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 the 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 nation's top-tier division. 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 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 except Toronto Croatia, which opted out 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 Template:Flagicon Chris Baker RB 17 Template:Flagicon Chris Williams CB 6 Template:Flagicon Andres Arango LB 3 Template:Flagicon Rick Titus RM 23 Template:Flagicon Gordon Chin downward-facing red arrow 89' CM 4 Template:Flagicon Joe Mattacchione (c) downward-facing red arrow 85' CM 9 Template:Flagicon David Diplacido CM 27 Template:Flagicon Edgar Bartolomeu downward-facing red arrow 64' LM 12 Template:Flagicon Marko Bedenikovic downward-facing red arrow 46' ST 2 Template:Flagicon Damien Pottinger downward-facing red arrow 85' ST 15 Template:Flagicon Matthew Palleschi downward-facing red arrow 89' Substitutes: DF 46 Template:Flagicon Anthony Doran upward-facing green arrow 89' DF 14 Template:Flagicon Cameron Medwin upward-facing green arrow 46' MF 21 Template:Flagicon Osni Neto upward-facing green arrow 64' DF 32 Template:Flagicon Aaron Steele upward-facing green arrow 85' MF 29 Template:Flagicon Steve Lumley upward-facing green arrow 85' MW 74 Template:Flagicon Mackenzie Wilde upward-facing green arrow 89' Manager: Template:Flagicon Duncan Wilde

GK 0 Template:Flagicon Angus Wong RB 6 Template:Flagicon Simon Bonk CB 3 Template:Flagicon Kwame Telemaque LB 16 Template:Flagicon Kwesi Loney RM 20 Template:Flagicon Marcelo Plada CM 8 Template:Flagicon Richard Furano CM 19 Template:Flagicon Urbain Some (c) CM 4 Template:Flagicon Ladislas Bushiri downward-facing red arrow 82' LM 7 Template:Flagicon Christian Hoefler CF 9 Template:Flagicon Abraham Osman CF 11 Template:Flagicon Souleyman Gagou downward-facing red arrow 86' Substitutes: GK 1 Template:Flagicon Scott Millique DF 5 Template:Flagicon Alessandro Battisi upward-facing green arrow 82' ST 12 Template:Flagicon Edgar Soglo MF 18 Template:Flagicon Claudio Venegas MF 21 Template:Flagicon Allan Popazzi ST 10 Template:Flagicon Johnny Schleda upward-facing green arrow 86' Manager: Template:Flagicon 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