OTTAWA – Vancouver FC has completed an unlikely run to the Telus Canadian Championship final to meet the defending champion Whitecaps.

Vancouver FC hung on to complete a semifinal upset of Atletico Ottawa on Thursday, losing 1-0 on the night but advancing 3-2 on aggregate to set up the all-Vancouver showdown Oct. 1 at B.C. Place Stadium.

Vancouver FC is mired in the Canadian Premier League basement at 2-15-6. The high-flying Whitecaps stand sixth overall in Major League Soccer and are the best Canadian MLS team by a country mile this season.

Vancouver FC came into Thursday’s game 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 vi

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