2004 Voyageurs Cup

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

2004-Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Montreal Impact 188530132+11
Toronto Lynx 1384131312+1
Edmonton Aviators 1183231114-3
Vancouver Whitecaps 88224813-5
Calgary Mustangs 581251014-4

Schedule

2004-05-29
18:00 EDT
Toronto Lynx 0 2 Montreal Impact
Report Frederick Commodore  14'
Frederick Commodore  43'
Centennial Park Stadium
Etobicoke, Canada

Attendance: 1,826
Referee: Jose Farias

2004-06-11
22:00 EDT
Vancouver Whitecaps 0 3 Montreal Impact
Report António Ribeiro  27'
JJ Bailey  44'
JJ Bailey  79'
Swangard Stadium
Vancouver, Canada

Attendance: 4,613
Referee: Michael Lambert

2004-06-13
16:00 EDT
Calgary Mustangs 0 2 Montreal Impact
Report Patrick Leduc  9' (PK)
Frederick Commodore  61'
McMahon Stadium
Calgary, Canada

Attendance: 879
Referee: Silviu Peterscu

2004-06-15
22:30 EDT
Edmonton F.C. 1 1 Montreal Impact
Jaime Lopresti  81' Report Darko Kolic  90'
Commonwealth Stadium
Edmonton, Canada

Attendance: 3,823
Referee: Joe Branco

2004-06-18
21:00 EDT
Calgary Mustangs 3 0 Vancouver Whitecaps
Conrad Smith  18'
Conrad Smith  41'
Mesut Mert  43'
Report
McMahon Stadium
Calgary, Canada

Attendance: 1,867
Referee: Bernhardssen


2004-06-25
21:00 EDT
Vancouver Whitecaps 1 1 Calgary Storm
Jaime Auvigne  78' (PK) Report Nikola Vignjevic  4'
McMahon Stadium
Calgary, Canada

Attendance: 3,198
Referee: Mauricio Navarro

2004-06-25
22:00 EDT
Vancouver Whitecaps 1 3 Toronto Lynx
Johnny Sulentic  62'
Oliver Heald  90' (PK)
Johnny Sulentic  90'
Report Charles Gbeke  75'
Swangard Stadium
Vancouver, Canada

Attendance: 4,729
Referee: Tiger Lui

2004-07-04
22:00 EDT
Vancouver Whitecaps 2 3 Edmonton F.C.
Davide Xausa  14'
Alfredo Valente  24'
Report Sean Fraser  45'
Fred Akok  52'
Sean Fraser  89'
Swangard Stadium
Vancouver, Canada

Attendance: 3,837
Referee: Steve Dipiero

2004-07-13
20:00 EDT
Edmonton F.C. 0 2 Vancouver Whitecaps
Report Davide Xausa  5'
Davide Xausa  66'
Commonwealth Stadium
Edmonton, Canada

Attendance: 1,983
Referee: Mauricio Navarro

2004-07-18
18:00 EDT
Toronto Lynx 2 1 Calgary Mustangs
Andres Arango  53'
Ali Gerba  91'
Report Walter Otta  10'
Centennial Park Stadium
Etobicoke, Canada

Attendance: 3,462
Referee: Simon Moreatroyd

2004-07-21
19:30 EDT
Montreal Impact 2 0 Calgary Mustangs
Eduardo Sebrango  23'
Zé Roberto  44'
Report
Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard
Montreal, Canada

Attendance: 9,752
Referee: Dominic Rossetto

2004-07-25
16:00 EDT
Calgary Mustangs 2 3 Toronto Lynx
Conrad Smith  16'
Geert Brusselers  29'
Report Gerba  9'
Gerba  22'
Charles Gbeke  49'
McMahon Stadium
Calgary, Canada

Attendance: 1,736
Referee: Mauricio Navarro

2004-07-26
21:00 EDT
Edmonton F.C. 2 1 Toronto Lynx
Sipho Sibiya  38'
Chris Devlin  110'
Report Charles Gbeke  68'
Commonwealth Stadium
Edmonton, Canada

Attendance: 473
Referee: John De La Cruz

2004-07-30
23:00 EDT
Vancouver Whitecaps 1 1 Calgary Mustangs
Jason Jordan  60' Report Steffen Holdt  90'
Swangard Stadium
Vancouver, Canada

Attendance: 4,853
Referee: David Gantar


2004-08-07
19:30 EDT
Toronto Lynx 2 0 Vancouver Whitecaps
Darren Baxter  28'
Charles Gbeke  89'
Report
Centennial Park Stadium
Etobicoke, Canada

Attendance: 2,358
Referee: Jeff Corrivault

2004-08-10
21:15 EDT
Edmonton F.C. 3 2 Calgary Mustangs
Fred Akok  30'
Sean Fraser  45'
Nikola Vignjević  110' (PK)
Report Mesut Mert  8'
Walter Otta  27'
Commonwealth Stadium
Edmonton, Canada

Attendance: 527
Referee: Paul Ward

2004-08-25
19:30 EDT
Montreal Impact 2 0 Edmonton F.C.
Zé Roberto  21'
Eduardo Sebrango  22'
Report
Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard
Montreal, Canada

Attendance: 10,122
Referee: Jose Farias

2004-08-26
19:30 EDT
Toronto Lynx 3 1 Edmonton F.C.
Vinicius Brito  27'
Charles Gbeke  61'
Shawn Faria  67'
Report Gordon Chin  75'
Centennial Park Stadium
Etobicoke, Canada

Attendance: 2,075
Referee: Tiger Liu

Champion

Voyageurs Cup:
Montreal Impact
3rd Voyageurs Cup Win

Top scorers

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

References

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