Victoria Challenge Cup

The Victoria Challenge Cup is a pre-season competition between the 4 USL Premier Development League clubs from Ontario, Canada. The inaugural event took place on the Victoria Day weekend of May 15 to 17, 2009 at the Algonquin Soccer Complex in Ottawa, Ontario.

Victoria Challenge Cup
Founded	2009
Abolished	2009
Region	Canada (CONCACAF)
Number of teams	4
Television broadcasters	Rogers TV

Background

The establishment of Forest City London prior to the 2009 Premier Development League season brought the number of PDL teams in Ontario to four. With American PDL sides starting their season earlier than their Canadian counterparts in order to take part in US Open Cup qualifying,^[1] the Canadian PDL teams decided to establish the Victoria Challenge Cup. As of 2009, the Victoria Challenge Cup does not act as qualifying for the Canadian equivalent to the US Open Cup, the Canadian Championship.

The tournament did not take place in 2010 and has lapsed since then.

Participating teams

Format

In 2009, the four competing clubs played a round robin tournament in Ottawa. Toronto Lynx and Forest City London did not play each other in Ottawa, but their PDL regular season match completed the tournament schedule.

Past winners

Year	Rank	Teams	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2009	1	Thunder Bay Chill	9	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4
	2	Ottawa Fury	4	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
	3	Toronto Lynx	2	3	0	2	1	2	4	-2
	4	Forest City London	1	3	0	1	2	2	4	-2

2009 Results

15 May 2009	Thunder Bay Chill	2 - 1	Ottawa Fury	Algonquin College Soccer Complex Ottawa, ON
7:30 pm

16 May 2009	Forest City London	1 - 2	Thunder Bay Chill	Algonquin College Soccer Complex Ottawa, ON
3:00 pm

16 May 2009	Toronto Lynx	1 - 1	Ottawa Fury	Algonquin College Soccer Complex Ottawa, ON
6:00pm	1		1

17 May 2009	Forest City London	0 - 1	Ottawa Fury	Algonquin College Soccer Complex Ottawa, ON
2:00 pm

17 May 2009	Thunder Bay Chill	2 - 0	Toronto Lynx	Algonquin College Soccer Complex Ottawa, ON
5:00 pm	2		0

3 June 2009	Toronto Lynx	1 - 1	Forest City London	Ontario Soccer Centre Vaughan, ON
11:00 am	57' Jordan Webb	Soccer in Toronto Report	45' Kevin Zimmerman	Attendance: 1,000

References

↑ Inaugural Victoria Challenge Cup

Soccer in Canada

Overview	Canadian Soccer Association League system Hall of Fame Clubs Champions Venues Women's soccer in Canada Coaches Leagues

Men's national teams	Senior U-23 (Olympic) U-20 U-17 Beach soccer

Men's leagues	Major League Soccer MLS Cup North American Soccer League United Soccer League League1 Ontario Première Ligue de soccer du Québec Premier Development League Pacific Coast Soccer League Canadian Soccer League (Non-FIFA)

Men's university soccer	U Sports Men's Soccer Championship U Sports men's soccer Atlantic University Sport Quebec Student Sport Federation Ontario University Athletics Canada West Universities Athletic Association

Men's college soccer	CCAA Championship Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association Quebec Student Sport Federation Ontario Colleges Athletic Association Alberta Colleges Athletics Conference British Columbia Colleges Athletic Association

Women's national teams	Senior U-20 U-17

Women's leagues	National Women's Soccer League Women's Premier Soccer League League1 Ontario

Women's university soccer	U Sports Women's Soccer Championship

Cup competitions	Canadian Championship The Challenge Trophy Jubilee Trophy

Other competitions	Canadian Premier League (proposed) Soccer at the Canada Games Croatian-North American Soccer Tournament

Defunct competitions	Canadian National Soccer League Canadian Soccer League (1987–92) Open Canada Cup Victoria Challenge Cup

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