The 2014

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(officially the

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Canadian Championship for sponsorship reasons) was a

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tournament hosted and organized by the

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that took place in the cities of

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and

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in 2014. For the first time in the history of the tournament, the

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participated in addition to

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, Montreal Impact,

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and

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. The winner, Montreal Impact, was awarded the

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and became Canada's entry into the

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of the

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. It was the seventh edition of the annual Canadian Championship.

Matches

Bracket

The three

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Canadian clubs are seeded according to their final position in 2013 league play. The fourth seed was allocated to the winner of the preliminary round between the participating NASL clubs. All rounds of the competition are played via a two-leg home-and-away knock-out format. The higher seeded team has the option of deciding which leg it played at home. The team that scores the greater aggregate of goals in the two matches advances. As in previous years, the team that came on top on aggregate for the two matches, Montreal Impact, was declared champion and earned the right to represent Canada in the

. : ''Each round is a two-game aggregate goal series with the

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.''

Preliminary Round

''FC Edmonton won 3–1 on aggregate.''

Semifinals

''Montreal Impact won 5–4 on aggregate.'' ---- ''3–3 on aggregate, Toronto FC won 5–3 on penalties.'' ----

Final

First leg

Second leg

Top goalscorers

References

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