
|-
|MF ||'''29''' ||{{flagicon|CAN}} Steve Lumley || || {{subon|85}}
|-
|MW ||'''74'''||{{flagicon|CAN}} Mackenzie Wilde || || {{subon|89}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=4|{{flagicon|England}} [[Duncan Wilde]]
|}
|valign="top"|
|  style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size:90%; margin:auto;"
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
|GK ||'''0'''||{{flagicon|CAN}} Angus Wong || || 
|-
|RB ||'''6''' ||{{flagicon|CAN}} Simon Bonk
|-
|CB ||'''3''' ||{{flagicon|CAN}} Kwame Telemaque
|-
|LB ||'''16'''||{{flagicon|CAN}} Kwesi Loney
|-
|RM ||'''20''' ||{{flagicon|CAN}} Marcelo Plada || || 
|-
|CM ||'''8''' ||{{flagicon|CAN}} Richard Furano || || 
|-
|CM ||'''19'''||{{flagicon|Burkina Faso}} [[Urbain Some]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]]) 
|-
|CM ||'''4'''||{{flagicon|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} [[Ladislas Bushiri]] || || {{suboff|82}}
|-
|LM ||'''7'''||{{flagicon|Canada}} Christian Hoefler || || 
|-
|CF ||'''9'''||{{flagicon|Uganda}} Abraham Osman || || 
|-
|CF ||'''11''' ||{{flagicon|Ivory Coast }} Souleyman Gagou || || {{suboff|86}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutes:'''
|-
|GK ||'''1'''||{{flagicon|CAN}} Scott Millique || || 
|-
|DF ||'''5'''||{{flagicon|CAN}} Alessandro Battisi || || {{subon|82}}
|-
|ST ||'''12'''||{{flagicon|CAN}} Edgar Soglo || || 
|-
|MF ||'''18'''||{{flagicon|CAN}}  Claudio Venegas || || 
|-
|MF ||'''21'''||{{flagicon|CAN}} Allan Popazzi || || 
|-
|ST ||'''10'''||{{flagicon|CAN}} Johnny Schleda || || {{subon|86}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=4|{{flagicon|CAN}} Aldo Popazzi
|}
|}

{| style="width:100%;font-size:90%"
|-
|
'''[[Assistant referee (association football)|Assistant referees]]:'''
<br />Vito Currali
<br />[[Geoff Gamble (referee)|Geoff Gamble]]
<br />'''[[Assistant referee (association football)#Fourth official|Fourth official]]:'''
<br />Kyle McIntosh
|style="width:60%; vertical-align:top"|
|}

==Top scorers==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="50px" |Position
! Player
! Club
! width="50px" | Goals
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| 1
| align="left"| Abraham Osman
| align="left"| [[Ottawa St. Anthony Italia]]
| 3
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| 
| align="left"| Dragorad Milicevic
| align="left"| Hamilton Serbians
| 3
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| 
| align="left"| Haris Cekic
| align="left"| AEK London
| 3
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| 
| align="left"| [[Helio Pereira]]
| align="left"| [[Brampton Stallions]]
| 3
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| 
| align="left"| [[Urbain Some]]
| align="left"| [[Ottawa St. Anthony Italia]]
| 3
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| 2
| align="left"| [[Hugo Herrera]]
| align="left"| [[Brampton Stallions]]
| 2
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| 
| align="left"| [[Jamie Dodds]]
| align="left"| [[Toronto Lynx]]
| 2
|- align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| 
| align="left"| Souleyman Gagou
| align="left"| [[Ottawa St. Anthony Italia]]
| 2
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Open Canada Cup}}
{{2006 in Canadian soccer}}
{{2006–07 in North and Central America, and Caribbean Football (CONCACAF)}}

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