Gershon Koffie stars as Vancouver Whitecaps beat Montreal Impact to win Canadian Championship

Ghanaian midfielder Gershon Koffie played 84 minutes as Vancouver Whitecaps beat Montreal Impact 2-0 to win their first-ever Voyageurs Cup on Wednesday night at BC Place.

The ‘Caps lifted the trophy in front of a crowd of 19,616 after defeating 10-men Montreal Impact in the second leg of the Amway Canadian Championship Final, which sealed a 4-2 win on aggregate.

It was a big relief for Whitecaps after 13 years of heartbreak.

Octavio Rivero and Tim Parker provided the scoring for Vancouver while Canadian Russell Teibert was presented the George Gross Memorial Trophy as the tournament MVP, etching their names into the club’s history books in the process.

The Amway Canadian Championship is a five-team tournament that crowns the top team in Canada.

In addition to qualifying for the CONCACAF Champions League, the winner also takes home the supporters-created Voyageurs Cup