VANCOUVER – History will be made when the Canadian Championship final is played on Wednesday.
What remains to be seen is which Vancouver soccer team will find its name in the record books.
The host Vancouver Whitecaps have an opportunity to become the first team in the tournament’s modern era to hoist the Voyageurs Cup four years in a row.
Vancouver FC will try to stop them and become the first Canadian Premier League team to win the title.
“Obviously, it’s a chance for us to show what we feel we’re really about on the biggest stage possible,” said VFC captain Callum Irving.
Toronto FC is the only team that has won four straight Canadian Championship titles, accomplishing the feat between 2009 and 2012.
Founded in 2008, the tournament featured just three teams until 2011, when FC Edm