OTTAWA — The Ottawa Fury made history Wednesday night defeating the Vancouver Whitecaps 2-0 in the first leg of the Amway Canadian Championship semifinal at TD Place.

Jonny Steele's first half goal in the third minute held up as the winner. Paulo Junior also scored for the Fury.

The second leg of the series is scheduled for June 8 at BC Place Stadium. The aggregate winner will advance to the championship final against the winner of the other semifinal between the Montreal Impact and Toronto FC.

The victory the first time ever that Ottawa hosted a club from the higher-tier MLS and won.

The Fury, last year's fall season winners in the North American Soccer League, knew they would face a difficult challenge in the Whitecaps, but were determined to bring their best.

The 9,057 on hand will not soon forget the Fury's dominating performance.

Trailing 2-0 the Whitecaps, the defending Canadian champions, were looking to get back in the game.

Vancouver's best chance came at the 54th minute as Nicolas Mezquida headed it, but Romuald Peiser punched it to deflect it over the bar.

Peiser made another huge save off a free kick late in the second half and an incredible save during extra time on Octavio Rivero.

Midway through the second half, 15-year-old Alphonso Davies made his first-team debut with the Whitecaps.

Ottawa knew the perfect scenario would be to score early and they executed perfectly.

Steele gave the Fury the early lead scoring in the third minute with a great strike beating Paolo Tornaghi for a 1-0 lead.

Ottawa had a number of solid scoring chances through the first half and extended its lead at the 42nd minute.

Carl Haworth took a great pass and looked to score off the header, but Tornaghi made the save. Junior grabbed the rebound and had a wide-open left side to give the Fury a 2-0 lead.

Notes: Ottawa will be without captain Julian de Guzman and Marcel De Jong who were called up by the Canadian men's team.