The Vancouver Whitecaps are, once again, champions of Canada and they have one man to thank.

Sure, there were some other decent enough individual performances. But this was a cagey match, one typical of a cup final. While Toronto FC got the better of the chances, they were unable to find their way past Isaac Boehmer, who finished off a brilliant tournament with his finest display yet. What grade does he (and the rest of the team) get to go alongside their winners’ medals?

Isaac Boehmer: 10

You tend to reserve the perfect 10 for rare, exceptional performances … but, given the stage, surely Boehmer is deserving of those lofty marks.

He deserved to try and see out the final after excellent performances earlier in the tournament and saying he rose to the occasion is an understatement. Did excellently to deny Federico Bernadeschi’s penalty and only got better from there, including some big time saves in the second half. Of course, the coup de grace was his save in the penalty shootout, which clinched him the honor of player of the tournament.

Bjorn Utvik: 6.5

A fine showing from Utvik, who was tidy in possession and in passing. His finest moment, however, came in expertly dispatching the winning penalty.

Ranko Veselinovic: 6.5

Much like Utvik, Ranko was quietly composed and didn’t shrink physically from a tough matchup with the TFC front line.

Mathias Laborda: 4

Made an extremely dumb decision to foul Richie Laryea in the box (surely the Caps of all teams should know his antics in the penalty area) and will owe Isaac Boehmer a basket of mini muffins for saving his blushes. He repeatedly kept getting worked by the TFC attackers and struggled to find himself in the right positions.

Ali Ahmed: 5.5

The Caps tried to offer Ahmed as a dangerous alternative with his under lapping runs but he didn’t link up quite as well with the forward bank as Adekugbe did on the other side, even as he played from a more advanced position. Was swapped to the right after struggling with the Italians a bit early and did better defensively there.

Andres Cubas: 7

Was strong in the centre of the park, though he wasn’t quite as tidy as Vite was in all honesty. His passing, however, was quite good and he was an important outlet to try and spring the wide players over the top.

Pedro Vite: 8

I thought he was really good in the centre of the park and his passing, particularly the long diagonals to wide players, was excellent. Not to be overlooked are the 10 ball recoveries and his immense effort, including running nearly the length of the pitch to close down Richie Laryea.

Sam Adekugbe: 7

Started on the right hand side to help counter the threat of Richie Laryea and accommodate Ali Ahmed but he was more dangerous working with Fafa Picault, finding space to put in some decent service. Was less impactful in the second half, however.

Ryan Gauld: 5.5

Floated around the front three to try and create chances when he could but he wasn’t the straw stirring the drink in the first half. Was resigned to trying long balls over the top in a vain hope of finding Brian White. Sprinkled some moments of magic in but this was not a particularly impactful night for Gauld.

Brian White: 5

Didn’t find his way into the game, aside from debatably being fouled on a fast break. Mustered only 17 touches on the night, most of which came from dropping deeper to hold up play.

Fafa Picault: 6

Worked really hard to track back and help win the ball back, even in the Caps’ defensive third. TFC really struggled with his pace but Picault just couldn’t manage to make the right decision or capitalize on what he created, including the infamous PK no-call 2-on-0 that could have been an easy goal with a better ball.

Ryan Raposo: 6.5

Came on at halftime and worked hard both ways, giving the Caps a bit more of a two-way presence at wingback. I thought he was good at trying to force the issue going forward, he just perhaps waited too long to try and play in some service at times.

Alessandro Schopf: 6

Schopf didn’t have a ton of touches but his passing was good enough, though it was largely conservative. Had one nice ball into the final third and was a nice safety valve in midfield.

Sebastian Berhalter: 6

Was closed down very tightly whenever he got the ball in wide areas, cutting down on his ability to get any good service in.

Stuart Armstrong: N/A

Came on too late to have the desired impact, which was a big miss from Vanni Sartini, in my opinion, particularly as the Caps tried to play the long balls forward.