Round Two of the Open Canada Cup involving four successful amateur teams from the Preliminary Round (Ottawa St. Anthony Italia, Ottawa Royals, AEK London and Benfica of Toronto) will join with the professional teams during the Canada Day holiday weekend July 1 – 3 to decide the eight quarter-finalists to advance to Round Three.
These games will be played on four sites: London, North York and St. Catharines and a new location of the Terry Fox Stadium in Ottawa.
Fri. Jul 1 Terry Fox Stadium-Ottawa 1:00pm Ottawa St. Anthony Italia vs Laval Dynamites Fri. Jul 1 Terry Fox Stadium-Ottawa 3:30pm Durham Storm vs Ottawa Royals Fri. Jul 1 Cove Road, London 8:38pm London City vs Oakville Blue Devils Sun. Jul 3 Esther Shiner Stadium 2:30pm Vaughan Shooters vs Toronto Supra Sun. Jul 3 Esther Shiner Stadium 5:45pm North York Astros vs Brampton Stallions Sun, Jul 3 Cove Road, London 7:00pm AEK London vs Hamilton Thunder Sun. Jul 3 Club Roma 7:30pm St. Catharines Wolves vs Benfica of Toronto
Border Stars (Windsor) are the current Open Canada Cup holders, they gain a bye to Round Three.
The surviving eight teams from these games will advance to the quarter-finals to be played July 30, 31, August 1, leading to the semi-finals September 3, 4 and the Open Canada Cup Final to be played on Labour Day, September 5.
Preliminary Round results: Ottawa St. Anthony Italia 2, Hearts S.C. (North York) 1 Ottawa Royals 2, London Portuguese 1 Benfica (Toronto) 6, Capital City Ambassadors (Ottawa) 0 AEK London 2, Inter-Oshawa 0
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