OTTAWA FURY FC SAINT LOUIS FC - VS – USL REGULAR SEASON April 1, 2017 8:30PM ET 2017 Record (W-D-L) & Ranking: 0-1-0 | 1 Point | 8th Place | 0GF 0GA 2016 NASL Record (W-D-L) & Ranking: Toyota Stadium 7-10-15 | 31 Points | 10th Place | 32GF 40GA Fenton, MO 2016 Record (W-D-L) & Ranking: 8-10-12 | 34 Points | 14th Place (WC) | 42GF 44GA HOW TO WATCH AND LISTEN: TV: Rogers TV (Local) Channel: 22 (SD); 182 (HD) | RADIO (EN): 580 CFRA | CFRA.com STREAM: USL Match Centre | SOCIAL MEDIA: LIVE updates on Twitter @OttawaFuryFC MATCH NOTES: Weekly Storylines: Fury FC had an impressive record of 5W-1D-2L in eight preseason matches, outscoring the opposition 19-6, including a 2-1 win against Saint Louis FC during their week-long camp at IMG Academy in Florida Sito Seoane (5), Gerardo Bruna (4) and Tucker Hume (4) led the team in scoring in preseason action Ottawa has nine returning players from 2016: Andrew MacRae, Eddie Edward, Kyle Venter, Onua Obasi, Ryan Williams, Gerardo Bruna, Jamar Dixon, Lance Rozeboom and the longest-serving Fury FC member Carl Haworth Saint Louis FC shared the points in their first regular season game last weekend, in a 0-0 draw in Louisville Saint Louis were 4-7-4 at home last season (regular season) outscoring the opposition 23-20 In 2016, Saint Louis hired former Toronto FC Head Coach (2010) Preki. The Serbian-born American coach was named the 2014 USL Head Coach of the Year while he was coaching Sacramento FC Ottawa will be facing a familiar face Saturday as former Fury FC goalkeeper Devala Gorrick is now with STL Scouting Saint Louis FC: After missing the playoffs and finishing 14th in the Western Conference last year, Saint Louis FC decided the shake up their roster ahead of the 2017 campaign and hire 2014 USL Head Coach of the Year, Predrag (Preki) Radosavljevic. The club joined the Eastern Conference for the 2017 season and brought in several new faces (19) including Devala Gorrick (GK), Konrad Plewa (D), Octavio Guzman (M), Jose Angulo (F) and Christian Volesky (F). Head-to-Head: Saturday’s match-up marks the first-ever regular season meeting between Ottawa and St. Louis. Fury FC defeated Saint Louis FC 2-1 in preseason action. Injuries/Suspensions: Carl Haworth: Ankle (March 14 –Out 4-6 weeks); Ryan Williams: Hamstring (March 17 – Out 2-4 weeks), Kyle Venter: Calf (March 15 – Out 2-4 weeks), David Paulmin (March 27 - Week-to-week) 2017 SCHEDULE Date Opponent KO/Result Stadium Attendance Saturday, April 01, 2017 Saint Louis FC 8:30 PM Toyota Stadium Saturday, April 08, 2017 Tampa Bay Rowdies 7:30 PM Al Lang Stadium Saturday, April 15, 2017 Richmond Kickers 5:00 PM City Stadium Saturday, April 22, 2017 Toronto FC II 2:00PM TD Place Saturday, April 29, 2017 Charleston Battery 7:00 PM MUSC Health Stadium Wednesday, May 03, 2017 FC Edmonton 7:30PM TD Place*** Saturday, May 06, 2017 Tampa Bay Rowdies 2:00PM TD Place Wednesday, May 10, 2017 FC Edmonton 9:00 PM Clarke Field *** Saturday, May 13, 2017 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 2:00PM TD Place Saturday, May 20, 2017 New York Redbulls II 4:00 PM MSU Soccer Park Saturday, May 27, 2017 Richmond Kickers 2:00PM TD Place Sunday, June 04, 2017 Bethlehem Steel FC 5:00 PM Goodman Stadium Saturday, June 10, 2017 Harrisburg City Islanders 7:00PM TD Place Saturday, June 17, 2017 Rochester Rhinos 6:05 PM Capelli Sports Stadium Tuesday, June 20, 2017 Orlando City B 11:00AM TD Place Saturday, June 24, 2017 New York Redbulls II 2:00PM TD Place Saturday, July 01, 2017 Louisville City FC 7:30 PM Louisville Slugger Field Saturday, July 08, 2017 Toronto FC II 7:30 PM Ontario Soccer Centre Saturday, July 15, 2017 Rochester Rhinos 2:00PM TD Place Saturday, July 29, 2017 Toronto FC II 7:00PM TD Place Saturday, August 05, 2017 Bethlehem Steel FC 2:00PM TD Place Saturday, August 12, 2017 Charlotte Independence 2:00PM TD Place Wednesday, August 16, 2017 Orlando City B 7:30 PM Orlando City Stadium Saturday, August 19, 2017 Tampa Bay Rowdies 7:30 PM Al Lang Stadium Wednesday, August 23, 2017 FC Cincinnati 7:00 PM Nippert Stadium Sunday, August 27, 2017 New York Redbulls II 2:00PM TD Place Sunday, September 03, 2017 Saint Louis FC 2:00PM TD Place Saturday, September 09, 2017 Rochester Rhinos 6:05 PM Capelli Sports Stadium Saturday, September 16, 2017 Charlotte Independence 7:00 PM Sportsplex at Matthews Sunday, September 24, 2017 Louisville City FC 2:00PM TD Place Wednesday, September 27, 2017 Harrisburg City Islanders 6:30 PM FNB Field Sunday, October 01, 2017 Charleston Battery 2:00PM TD Place Sunday, October 08, 2017 FC Cincinnati 2:00PM TD Place Saturday, October 14, 2017 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 7:00 PM Highmark Stadium Home matches Away matches Canadian Championship matches HOW THEY LINE-UP: OTTAWA FURY FC @ SAINT LOUIS FC OTTAWA FURY FC SAINT LOUIS FC NO NAME POS NO NAME POS 1 Callum Irving GK 1 Devala Gorrick GK 2 Jonathan Barden M 2 Seth Rudolph M 3 Eddie Edward D 3 Aeden Stanley D 4 Ramon Martin Del Campo D 4 AJ Cochran D 5 Kyle Venter D 5 Konrad Plewa D 6 Shane McEleney D 6 Austin Ledbetter D 7 Ryan Williams M 7 Sebastian Dalgaard M 8 Steevan Dos Santos F 8 Dragan Stojkov M 9 Carl Haworth F 9 Christian Volesky F 10 Gerardo Bruna M 11 Mats Bjurman M 11 Sito Seoane F 12 Tyler David M 12 Andrae Campbell D 13 Matt Sheldon D 14 Onua Thomas Obasi D 14 Nick Radosavljevic M 18 Tucker Hume F 15 Matteo Kidd M 22 Jamar Dixon M 17 Octavio Guzman M 23 Andrew MacRae GK 18 Ivan Mirkovic M 24 Jimmy-Shammar Sanon M 19 Jose Angulo F 25 Lance Rozeboom (C) M 21 Max Alvarez F 26 Thomas Meilleur-Giguère D 22 Wes Charpie D 28 Sergio Manesio M 23 Ryan Howe D 59 Aron Mkungilwa D 25 Milan Petosevic F 70 David Paulmin GK 26 Denis Ahmetovic M --- --- --- 30 Erick Cabalceta D --- --- --- 99 Adam Grinwis GK HEAD COACH: PAUL DALGLISH HEAD COACH: PREKI MATCH OFFICIALS: Referee: Dule Djurasevic Assistants: Jeffrey Swartzel and Jacob Johnson Fourth Official: Joshua Kelley MATCH PREVIEW: After eight weeks of training camp and eight preseason friendlies in which the club boasted a promising record of 5W-1D-2L and outscored the opposition 19-6, the wait is finally over. Fury FC are ready to kick off their first USL season and the will be looking to carry over the confidence earned in preseason. First stop: Saint Louis FC, Saturday evening at the Toyota Stadium. There were plenty of positives over the past eight weeks. The club established its presence early on in the preseason starting things off with three wins in four games, including a 2-1 win against Saint Louis FC during Fury FC’s week-long camp at the IMG Academy. Newcomers Sito Seoane (5), Tucker Hume (4) and Steevan Dos Santos (3) were impressive during training camp, scoring 12 of Ottawa’s 19 goals. Gerardo Bruna, who missed almost the entire 2016 season because of an injury came back with a lot of ambition ahead of 2017. The Argentinian netted four goals in preseason action. Fury FC capped off their preseason schedule with an impressive performance against the Montreal Impact last Friday in a friendly scrimmage, picking up a convincing 2-0 win. Ottawa will now look to kick off the season with a strong performance in Saint Louis. Paul Dalglish’s side will be squaring off against a familiar face as former Fury FC goalkeeper Devala Gorrick is now with Saint Louis. after spending last season with Colorado and earning an USL All-League Second Team honors while ranking in the league’s top five for saves, save percentage, goals-against average and minutes. What are they saying? Fury FC GM and Head Coach, Paul Dalglish: “We’re impatient, we’ve been waiting for this moment for a long time. We’re ready to go and we want to come out of the gates flying. The team this year will mirror the type of football that I want to see and I am 100% confident that we will be successful and that we have the ability to achieve great things.” “I’ve known Preki since he was in Sacramento. He has a very recognizable style of play, so we know what to expect from them. It’s a team that builds from the back with loads of possession, so we will be ready.” Fury FC Captain, Lance Rozeboom: “We’re really excited, it’s been a long preseason of tough training, but we’re excited to play our opener and we feel ready. We’ll have to match their intensity in the first half and then stay focused throughout the game and stick to our game plan.” Fury FC defender, Eddie Edward: “The guys are ready. We are really looking forward to Saturday. We had a really good preseason, with lots of energy displayed at training and in games and we want to keep that going. We have a very good and talented group of guys and we are all really excited for what we can achieve this season.” 2017 OTTAWA FURY FC ROSTER Years @ # NAME POS HT WT DOB FT NATIONALITY FURY PRONUNCIATION 1 Callum Irving GK 6-0 193 3/16/93 R Canadian 1 Kal-uhm ER-Ving 2 Jonathan Barden M 6-0 171 11/9/92 R English 1 Bar-Den 3 Eddie Edward D 5-11 205 9/20/88 R Canadian 2 Edward 4 Ramon Martin Del Campo D 6-2 200 7/5/93 R American 1 Mar-teen Dell-Cam-Poh 5 Kyle Venter D 6-3 193 3/13/91 L American 2 Ven-Turr 6 Shane McEleney D 6-3 215 1/31/91 R Irish 1 Mac-ill-len-ee 7 Ryan Williams M 5-8 166 4/8/91 R British 2 Williams 8 Steevan Dos Santos F 6-4 208 9/17/89 R Cape Verdean 1 Dos Santos 9 Carl Haworth F 5-8 158 7/9/89 R Canadian 4 How-worth 10 Gerardo Bruna M 5-10 162 1/29/91 L Argentinian 2 Je-rardo Brew-nah 11 Sito Seoane F 5-8 165 3/16/89 L American 1 See-toe 12 Andrae Campbell D 5-10 165 3/14/89 L American 1 Awn-dreh 14 Onua Thomas Obasi D 6-4 193 9/24/88 L British 2 AW-Neh-Wa 18 Tucker Hume F 6-5 203 8/22/94 R American 1 H-yOOm 22 Jamar