Popovic wants a possession-oriented Ottawa Fury team that “connects” with fans 22 Dec 2017 Several times during our phone conversation, new Ottawa Fury Nikola Popovic coach used the word “connection.”
Popovic makes move from Swope Park Rangers to the Ottawa Fury 21 Dec 2017 Of course, when it comes to the Fury, Dos Santos still casts a long shadow. He was the team's first coach, and was the one who led them to the NASL final in 2015. And, it's impossible to look at Popovic without comparing his resume to Dos Santos's.
MLS Cup in ’17 will be one last hurrah ahead of a harsh 2018 for Canadian club soccer 7 Dec 2017 The truth is, 2018 will be a low point for men’s soccer in Canada. Boy, is it going to suck. It will be ultimate in lame-duck years. Canadian jobs will dwindle. We’ll have fewer teams to support. And even in TFC beats Seattle 10-0 on Saturday, that’s not going to change a thing.
USL president says Canada needs its own league 10 Nov 2017 While the Ottawa Fury are committed to return to USL in 2018, USL President Jake Edwards said that the team’s membership in the North American Division-2 circuit is on a year-to-year basis. And Edwards said he and the league are supportive of the move to launch a Canadian Premier League.
Fury re-signs players for second USL season 9 Nov 2017 But, for those talking about a Canadian Premier League start in 2018 — and making the assumption that the Fury would or could be part of that — the most important part of the team's statement is this... That the players are signed for the "club's second season in USL."
FC Edmonton owner Fath hopeful NASL can still salvage Div-2 status after U.S. court defeat 4 Nov 2017 “I was very disappointed in the initial decision to not sanction NASL as a Division-2 league, because it should be,” Fath said Saturday. “And now I am very disappointed that the injunction didn’t go through. Now, the league will look at options, we’ll be looking at the next steps.”
Intrinsically Canadian Power Rankings: The Final Countdown 30 Oct 2017 Well, that’s it. With the NASL regular season coming to a close this past weekend, we’re now at the final instalment of the Power Rankings for 2017.
Intrinsically Canadian Power Rankings: MLS FINAL/NASL Week 30/USL FINAL 23 Oct 2017 Now, to USL. We stopped ranking minutes last week when the league’s regular season came to a halt. But, in the opening round of the playoffs, Canadian (and former TFC Academy) goalkeeper Darrin MacLeod shone for Swope Park Rangers.
Intrinsically Canadian Power Rankings: MLS Week 32/NASL Week 29/USL Week 30 16 Oct 2017 Congratulate Ottawa Fury keeper Callum Irving for finishing as the top Canadian minute-getter in USL this season.
WFC2 became the Whitecaps’ own Kobayashi Maru 14 Oct 2017 But, no. Frankly, the Whitecaps were backed into a corner. When the USL got its Division-2 status from the USSF for the 2017 season — moving up from Div-3 status — it began a chain of events that really could have only ended this way.
