the montreal impact won their third championship in its history, saturday october 17, 2009, in front of a sellout crowd of 13,034 at saputo stadium, defeating the vancouver whitecaps fc 3–1, (6–3 on aggregate goals), in the first division usl final championship, which was the first all canadian first division usl final. all three of montreal's championships have been won at home. montreal had an up and down year that involved firing their coach and struggling early on, so winning the championship was a pleasant surprise to their fans. all the players agreed this championship was more special than their first two because they were expected to win those ones, while the 2009 edition was a surprise finalist, that most experts thought wouldn't advance out of the quarterfinals.