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The away teams were victorious on the opening night of the 2011 Nutrilite Canadian Championship. Vancouver Whitecaps FC won 1:0 over Impact Montréal while title holders Toronto FC won 3:0 over 10-man newcomers FC Edmonton. Both semi-final series will continue with the return legs next Wednesday 4 May in Vancouver and Toronto.
Vancouver Whitecaps FC won the opening leg of the 2011 Nutrilite Canadian Championship semi-final leg, winning 1:0 over Impact Montréal at Stade Saputo in Montréal. Canadian midfielder Terry Dunfield, wearing the captain’s armband, scored the lone goal of the match while veteran Jay Nolly recorded his championship-record seventh career clean sheet.
Maicon Santos made amends for missed chances scoring twice to lead Toronto FC past a shorthanded FC Edmonton 3-0 Wednesday in the first leg of their Nutrilite Canadian Championship semifinal series.
The 2011 Nutrilite Canadian Championship kicks off this Wednesday 27 April in Edmonton, AB and Montréal, QC. There are four teams this year, but only one can be crowned national champion on 25 May and earn the coveted Canadian spot in the 2011-12 edition of CONCACAF Champions League.
Two-time national champions Toronto FC will begin its title defence this Wednesday 27 April in Edmonton, AB. The opponent is debutant FC Edmonton, which joins the Nutrilite Canadian Championship this season as the fourth Canadian team. The champions will face the newcomers in a home-and-away semi-final series on 27 April (in Edmonton) and 4 May (in Toronto).
Vancouver Whitecaps FC are due. Despite an all-time winning record in the Nutrilite Canadian Championship, they have yet to win it all in the first three seasons of the competition.
Karina LeBlanc remembers herself as the quiet one when she first joined Canada’s national team in the late 1990s. It is funny how that sounds today, because chatty, inspirational, spiritual, funny: that’s the “KK” we know today.
Karina LeBlanc considère qu’elle était quelqu’un d’assez tranquille lorsqu’elle a rejoint l’équipe nationale du Canada à la fin des années 1990. C’est dur à imaginer puisque nous la connaissons comme une personne jasante, inspirante, spirituelle et drôle en revanche aujourd’hui.
Il est donc difficile à croire que Karina a déjà pu être d’un tempérament plus calme.
The last time the Impact started the Nutrilite Canadian Championship at home, they won the whole thing. That was 2008, the inaugural championship that preceded a memorable Montréal run to the quarter-final stage of CONCACAF Champions League.
