2025 U Sports Men's Soccer Championship
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| Tournament details | |
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| Country | Canada |
| Cities | Toronto, Ontario |
| Venue | Varsity Stadium |
| Dates | November 6–9, 2025 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | York Lions |
| Runners-up | Mount Royal Cougars |
| Third place | Montreal Carabins |
| Fourth place | UQTR Patriotes |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 11 |
| Goals scored | 39 (3.55 per match) |
| Attendance | 6,902 (627 per match) |
| Top goal scorer | Christian Zeppieri (4 goals) |
| Awards | |
| Championship MVP | Christian Zeppieri (York) |
The 2025 U Sports Men's Soccer Championship was the 53rd edition of the U Sports men's soccer championship, a postseason tournament to determine the national champion of the 2025 U Sports men's soccer season. The tournament was played November 6–9, 2025 at Varsity Stadium on the St. George campus of the University of Toronto.[1][2]
The tournament was held at Varsity Stadium on the St. George campus of the University of Toronto. This was the 3rd U Sports men's soccer championship event hosted at the University of Toronto.[3]
Qualified teams
Bracket
| Fifth-place match | Consolation semi-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Toronto Varsity Blues | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | UQTR Patriotes (a.e.t.) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Toronto Varsity Blues | 5 | UQTR Patriotes | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cape Breton Capers | 0 | Mount Royal Cougars | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Mount Royal Cougars | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Cape Breton Capers | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Toronto Varsity Blues | 1 | Mount Royal Cougars | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| UBC Thunderbirds | 2 | York Lions (a.e.t.) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Montreal Carabins | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | UBC Thunderbirds | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| UBC Thunderbirds | 3 | Montreal Carabins | 0 | Third-place match | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dalhousie Tigers | 0 | York Lions | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Dalhousie Tigers | 1 | UQTR Patriotes | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | York Lions | 5 | Montreal Carabins | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
Results
Quarter-finals
| Toronto Varsity Blues | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | UQTR Patriotes |
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| Report |
Consolation semi-finals
Semi-finals
| Montreal Carabins | 0–2 | York Lions |
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| Report |
| Mount Royal Cougars | 2–0 | UQTR Patriotes |
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| Report |
Fifth-place match
Third-place match
| Montreal Carabins | 5–1 | UQTR Patriotes |
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Report |
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Final
Statistics
Final standings
| Pos | Team | W–L | GF | GA | GD |
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| 1st | York Lions | 3–0 | 8 | 1 | +7 |
| 2nd | Mount Royal Cougars | 2–1 | 4 | 2 | +2 |
| 3rd | Montreal Carabins | 2–1 | 7 | 4 | +3 |
| 4th | UQTR Patriotes | 1–2 | 4 | 9 | –5 |
| 5th | UBC Thunderbirds | 2–1 | 6 | 3 | +3 |
| 6th | Toronto Varsity Blues | 1–2 | 8 | 5 | +3 |
| 7th* | Cape Breton Capers | 0–2 | 1 | 7 | –6 |
| 8th* | Dalhousie Tigers | 0–2 | 1 | 8 | –7 |
* No seventh-place game was held. Ranking of 7th and 8th is unofficial based on the goal difference of each losing consolation-semifinalist.
Goalscorers
There were 39 goals scored in 11 matches, for an average of 3.55 goals per match.
4 goals
- Christian Zeppieri – York
3 goals
- Chanan Chanda – Mount Royal
2 goals
- Sami McDuff – Montreal
- Michael Osorio – Toronto
- Gianluca Scurti – Toronto
- Alexandre Marcoux – UQTR
1 goal
- Amadou Bayo – Cape Breton
- Orene Cohen – Montreal
- Omar El Kalkouli – Montreal
- Maxime Filion – Montreal
- Xavier Malo – Montreal
- Quentin Touil – Montreal
- Jonathan Walter – Mount Royal
- Jordan Grey – Toronto
- Niklas Hallam – Toronto
- Jacob Prested – Toronto
- Andrea Schifano – Toronto
- Theo Afework – UBC
- Max Comsia – UBC
- Kyle Dent – UBC
- Henri Godbout – UBC
- Luke Norman – UBC
- Markus Rukavina – UBC
- Emile Boivin – UQTR
- Mouhamed Ndiaye – UQTR
- Mykeo Christmas – York
- James Fidalgo – York
- Ryan Robinson – York
1 own goal
- Joseph Odume – Dalhousie (against York)
- Adam Benmoussa – Montreal (against York)