Canadian Championship roundup: Whitecaps domination undone by CF Montreal as Forge edge Supra

[h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/forge-fc/K2kdlC2P/"]Forge[/a] 2-1 [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/supra-du-quebec/EJdYTitI/"]Supra du Quebec[/a][/h2][p]Just as was the case last year, the Canadian Championship final will involve a CPL team. This time, it will be Forge involved thanks to a 2-1 aggregate success over Supra.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/forge-K2kdlC2P/supra-du-quebec-EJdYTitI/?mid=G4HPwJz0"]The first leg[/a], which occurred at the beginning of September in Laval, saw the Quebec-based Supra take the lead with less than 10 minutes to go in the first half. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/conde-ibrahim/6JKYQ0GO/"]Ibrahim Conde[/a] was the one to tap it home from close range.[/p][p]Forge had been beaten by their opponents days prior in league play, and looked set for a second 1-0 reverse within the space of a week. That was until a stoppage time free kick was midjudged by Supra keeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/milli-joakim/KzssoWyg/"]Joakim Milli[/a]. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bourgeois-maxime/zJ7JfEzi/"]Maxime Bourgeois[/a] kept the ball in play, picking out [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/krutzen-daniel/lML4MCoq/"]Daniel Krutzen[/a], who bundled the ball home to secure a vital 1-1 draw.[/p][p]Two weeks later, the sides reconvened in Hamilton for the decider. Although they had two solid chances inside the opening 10 minutes, Supra could not find their way past the Hammers' keeper Dmitry Bertaud.[/p][p]Forge, who made the final in the 2020 edition - a one-off match featuring the CPL winner and the best Canadian-based MLS team decided in a mini-group among the three - found the breakthrough midway through the opening half. After captain [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bekker-kyle/vgDt9YHp/"]Kyle Bekker[/a] was forced off due to a serious-looking injury, his replacement [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/paton-ben/Opm3Ylw2/"]Ben Paton[/a] got his foot on Bourgeois' pass to fire it home.[/p][embed guid="8573e77f-67e2-4065-b0ae-3ac957f6bd4c" url="https://x.com/onesoccer/status/2100006701281730877?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Supra, who lost both of their league games at Hamilton Stadium, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/forge-K2kdlC2P/supra-du-quebec-EJdYTitI/?mid=8CZWyc5C"]almost tied things up in stoppage time[/a], but [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bey-riad/ALlVb5k9/"]Riad Bey[/a] could not keep his shot down from point blank range.[/p][p]Forge will now look to become the first CPL team to win the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/canada/championship/"]Canadian Championship[/a], something the club have been desperate to win. In the seven full editions they have participated in, the Hamiltonians have played in the semi-finals five times, including the last four years.[/p][h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/vancouver-whitecaps/K2dlua5N/"]Vancouver Whitecaps[/a] 2-3 [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/cf-montreal/j9cigLCr/"]CF Montreal[/a][/h2][p]The other semi-final saw the Vancouver Whitecaps, winners of the last four tournaments, falter 3-2 over the two legs against CF Montreal.[/p][p]Similar to the other semi, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/cf-montreal-j9cigLCr/vancouver-whitecaps-K2dlua5N/?mid=OYGTKzWN"]the first leg finished 1-1[/a] at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby. CFM, currently bottom in the MLS Eastern Conference, took the lead through Daneil Pereira 15 minutes in. [/p][p]The response came midway into the second period from the Western Conference-leading Caps, who found their leveller via Ryan Gould. They had the better of the chances, but could not add another to take a lead to Stade Saputo.[/p][p]Montreal, last winners of the CanChamp back in 2021, took the lead [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/cf-montreal-j9cigLCr/vancouver-whitecaps-K2dlua5N/?mid=fH7aFEgo"]in the second leg[/a] as well. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/owusu-prince/82eDVnFb/"]Prince Owusu[/a] stepped up and confirmed a penalty after the hosts used one of their Football Video Support (FVS) challenge cards for a foul in the box.[/p][embed guid="ae9ad251-ed2d-4a6c-a57e-4564733b29fa" url="https://x.com/onesoccer/status/2100370165699338414?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Having not beaten Vancouver in any competition since 2022, Philippe Eullaffroy's men added a second just before the break as Owusu doubled his tally for the night.[/p][p]The Whitecaps made a double change at the interval as they tried to overturn the deficit. Yet, despite spending the whole second period trying to get back into the match, their goal only came in stoppage time. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sabbi-emmanuel/0UjafPph/"]Emmanuel Sabbi[/a] gave his side hope with a first-time finish.[/p][p]In the end, it turned out to be a consolation goal as CFM held on for the final two minutes to book their ninth trip to the final.[/p][p]It will be the sixth year in a row that Forge and Montreal will face off in the competition, with the former coming out on top in each of the last two editions. Across seven matches overall, both teams have two wins each, though the MLS outfit have scored three goals more.[/p][p]The final will occur at Stade Saputo on 21 October, with the winning side securing a place in next year's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/north-central-america/concacaf-champions-cup/"]CONCACAF Champions Cup[/a].[/p]