2004 Voyageurs Cup

2004 Voyageurs Cup
2004 Coupe des Voyageurs (in French)
Tournament details
Country Canada
Teams 5
Final positions
Champions Montreal Impact (3rd title)
Runner-up Toronto Lynx
Tournament statistics
Matches played 20
Goals scored 55 (2.75 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Charles Gbeke
(5 goals)

The 2004 Voyageurs Cup was the third Voyageurs Cup tournament which was started by the Canadian supporters group The Voyageurs. The 2004 edition of the competition featured the expansion Edmonton Aviators as well as the four 2003 teams: Calgary Storm (now Calgary Mustangs), Montreal Impact, Toronto Lynx and Vancouver Whitecaps.

Similar to the 2003 Voyageurs Cup competition Montreal Impact built up an early lead with three wins and a draw in the competition's first four games that the other teams could not overcome even though Montreal Impact only clinched their third Voyageurs Cup in a row in their last match with a 2–0 over Edmonton FC on Aug. 25 (the competition's penultimate match).

Format

The competition was set up on the league principle with each team playing two matches (home and away) against each other team for a total of eight matches per team. The entire competition totaled twenty matches. All matches were part of the 2004 USL A-League regular season with the last home and away matches included when more than two matches were played due to the unbalanced league schedule. In each match, 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 point is awarded for a draw, and 0 points are awarded for a loss. The five teams are ranked according to the total number of points obtained in all matches.

The team ranked highest after all matches have been played was the champion awarded the 2004 Voyageurs Cup.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts MTL TOR EDM VAN CAL
1 Montreal Impact 8 5 3 0 13 2 +11 18 — 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–0
2 Toronto Lynx 8 4 1 3 13 12 +1 13 0–2 — 3–1 2–0 2–1
3 Edmonton Aviators 8 3 2 3 11 14 −3 11 1–1 2–1 — 0–2 3–2
4 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 8 2 2 4 8 13 −5 8 0–3 3–1 2–3 — 1–1
5 Calgary Mustangs 8 1 2 5 10 14 −4 5 0–2 2–3 1–1 3–0 —
Source:

Schedule

Toronto Lynx 0–2 Montreal Impact
Report Frederick Commodore 14', 43'
Attendance: 1,826
Referee: Jose Farias
Vancouver Whitecaps 0–3 Montreal Impact
Report António Ribeiro 27'
JJ Bailey 44', 79'
Attendance: 4,613
Referee: Michael Lambert
Calgary Mustangs 0–2 Montreal Impact
Report Patrick Leduc 9' (pen.)
Frederick Commodore 61'
Attendance: 879
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
Edmonton F.C. 1–1 Montreal Impact
Jaime Lopresti 81' Report Darko Kolic 90'
Attendance: 3,823
Referee: Joe Branco
Calgary Mustangs 3–0 Vancouver Whitecaps
Conrad Smith 18', 41'
Mesut Mert 43' 		Report
Attendance: 1,867
Referee: Bernhardssen
Montreal Impact 1–1 Toronto Lynx
Mauricio Vincello 69' Report Darren Baxter 60'
Attendance: 9,289
Referee: Rob Aritle
Calgary Mustangs 1–1 Edmonton F.C.
Jaime Auvigne 78' (pen.) Report Nikola Vignjevic 4'
Attendance: 3,198
Vancouver Whitecaps 3–1 Toronto Lynx
Johnny Sulentic 62'
Oliver Heald 90' (pen.)
Johnny Sulentic 90' 		Report Charles Gbeke 75'
Attendance: 4,729
Referee: Tiger Lui
Vancouver Whitecaps 2–3 Edmonton F.C.
Davide Xausa 14'
Alfredo Valente 24' 		Report Sean Fraser 45', 89'
Fred Akok 52'
Attendance: 3,837
Referee: Steve Dipiero
Edmonton F.C. 0–2 Vancouver Whitecaps
Report Davide Xausa 5', 66'
Attendance: 1,983
Toronto Lynx 2–1 Calgary Mustangs
Andres Arango 53'
Ali Gerba 91' 		Report Walter Otta 10'
Attendance: 3,462
Referee: Simon Moreatroyd
Montreal Impact 2–0 Calgary Mustangs
Eduardo Sebrango 23'
Zé Roberto 44' 		Report
Attendance: 9,752
Referee: Dominic Rossetto
Calgary Mustangs 2–3 Toronto Lynx
Conrad Smith 16'
Geert Brusselers 29' 		Report Gerba 9', 22'
Charles Gbeke 49'
Attendance: 1,736
Edmonton F.C. 2–1 Toronto Lynx
Sipho Sibiya 38'
Chris Devlin 110' 		Report Charles Gbeke 68'
Attendance: 473
Referee: John De La Cruz
Vancouver Whitecaps 1–1 Calgary Mustangs
Jason Jordan 60' Report Steffen Holdt 90'
Attendance: 4,853
Referee: David Gantar
Montreal Impact 0–0 Vancouver Whitecaps
Report
Attendance: 11,019
Referee: Steve DePiero
Toronto Lynx 2–0 Vancouver Whitecaps
Darren Baxter 28'
Charles Gbeke 89' 		Report
Attendance: 2,358
Referee: Jeff Corrivault
Edmonton F.C. 3–2 Calgary Mustangs
Fred Akok 30'
Sean Fraser 45'
Nikola Vignjević 110' (pen.) 		Report Mesut Mert 8'
Walter Otta 27'
Attendance: 527
Referee: Paul Ward
Montreal Impact 2–0 Edmonton F.C.
Zé Roberto 21'
Eduardo Sebrango 22' 		Report
Attendance: 10,122
Referee: Jose Farias
Toronto Lynx 3–1 Edmonton F.C.
Vinicius Brito 27'
Charles Gbeke 61'
Shawn Faria 67' 		Report Gordon Chin 75'
Attendance: 2,075
Referee: Tiger Liu

Champion

Voyageurs Cup:
Montreal Impact
3rd Voyageurs Cup Win

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Charles Gbeke Toronto Lynx 5
2 Frederick Commodore Montreal Impact 3
Ali Gerba Toronto Lynx 3
Sean Fraser Edmonton Aviators 3
Conrad Smith Calgary Mustangs 3
Davide Xausa Vancouver Whitecaps 3
7 Fred Akok Edmonton Aviators 2
Zé Roberto Montreal Impact 2
Eduardo Sebrango Montreal Impact 2
Johnny Sulentic Vancouver Whitecaps 2
Joel John Bailey Montreal Impact 2
Darren Baxter Toronto Lynx 2
Mesut Mert Calgary Mustangs 2
Walter Otta Calgary Mustangs 2
Nikola Vignjevic Edmonton Aviators 2
16 Andres Arango Toronto Lynx 1
Vinicius Brito Toronto Lynx 1
Geert Brusselers Calgary Mustangs 1
Shawn Faria Toronto Lynx 1
Steffen Holdt Calgary Mustangs 1
Jason Jordan Vancouver Whitecaps 1
Patrick Leduc Montreal Impact 1
Gordon Chin Edmonton Aviators 1
Darko Kolic Montreal Impact 1
Chris Devlin Edmonton Aviators 1
António Ribeiro Montreal Impact 1
Sipho Sibiya Edmonton Aviators 1
Alfredo Valente Vancouver Whitecaps 1
Oliver Heald Vancouver Whitecaps 1
Mauricio Vincello Montreal Impact 1
Jamie Auvigne Calgary Mustangs 1
Jaime Lopresti Edmonton Aviators 1