“The moment I stepped on the pitch, it was better than anything, it was better than an orgasm,” de Guzman said to an Ottawa press-conference room filled with laughter.

If you're a fan of one of the Canadian teams that play the majority of their road games in the United States (that'd be MLS, NASL and USL), is what's happening in the United States making you reconsider your travel plans for road matches in America?

Yet, both the Fury and the Canadian Soccer Association have guarded the team’s Canadian-content obligations for 2017 like a state secret. But the fact that there are a dozen non-Canadian-team-eligible players already signed tells us something.

Miller said the team has already signed a replacement at left back, a player he said has been a captain of his European side.

In a reply sent to The 11, the league stated that: "Each season, clubs will play each other home and away, plus they'll have two additional games — one home, one away. The owners/league wanted to give the fans/teams more than just 28 games."

That's why, when his playing career is over, he fully intends to become a soccer coach, working with youth players in Edmonton. He's even thinking about opening his own academy. As FC Edmonton's all-time leading scorer and former Northern Irish youth international, he'll certainly have the reputation to attract young talent.

"It is very disappointing," said Miller. "The club made him what I thought was a very good offer. But a club like ours can't compete with the bigger soccer markets in the United States, and the Canadian dollar kills us."

“We are solely Canadian,” says general manager Will Cromack. “We only have player spots for Canadians. We want to focus regionally as well, to focus on local players. That being said, if you’re Canadian and want to travel here and knock on our door, we’ll take a look.”

Canadian Marc Dos Santos was announced as the inaugural head coach of the San Francisco Deltas in 2016. In this Q and A, he discusses NASL turmoil, why he left the USL’s Swope Park Rangers for the Bay Area, and what he thinks of the Ottawa Fury’s decision to leave NASL for USL...

The league announced that it and now-former commissioner Bill Peterson had parted ways. A release put out by the league indicated it was an amicable split.