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Canada Soccer have announced a change to the clubs competing in the 2024 TELUS Canadian Championship. Following the withdrawal of 2023 League1 BC champions Victoria Highlanders, TSS Rovers will now represent L1BC after finishing as runners-up in the league’s 2023 regular season.
TSS Rovers will occupy the same spot in the bracket vacated by Highlanders, meaning they’ll take on Canadian Premier League side Pacific FC at Starlight Stadium in a preliminary round tie on Wednesday, May 1 (7pm PT/10pm ET).
This will be Rovers’ second appearance in the Canadian Championship after making their debut in 2023. In that campaign, they pulled off a historic upset by defeating Valour FC in the first round before bowing out against Pacific, whom they’ll take on again this year.
The 2024 TELUS Canadian Championship kicks off on Tuesday, April 23 when Cavalry FC play Vancouver FC.
The full list of matchups for the first two rounds is as follows:
Preliminary Round matchups
Match 1: Cavalry FC vs. Vancouver FC
Match 2: Atlético Ottawa vs. Valour FC
Match 3: Pacific FC vs. TSS Rovers
Match 4: Forge FC vs. York United FC
Match 5: Halifax Wanderers FC vs. CS St-Laurent
Match 6: Toronto FC vs. Simcoe County Rovers
Quarterfinal matchups
Series 1: Winner Match 1 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Series 2: Winner Match 2 vs. Winner Match 3*
Series 3: Winner Match 4 vs. CF Montréal
Series 4: Winner Match 5 vs. Winner Match 6*
* Note that the above matchup format does not reflect home/away positioning as this will be determined once the matchups are set and the higher ranked clubs are identified.
