Ten teams qualified to the final week of the 2009 National Championships in Saskatoon. Each team played four group matches before the medal and ranking matches on the last day. After a heavy snowstorm interrupted the schedule on 8 October, all matches were moved indoors and shortened to just 60 minutes each.
On the road to the National Championships, Winnipeg Hellas SC beat Winnipeg Lucania FC in the 2009 Manitoba Cup Final.
Teams and rosters
The Nationals are seeded based on last seasons performance. For 2009 the seedings are:
Group A : Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
Group B : Quebec, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland Labrador, Yukon
Hellas SC
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No.
Pos.
Nation
Player
No. Pos. Nation Player 11 MFITA Fabio Capone 19 FWGRE Justin Castalanos 14 FWCAN Ulrick Disna 6 DFGRE Bill Economou 27 DFCAN Vinny Ferlaino 28 MFCAN Tom Findlay 15 MFCAN Tom Foderaro 27 FWPAR Andry Giesbrecht 4 MFCAN Jordan Goetting 16 MFCAN Dimitri Ifandis 1 GKCAN Kyle Kilcup
No. Pos. Nation Player 5 MFBIH Edin Kurbegovic 21 MFSLV Jorge Mendez 3 DFCAN Tim Mullen 11 FWCAN Chris Musto 29 GKCAN Dylan O'Connor 10 DFCAN Trevor Perrault 3 DFITA Phillip Porpiglia 8 MFGRE Yiannis Tsalatsidis 17 DFCOL Jeff Valdivia
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No.
Pos.
Nation
Player
No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DFCAN Alexandre Lévesque-Tremblay 18 FWTOG Boris I Gervais Salou 15 FWCAN David Chapdelaine-Miller 8 DFARG Édouardo Davalos 2 FWFRA Francois Ouellet 20 DFCMR Nyam A Well Garba 17 MFFRA Jean-Philippe Grenon 5 DFFRA Julien Meunier 14 MFCGO Michael Mana Nga 3 DFCAN Marc-Olier Boudreau-Daigle 12 FWCAN Mathieu-François
No. Pos. Nation Player 7 FWBIH Nihad Nedzibovic 6 DFCAN Olivier Brett 16 DFITA Pascal Bragagnolo 13 DFCAN Pierre-Henri Poudré 10 DFMAR Samir El Akkati 11 DFFRA Samuel Georget 22 GKCAN Vincent Dubé
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No.
Pos.
Nation
Player
No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK Dave Harrison 3 DF Drew Milne 4 MF Cenek Patik 5 DFAndre Duberry 6 DF Eric Roa 7 MF Nic Reyes 8 DF Jamie Auvigne 9 FW Mark Slade 10 MF Fran Miron 11 FW Greg Perez
No. Pos. Nation Player 12 DF Liam deSilva 13 FW Felix Napuri 14 FW Scott McCorkill 15 MF Alex Strbac 17 DF Brett Colvin 18 DF Neto Miguel 19 FW Milan Timotjevic 10 MFChris Kooy 21 DF Allen Jovica 22 GKWill Langford
The Mike Traficante Challenge Cup will be held in Edmonton from 4 Sep to 7 Sep, 2009. 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:
The Saskatchewan representative shall be determined through the Saskatchewan Premier Soccer League. Six teams will compete this season including:
Yorkton United
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
The Saskatchewan Huskie Alumni have qualified
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. Watch for teams in the 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.
The final match saw a repeat of 2008 between London AEK and Real Toronto.
The AAA Quebec Cup (aka Coupe du Québec Saputo AAA) is the cup competition that determines the Quebec representative at the Canadian Club Nationals. The first 2 rounds are home and away matches, while the last 3 rounds are single matches.