2009 Challenge Trophy

2009 Challenge Trophy
Country	Canada
Teams	10
Champions	Hellas SC
Runners-up	Royal-Sélect de Beauport
	← 2008 2010 →

The 2009 Challenge Trophy was be contested for in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan from October 7 to 12, 2009. The round robin group seedings were based on last years performance.

Group A : Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
Group B : Quebec, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland Labrador, Yukon

Day 2 saw extreme snow and wind which forced organizers to adjust the schedule to the SaskTel Indoor pitch. Games were also shortened to 60 minutes.^[1]

Teams and rosters[]

The Nationals are seeded based on last seasons performance. For 2009 the seedings are:^[2]

AB - Calgary Callies
QC - Royal-Sélect de Beauport
PE - Avondale Islanders
BC -
ON -
NS - Halifax City SC
NL -
MB - Hellas SC
SK -
YT - Yukon Selects

Hellas SC[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
11	MF	ITA	Fabio Capone
19	FW	GRE	Justin Castalanos
14	FW	CAN	Ulrick Disna
6	DF	GRE	Bill Economou
27	DF	CAN	Vinny Ferlaino
28	MF	CAN	Tom Findlay
15	MF	CAN	Tom Foderaro
27	FW	PAR	Andry Giesbrecht
4	MF	CAN	Jordan Goetting
16	MF	CAN	Dimitri Ifandis
1	GK	CAN	Kyle Kilcup


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	MF	BIH	Edin Kurbegovic
21	MF	SLV	Jorge Mendez
3	DF	CAN	Tim Mullen
11	FW	CAN	Chris Musto
29	GK	CAN	Dylan O'Connor
10	DF	CAN	Trevor Perrault
3	DF	ITA	Phillip Porpiglia
8	MF	GRE	Yiannis Tsalatsidis
17	DF	COL	Jeff Valdivia

Royal-Sélect de Beauport[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	DF	CAN	Alexandre Lévesque-Tremblay
18	FW	TOG	Boris I Gervais Salou
15	FW	CAN	David Chapdelaine-Miller
8	DF	ARG	Édouardo Davalos
2	FW	FRA	Francois Ouellet
20	DF	CMR	Nyam A Well Garba
17	MF	FRA	Jean-Philippe Grenon
5	DF	FRA	Julien Meunier
14	MF	CGO	Michael Mana Nga
3	DF	CAN	Marc-Olier Boudreau-Daigle
12	FW	CAN	Mathieu-François


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
7	FW	BIH	Nihad Nedzibovic
6	DF	CAN	Olivier Brett
16	DF	ITA	Pascal Bragagnolo
13	DF	CAN	Pierre-Henri Poudré
10	DF	MAR	Samir El Akkati
11	DF	FRA	Samuel Georget
22	GK	CAN	Vincent Dubé

Calgary Callies[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Player
1	GK
3	DF
4	MF
5	DF	Andre Duberry
6	DF
7	MF
8	DF
9	FW
10	MF
11	FW


No.	Pos.	Player
12	DF
13	FW
14	FW
15	MF
17	DF
18	DF
19	FW
10	MF	Chris Kooy
21	DF
22	GK	Will Langford

Results[]

Group stage[]

Group A
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hellas SC	4	3	0	1	5	4	+1	9
2	Calgary Callies	4	3	0	1	7	3	+4	9
3	West Van FC	4	2	0	2	4	5	−1	6
4	Huskies Alumni	4	1	1	2	5	4	+1	4
5	Real Toronto	4	0	1	3	3	8	−5	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group B
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Royal-Sélect de Beauport	4	2	2	0	7	2	+5	8
2	Avondale Islanders	4	2	1	1	8	3	+5	7
3	Holy Cross	4	1	3	0	7	2	+5	6
4	Halifax City SC	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5
5	Yukon Selects	4	0	0	4	1	16	−15	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

7 October 2009	West Van SC	1-2	Real Toronto	showSaskatoon, SK
16:00				Stadium: Umea East

7 October 2009	Calgary Callies	1-2	Hellas SC	showSaskatoon, SK
16:00				Stadium: Sasktel Sports Centre West

7 October 2009	Avondale Islanders	4-1	Halifax City SC	showSaskatoon, SK
18:00				Stadium: Umea West

7 October 2009	Royal-Sélect de Beauport	1-1	Holy Cross	showSaskatoon, SK
18:00				Stadium: Sasktel East

8 October 2009	Calgary Callies	1-0	Huskie Alumni	showSaskatoon, SK
14:00	Felix Napuri			Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre

8 October 2009		0-1	Hellas SC	showSaskatoon, SK
14:00			Tom Findlay	Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre

8 October 2009	Royal-Sélect de Beauport	5-1	Yukon Selects	showSaskatoon, SK
16:00	Ammon Hoefs		Boris Gervais Salou (x3) Jean-Philippe Grenon	Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre

8 October 2009	Avondale Islanders	0-0	Holy Cross	showSaskatoon, SK
16:00				Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre

9 October 2009	Calgary Callies	3-1	West Van SC	showSaskatoon, SK
12:00				Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre

9 October 2009	Real Toronto	2-2	Huskie Alumni	showSaskatoon, SK
12:00				Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre

9 October 2009	Royal-Sélect de Beauport	2-0	Avondale Islanders	showSaskatoon, SK
14:00				Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre

9 October 2009	Halifax City SC	3-0	Yukon Selects	showSaskatoon, SK
14:00				Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre

10 October 2009	Calgary Callies	2-0	Real Toronto	showSaskatoon, SK
16:00				Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre

10 October 2009	Hellas SC	0-3	Huskie Alumni	showSaskatoon, SK
18:00				Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre

10 October 2009	Royal-Sélect de Beauport	0-0	Halifax City SC	showSaskatoon, SK
18:00				Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre

10 October 2009	Holy Cross	5-0	Yukon Selects	showSaskatoon, SK
18:00				Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre

11 October 2009	West Van SC	1-0	Huskie Alumni	showSaskatoon, SK
12:00				Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre

11 October 2009	Real Toronto	0-2	Hellas SC	showSaskatoon, SK
12:00				Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre

11 October 2009	Avondale Islanders	4-0	Yukon Selects	showSaskatoon, SK
14:00				Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre

11 October 2009	Halifax City SC	1-1	Holy Cross	showSaskatoon, SK
14:00				Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre

Finals[]

12 October 2009	Real Toronto (A5)	1-3 (pks)	Yukon Selects (B5)	showSaskatoon, SK
08:00				Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre

12 October 2009	Huskie Alumni (A4)	3-4 (pks)	Halifax City SC (B4)	showSaskatoon, SK
08:00				Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre

12 October 2009	West Van FC (A3)	6-5 (pks)	Holy Cross (B3)	showSaskatoon, SK
10:00				Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre

12 October 2009	Calgary Callies (A2)	3-4 (pks)	Avondale Islanders (B2)	showSaskatoon, SK
12:30				Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre

12 October 2009	Hellas SC (A1)	1-0	Royal-Sélect de Beauport (B1)	showSaskatoon, SK
12:30		Report		Stadium: SaskTel Sports Centre Referee: Dave Gantar

Final standings[]

Pos	Club
1	Hellas SC
2	Royal-Sélect de Beauport
3	Avondale Islanders
4	Calgary Callies
5	West Van FC
6	Holy Cross
7	Halifax City SC
8	Huskies Alumni
9	Yukon Selects
10	Real Toronto

^[3]

Qualified teams[]

British Columbia[]

The BC Provincial Cup is held in the spring of the season. This year's event went from April 4 to May 16.^[4]

Sixteenth-final			Eight-final			Quarter-final			Semi-final		Final

					0

				Croatia FC	1



							Croatia FC	0

								2



					7

				Peace Arch SC	5
	Peace Arch SC	0

		0
										0

										2



					7

				Westside FC	0



								2

							Surrey United	0



				Surrey United	3

				Columbus Clan FC	2
	Columbus Clan FC	2

	Abbotsford Mariners	0
												1

												0



					1

				Nanaimo	0



								3

							Athletic Club of BC	2



				Athletic Club of BC	2

					1
		2

		1
										0

										5



					4

				PoCo City FC	0



								2

								0



					2

				Gordon Head	1
	Kamloops Excel	1

	Gordon Head	5

Alberta[]

The Mike Traficante Challenge Cup will be held in Edmonton from 4 Sep to 7 Sep, 2009.info The teams will be seeded from the Alberta Major Soccer League. The groups will be S1, N2 and N3 in one and N1, S2 and S3 in the other. Seeds S3 and N3 are open to challenge from any district. This year, the teams in the AMSL include:

North:

Edmonton Drillers
Edmonton Scottish

South:

AMSL Site

Saskatchewan[]

The Saskatchewan representative shall be determined through the Saskatchewan Premier Soccer League.^[5] Six teams will compete this season including:

ACFC Milan
SK Canada Games
Huskie Alumni
Saskatoon Hose and Hydrant
Colo Colo

Standings as of 9 July 2009

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Huskie Alumni	7	5	2	0	21	1	+20	17
ACFC Milan	7	5	1	1	14	5	+9	16
Yorkton United	8	5	0	3	22	10	+12	15
Saskatoon Hose and Hydrant	6	1	1	4	5	12	−7	4
Sk Canada Games	4	0	1	3	4	19	−15	1
Colo Colo	6	0	1	5	3	22	−19	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

The Saskatchewan Huskie Alumni have qualified^[6]

Manitoba[]

The Manitoba representative will be determined through the MSA 2009 Senior Provincial Championship. This cup competition will take place in August as the team entry's are due 4 August 2009.^[7] Watch for teams in the Manitoba Major Soccer League to be entered. Seeding is determined by 15 July 2009.

Hellas SC of Manitoba qualified after a 1-0 extra time win over Lucania.

Ontario[]

The Ontario representative is determined by the Ontario Cup. This is a single knock-out tournament with the finals scheduled for 20-Sep-2009 at 8:00pm at the Soccer Centre in Vaughan. This year's event features 62 teams entering the bracket at various levels determined by geography. Before the First round is a Preliminary round and an Extra Preliminary round for some regions.^[8]

The final match saw a repeat of 2008 between and .^[9]

Extra Round 10 May 2009	Preliminary Round 7 24 May 2009

	Hamilton Boca Juniors	0
	Hamilton Glasgow United	3

Extra Round 10 May 2009	Preliminary Round 8 24 May 2009

	Barrie Spirit	2
	Richmond Hill Raiders Madrid FC	1

Extra Round 10 May 2009		Preliminary Round 15 24 May 2009

			2
	0		1
	2

Extra Round 10 May 2009	Preliminary Round 16 24 May 2009

	Toronto FC Hitmen	0
	Malton Steeda Bulls	4

Extra Round 10 May 2009	Preliminary Round 23 24 May 2009

	Brampton Ebony Jrs	0 (2)
	Toronto Blues FC	0 (4)

Extra Round 10 May 2009	Preliminary Round 24 24 May 2009

	Toronto Blackstar FC	2
	Brantford Vicano	4

Extra Round 10 May 2009		Preliminary Round 31 24 May 2009

		Kitchener Al's Motors	1
Welland Youngs Insurance	2	Welland Youngs Insurance	2
Erin Mills Eagles	0

Extra Round 10 May 2009	Preliminary Round 32 24 May 2009

		5
		0

Extra Round 10 May 2009	Preliminary Round 35 24 May 2009

		3
		0

Extra Round 10 May 2009	Preliminary Round 39 24 May 2009

	Sonny's Waterloo FC	2
	Weston Wolves	3

Extra Round 10 May 2009	Preliminary Round 40 24 May 2009

	East Hamilton 76	2
	Real Toronto	9

Extra Round 10 May 2009		Preliminary Round 59 24 May 2009

		Toronto Peniche	4
Niagara Falls Club Italia Juventus	3	Niagara Falls Club Italia Juventus	1
Toronto Celtic	0

Extra Round 10 May 2009	Preliminary Round 60 24 May 2009

	Woodbridge Veneto Lions	0
		1

Ontario Cup proper[]

First Round 7 June 2009		Second Round 21 June 2009		Third Round 5 July 2009		Quarter-finals 16 August 2009		Semi-finals Centennial Stadium Toronto 30 August 2009		Final The Soccer Centre Vaughan 20 September 2009

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bye
			2 (3)

			2 (2)
bye

bye
					1

					4
bye

bye
			0 (4)

			0 (3)
	2

Barrie Spirit	0
							2

							1
bye

bye
			2

			0
	1

Ottawa Royals	0
					2

					4
bye

bye
			9

			0
	1 (2)

Malton Steeda Bulls	1 (4)
									1

									1 *4-3pk
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bye
			1

			2
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bye
					10

					0
bye

bye
			1 (2)

			1 (4)
Toronto Blues FC	3

Brantford Vicano	2
							2

							1
London Portuguese	3

Windsor Caboto F.C.	0
			1

			0
London Marconi	3

London Benfica	3 (pk)
					1

					0
bye

bye
			3 (2)

			3 (4)
Welland Youngs Insurance	1

Kitchener Hvart	4
											1

											2
HNSC Croatia Windsor	2

St. Thomas "A"	0
			1 *

			1
	3

Strathroy Portuguese	0
					3

					6
bye

bye
			1

			2
Weston Wolves	3

Real Toronto	6
							1

							0
bye

bye
			4

		Peterborough City	2
bye

bye
					3

					1
Sarnia Fury	3

London White Eagles	0
			1

			4
Windsor A.E. United	0

Windsor Hellenic	8
									4

									1
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bye
			4

		Vaughan Shooters	0
bye

bye
					1

				Ottawa St. Anthony Italia	2
Ottawa South United	5

Ottawa Rockers	4
		Ottawa South United	0

		Ottawa St. Anthony Italia	6
Ottawa St. Anthony Italia	2

Ottawa Eagles	0
						Ottawa St. Anthony Italia	1

							4
bye

bye
			2

			1
Toronto Peniche	1

	0
					0 *

					0
bye

bye
		bye

		bye
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Québec[]

The AAA Quebec Cup (aka Coupe du Québec Saputo AAA) is the cup competition that determines the Quebec representative at the Canadian Club Nationals.^[10] The first 2 rounds are home and away matches, while the last 3 rounds are single matches. Results Site

First Round 4/5 June 2009 4/5 July 2009				Eighth-finals 11/12 July 2009 1/2 August 2009

Verts de Sherbrooke	4	0	4
FC Trois-Rivières AA	0	1	1
				Verts de Sherbrooke	1	2	3
					2	3	5
bye
bye

First Round 4/5 June 2009 4/5 July 2009				Eighth-finals 11/12 July 2009 1/2 August 2009

Chomedey	1	2	3
Longueuil 2	3	3	6
				Longueuil 2	1	-	1
				Lachine SC	0	-	0
Lachine SC	2	2	4
Casalciprano Anjou AA	1	0	1

First Round 4/5 June 2009 4/5 July 2009				Eighth-finals 11/12 July 2009 1/2 August 2009

Hull	5	4	9
Cosmos de Granby	1	0	1
				Hull	2	4	6
				Dollard Red Star	1	0	1
bye
bye

First Round 4/5 June 2009 4/5 July 2009				Eighth-finals 11/12 July 2009 1/2 August 2009

Rimouski	0	1	1
Casalciprano Anjou	2	2	4
				Casalciprano Anjou	1
				Association trifluvienne	0
Longueuil 1	1	0	1
Association trifluvienne	3	7	10

First Round 4/5 June 2009 4/5 July 2009				Eighth-finals 11/12 July 2009 1/2 August 2009

	5	6	11
TerreBonne	0	0	0
					3	3	6
				Beauport	5	2	7
bye
bye

First Round 4/5 June 2009 4/5 July 2009				Eighth-finals 11/12 July 2009 1/2 August 2009

CS Mont-Royal Outremont	1	0	1
Blainville AA	1	3	4
				Blainville AA	1	-	1
					0	-	0
Rivière-des-Prairies	2	1	3
	0	3	3

First Round 4/5 June 2009 4/5 July 2009				Eighth-finals 11/12 July 2009 1/2 August 2009

Drummondville AA	1	6	7
St-Hubert	1	2	3
				Drummondville AA	1	1	2
				Vallée-du-Richelieu	1	2	3
bye
bye

First Round 4/5 June 2009 4/5 July 2009				Eighth-finals 11/12 July 2009 1/2 August 2009

FS Salaberry AA	3	1	4
Brossard	0	0	0
				FS Salaberry AA	2	-	2
				Celtix du Haut-Richelieu	4	-	4
Charlesbourg	0	2	2
Celtix du Haut-Richelieu	1	3	4

Quarter-finals
15/16 August 2009

Semi-finals
5 September 2009
Quebec City

Final
6 September 2009
Quebec City

3

Longueuil 2

1

Casalciprano Anjou

Hull

1

Casalciprano Anjou

2

Beauport

Beauport

4

Blainville AA

1

Beauport

Celtix du Haut-Richelieu

Vallée-du-Richelieu

0

Celtix du Haut-Richelieu

3

New Brunswick[]

Did not send a team in 2008 and so are unranked for 2009. Deadline for teams to register is 15-July-2009.^[11]

Prince Edward Island[]

The Avondale Islanders seen to be the only team competing at a high enough level and will probably represent PEI again.

Nova Scotia[]

The winner of the Nova Scotia Soccer League will represent the province at the National Challenge Trophy. This year's competition will include:

Dartmouth United
Halifax City S.C.
Molson Canadian
Bremner's
NS Canada Games
Scotia

standings as of 22-July-2009

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Halifax Dunbrack	10	10	0	0	36	4	+32	30
Halifax City	10	5	3	2	18	11	+7	18
Valley Kings Arms	10	5	2	3	14	14	0	17
Scotia	10	4	1	5	17	17	0	13
NS Canada Games*	10	3	2	5	17	17	0	11
	10	2	3	5	11	22	−11	9
Molson Canadian	10	2	2	6	16	23	−7	8
Dartmouth United	10	2	1	7	10	31	−21	7

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Newfoundland Labrador[]

2009 Newfoundland and Labrador Challenge Cup

Yukon[]

Selects Team

References[]

^ "Day 2 - Snow Day!". Canadian Soccer Association. Archived from the original on 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
^ "2009 Challenge Trophy Stats" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
^ "Soccer Canada- 2009 Challenge Trophy Results" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-08-11.
^ "Official Bracket". BC Soccer. Retrieved 2009-05-25.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Saskatchewan Premier Soccer League". Archived from the original on 17 June 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
^ "Soccer Championships in Saskatoon". SaskatoonHomepage.ca. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
^ "2009 PROVINCIAL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS". Manitoba Soccer Association. Archived from the original on 1 May 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
^ "Ontario Cup Draw Chart". Ontario Soccer Association. Retrieved 2009-05-25.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Ferrari, Rob. "Real Toronto Crowned 2009 Mens Champions". Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
^ "Official Site". Archived from the original on 2006-02-22. Retrieved 2009-05-25.
^ "Publications and Forms". Soccer NB. Archived from the original on September 5, 2008. Retrieved 2009-05-25.

External links[]

Official website

[1] "Day 2 - Snow Day!". Canadian Soccer Association. Archived from the original on 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2009-10-13.

[2] "2009 Challenge Trophy Stats" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2011.

[3] "Soccer Canada- 2009 Challenge Trophy Results" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-08-11.

[4] "Official Bracket". BC Soccer. Retrieved 2009-05-25.^{[permanent dead link]}

[5] "Saskatchewan Premier Soccer League". Archived from the original on 17 June 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2009.

[6] "Soccer Championships in Saskatoon". SaskatoonHomepage.ca. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2009-08-12.

[7] "2009 PROVINCIAL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS". Manitoba Soccer Association. Archived from the original on 1 May 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2009.

[8] "Ontario Cup Draw Chart". Ontario Soccer Association. Retrieved 2009-05-25.^{[permanent dead link]}

[9] Ferrari, Rob. "Real Toronto Crowned 2009 Mens Champions". Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2009-10-13.

[10] "Official Site". Archived from the original on 2006-02-22. Retrieved 2009-05-25.

[11] "Publications and Forms". Soccer NB. Archived from the original on September 5, 2008. Retrieved 2009-05-25.

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