OTTAWA - Vancouver FC hung on for an unlikely 3-2 upset aggregate win over Atletico Ottawa, despite losing the second leg of the semifinal 1-0 Thursday, to set up an all-Vancouver Canadian Championship final with the defending champion Whitecaps.

Vancouver FC (2-15-6) sits last in the Canadian Premier League standings, 35 points below second-place Ottawa (13-2-8). But it held a 3-1 lead after the Aug. 13 first leg in Langley, B.C.

Ottawa needed to win by three goals to advance — or force a penalty shootout with a two-goal victory. The 15-team tournament has dispensed with the away goals rule.

Ottawa had 76 per cent possession and outshot Vancouver 15-4 but only had a 3-0 edge in shots on target.

Ottawa turned up the heat as the game wore on but could only manage a 45th-minute goal by

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