Ours Is The Fury Episode 6

Ours Is The Fury Episode 6 is now up over at Red Nation Online!

Check it out.........please.

NASL Spring 2014 Week 6

NASL Spring 2014 Week 6

All games are Saturday May 24th.

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Carolina Railhawks vs Atlanta Silverbacks  7:30 EST

Indy Eleven  vs Ottawa Fury FC  7:30 EST

Two expansion sides battle it out in Indiana. No excuses for either team.

Tampa Bay Rowdies vs New York Cosmos  7:30 EST

Dub this one the battle of the overpaid players. Just kidding. Nobody is overpaid in the NASL.

Minnesota United FC vs Fort Lauderdale Strikers  8:00 EST

Loons return home after a Monday loss to the Cosmos in this battle for first place. Imagine the Strikers will be more rested.

San Antonio Scorpions vs FC Edmonton  8:30 EST

Fury Articles:

Les Rowdies soutirent un match nul au Fury. Le Droit (oui en francais)

Richard Starnes from the Citizen. Would like to see more from this local paper.

Voyageur's Cup:

Wednesday night May 14th the second leg of our beloved Voyageur's Cup games are played. Edmonton with a shocker last week upsetting the Impact and TFC beating up on the Vancouver Whitecaps youth squad. Both games are on Sportsnet One

Montreal Impact vs FC Edmonton 7:30 EST

Toronto FC vs Vancouver Whitecaps 10:30 EST

TFC has to play New York within 60 hours of the late Wednesday night match. Wonder which 11 Ryan Nelsen will play?

NASL Articles:

Bill Peterson give's the Minnesota Star Tribune a "state of the league"

MLS and USL Articles:

Forbes MLS announce broadcast deal with ESPN, FOX, and Univision in the United States

The New Yorker is reporting the MLS has money problems and still isn't profitable.

Alessandro Del Piero is looking to move to either LA Galaxy or DC United from Sydney FC. Personally I think they shouldn't bother. MLS is not the A-League. 39 year old legs may of cut it a few years ago but not in the current MLS.

The Pittsburgh Riverhounds made the Wall Street Journal's Bankruptcy Beat

Sacramento Republic FC set a record of 20, 231 fans for their opener against Harrisburg City Islanders.

Notable Tweets:

I'm not at #FuryFC training today, but am told Maykon back with full squad, Heinemann and Paterson on field for strength training.
— Chris Hofley (@chrishofley) May 12, 2014

Currently on: RSS: http://t.co/A1BKznj4gd iTunes: https://t.co/SVDudnUvpI Stitcher: http://t.co/wWMVLGzko8 RNO: http://t.co/v6O325xYjw
— Ours Is The Fury (@OttawaFury) May 13, 2014

Ottawa Fury Supporters Groups

We all know a part of what makes a organization great is the atmosphere inside the stadium. Newcastle, Portland, Dortmund, Azteca etc are all great examples of how the supporters add to the experience of taking in a soccer game. So what will the atmosphere be like at an Ottawa Fury FC match? A good place to start is to look at the supporters groups. 

We reached out to the three known Ottawa Supporters groups and asked them the same set of questions. Only two responded. The third, “Fury Ultras” are still in the planning stages. The Bytown Boys SC chose to give their answers in the form below.

Name: Bytown Boys SC

Website: www.bytownboys.ca

Facebook: www.facebook.com/bytownboyssc 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BytownBoysSC

We can argue about the name of the sport football or soccer, I grew up in Jamaica so to me its football. Regardless of the name, all that matters is that we want to love this sport. Being part of a true grassroots SG is alot of work but every game day is worth it. I remember when Bytown Boys was just beginning; we wanted to be a supporters group for CSL. We had no idea what we were doing except singing our songs. We grew slowly and we had a GREAT time. I use to joke about this but there is some truth to this story.. If I hadn’t had a game in two weeks I got antsy and miserable, going to a game was my salvation, my cure and you could say my sunshine.

The group stuck around and had a blast. We actually never looked at NASL but when Capital City Folded we smartened up and saw the future. We as a group decided to aim for NASL. We worked and still are working behind the scenes to make BBSC a great supporters group in the city. We have a mixture of the three styles of support, which vary from English to Continental to South American; mind you that is most North American SGs. We accept anybody regardless of age, sex or colour, all we ask is that you care to sing for our team.

Our numbers are small but each single one of our members sing for three. As supporters that’s all we ask is that you bring your passion to the game, regardless of other supporters groups in the city, we will sing for the Fury and show our passion at games.  We ask anyone and everyone with passion for this sport to come out and be a supporter, preferably to join ours group.

Our name may have boys in it but the female members that we are are dedicated and supportive. As the president of BBSC I wish to invite everyone and anyone out to join us. Let makes Lansdowne Park feel like Europe. I strongly believe in “Support Local Football”.

Written by Stephane Brisson-Merrick

Name: Stony Monday Riot

Website: www.stonymondayriot.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/stonymondayriot

Twitter: https://twitter.com/StonyMondayRiot

Facebook: What is the full name of your supporter's group?

Stony Monday Riot

www.stonymondayriot.com

Why was this name chosen?

Our name comes from an actual event in the city’s history. It’s a bit of a story. Before Ottawa was the capital of Canada it was known as Bytown - a town at the end Rideau Canal. The lower town -Byward Market today- was where many of the workers of Irish and Franco-Canadian descent lived. On the other side of the canal was the upper town, where the wealthier English lived. In the 1840s colonial Canada was a turbulent place; people debated what kind of relationship Canada should have with Great Britain following the uprisings of 1839. On September 17th 1849 -a Monday- outside of a pub, now Fat Tuesdays in the market, a bunch of Tories attacked Reformers who were meeting inside. Stones and sticks were used in the ensuing fight, which overtook the market area. The two sides brawled for the next two days going as far as to place cannons on Sapper’s Bridge between the lower and upper towns. By that point the British regulars located in the barracks on the hill were called stop the fighting; one man had already died. The event became known as the Stony Monday Riot. 

Ottawa erroneously has been labelled the city that fun forgot, we are not part of that Ottawa. We want our presence in the stadium to be seen and heard, we want to be made up of engaged supporters, and we want to take over the city with a bit of the rebellious spirit of the Stony Monday Riot.

How did it start?

We started with the idea of making a supporter group that is based upon Ottawa’s diversity of football supporting cultures. The foundations are already present: bars are filled by big European football matches every weekend, Ottawa is made up of immigrants from some of the most passionate footballing countries, and our youth clubs are amongst the best in the country. The arrival of Fury FC will help provide a catalyst to transform this base into a fervent supporter culture. We thought it was the perfect opportunity to start putting together what will be the most exciting, engaging, and passionate sports spectacle in the city.

Why do you support the Fury?

We support the Fury as the epitome of professional soccer in the city. We support competitive soccer at all levels in capital region. 

Who does your supporter's group consist of?

Our group is still very new and starting to grow. We are an anti-racist, anti-sexist, anti-homophobic, and inclusive supporters group. We hope to attract people who want to be a part of a unique supporters culture that is shaped by the creativity of our members first and does not rely on any one ‘style’ to show our support. 

As passionate supporters of soccer we will get emotional during matches. We do swear. We will stand, sing, cheer, chant, stamp, jump to show our unconditional support over the 90. While it depends on who joins the Riot, we would like to have a strong rhythmic and musical section on match days. In the coming months we will be actively recruiting.  

Most importantly, we believe that supporters are not mere consumers or customers of a match-day experience; we believe that each person in the stadium participates in creating the full experience and we take ownership over what we create.

What is your objective? What are your goals?

Our goal is to be a large presence at all local Fury FC matches. We want to have a diverse and engaged group of members and on match-day many more sympathizers. While match days are our focus we also will be organizing social events for members and the soccer community in Ottawa. 

How is the SG organized?

Right now we are a small number laying the foundations of the group and growing the membership. When we have more people interested we will decide how ‘organized’ the group will be and what structure it will have.

What are your thoughts about flares and similar stuff?

We expect the stadium to have supporters sections that are clearly demarcated. These sections include standing, singing, potentially offensive language, banners and obstructive displays. We will push for a form a general admittance for these sections, either officially by the club or informally through the culture we establish.

We don’t have an official position on flares but encourage our members to be aware of the security regulations wherever they are so they make their own decisions with full knowledge of potential consequences. 

We have a team! We have a blog!

On June 20th 2011 the North American Soccer League announced it’s plans to expand to Ottawa. In the spring of 2014 the Ottawa Fury FC will play their first NASL league match. It will mark the 25th anniversary of the last time we had pro soccer in the National Capital Region. Since the Ottawa Intrepid of the original Canadian Soccer League folded in 1989 we have dabbled with semi pro division 3 clubs Capital City FC (CSL 2.0) and FC Gatineau. (PLSQ)

From now until the start of the 2014 season this site will be providing any information learned about O.F.F.C. and also help familiarize future Fury FC fans to the NASL. We will be taking a look at the progress this year’s expansion franchise New York Cosmos and other 2014 expansion clubs Virginia Calvary FC and Indy Eleven.

What we know about Ottawa Fury FC:

1. The club is owned by the Ottawa Sports & Entertainment Group
2. John Pugh is in charge of Soccer Operations
3. The team is called the Ottawa Fury FC
4. Home stadium will be Landsdowne Park
5. There will be no Canadian Football lines on the pitch
6. They will play on an artificial surface
7. Supporters Groups will have their own sections
8. There will be some sort of National TV Coverage (similar to FC Edmonton on The Score)
9. The Voyageurs Cup is a priority (although the club would prefer you to use the sponsor’s name)
10. Former Montreal Impact coach Marc Dos Santos will be our first Manager.
11. Kits are by Admiral
12. First round of tryouts is November 20th and 21st

What we don’t know:

1. When Landsdowne will be complete
2. What beer will be available inside Landsdowne (very important)
3. Who our first 25 players will be.
4. Kit colours and design (this will be voted on by the public)
5. Ticket prices (although you can reserve your spot here)
6. When we can purchase a jersey
7. Where the games before June 1st will be played

So welcome aboard! As you can see there are many questions to be answered. It’s an exciting time for pro soccer in North America. Add us to your rss reader. This is the end of this post but just the beginning of the story of the Ottawa Fury FC.