2004 Open Canada Cup

The 2004 Open Canada Cup was the 7th edition of the Canadian Professional Soccer League's open league cup tournament running from late May through early September. Windsor Border Stars defeated Ottawa St. Anthony Italia 4-3 in a penalty shootout in the final played at Cove Road Stadium, London, Ontario.[1][2] The victory marked Windsor's first piece of silverware and became the second expansion club to win the open tournament in their debut season. Ottawa also recorded a milestone by becoming the first amateur team to reach the finals. The tournament expanded to include a record amount of 24 clubs throughout Ontario.[3][4]

2004 Open Canada Cup
CountryCanada
Teams24
ChampionsWindsor Border Stars (1st title)
Runners-upOttawa St. Anthony Italia
Matches played24
Goals scored70 (2.92 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Tati Errecalde (4 goals)
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The Ontario amateur clubs began the tournament in the preliminary rounds while the CPSL clubs received an automatic bye to the second round. For the third straight year London City were granted the hosting rights to the finals which granted them a wild card match if they were defeated in the earlier rounds.[5] Toronto Croatia decided for the first time to opt out of the tournament in order to compete in the annual Croatian-North American Soccer Tournament, while the rest of the CPSL clubs competed in the competition.

Qualification
Enter in Preliminary Round Enter in Second Round
OSL/OCSL/WOSL
8 teams/4 teams/2 teams		 CPSL
10 teams
Ontario Soccer League
  • 777 Soccer Club
  • Benfica Toronto
  • Brampton Dynamic Kickers
  • Hearts S.C.
  • Peniche S. C.
  • Real Vaughan
  • Scarborough GS United
  • Woodbridge Sora
Ottawa Carleton Soccer League
Western Ontario Soccer League
  • AEK London
  • London Portuguese
Canadian Professional Soccer League

First round
May 21, 2004 Real Vaughan (OSL) 2–1 (a.e.t.) Ottawa Royals (OCSL) Vaughan, Ontario
8:00 ET Rag Assamd 39'
Jeff Gonselves 104'		 (Report) Dan Cheney 63' Stadium: The Soccer Centre
May 21, 2004 Woodbridge Sora (OSL) 0–3 AEK London (WOSL) London, Ontario
8:40 ET (Report) Terry Peak 11'
Martin Painter 70'
Selam Kaddory 89'		 Stadium: Cove Road Stadium
May 22, 2004 777 SC (OSL) 3–2 (a.e.t.) Capital United (OCSL) Vaughan, Ontario
6:00 ET Sergio Rivadeneira 15'
Carlos Dias 70'
Kyle Jones 96'		 (Report) Morris Richard 45'
Julien Holdrinet 79'		 Stadium: The Soccer Centre
May 23, 2004 GS United (OSL) 6–0 Brampton Dynamic Kickers (OSL) Vaughan, Ontario
2:00 ET Tom Kouzmanis
Tom Kouzmanis
Gary DeLeon
Gary DeLeon
Vaughan Ward
Neill Mair		 (Report) Stadium: The Soccer Centre
May 23, 2004 Capital City Ambassadors (OCSL) 0–0
(5–4 p)		 Toronto Benfica (OSL) Vaughan, Ontario
4:30 ET (Report) Stadium: The Soccer Centre
May 24, 2004 Hearts SC (OSL) 1–2
(3–5 p)		 Peniche (OSL) Vaughan, Ontario
4:00 ET Pedram Eynolhagh 10' (Report) Ricky Da Ponte 45' Stadium: The Soccer Centre
July 3, 2004 777 Soccer Club (OSL) 3–2 Peniche S. C. (OSL) Vaughan, Ontario
8:38 ET Sergio Rivardeneira 28'
Kyle Jones 44'
Alex Lopez 82'		 (Report) Des Mpenza 56'
Tony Tavares 94'		 Stadium: The Soccer Centre
July 3, 2004 Ottawa St. Anthony Italia (OCSL) 3–2 (a.e.t.) London Portuguese (WOSL) London, Ontario
4:30 ET Alain Njima 6'
Urbain Some 82'
Alain Njima 114'		 (Report) Erald Pope 56'
Erald Pope 74'		 Stadium: Cove Road Stadium

Second round
July 1, 2004 St. Catharines Wolves (CPSL) 0–1 Windsor Border Stars (CPSL) St. Catharines, Ontario
8:15 ET (Report) Mike Vonella 49' Stadium: Club Roma Stadium
July 1, 2004 Durham Storm (CPSL) 0–2 AEK London (WOSL) London, Ontario
8:38 ET (Report) Martin Painter 26'
Kim Balatouka 88'		 Stadium: Cove Road Stadium
July 2, 2004 Brampton Hitmen (CPSL) 1–2 North York Astros (CPSL) London, Ontario
5:00 ET Kurt Mella 62' Boris Krimus 7'
Alex Braletic 90'		 Stadium: Cove Road Stadium
July 2, 2004 London City (CPSL) 1–0 Hamilton Thunder (CPSL) London, Ontario
8:38 ET Paul Munster 93' (Report) Stadium: Cove Road Stadium
July 3, 2004 Capital City Ambassadors (OCSL) 2–1 777 S.C. (OSL) London, Ontario
3:00 ET Mili Ombasic 21'
Twmde Temidire 44'		 (Report) Alex Lopez 70' Stadium: Cove Road Stadium
July 4, 2004 Toronto Supra (CPSL) 2–3 (a.e.t.) Ottawa St. Anthony Italia (OCSL) London, Ontario
5:30 ET Michael Diluca 76'
Michael Diluca 84'		 (Report) Huffman Eja-Tabe 23'
Urbain Some 93'
Johnny Schieda 95'		 Stadium: Cove Road Stadium
July 4, 2004 Real Vaughan (OSL) 1–2 Metro Lions (CPSL) London, Ontario
8:38 ET Rob Black 6' (Report) Aaron Benjamin 59'
Hayden Fitzwilliams 63'		 Stadium: Cove Road Stadium
July 22, 2004 Vaughan Shooters (CPSL) 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(1–3 p)		 GS United (OSL) Vaughan, Ontario
8:00 ET Matthew Palleschi 3'
Joey Todaro 45'		 (Report) Phang Nguyen 26'
Shawn Long 88'		 Stadium: The Soccer Centre

Quarter-final
July 30, 2004 London City (CPSL) 4–5 Windsor Border Stars (CPSL) London, Ontario
8:38 ET Eris Tafaj
Kadian Lecky
Erik Elmauer
Paul Munster		 (Report) Aaron Byrd
Aaron Byrd
Josh Back
Tati Errecalde
Steve Wonsch		 Stadium: Cove Road Stadium
July 31, 2004 North York Astros (CPSL) 2–6 Ottawa St. Anthony Italia (OCSL) Kitchener, Ontario
8:00 ET Alex Braletic
Alex Braletic		 (Report) Abraham Osman
Abraham Osman
Richard Furano
Huffman Eja-Tabe		 Stadium: Centennial Stadium
August 1, 2004 Capital City Ambassadors (OCSL) 2–1 G.S. United (OSL) London, Ontario
5:00 ET Justin Dasah 8'
Justin Dasah 12'		 (Report) Peter Firebrace 43' Stadium: Cove Road Stadium
August 1, 2004 AEK London (WOSL) 1–2 Metro Lions (CPSL) London, Ontario
8:38 ET Martin Painter 85' (Report) Hayden Fitzwilliams 23'
Hayden Fitzwilliams 25'		 Stadium: Cove Road Stadium

Wild Card Game
September 3, 2004 London City (CPSL) 1–2 Metro Lions (CPSL) London, Ontario
8:38 ET Tonino Commisso 79' (Report) Gabriel Pop 28'
Maxim Dorneval 77'		 Stadium: Cove Road Stadium

Semi-final
September 5, 2004 Windsor Border Stars (CPSL) 5–1 Capital City Ambassadors (OCSL) London, Ontario
5:18 ET Tati Errecalde 35'
Steve Wonsch 42'
Jeremy Harkins 82'
Tati Errecalde 85'
Mike Vonella 89'		 (Report) Sa Brahima Traore 30' Stadium: Cove Road Stadium
Attendance: 100
Referee: Michael Reikhan (Ontario)
September 5, 2004 Metro Lions (CPSL) 1–3 Ottawa St. Anthony Italia (OCSL) London, Ontario
8:18 ET Kareem Reynolds 72' (Report) Allan Popazzi 40'
Huffman Eja-Tabe 69'
Abraham Osman 86'		 Stadium: Cove Road Stadium
Attendance: 75
Referee: Mike Lambert (Ontario)

Final
Ottawa St. Anthony Italia1–1Windsor Border Stars
Edgar Soglo  11' Report Tati Errecalde  25'
Penalties
Johnny Schieda
Marc Labrom
Abraham Osman
Huffman Eja-Tabe
Richard Furano 		3 – 4 Tati Errecalde
Aaron Byrd
John Roma
Filip Rocca
Attendance: 120
Referee: Alex William (Ontario)
GK1 Angus Wong
RB6 Marc Labrom
CB14 Russell Shaw
CB7 Christian Hoefler
LB5 Allessandro Battisti 31'
RM23 Huffman Eja-Tabe
CM17 Urbain Some (c)
CM2 Richard Furano
LM12 Edgar Soglo 70'
CF9 Abraham Osman
CF20 Allan Popazzi 61'
Substitutes:
DF4 David Giamerandino 31'
MF8 Alain Njima
ST10 Johnny Schieda 61'
MF13 Jimmy Zito
MF16 Claudio Venegas
ST18 Nicolas Schleda
DF19 Mike Circelli
FW21 Jason Frederick 70'
Manager:
Aldo Popazzi
GK23 Alan Placek 118'
RB33 Justin Marshall
CB4 Filip Rocca
CB5 Scott Patriquin
LB19 Mike Vonella
RM17 Dave Dwaihy 68'
CM7 Jeff Hodgson (c)
CM10 Tati Errecalde
LM11 Jeremy Harkins
ST15 Steve Wonsch 45'
ST9 Aaron Byrd 66'
Substitutes:
GK1 Anthony Santili 118'
MF2 Dan Zalenski 66'
FW6 Mike Perica
MF14 JJ Dowhan
MF16 Dan Kolic 68'
FW18 John Roma 45'
Manager:
Pat Hilton

Assistant referees:
Yakov Kheimach
John Oliva
Fourth official:
Tamara Reisma

Top scorers
Position Player Club Goals
1 Tati Errecalde Windsor Border Stars 4
2 Alex Braletic North York Astros 3
Huffman Eja-Tabe Ottawa St. Anthony Italia 3
Hayden Fitzwilliams Metro Lions 3
Abraham Osman Ottawa St. Anthony Italia 3
Martin Painter AEK London 3

References
  1. "September 6, 2004 CPSL Open Canada Cup final Windsor Border Stars vs Ottawa St Anthony Italia (from CPSL website)". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  2. "Border Stars win Open Canada Cup". Newspapers.com. Windsor Star. September 7, 2004. p. 32. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  3. "May 10, 2004 CPSL News: Open Canada Cup Round 1 Draw". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  4. "June 26, 2004 CPSL Canada Cup Canada Day weekend (from CPSL site)". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  5. "August 16, 2004 CPSL Canada Cup final weekend preview (from CPSL website)". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
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