MONTREAL, QC – For the first time since 2014, and just the second time under the tournament’s current format, Vancouver Whitecaps FC will not play for the Voyageurs Cup.
The ‘Caps were eliminated from this year’s Canadian Championship with a 4-2 loss to Montreal Impact on Tuesday night in the second leg of the semifinal, which gave the Impact a 5-4 victory on aggregate over the two legs.
And, as is always the case with this competition, it wasn’t for a lack of a drama.
Montreal took a 3-0 lead into halftime thanks to a pair of Ignacio Piatti penalties and a 38th-minute marker from Blerim Dzemaili.