2018 Ottawa Fury FC season

Ottawa Fury FC
2018 season
President	John Pugh
Head Coach	Nikola Popovic
Stadium	TD Place Stadium
USL	10th, East
Canadian Championship	Semifinals
Top goalscorer	League: Three players (4); All: Tony Taylor (5)
Highest home attendance	8,084; (2 May v. New York Red Bulls II)
Lowest home attendance	2,781; (25 May v. Bethlehem Steel)
Average home league attendance	4,618
Home colours	Away colours
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PresidentJohn Pugh

Head CoachNikola Popovic

StadiumTD Place Stadium

USL10th, East

The 2018 Ottawa Fury FC season was the club's 5th season at the professional level and its 2nd in the United Soccer League.

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Signed in	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Callum Irving	GK	(1993-03-16) 16 March 1993 (age 32)	Rio Grande Valley Toros	2017	38	0
12	David Monsalve	GK	(1988-12-21) 21 December 1988 (age 37)	Vaughan Azzurri	2018	0	0
16	Maxime Crépeau	GK	(1994-04-11) 11 April 1994 (age 31)	loan from Montreal Impact	2018	27	0
Defenders
3	Eddie Edward	RB/CB	(1988-09-20) 20 September 1988 (age 37)	FC Edmonton	2016	71	2
4	Nana Attakora	RB/CB	(1989-03-27) 27 March 1989 (age 36)	San Francisco Deltas	2018	17	2
7	Onua Obasi	LB/CB	(1988-09-24) 24 September 1988 (age 37)	Rochester Rhinos	2016	66	2
13	Monti Mohsen	LB	(2000-06-13) 13 June 2000 (age 25)	Ottawa Internationals	2018	1	0
20	David Edgar	CB	(1987-05-19) 19 May 1987 (age 38)	Nashville SC	2018	1	0
23	Daniel Kinumbe	FB	(1999-03-15) 15 March 1999 (age 26)	Montreal Impact	2018	3	0
26	Thomas Meilleur-Giguère	CB	(1997-11-13) 13 November 1997 (age 28)	loan from Montreal Impact	2018	27	0
31	Clément Bayiha	FB	(1999-03-08) 8 March 1999 (age 27)	Montreal Impact	2018	0	0
Midfielders
2	Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé	CM/LB	(1995-03-09) 9 March 1995 (age 31)	Vitré	2018	4	0
5	Chris Mannella	CM	(1994-06-07) 7 June 1994 (age 31)	Vaughan Azzurri	2018	25	0
6	Sergio Manesio	CM/CB	(1994-07-01) 1 July 1994 (age 31)	Unattached	2017	33	0
15	Maxim Tissot	LB/LW	(1992-04-13) 13 April 1992 (age 33)	San Francisco Deltas	2018	23	2
22	Jamar Dixon	CM/RB	(1989-06-05) 5 June 1989 (age 36)	FF Jaro	2016	73	2
80	Cristian Portilla	CM/AM	(1988-08-28) 28 August 1988 (age 37)	San Francisco Deltas	2018	21	1
88	Kévin Oliveira	CM	(1996-06-08) 8 June 1996 (age 29)	Sporting Kansas City	2018	29	4
Forwards
8	Steevan Dos Santos	CF	(1989-12-17) 17 December 1989 (age 36)	Rochester Rhinos	2017	51	16
9	Carl Haworth	FW	(1989-07-09) 9 July 1989 (age 36)	Ottawa Fury (PDL)	2014	129	17
11	Daniel Haber	FW	(1992-05-20) 20 May 1992 (age 33)	FC Cincinnati	2018	7	0
14	Gabriel Wiethaeuper-Balbinotti	FW	(1998-04-12) 12 April 1998 (age 27)	Montreal Impact	2018	2	0
17	Azake Luboyera	FW	(1998-04-06) 6 April 1998 (age 27)	Unattached	2017	10	1
24	Jimmy-Shammar Sanon	LW	(1997-01-24) 24 January 1997 (age 29)	FC Montreal	2017	26	1
30	Adonijah Reid	FW	(1999-08-13) 13 August 1999 (age 26)	loan from FC Dallas	2018	37	4
99	Tony Taylor	FW	(1989-07-13) 13 July 1989 (age 36)	Jacksonville Armada	2018	28	5

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee
10 January 2018	DF	Nana Attakora	San Francisco Deltas	Free^[3]
10 January 2018	DF	Maxim Tissot	San Francisco Deltas	Free^[3]
18 January 2018	MF	Kévin Oliveira	Sporting Kansas City	Free^[4]
21 January 2018	GK	Maxime Crépeau	Montreal Impact	Loan^[5]
23 January 2018	DF	Colin Falvey	Indy Eleven	Free^[6]
8 February 2018	DF	Kyle Porter	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Free^[7]
8 February 2018	MF	Cristian Portilla	San Francisco Deltas	Free^[7]
12 February 2018	GK	David Monsalve	Vaughan Azzurri	Free^[8]
26 February 2018	FW	Tony Taylor	Jacksonville Armada	Free^[9]
28 February 2018	DF	Thomas Meilleur-Giguère	Montreal Impact	Loan^[10]
28 February 2018	FW	Michael Salazar	Montreal Impact	Loan^[10]
28 February 2018	FW	Gabriel Wiethaeuper-Balbinotti	Montreal Impact	Free^[10]
9 March 2018	FW	Adonijah Reid	FC Dallas	Loan^[11]
16 March 2018	MF	Chris Mannella	Vaughan Azzurri	Free^[12]
16 March 2018	DF	Monti Mohsen	Ottawa Internationals	Free^[12]
20 March 2018	MF	Shamit Shome	Montreal Impact	Loan^[13]
25 April 2018	DF	Doneil Henry	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Loan^[14]
9 July 2018	FW	Daniel Haber	FC Cincinnati	Free^[15]
24 July 2018	DF	Clément Bayiha	Montreal Impact	Free^[16]
6 August 2018	DF	Daniel Kinumbe	Montreal Impact	Free^[17]
8 August 2018	DF	David Edgar	Nashville SC	Free^[18]

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee
13 November 2017	DF	Andrae Campbell	Unattached	Free
13 November 2017	DF	Aron Mkungilwa	Unattached	Free
13 November 2017	DF	Thomas Meilleur-Giguère	Montreal Impact	Free^[19]
14 December 2017	FW	Tucker Hume	Nashville SC	Free^[20]
18 December 2017	MF	Jonathan Barden	Saint Louis FC	Free^[21]
6 January 2018	DF	Shane McEleney	Larne	Free^[22]
8 January 2018	MF	Lance Rozeboom	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Free^[23]
24 January 2018	DF	Ramon Martin Del Campo	Fresno FC	Free^[24]
3 February 2018	MF	Ryan Williams	Paysandu	Free^[25]
27 February 2018	DF	Kyle Venter	Penn FC	Free^[26]
1 April 2018	GK	David Paulmin	Kvik Halden	Free^[27]
7 April 2018	GK	Andrew MacRae	Larne	Free^[28]
15 May 2018	FW	Sito Seoane	Grindavík	Free^[29]
29 May 2018	DF	Doneil Henry	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Loan end^[30]
13 July 2018	DF	Kyle Porter	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Free^[31]
24 July 2018	DF	Clément Bayiha	Montreal Impact	Loan^[16]
9 August 2018	MF	Gerardo Bruna	Unattached	Free^[32]
28 August 2018	DF	Colin Falvey	Unattached	Free^[33]

Date From	Date To	Position	Name	Last club	Signed?
29 January 2018^[34]	2 February 2018^[35]	GK	Quillan Roberts	Woodbridge Strikers	No
29 January 2018^[34]	8 February 2018^[7]	DF	Kyle Porter	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Yes
29 January 2018^[34]	8 February 2018^[7]	MF	Cristian Portilla	San Francisco Deltas	Yes
29 January 2018^[34]	12 February 2018^[8]	GK	David Monsalve	Vaughan Azzurri	Yes
29 January 2018^[34]	16 March 2018^[12]	MF	Chris Mannella	Vaughan Azzurri	Yes
29 January 2018^[34]	16 March 2018^[12]	DF	Monti Mohsen	Ottawa Internationals	Yes
29 January 2018^[34]	Unknown	MF	A. J. Gray	Phoenix Rising	No
29 January 2018^[34]	Unknown	MF	Nevello Yoseke	Oskarshamn	No
29 January 2018^[34]	Unknown	MF	Hansly Felix-Malonga	D.C. United U-23	No
29 January 2018^[34]	Unknown		Jadon Vilfort	Gloucester Celtic	No
29 January 2018^[34]	Unknown	FW	Marcello Tantalo	Unattached	No
29 January 2018^[34]	Unknown	MF	Dragomir Vukobratović	Górnik Łęczna	No

10 February 2018	Ottawa Fury	–	Gloucester Celtic	Ottawa, ON
				Attendance: Closed-door
Note: Match result not made public.

2018 Ottawa Fury FC season

Transfers

In

Out

Trial

Friendlies

Pre-season

Mid-season

Friendly statistics

Competitions

United Soccer League

Standings

Results summary

Results by round

Match reports

Canadian Championship

Second qualifying round

Semi-finals

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Goal scorers

Clean sheets

Disciplinary

References

Related Articles

16 February 2018	Ottawa Fury	–	Ottawa Internationals	Ottawa, ON
				Attendance: Closed-door
Note: Match result not made public.

23 February 2018	Nashville SC	1–1	Ottawa Fury	Bradenton, FL
15:00 EST (UTC–5)	Winn 2' (pen.)	Report	Haworth 4'	Stadium: IMG Academy

27 February 2018	Carleton University	–	Ottawa Fury	Ottawa, ON
		Report		Stadium: MNP Park Attendance: Closed-door
Note: Match result not made public.

4 March 2018	Toronto FC II	0–1	Ottawa Fury	Toronto, ON
16:30 EST (UTC–5)		Report	Haworth 75'	Stadium: BMO Field

9 March 2018	League1 Ontario All-Stars	1–6	Ottawa Fury	Vaughan, ON
12:45 EST (UTC–5)	Watson 4'	Report	Haworth 10', 15' Sito 33' Dos Santos 45+' Reid 47' Salazar 77'	Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre

7 September 2018 Cap City Cup	Ottawa Fury	–	Montreal Impact	Ottawa, ON
19:00 EST (UTC–5)				Stadium: TD Place Stadium

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
8	Nashville SC	34	12	13	9	42	31	+11	49	Conference Playoffs
9	North Carolina FC	34	13	8	13	60	50	+10	47
10	Ottawa Fury	34	13	6	15	31	43	−12	45
11	Charlotte Independence	34	10	12	12	44	57	−13	42
12	Tampa Bay Rowdies	34	11	8	15	44	44	0	41

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
27	10	5	12	24	33	−9	35	7	3	5	15	12	+3	3	2	7	9	21	−12

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	A	H	H
Result	L	L	L	D	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	L
Position	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	11	10	11	12	12	13	12	12	10	8	9	8	7	9	7	8	8	9	9	8	7	8	7	7	10

17 March 2018 1	Charlotte Independence	4–1	Ottawa Fury	Matthews, NC
19:00 EST (UTC–5)	Cato 41', 58' George 45' Herrera 67', 80' (pen.) Porter 83' (o.g.)	Report	Sito 64' Oliveira 90+3'	Stadium: Sportsplex at Matthews Attendance: 1,438 Referee: Jonathan Bilinski

7 April 2018 2	Tampa Bay Rowdies	5–0	Ottawa Fury	St. Petersburg, FL
19:30 EST (UTC–5)	Hristov 61' Mannella 71' (o.g.) Fernandes 79' Schäfer 81' Cole 87' Portillos 90+5'	Report	Dixon 11' Obasi 90+1' Mannella 90+3'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 5,059 Referee: Luis Guardia

28 April 2018 5	Ottawa Fury	0–3	FC Cincinnati	Ottawa, ON
14:00 EST (UTC–5)	Reid 63'	Report	Lasso 50' Ledesma 56', 77' Smith 57' Walker 68' Bone 69'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 2,785 Referee: Carol-Anne Chénard

19 May 2018 9	Charleston Battery	0–0	Ottawa Fury	Charleston, SC
19:00 EST (UTC–5)	Higashi 45+1' Thomas 48' Rittmeyer 67' Mueller 73'	Report	Edward 28' Oliveira 34'	Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium Attendance: 2,597 Referee: Kevin Broadley

13 June 2018 13	North Carolina FC	4–2	Ottawa Fury	Cary, NC
19:00 EST (UTC–5)	Tobin 3', 46' Ríos 30' Lomis 43' Miller 57' Smith 69' Bekker 87'	Report	Oliveira 45+2' Attakora 53' D. Taylor 74' (o.g.) Obasi 79'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 3,452 Referee: Guido Gonzalez Jr.

14 April 2018 3	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	1–0	Ottawa Fury	Pittsburgh, PA
19:00 EST (UTC–5)	Zemanski 75' Adewole 85' Pratzner 90+2'	Report	Bruna 57' Portilla 75' Edward 90+4'	Stadium: Highmark Stadium Attendance: 1,823 Referee: Lorant Varga

21 April 2018 4	Ottawa Fury	1–1	North Carolina FC	Ottawa, ON
14:00 EST (UTC–5)	Bruna 70' Portilla 86'	Report	Ríos 35'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 6,137 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière

2 May 2018 6	Ottawa Fury	0–0	New York Red Bulls II	Ottawa, ON
10:30 EST (UTC–5)	Reid 24' Edward 54' Mannella 66' Haworth 90+1'	Report	Mines 83'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 8,084 Referee: Matt Souare

7 May 2018 7	Penn FC	0–1	Ottawa Fury	Harrisburg, PA
18:30 EST (UTC–5)	Calvano 61' Franco 80'	Report	Edward 83' Falvey 87'	Stadium: FNB Field Referee: Matthew Franz

12 May 2018 8	Ottawa Fury	2–0	Atlanta United 2	Ottawa, ON
14:00 EST (UTC–5)	Dos Santos 26' Haworth 35' Dixon 63' Taylor 82'	Report	Cochran 10' Edwards 34' Shannon 53'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 4,296 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

25 May 2018 10	Ottawa Fury	1–0	Bethlehem Steel	Ottawa, ON
19:00 EST (UTC–5)	Oliveira 1' Attakora 30'	Report	Moar 43'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 2,781 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière

30 May 2018 11	Ottawa Fury	3–0	Toronto FC II	Ottawa, ON
19:00 EST (UTC–5)	Dos Santos 16' (pen.), 79' Attakora 48'	Report	Romeo 59' Boskovic 80'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 3,219 Referee: David Barrie

2 June 2018 12	Ottawa Fury	0–1	Charlotte Independence	Ottawa, ON
19:00 EST (UTC–5)	Reid 55' Edward 90'	Report	Ekra 83'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 5,693 Referee: Carol Anne Chenard

24 June 2018 14	New York Red Bulls II	0–3	Ottawa Fury	Montclair, NJ
17:00 EST (UTC–5)		Report	Reid 3', 57', 64' Edward 41' Taylor 62' Mannella 90+4'	Stadium: MSU Soccer Park Attendance: 818 Referee: Bardhyl Pashaj

30 June 2018 15	FC Cincinnati	2–0	Ottawa Fury	Cincinnati, OH
19:30 EST (UTC–5)	König 16' Smith 86' Albadawi 90+2'	Report	Oliveira 71'	Stadium: Nippert Stadium Attendance: 27,107 Referee: Daniel Gutierrez

4 July 2018 16	Indy Eleven	0–1	Ottawa Fury	Indianapolis, IN
19:00 EST (UTC–5)	Guerra 26'	Report	Haworth 9' Reid 20' Mitchell 28' (o.g.) Edward 69' Obasi 79'	Stadium: Lucas Oil Stadium Attendance: 11,025 Referee: Kevin Broadley

8 July 2018 17	Ottawa Fury	0–1	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Ottawa, ON
13:00 EST (UTC–5)		Report	Roberts 22'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 4,826 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

14 July 2018 18	Ottawa Fury	2–1	Penn FC	Ottawa, ON
14:00 EST (UTC–5)	Oliveira 64' Taylor 72', 87' Dos Santos 81'	Report	Tribbett 40', 56'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 5,315 Referee: David Barrie

21 July 2018 19	Ottawa Fury	2–0	Nashville SC	Ottawa, ON
	Taylor 90+1' Oliveira 90+6'	Report	LaGrassa 57' Woodberry 64' 90+4'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 4,264 Referee: Juan Marquez

28 July 2018 20	Ottawa Fury	0–3	Louisville City	Ottawa, ON
	Obasi 58' Taylor 83'	Report	DelPiccolo 13' Craig 47' Williams 57' Souahy 77' Ranjitsingh 79'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 4,096 Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

3 August 2018 21	Ottawa Fury	2–0	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Ottawa, ON
19:00 EDT (UTC−4)	Taylor 1' Reid 45+1' Attakora 53'	Report	Gorskie 79' Diakité 83'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 4,226 Referee: David Barrie

16 June / 7 August 2018 22	Atlanta United 2	1–1	Ottawa Fury	Lawrenceville, GA / Kennesaw, GA
19:00 / 18:00 EST (UTC–5)	Edward 3' (o.g.)	Report	Oliveira 10'	Stadium: Coolray Field / Fifth Third Bank Stadium Attendance: 3,596 Referee: Eric Tattersall / Aleksandar Zhelyaskov
Note: Match began on 16 June at Coolray Field and was abandoned in the 44th minute with the score tied 1–1 due to lightning. The match was resumed in the 44th minute and with the same score on 7 August at Fifth Third Bank Stadium.^[36]

10 August 2018 23	Nashville SC	2–0	Ottawa Fury	Nashville, TN
	LaGrassa 31', 65' Allen 59' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: First Tennessee Park Attendance: 8,694 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

15 August 2018 24	Ottawa Fury	2–0	Richmond Kickers	Ottawa, ON
19:00 EST (UTC–5)	Haworth 8' Portilla 41' Taylor 84'	Report		Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 3,535 Referee: Matt Souare

18 August 2018 25	Ottawa Fury	0–0	Indy Eleven	Ottawa, ON
14:00 EDT (UTC–5)		Report	Ayoze 85'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 5,393 Referee: Yusri Rudolf