OTTAWA FURY FC Vs PENN FC
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OTTAWA - v – PENN FC FURY FC August 25, 2018 7:00PM ET TD Place, Ottawa, ON USL REGULAR SEASON 2018 Record (W-D-L) & Ranking: 2018 Record (W-D-L) & Ranking: 10-5-11 | 35 Points | 8th (EC) | 24 GF 31 GA 6-8-9 | 26 Points | 13th (EC) | 27 GF 31 GA Form: D-L-W-D-L Form: L-D-L-L-L HOW TO WATCH AND LISTEN STREAM: OttawaFuryFC.com/Fury-Live | USL Match Centre SOCIAL MEDIA: LIVE updates on Twitter @OttawaFuryFC #OTTvPEN #FuryFC #WeStandTogether MATCH NOTES Weekly Storylines: • This match is one of only 3 regular season matches left for Fury FC to play at home at TD Place. • Fury FC GK Maxime Crépeau leads the league standings with 12 clean sheets this season, only 3 away from tying the club’s record of 15 held by Romuald Peiser. • Crépeau also leads the club for minutes played in USL this season (2,160), closely followed by Kevin Oliveira (2,157) and Jamar Dixon (1,985). • Fury FC have maintained an average of 1,37 points per game through 30 league games. • Saturday night’s match marks Fury FC’s celebration of Pride Week in Ottawa. Players will be sporting rainbow coloured numbers on their game kits, of which six will then be auctioned off online with a portion of the proceeds going to the OSEG Foundation. Scouting Penn FC: Penn suffered its third consecutive defeat and saw its winless streak reach six games overall as it fell 3-2 to the Richmond Kickers last Saturday night at City Stadium. Penn scored twice from the penalty spot through Lucky Mkosana and Walter Ramirez but conceded a late winner and now enters the week nine points out of the playoff places with 11 games to go in the regular season. Head-to-Head: Saturday will be the fourth meeting between the two sides, the third this season. In 2018, Fury FC has won both matchups; on a late winning goal on May 8 at Penn FC, and then in the come-from-behind win thanks to goals by Tony Taylor and Steevan Dos Santos at TD Place on July 14. In 2017, the two sides had split the honours, each winning their home match. Injuries/Suspensions: Tony Taylor: suspended 1 game, yellow card accumulation; Jamar Dixon: foot (August 17 – questionable); Jimmy Sanon: questionable; Maxim Tissot: knee (June 27 – out for the season); Michael Salazar and Shamit Shome: recalled to Montreal Impact. OTTvPEN August 25, 2018 2018 SCHEDULE Home Matches | Away Matches | Canadian Championship Matches Date Opponent KO/Result Stadium Att. # Saturday, March 17 Charlotte Independence L (4-1) Sportsplex at Matthews 1,438 Saturday, March 31 Toronto FC II Postponed BMO Field - Saturday, April 7 Tampa Bay Rowdies L (5-0) Al Lang Stadium 5,059 Saturday, April 14 Pittsburgh Riverhounds L (1-0) Highmark Stadium 1,823 Saturday, April 21 North Carolina FC D (1-1) TD Place 6,137 Saturday, April 28 FC Cincinnati L (3-0) TD Place 2,785 Wednesday, May 2 New York Red Bulls II D (0-0) TD Place 8,084 Monday, May 7 Penn FC W (1-0) FNB Field 852 Saturday, May 12 Atlanta United FC 2 W (2-0) TD Place 4,292 Saturday, May 19 Charleston Battery D (0-0) MUSC Health Stadium 2,597 Friday, May 25 Bethlehem Steel FC W (1-0) TD Place 2,781 Wednesday, May 30 Toronto FC II W (3-0) TD Place 3,219 Saturday, June 2 Charlotte Independence L (1-0) TD Place 5,693 Wednesday, June 13 North Carolina FC L (4-2) WakeMed Soccer Park 3,452 Saturday, June 16 Atlanta United FC 2 Suspended Coolray Field 3,596 Wednesday, June 20 AS Blainville W (1-0) Stade Desjardins 1,800 Sunday, June 24 New York Red Bulls II W (3-0) MSU Soccer Park 818 Wednesday, June 27 AS Blainville W (1-0) TD Place 3,915 Saturday, June 30 FC Cincinnati L (2-0) Nippert Stadium 27,107 Wednesday, July 4 Indy Eleven W (1-0) Lucas Oil Stadium 11,025 Sunday, July 8 Pittsburgh Riverhounds L (1-0) TD Place 4,826 Saturday, July 14 Penn FC W (2-1) TD Place 5,315 Wednesday, July 18 Toronto FC L (1-0) TD Place 6,057 Saturday, July 21 Nashville SC W (2-0) TD Place 4,267 Wednesday, July 25 Toronto FC L (3-0) BMO Field 18,795 Saturday, July 28 Louisville City FC L (3-0) TD Place 4,096 Friday, August 3 Tampa Bay Rowdies W (2-0) TD Place 4,226 Tuesday, August 7 Atlanta United FC 2 D (1-1) Fifth Third Bank Stadium n/a Friday, August 10 Nashville SC L (2-0) First Tennessee Park 8,694 Wednesday, August 15 Richmond Kickers W (2-0) TD Place 3,535 Saturday, August 18 Indy Eleven D (0-0) TD Place 5,393 Wednesday, August 22 Bethlehem Steel FC L (2-0) Goodman Stadium 2,066 Saturday, August 25 Penn FC 7:00PM TD Place Friday, August 31 New York Red Bulls II 7:00PM MSU Soccer Park Thursday, September 6 Toronto FC II 8:00PM Lamport Stadium Friday, September 7 Montreal Impact (CapCity Cup) 7:00PM TD Place Saturday, September 15 Richmond Kickers 7:00PM City Stadium Saturday, September 22 Louisville City FC 7:30PM Louisville Slugger Field Wednesday, September 26 Toronto FC II 6:00PM Lamport Stadium Sunday, September 30 Bethlehem Steel FC 1:00PM TD Place Saturday, October 13 Charleston Battery 2:00PM TD Place OTTvPEN August 25, 2018 HOW THEY LINE-UP: OTTAWA FURY FC vs PENN FC OTTAWA FURY FC PENN FC NO NAME POS NO NAME POS 1 Callum IRVING GK 1 Romuald PEISER GK 2 Jeremy GAGNON-LAPARE M 4 Ken TRIBBETT D 3 Eddie EDWARD D 5 Tiago CALVANO D 4 Nana ATTAKORA D 6 Kyle VENTER D 5 Chris MANNELLA M 8 Daniel METZGER M 6 Sergio MANESIO M 9 Aaron DENNIS F 7 Onua OBASI D 11 Jorge RIVERA F 8 Steevan DOS SANTOS F 12 Pedro GALVAO D 9 Carl HAWORTH F 13 Sean LEWIS GK 11 Daniel HABER F 14 Richard MENJIVAR M 12 David MONSALVE GK 15 Miguel JAIME M 14 Gabriel BALBINOTTI F 16 Jake BOND D 16 Maxime CREPEAU GK 17 Salvatore BARONE D 17 Azake LUBOYERA F 18 Jacob LISSEK GK 20 David EDGAR D 23 Marco FRANCO D 22 Jamar DIXON M 24 Prince BAFFOE D 23 Daniel KINUMBE D 25 Isaac OSAE F 24 Jimmy SANON F 27 Walter RAMIREZ D 26 Thomas MEILLEUR-GIGUERE D 29 Tom HEINEMANN F 30 Adonijah REID F 31 Paulo JUNIOR F 31 Clement BAYIHA D 77 Luckymore MKOSANA F 80 Cristian PORTILLA M 80 Haruna SHAIBU D 88 Kevin OLIVEIRA M 99 Saalih MUHAMMAD F HEAD COACH: Nikola POPOVIC HEAD COACH: Raoul VOSS MATCH OFFICIALS Referee: Pierre-Luc LAUZIERE Assistants: Daniel BELLEAU & Sean HORNSBY Fourth Official: Matt SOUARE OTTvPEN August 25, 2018 WHAT THEY ARE SAYING Head Coach Nikola Popovic On having flexibility with his formation… “The team was able to switch the shape and be able to give us a very good performance. So like for every coach, to be able to switch things like this and get a good performance is very important. Of course, these kind of switches are always related to what we have at that moment [in player availability and opponent].” Message to the team as you battle around the playoff line… ”I think when you behave like this, when your attitude is to the final whistle like we were today then I think we have to have hope that we can achieve the playoffs. We knew since the beginning of the season that it was going to be very, very tight. There are six, seven and if you push tight even eight teams that are looking for four places so it’s going to be a tough run until the last week.” Forward Carl Haworth On having control over the club’s push for the playoffs… “We got ourselves in a very good situation right now, we’re in a good position, with games that are in and around us in the standings. It is definitely in our hands. We’ve done really well to get here, but now it’s about taking care of business and going on the road in sometimes tough situations coming up and hopefully get some points to at least maybe create a bigger gap between ourselves and the ninth, tenth, eleventh place teams just to give us some comfort for the last few games.” On the upcoming Pride Game… “[Ottawa] is a great city for that. We strive for equality in all walks of life, and we’re glad to be in a sport where it’s fully accepted. We’re glad to be part of this as an organisation and looking forward to the game.” Midfielder Chris Mannella On the club’s destiny being in their hands… “We don’t have to worry about anyone else but ourselves: we win our matches, we’re in the playoffs. With the few games coming up, we’re in a great position to push for the playoffs.” On the upcoming Pride Game… “It’s very important. We need athletes all over the world to sort of step up and be leaders and show support for the LGBTQ community. I think Ottawa, and this club, has done a great thing, and coming up this weekend is such an important match: soccer is for everyone, it doesn’t matter race, religion, sexuality, it doesn’t matter.