Ottawa, Ontario has announced that they will be added to the United Soccer Leagues First Division for the 2012 season as the Ottawa Fury. The deal with the USL is however conditional that they upgrade the proposed Frank Clair Stadium at Lansdowne Park to their standards.

Frank Clair Stadium - Ottawa, Canada

Organizers are also setting their sights high for the proposed team.

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On Monday, Inside Minnesota Soccer, in conjunction with Kartik Krishnaiyer, released the first of a three part series on the United Soccer Leagues. The series describes where the league has come from, where it might be going, and some of the behind-the-scenes events that have taken place over the last several years as the league and its USL-1 owners struggle for control and direction.

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On Monday, Inside Minnesota Soccer, in conjunction with Kartik Krishnaiyer, released the first of a three part series on the United Soccer Leagues. The series describes where the league has come from, where it might be going, and some of the behind-the-scenes events that have taken place over the last several years as the league and its USL-1 owners struggle for control and direction.

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Yesterday, Simon Evans of Reuters confirmed  that the disaffected TOA clubs are seriously contemplating forming a breakaway league. We also learned of the Ottawa Fury's application to move from the PDL to USL-1. Inside Minnesota Soccer and Major League Soccer Talk continue to provide the background that brought us to this point in time.

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Bill Beacon of the Canadian Press is reporting that owners of teams in the United Soccer Leagues First Division are prepared to start their own league next season unless they get more say in how USL-1 is managed and run, Montreal Impact president Joey Saputo said Tuesday.

The eight-club Team Owners Association, angry that Nike passed them over last week to sell the league to a corporate owner, NuRock Soccer Holdings, announced they would "explore other options.

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I suppose the dream of a MLS club in Ottawa is over, for now at least. Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG), along with their partner Ottawa Fury owner and CEO John Pugh, announced today they have applied for a United Soccer Leagues First Division (USL-1) franchise.

The team would play and be based at a proposed new stadium at Lansdowne Park.

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Here's a link to the press release.

I know, this is MLS Talk, not USL Talk. But given recent events, this is newsworthy.

This has been rumored for awhile, not always the Fury, but that a party in Ottawa was interested in entering the USL First Division. But they picked a really strange time to do it, didn't they?

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Tuesday, September 01, 2009

OTTAWA, ONTARIO – Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG), in partnership with Ottawa Fury owner and CEO John Pugh, announced today they have applied for a United Soccer Leagues First Division (USL-1) franchise. The team would play and be based at a proposed new stadium at Lansdowne Park, which would be built as part of the Lansdowne project, subject to Ottawa City Council's approval.

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Tuesday, September 01, 2009

OTTAWA, ONTARIO – Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG), in partnership with Ottawa Fury owner and CEO John Pugh, announced today they have applied for a United Soccer Leagues First Division (USL-1) franchise. The team would play and be based at a proposed new stadium at Lansdowne Park, which would be built as part of the Lansdowne project, subject to Ottawa City Council's approval.

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In an effort to expand St Leo University's recruiting into both Canada and internationally, the school has added Quebec native Annie Hamel. A graduate of the University of Maine, Hamel has also served as a graduate assistant at her Alma mater for a season after her 2004 graduation. Her other coaching experience includes a stint with the W-League's Ottawa Fury U-20 team. Click to continue reading...

Last season the USF women struggled with producing goals, but were able to open their exhibition schedule with a 2-0 win over Jacksonville University. All the scoring occurred in the second half, starting with a goal in the 52nd minute from the Bulls' Canadian connection. Freshman Taylor Patterson assisted on fellow Canadian U20 international Gina Pacheco's [pictured right as a member of the W League's Ottawa Fury] goal. Click to continue reading...

Congratulations to all the players who were named to the 2009 All-League Team. The announcement of the individual awards will be on August 5th.
Goalkeeper of the Year:
Michelle Betos (Atlanta Silverbacks)
Defenders:
Ashleigh Gunning (Hudson Valley Quickstrike Lady Blues)
Ria Percival (Ottawa Fury)
Brittany Taylor (Hudson Valley Quickstrike Lady Blues)
Midfielders:
Gemma Davidson (Chicago Red Eleven)
Michelle French (Seattle Sounders)
Rosa Tantillo (Buffalo Flash)
Nikki Washington (Pali Blues)
Forwards:
Laura Del Rio (FC Indiana Lionesses)
Amber Hearn (Ottawa Fury)
Angelika Johansson (Hudson Valley Quickstrike Lady Blues)
W-League 2009 Individual Honors
Defender of the Year Finalists: Ashleigh Gunning (Hudson Valley), Ria Percival (Ottawa), and Brittany Taylor (Hudson Valley)
U19 Player of the Year Finalists: Sarah Chapman (Tampa Bay), Chante Sandiford (Washington) and Fortuna Velaj (Connecticut). Click to continue reading...

Official Press Release (Hudson Valley Quickstrike Lady Blues)
NEWBURGH, NY – The Hudson Valley Quickstrike Lady Blues will take on the Western Conference Champion and defending W-League Champion Pali Blues in a W-League national semifinal on Friday, July 31, at 7:30 p.m. at Newburgh Free Academy. Click to continue reading...

Official Press Release (Long Island Rough Riders)
Season ends with disappointing loss
South Huntington, N.Y. (July 22, 2009) – The Long Island Rough Riders men's team 2009 season came to an end on Wednesday night with a 2-0 loss at the hands of the Ocean City Barons in the first round of the PDL playoffs. Click to continue reading...

Two University of South Florida underclass women are getting a shot at cracking the Canadian National Team lineup in a series of three friendly matches with the USA.
In the second match of the series on Sunday, Gina Pacheco was a late substitute for the Canadians. Pacheco, who has seen time with the Canadian U20 squad, earned her first cap for the national team in the 1-0 loss to the Americans. Click to continue reading...

Official Press Release (Long Island Rough Riders)
Men have outside shot at division crown
Plainview, NY (July 17, 2009) – The Long Island Rough Riders men's and women's team will take to the road on Sunday and play their final matches of the regular season. The women will end their season with a visit to the Washington Freedom, while the men travel to New Hampshire before hosting a PDL first-round playoff game sometime next week. Click to continue reading...

Official Press Release (Long Island Rough Riders)
Rough Riders Hold outside chance at division title
South Huntington, N.Y. (July 15, 2009) – The Long Island Rough Riders men's team settled for a scoreless draw with the Westchester Flames in front of an excited crowd of 549 fans at Cy Donnelly Stadium on Wednesday night. Click to continue reading...

Official Press Release (Long Island Rough Riders)
Free entry for kids wearing any soccer jersey!
Plainview, NY (July 14, 2009) – The Long Island Rough Riders men's team will host the Westchester Flames on Wednesday, July 15th in their regular season home finale. Kick off will be 8PM (originally scheduled for 7PM) at Cy Donnelly Stadium located at St. Click to continue reading...

Official Press Release (Long Island Rough Riders)
South Huntington, N.Y. (July 8, 2009) – The Long Island Rough Riders men's team defeated the Brooklyn Knights 1-0, clinching a playoff berth for the first time since 2003. In the opening game of the doubleheader, the Rough Riders women's team fell to Hudson Valley 4-2. Click to continue reading...

The Colorado Force will attempt to win its first game of the season tonight as Brazilians Fabiane Nascimento and Paula Pires and the rest of the Ventura County Fusion visits the Loveland Sports Park.

Pires played for Brazil's U-20 national team in the U-20 World Cup last fall, a tournament that also featured Force midfielder Nikki Marshall.

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Last season, the Colorado Force finished fourth in the W-League's Western Conference, with a record of 3-6-3. The team turned in strong performances against the top teams in the conference and was in contention for the playoffs until the final two games of the season.Â

Coach Craig Deacon said he hopes to draw confidence from that.

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Nikki Marshall and Carly Peetz, both recently invited to the pool of potential players for the U.S. women's U-23 national team, will return to the Colorado Force for its 2009 season, and the team will welcome two new players from the University of Nebraska.

The Force, which plays in the United Soccer Leagues' W-League, will open its season against the Seattle Sounders on May 27 in Loveland.

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TORONTO - In the shadows of Toronto's MLS team, Toronto FC, is an ever growing phenomenon that is Pistolas FC Toronto. But now PFC is starting to garner attention and has been classed as one of the 5 Official Club Sites listed on Football-Linx.com.
Pistolas FC Toronto now joins fellow Official Canadian clubs, the Montreal Impact, Vancouver Whitecaps, Toronto Lynx, and Ottawa Fury - read on - http://www. Click to continue reading...

The line for a MLS expansion team just got a little longer as Eugene Melnyk, owner of the NHL's Ottawa Senators, has meet with league officials to discuss a move to Canada's capital.
The report says Melnyk and MLS met last Thursday. Although no specifics are known, Melnyk does bring with him a $1. Click to continue reading...