Pierre-Rudolph Mayard scored in the 90th minute to give home side AS Blainville a 2-1 series lead over Oakville Blue Devils in the First Qualifying Round of the 2018 Canadian Championship. After Mitchell Syla put Blainville up 1-0 in the 26th minutes, Oakville drew even just before halftime through Anthony Novak’s 40th minute equaliser.
 
The Québec champions hope their lead will be enough to see their way through to the Second Qualifying Round and awaiting Ottawa Fury FC. For their part, Ontario champions Oakville have an away goal and could win the series through a home 1:0 victory in the second leg.
 
Fans can watch that second leg on MyCujoo.tv/canada-soccer on Wednesday 13 June (19.30 ET / 16.30 PT). Fans can follow the competition on the official website at canadianchampionship.ca as well as through Canada Soccer’s digital channels on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram using the #CanChamp hashtag.
 
The 6 June match in Laval was the first-ever Canadian Championship match featuring champions from the Première ligue de soccer du Québec and League1 Ontario. The opening match of the 2018 Canadian Championship featured 24 Canadians amongst the starters and substitutes.
 
Toronto FC were the second Canadian Championship winners in four years to make it to the Concacaf Champions League Final. In 2014-15, Montréal Impact made it through to the Grand Final with the last match the highest-attended in-stadia sporting event in Canada that year.
 
In 2018, Toronto FC will travel to meet the Qualifying Rounds winner in the opening leg of the Semi-final round, while Montréal will host Vancouver Whitecaps FC to open the other Semi-final. Both games kick off at 19.30 local on Wednesday 18 July with the second legs scheduled one week later on 25 July. 
 
The Voyageurs Cup will be presented on 15 August along with the George Gross Memorial Trophy to the tournament’s Most Valuable Player. 
 
2018 Canadian Championship Schedule (home team listed first)
 
1QR - First Qualifying Round
 
2018-06-06 - AS Blainville 2:1 Oakville Blue Devils
2018-06-13 - Oakville Blue Devils v AS Blainville - 19.30 ET / 16.30 PT
 
2QR - Second Qualifying Round
 
2018-06-20 - 1QR (Winner/Gagnant) v Ottawa Fury FC - 19.30 ET / 16.30 PT
2018-06-27 - Ottawa Fury FC v 1QR (Winner/Gagnant) - 19.30 ET / 16.30 PT
 
SF - Semi-Final Round
 
2018-07-18 - 2QR (Winner/Gagnant) v Toronto FC – 19.30 ET / 16.30 PT 
2018-07-18 - Impact de Montréal v Vancouver Whitecaps FC – 19.30 ET / 16.30 PT
2018-07-25 - Toronto FC v 2QR (Winner/Gagnant) – 19.30 ET / 16.30 PT
2018-07-25 - Vancouver Whitecaps FC v Impact de Montréal – 22.00 ET / 19.00 PT
 
Final Round
2018-08-08 - SF (Winner/Gagnant) v SF (Winner/Gagnant)
2018-08-15 - SF (Winner/Gagnant) v SF (Winner/Gagnant)