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Ottawa Fury Women was a Canadian women's soccer team based in Ottawa, Ontario. Founded in 2000, the team was a member of the United Soccer Leagues USL W-League, the second tier of women's soccer in the United States and Canada. The team competed in the W-League's Central Conference with the rest of the league's Canadian clubs.[1]

Ottawa Fury Women

Full name	Ottawa Fury Women
Nickname(s)	The Fury
Founded	2000
Dissolved	2014
Stadium	Algonquin College Soccer Complex
Capacity	2,000
Owner	John Pugh
Manager	Dominic Oliveri
League	USL W-League
2014	1st, Central Conference National Semifinals
Home colours Away colours

The team was part of the Ottawa Fury FC organization, which included the Ottawa Fury FC men's professional team, the Academy and the former semi-professional team Ottawa Fury SC. The women's team was disbanded following the 2014 season.

History

The Ottawa Fury was founded as a women's team in 2000 by Andy Nera, who served as owner and coach, to compete in the USL W-League.[2] The team failed to make the playoffs in each of their first two seasons.[2]

In 2002, the team was purchased by John Pugh.[3] In 2004, the Fury captured their first division title in 2004 (the first of nine consecutive) and their first conference title in 2005.[2] In 2005, the Fury added a men's team, Ottawa Fury SC in the semi-professional Premier Development League.[4]

They advanced to the League Championship final in 2005 and 2006, losing both years to the New Jersey Wildcats and Vancouver Whitecaps, respectively.[2][5] In 2007, they posted their first undefeated season, with a record of 11 wins and 1 draw.[2]

After clinching their ninth consecutive Central Division title,[6] the Fury women captured the 2012 League title, defeating the Pali Blues in the championship final on penalty kicks, which was hosted in Ottawa.[7][8]

Following the formation of the professional men's team, Ottawa Fury FC, the women's team adopted the Fury FC branding and logo for the 2014 season.[2] After the 2014 season, in which the team finished the regular season undefeated and coming in third-place in the league championship tournament,[9][10] the team folded in "a business decision to cease operation", with the organization focusing on it the men's professional team.[11] Despite folding the women's team, the club remained committed to its girls development program through the Elite Girls Academy and other grassroots and community initiatives.[12] The disbanding of the team occurred just days ahead of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup official draw in Ottawa.[13] The Fury women had amassed the second-most wins in W-League history.[13]

Head coaches

Coach	Tenure
Andy Nera	2000–2002
Frank Lofranco	2003–2007
Craig Smith	2008–2010
Dominic Oliveri	2011–2014

Year-by-year

Year	League	Record	Rank	League Championship	Ref
2000	USL W-League	6–3–5	3rd, Northern Division	did not qualify	[14]
2001		5–3–6	5th, Northern Division	did not qualify
2002		5–2–5	4th, Northern Division	did not qualify
2003		11–1–2	2nd, Northern Division	Semi-finals
2004		13–0–1	1st, North Central Division	Semi-Finals
2005		13–0–1	1st, Northern Division	Finalists
2006		10–1–1	1st, Northern Division	Finalists	[15]
2007		11–1–0	1st, Northern Division	Quarter-finals
2008		13–0–1	1st, Northern Division	Quarter-finals
2009		11–2–1	1st, Great Lakes Division	Semi-finals
2010		8–3–1	1st, Great Lakes Division	Quarter-finals
2011		12–0–0	1st, Great Lakes Division	Finalists
2012		10–0–2	1st, Central Division	Champions
2013		7–2–3	2nd, Central Conference	Quarter-finals
2014		11–1–0	1st, Central Conference	Semi-finals

Awards and honours

Ottawa Fury Women have won the following USL W-League awards:[16]

• Champions: 1 (2012)
• Conference Champions: 3 (2005, 2006, 2014)
• Division Champions: 10 (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014)

Stadium

• Algonquin College Soccer Complex; Ottawa, Ontario (2008–2014)
• Keith Harris Stadium;[17] Ottawa, Ontario (2003–2007)

Notable former players

The following Fury players have played at the senior international level:[2]

References

External links

• Official website
• Ottawa Fury Women on USL Soccer

На других языках

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- [en] Ottawa Fury (women)

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[ru] Оттава Фьюри (женский футбольный клуб)

«Отта́ва Фью́ри» (англ. Ottawa Fury) — бывший канадский женский футбольный клуб, представлявший Оттаву в W-League[en]. Чемпион W-League 2012 года. Домашние матчи клуб проводил на футбольном стадионе Алгонкин-колледжа.

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