2005 Open Canada Cup
# 2005 Open Canada Cup

The 2005 Open Canada Cup was the 8th edition of the Canadian Professional Soccer League's open league cup tournament running from late May through early September. Windsor Border Stars defeated London City 3-0 in the final played at Cove Road Stadium, London, Ontario. The victory marked Windsor's second Open Canada Cup title, and became the third club in the tournaments history to successfully defend their title. The tournament featured several clubs from the Ontario League, and saw the return of several clubs from the Ottawa Carleton Soccer League. Particularly the 2004 Open Canada Cup runner's up Ottawa St. Anthony Italia, and 2004 Canadian National Challenge Cup finalists and Ontario Cup champions Ottawa Royals S.C.

The Ontario amateur clubs began the tournament in the preliminary rounds while the CPSL clubs received an automatic bye to the second round. For the fourth straight year London City were granted the hosting rights to the finals. All CPSL clubs competed in the competition with the exception of Toronto Croatia which opted out in order to compete in the annual Croatian-North American Soccer Tournament.

## Qualification

| Enter in preliminary round | Enter in Second Round |
| - | - |
| OSL/OCSL/WOSL 3 teams/3 teams/2 teams | CPSL 11 teams |
| Ontario Soccer League Benfica Toronto Hearts S.C. Inter Oshawa Ottawa Carleton Soccer League Capital City Ambassadors Ottawa Royals S.C. Ottawa St. Anthony Italia Western Ontario Soccer League AEK London London Portuguese | Canadian Professional Soccer League Brampton Stallions Durham Storm Hamilton Thunder Laval Dynamites London City North York Astros Oakville Blue Devils St. Catharines Wolves Toronto Supra Vaughan Shooters Windsor Border Stars |

## Top scorers

| Position | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Aaron Byrd | Windsor Border Stars | 4 |
| 2 | Dan Cheney | Ottawa Royals | 3 |
| | Jason De Thomasis | Vaughan Shooters | 3 |
| | Radek Papiez | Windsor Border Stars | 3 |
| | Fred Perreira | Toronto Benfica | 3 |
| | Christopher Santos | Toronto Benfica | 3 |
