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2019 Challenge Trophy

French: Trophée Challenge 2019
2019 Toyota National Championships French: Championnats nationaux Toyota 2019
Tournament details
Country	Canada
Dates	9–14 October 2019
Teams	10
Defending champions	Surrey Tigers FC
Final positions
Champions	Central City Breakers FC
Runner-up	Ottawa St. Anthony SC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	25
Goals scored	108 (4.32 per match)
Attendance	2,480 (99 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Ryan Ramjiawan (9 goals)
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The 2019 Challenge Trophy (French: Trophée Challenge 2019, part of the Toyota National Championships for sponsorship reasons) was the 97th edition of the Challenge Trophy, an annual cup competition contested by amateur teams in men's Canadian soccer. Ten teams played in the tournament, which took place from 9–14 October 2019 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Central City Breakers FC won the tournament on their debut, defeating Ottawa St. Anthony SC 2–0 in the final.

Teams

Each of Canada Soccer's thirteen provincial and territorial associations can send one representative to the Challenge Trophy, with teams generally qualifying through a regional preliminary series such as an open cup or league competition.

For the 2019 tournament, nine provinces and one territory confirmed their participation.

Province	Team	Qualified as	Previous appearances in tournament	Previous best performance	Ref.
British Columbia	Central City Breakers FC	British Columbia Provincial Championship winners	0 (debut)	—
Alberta	Edmonton Scottish	Alberta Soccer Challenge Cup winners	10 (1972, 1979, 1987, 1992, 1996, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018)	Champions (2016)
Saskatchewan	Saskatoon Revolution	Saskatchewan Open Cup winners	1 (2018)	Third place (2018)	—
Manitoba	FC Winnipeg Lions	Manitoba Soccer Provincial Championship winners	10 (1996, 1998, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018)	Champions (2002)
Ontario	Ottawa St. Anthony SC	Ontario Cup winners	2 (1964, 2006)	Champions (2006)
Quebec	Kodiak de Charlesbourg	Québec LSEQ playoff winners	0 (debut)	—	—
New Brunswick	Fredericton Picaroons Reds	NBPSL Men's League winners	8 (2007, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)	Sixth place (2007)	—
Nova Scotia	United Dartmouth FC	Nova Scotia Provincial Championship winners	8 (1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 2014, 2015)	Runners-up (1990)
Newfoundland and Labrador	Holy Cross FC	Newfoundland and Labrador Challenge Cup winners	19 (1973, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018)	Champions (1988)
Northwest Territories	YK Galaxy FC	Acclaimed	6 (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018)	Tenth place (2018)	—

Bold indicates champion for that year.

Competed in previous tournaments as Winnipeg Sons of Italy.

Competed in previous tournaments as Ottawa St. Anthony's Italia FC.

Competed in previous tournaments as Dartmouth United Oland.

Competed in previous tournaments as Yellowknife FC.

Venues

Matches were played at four different venues within the St. John's metropolitan area.

Conception Bay South	Mount Pearl
Topsail Field	Smallwood Field
Capacity: 750	Capacity: 2,500
Topsail FieldSmallwood FieldRainbow Gully ParkKing George V Parkclass=notpageimage| Location of venues for the 2019 Challenge Trophy
Portugal Cove–St. Philip's	St. John's
Rainbow Gully Park	King George V Park
Capacity: 450	Capacity: 6,400

Group stage

Competing teams are divided into two groups of five teams, playing against one another in a single round-robin and advancing to the final round based on their group positioning.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Central City Breakers FC	4	3	1	0	9	3	+6	10	Advance to final		—	1–1	4–0	2–1	2–1
2	Edmonton Scottish	4	2	1	1	9	6	+3	7	Advance to third place match		—	—	1–2	—	2–1
3	Fredericton Picaroons Reds	4	2	0	2	8	11	−3	6	Advance to fifth place match		—	—	—	—	—
4	Holy Cross FC	4	1	1	2	7	9	−2	4	Advance to seventh place match		—	2–5	3–1	—	1–1
5	FC Winnipeg Lions	4	0	1	3	6	10	−4	1	Advance to ninth place match		—	—	3–5	—	—

Central City Breakers FC	2–1	FC Winnipeg Lions
Mehrabi 64' Clarke 89'	Report	Szulc 55'

Holy Cross FC	2–5	Edmonton Scottish
Williams 30', 41'	Report	Hamilton 13', 90' (pen.) Sahota 15' Carter 80' (o.g.) Hylton 88'

Edmonton Scottish	1–2	Fredericton Picaroons Reds
Cabrera 69'	Report	Kanneh 28' Rouse 45'

Central City Breakers FC	2–1	Holy Cross FC
Mehrabi 18' Si 58'	Report	Warren 90'

Central City Breakers FC	4–0	Fredericton Picaroons Reds
Mehrabi 35' Clarke 48' Rahmati 88' Mackinnon 90+3' (o.g.)	Report

Holy Cross FC	1–1	FC Winnipeg Lions
Bonisteel 32'	Report	Figueiredo 27'

FC Winnipeg Lions	3–5	Fredericton Picaroons Reds
Szulc 37' Lourenco 44' Rattai 86'	Report	Itoafa 9', 31' Morrison 21', 60' (pen.) Niyonkuru 73'

Central City Breakers FC	1–1	Edmonton Scottish
Clarke 71'	Report	Hylton 81'

Holy Cross FC	3–1	Fredericton Picaroons Reds
Grant 32' Bonisteel 64' Warren 82'	Report	Sanoh 33'

Edmonton Scottish	2–1	FC Winnipeg Lions
Lam 31' Hylton 75'	Report	Hidalgo-Mazzei 39'

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ottawa St. Anthony SC	4	4	0	0	11	1	+10	12	Advance to final		—	2–0	1–0	4–1	4–0
2	United Dartmouth FC	4	2	1	1	7	2	+5	7	Advance to third place match		—	—	—	—	5–0
3	Kodiak de Charlesbourg	4	1	2	1	9	2	+7	5	Advance to fifth place match		—	0–0	—	—	8–0
4	Saskatoon Revolution	4	1	1	2	12	8	+4	4	Advance to seventh place match		—	0–2	1–1	—	10–1
5	YK Galaxy FC	4	0	0	4	1	27	−26	0	Advance to ninth place match		—	—	—	—	—

Saskatoon Revolution	1–1	Kodiak de Charlesbourg
Whiting 82'	Report	Le Roy 37'

Ottawa St. Anthony SC	2–0	United Dartmouth FC
Bauld 81' (o.g.) Lubenga 90'	Report

Kodiak de Charlesbourg	8–0	YK Galaxy FC
Perusse 13', 37', 63', 71' Kouo Dibongue 43', 64' Tothaud-Mouandza 44' Chiasson 75'	Report

Ottawa St. Anthony SC	4–1	Saskatoon Revolution
Lubenga 31', 77' Turner 50' Soukary 54'	Report	Reis 57'

Ottawa St. Anthony SC	4–0	YK Galaxy FC
Kalule 9' Lubenga 43' Natoli 52' Turner 88'	Report

Saskatoon Revolution	0–2	United Dartmouth FC
	Report	Serieys 55' Miller 85'

United Dartmouth FC	5–0	YK Galaxy FC
Miller 2', 17' Thompson 42' Marshall 50', 84'	Report

Ottawa St. Anthony SC	1–0	Kodiak de Charlesbourg
Lubenga 79'	Report

Kodiak de Charlesbourg	0–0	United Dartmouth FC
	Report

Saskatoon Revolution	10–1	YK Galaxy FC
Peters 3', 23', 41' Reis 6', 11', 19', 42' Bauche 21' Brown 49', 59'	Report	Danso 16'

Final round

The final round (known as Teck Finals Day for sponsorship reasons) consists of one game for each team, where they are paired with their equal-ranked opponent from the opposite group to determine a final ranking for the tournament.

FC Winnipeg Lions	19–0	YK Galaxy FC
Ramjiawan 4', 6', 22', 39', 47', 62', 68', 76', 82' Aitken 10' Szulc 31' Hodges 35', 65', 71', 75' Hidalgo-Mazzei 60' Harrison 80' Naumiuk 84', 86'	Report

Holy Cross FC	2–0	Saskatoon Revolution
Grant 16' Bonisteel 37'	Report

Fredericton Picaroons Reds	0–4	Kodiak de Charlesbourg
	Report	Kouo Dibongue 30', 41' Morissette 65' Tothaud-Mouandza 87'

Edmonton Scottish	0–2	United Dartmouth FC
	Report	Serieys 28' Gaudet 90+3'

Central City Breakers FC	2–0	Ottawa St. Anthony SC
Clarke 65' Mehrabi 90'	Report

Goalscorers

There were 108 goals scored in 25 matches, for an average of 4.32 goals per match.

9 goals

• Ryan Ramjiawan

5 goals

• Shamir Lubenga
• Nathan Reis

4 goals

• Caleb Clarke
• Milad Mehrabi
• Stuart Hodges
• Marc-Olivier Kouo Dibongue
• Alexandre Perusse

3 goals

• Oshane Hylton
• Krzysztof Szulc
• Isaac Bonisteel
• Adam Miller
• Garrett Peters

2 goals

• Paul Hamilton
• Aaron Hidalgo-Mazzei
• A.J. Naumiuk
• David Itoafa
• Kenny Morrison
• Jacob Grant
• Jake Warren
• Kyle Williams
• Oscar Marshall
• Andrew Serieys
• Trevor Turner
• Jeremy-Nathaniel Tothaud-Mouandza
• David Brown

1 goal

• Sebastian Cabrera
• Sam Lam
• Anoop Sahota
• Milad Rahmati
• Boris Si
• Andrew Aitken
• Hugo Figueiredo
• Zach Harrison
• Anthony Lourenco
• Brendan Rattai
• Eseaka Kanneh
• Yosua Niyonkuru
• Jason Rouse
• Ibrahima Sanoh
• Russell Danso
• Derek Gaudet
• Callum Thompson
• Anthony Kalule
• Marco Natoli
• Ibrahim Soukary
• Pierre-Luc Chiasson
• Yann Gael Le Roy
• Julien Morissette
• Mitchell Bauche
• Sam Whiting

1 own goal

• Ryan Mackinnon (against Central City Breakers FC)
• Harry Carter (against Edmonton Scottish)
• Zach Bauld (against Ottawa St. Anthony SC)

References

1. "Canada Soccer Introduces New Title Sponsor for National Championships and BC Soccer Announces New Hosting Partner for 2017 Jubilee & Challenge Trophies". bcsoccer.net. British Columbia Soccer Association. Retrieved August 21, 2022. Building on their new partnership, Canada Soccer have introduced Toyota Canada as the title sponsor for the Toyota National Championships, the premier amateur soccer competition that brings together clubs from coast to coast to coast across the country.
2. "Canada Soccer confirms schedules for 2019 Toyota National Championships". stepstjohns.ca. Sport Tourism Event Partnership. Retrieved August 18, 2022. Canada Soccer's premier amateur event – the Toyota National Championships – will kick off on Wednesday 9 October with 153 matches to be played across six competitions in six days across three venues. This year's 2019 Toyota National Championships will be played in St. John's, Newfoundland Labrador (men's Challenge Trophy and women's Jubilee Trophy), Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (U-17 Cup), and Edmonton, Alberta (U-15 Cup).
3. Zillich, Tom (October 14, 2019). "Surrey soccer team wins national title for teammate Bassi, killed in car crash last spring". Surrey Now-Leader. Retrieved August 18, 2022. The soccer club's United squad are national champions after a 2-0 win in St. John's on Monday (Oct. 14).
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8. "Recap: Senior Soccer Fest 2019". albertasoccer.com. Alberta Soccer Association. September 3, 2019. Retrieved August 18, 2022. Edmonton Scottish will return to Nationals after previously qualifying eight times between 1979 and 2018.
9. Manitoba Soccer (July 28, 2019). "It took 94 minutes, but FC Winnipeg Lions are your 2019 Senior Men's Manitoba Soccer Provincial Champions after defeating Bonivital United by a score of 2:1. They will now represent the province at @CanadaSoccerENNationals in St. John's in October" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
10. "Ottawa St. Anthony Wins Men's Ontario Cup Final in Penalty Thriller". ontariosoccer.net. Ontario Soccer Association. August 29, 2019. Retrieved August 18, 2022. With the Ontario Cup win, Ottawa moves to the National Championships to play for the Challenge Trophy, from Oct. 9-14 in St. John's Newfoundland.
11. Canada Soccer (August 18, 2019). "Congratulations to the @UnitedDFC Senior Men who won the @SoccerNS Senior A Men's Provincial Championship to qualify for the 2019 Toyota National Championships Challenge Trophy competition in St. John's, NL" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
12. McCarthy, Brendan (September 2, 2019). "Newfoundland Challenge Cup final: The sky was blue, but once again, the winners wore red and gold". SaltWire Network. Retrieved August 18, 2022. Holy Cross's latest victory means it will represent Newfoundland and Labrador when metro St. John's hosts the 2019 Toyota national championships Oct. 9-14.
13. McCarthy, Brendan (October 9, 2019). "National soccer championships: Both Newfoundland entries in same pool for Jubilee Trophy event". SaltWire Network. Retrieved August 22, 2022. Action begins today, with eight games in all, played at King George V Park in St. John's, Middle Smallwood pitch in Mount Pearl, Topsail Complex in Conception Bay South and Ranibow Guully Field in Portugal Cove-St. Philip's.
14. "Nationals Soccer Tournament October 9th – 13th at Rainbow Gully Park". pcsp.ca. Town of Portugal Cove-St. Philip's. October 9, 2019. Retrieved August 21, 2022. We are proud to announce that for the first time, we are hosting a National level soccer game at Rainbow Gully Park!
15. "Smallwood Field". destinationstjohns.com. Destination St. John's. Retrieved August 21, 2022. Facility amenities include lights, electronic scoreboard, ample parking, bleacher seating for 2500 spectators, utility hut, batting cage, covered dugouts, washrooms facilities.
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External links

• Official website

• 2019 in Canadian soccer
• Canadian National Challenge Cup
• October 2019 sports events in Canada
• 2019 in Newfoundland and Labrador