Oakville, Blainville to vie for Voyageurs Cup

The revamped Canadian soccer championship will kick off June 6 with the champion teams from Quebec’s PLSQ and League 1 Ontario taking part. Semi-pro sides AS Blainville and the Oakville Blue Devils join the USL’s Ottawa Fury FC and Major League Soccer’s Montreal Impact, Toronto FC and Vancouver Whitecaps in the knockout competition that runs through Aug. 8. The Canadian Championship winner hoists the Voyageurs Cup and earns a berth in the CONCACAF Champions League. The winner of that tournament joins the field for the FIFA Club World Cup. The winner of the Blainville- Oakville match will face Ottawa in a second qualifying round to see who advances to face reigning champion Toronto in semifinal action in July. Montreal plays Vancouver in the other semifinal.