2015 Ottawa Fury FC season

Ottawa Fury FC
2015 season
President John Pugh
Head Coach Marc Dos Santos
Stadium TD Place Stadium
NASL

Spring: 9th
Fall: 1st

Combined: 2nd
Soccer Bowl Runners-up
Canadian Championship Preliminary Round
Top goalscorer League: Tom Heinemann (8)
All: Tom Heinemann (12)
Highest home attendance League: 6,899
(15 August v. Minnesota United)
All: 9,346
(8 November v. Minnesota United)
Lowest home attendance League: 3,023
(25 April v. Fort Lauderdale)
All: 2,402
(22 April v. Edmonton)
Average home league attendance League: 5,164
All: 5,248
Home colours
Away colours

The 2015 Ottawa Fury FC season was the club's second season at the professional level in the North American Soccer League.

Club

Staff

Marc Dos Santos and other staff members would retain their positions from the previous season. Shortly after the conclusion of the 2014 season, the club announced the addition of longtime Chelsea academy coach Darko Buser to the club's management team.[1]

Roster changes

On November 26, 2014, the club announced it would release four players; defenders Ramón Soria and Kenny Caceros, as well as forwards Pierre-Rudolph Mayard and Vini Dantas.[2] On March 13, 2015 the club announced it and defender Omar Jarun had mutually parted ways.[3]

Squad

As of match played 15 November, 2015[4]
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (Age) Signed from Signed in Apps. Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Romuald Peiser (vc) France GK 3 August 1979 (aged 36) Portugal Académica 2014 48 0
12 Waleed Cassis Canada GK 3 March 1992 (aged 23) United States Buffalo 2015 0 0
24 Marcel DeBellis Canada GK 17 April 1991 (aged 24) Italy Ascoli 2014 1 0
Defenders
2 Ryan Richter United States DF 12 April 1989 (aged 26) Toronto 2015 49 0
3 Mason Trafford Canada DF 21 August 1986 (aged 29) China Guizhou Zhicheng 2014 57 1
4 Drew Beckie Canada DF 30 September 1990 (aged 25) United States Columbus Crew 2014 37 0
32 Colin Falvey Republic of Ireland CB 20 June 1985 (aged 30) United States Charleston Battery 2015 34 0
33 Rafael Alves Brazil DF 18 January 1985 (aged 30) United States Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2015 33 4
Midfielders
5 Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé Canada MF 9 March 1995 (aged 20) Loan from Montreal Impact 2015 3 0
6 Richie Ryan (c) Republic of Ireland CM 6 January 1985 (aged 30) Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers 2013 45 4
8 Nicki Paterson Scotland CM 19 January 1985 (aged 30) United States Charleston Battery 2013 26 4
10 Siniša Ubiparipović Bosnia and Herzegovina CM 25 August 1983 (aged 32) Montreal Impact 2014 53 9
18 Brandon Poltronieri Costa Rica MF 18 January 1986 (aged 29) United States Atlanta Silverbacks 2015 17 1
19 Emad Houache Canada MF 4 September 1994 (aged 21) Academy 2015 0 0
20 Mauro Eustaquio Canada CM 18 February 1993 (aged 22) Portugal Sporting Pombal 2013 31 2
25 Julian de Guzman Canada CM 25 March 1981 (aged 34) Greece Skoda Xanthi 2015 17 0
26 Jonathan Vallée Canada MF 22 April 1995 (aged 20) Academy 2015 0 0
28 Jeff Addai Canada MF 11 May 1993 (aged 22) Academy 2015 0 0
Forwards
7 Paulo Jr. Brazil W 23 January 1989 (aged 26) Brazil Náutico 2015 31 4
9 Tom Heinemann United States CF 23 March 1987 (aged 28) Vancouver Whitecaps 2014 49 18
11 Oliver Minatel Brazil FW 29 August 1992 (aged 23) Brazil Velo Clube 2013 49 10
14 Aly Hassan United States CF 15 May 1989 (aged 26) United States Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2015 12 3
16 Mohamed Dagnogo Ivory Coast FW 8 May 1995 (aged 20) Academy 2015 0 0
17 Carl Haworth Canada FW 9 July 1989 (aged 26) Ottawa Fury (PDL) 2013 54 4
23 Andrew Wiedeman United States FW 22 August 1989 (aged 26) Toronto 2015 29 5
77 Uğur Albayrak Turkey FW 8 June 1988 (aged 27) Germany Eintracht Trier 2015 6 0

Transfers

In

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee
18 December 2014 FW Brazil Paulo Jr. Brazil Náutico Free[5]
14 January 2015 DF United States Mike Randolph United States Atlanta Silverbacks Free[6]
22 January 2015 DF Brazil Rafael Alves United States Fort Lauderdale Strikers Free[7]
26 January 2015 FW United States Andrew Wiedeman Toronto Free[8]
28 January 2015 DF United States Ryan Richter Toronto Free[9]
4 February 2015 DF Republic of Ireland Colin Falvey United States Charleston Battery Free[10]
6 February 2015 MF Canada Patryk Misik Poland Śląsk Wrocław Free[11]
11 February 2015 MF Costa Rica Brandon Poltronieri United States Atlanta Silverbacks Free[12]
28 March 2015 MF Canada Julian de Guzman Unattached Free[13]
12 May 2015 GK Canada Waleed Cassis United States Buffalo Free[14]
26 June 2015 FW United States Aly Hassan United States Fort Lauderdale Strikers Undisclosed[15]
4 August 2015 FW Turkey Uğur Albayrak Germany Eintracht Trier Free[16]
6 October 2015 MF Canada Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé Montreal Impact Loan[17]
6 October 2015 MF Canada Jeff Addai Academy [17]
6 October 2015 MF Canada Emad Houache Academy [17]
6 October 2015 MF Canada Jonathan Vallée Academy [17]

Out

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee
1 December 2014 GK Canada Chad Bush Unattached
1 December 2014 MF United States Tony Donatelli Unattached
1 December 2014 DF Canada Kenny Caceros Unattached
1 December 2014 DF United States Ryan Richter Toronto End of Loan
1 December 2014 FW Canada Pierre-Rudolph Mayard L'Assomption Free
23 February 2015 DF Spain Ramón Soria Slovenia Celje Free[18]
25 February 2015 GK United States Devala Gorrick United States Colorado Springs Free[19]
1 March 2015 DF Jamaica O'Brian Woodbine United States Charleston Battery Free
13 March 2015 DF State of Palestine Omar Jarun India Bharat Free[20]
16 March 2015 FW Brazil Vini Dantas United States Pittsburgh Riverhounds Free[21]
23 June 2015 MF Canada Patryk Misik Poland Raków Częstochowa Free[22]
3 July 2015 DF United States Mike Randolph Unattached
19 August 2015 MF Canada Philippe Davies Retired [23]

Trial

Date From Date To Position Nationality Name Last Club
March 2015[24] 12 May 2015[14] GK Canada Waleed Cassis United States Buffalo

Pre-Season

Competitions

NASL Spring Season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 New York Cosmos (C) 10 5 5 0 18 9 +9 20 2015 NASL Spring Season Winner
2 Tampa Bay Rowdies 10 5 4 1 15 9 +6 19
3 Carolina RailHawks 10 3 5 2 15 10 +5 14
4 Minnesota United 10 3 5 2 15 13 +2 14
5 Indy Eleven 10 3 4 3 13 12 +1 13
6 Jacksonville Armada 10 3 3 4 15 18 3 12
7 San Antonio Scorpions 10 3 3 4 11 15 4 12
8 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 10 3 2 5 12 13 1 11
9 Ottawa Fury 10 2 5 3 5 8 3 11
10 Edmonton 10 2 3 5 16 22 6 9
11 Atlanta Silverbacks 10 1 5 4 7 13 6 8
Source: NASL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) head-to-head record; 5) away goal differential; 6) away goals scored
(C) Champion.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
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10 2 5 3 5 8  −3 11 2 2 1 3 3  0 0 3 2 2 5  −3

Last updated: July 7, 2015.
Source: Match reports

Results by round

Round12345678910
GroundAAHHAHHHAA
Result L D W L L D W D D D
Position 9 9 6 8 9 10 7 7 8 9

Last updated: August 11, 2015.
Source: Match reports
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Match reports

NASL Fall season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ottawa Fury (C) 20 13 6 1 37 15 +22 45 2015 NASL Fall Season Winner
2 Minnesota United 20 11 6 3 39 26 +13 39
3 New York Cosmos 20 10 6 4 31 21 +10 36
4 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 20 8 6 6 37 27 +10 30
5 Edmonton 20 7 5 8 25 24 +1 26
6 Atlanta Silverbacks 20 6 7 7 24 27 3 25
7 Carolina RailHawks 20 6 3 11 29 39 10 21
8 Tampa Bay Rowdies 20 5 5 10 18 28 10 20
9 Indy Eleven 20 5 5 10 23 36 13 20
10 San Antonio Scorpions 20 4 7 9 30 37 7 19
11 Jacksonville Armada 20 5 4 11 18 31 13 19
Source: NASL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) head-to-head record; 5) away goal differential; 6) away goals scored
(C) Champion.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
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20 13 6 1 37 15  +22 45 6 3 1 16 8  +8 7 3 0 21 7  +14

Last updated: October 31, 2015.
Source: Match reports

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920
GroundHAHHHAAHHHAHAAAHAHAA
Result W D W W W W W L D D W D W W W W D W W D
Position 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Last updated: October 31, 2015.
Source: Match reports
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Match reports

NASL Combined Season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 New York Cosmos 30 15 11 4 49 30 +19 56 North American Supporters' Trophy Winner
2015 NASL Spring Season Winner
2 Ottawa Fury 30 15 11 4 42 23 +19 56 2015 NASL Fall Season Winner
3 Minnesota United 30 14 11 5 54 39 +15 53 Championship Qualifier
4 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 30 11 8 11 49 40 +9 41
5 Tampa Bay Rowdies 30 10 9 11 33 37 4 39
6 Carolina RailHawks 30 9 8 13 44 49 5 35
7 Edmonton 30 9 8 13 41 46 5 35
8 Atlanta Silverbacks 30 7 12 11 31 40 9 33
9 Indy Eleven 30 8 9 13 36 48 12 33
10 San Antonio Scorpions 30 7 10 13 41 52 11 31
11 Jacksonville Armada 30 8 7 15 33 49 16 31
Source: NASL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) head-to-head record; 5) away goal differential; 6) away goals scored

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
30 15 11 4 42 23  +19 56 8 5 2 19 11  +8 7 6 2 23 12  +11

Last updated: October 31, 2015.
Source: Match reports

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAAHHAHHHAAHAHHHAAHHHAAAAAHAHAA
Result L D W L L D W D D D W D W W W W W L D D W D W W W W D W W D
Position 9 9 6 8 9 10 7 7 8 9 6 6 5 4 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 1 1 2 1 1 2

Last updated: October 31, 2015.
Source: Match reports
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Soccer Bowl

Main article: Soccer Bowl 2015

Canadian Championship

Squad statistics

As of match played 15 November 2015[25]

Appearances and Goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalNASL Soccer Bowl Canadian Championship
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK France Romuald Peiser 33 0 29 0 2 0 2 0
2 DF United States Ryan Richter 34 0 30 0 2 0 2 0
3 DF Canada Mason Trafford 28 1 25 1 2 0 1 0
4 DF Canada Drew Beckie 16 0 15 0 0 0 1 0
5 MF Canada Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
6 MF Republic of Ireland Richie Ryan 20 3 18 3 2 0 0 0
7 FW Brazil Paulo Jr. 31 4 27 4 2 0 2 0
8 MF Scotland Nicki Paterson 11 2 9 2 0 0 2 0
9 FW United States Tom Heinemann 31 12 27 8 2 4 2 0
10 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina Siniša Ubiparipović 28 5 24 5 2 0 2 0
11 FW Brazil Oliver 25 3 22 2 2 0 1 1
14 FW United States Aly Hassan 12 3 12 3 0 0 0 0
17 FW Canada Carl Haworth 28 2 25 2 1 0 2 0
18 MF Costa Rica Brandon Poltronieri 17 1 15 1 0 0 2 0
20 MF Canada Mauro Eustaquio 23 2 20 2 2 0 1 0
23 FW United States Andrew Wiedeman 29 5 25 4 2 0 2 1
24 GK Canada Marcel DeBellis 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
25 MF Canada Julian de Guzman 17 0 15 0 1 0 1 0
32 DF Republic of Ireland Colin Falvey 34 0 30 0 2 0 2 0
33 DF Brazil Rafael Alves 33 4 30 4 2 0 1 0
77 FW Turkey Uğur Albayrak 6 0 5 0 1 0 0 0
Players who appeared for Ottawa but left during the season:
15 MF Canada Philippe Davies 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF Canada Patryk Misik 7 0 5 0 0 0 2 0
29 DF United States Mike Randolph 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0

Goal scorers

Rnk Pos No. Nat Name NASL Soccer Bowl Canadian Championship Total
1 FW9United StatesTom Heinemann84012
2 MF10Bosnia and HerzegovinaSiniša Ubiparipović5005
FW23United StatesAndrew Wiedeman4015
4 FW7BrazilPaulo Jr.4004
DF33BrazilRafael Alves4004
6 MF6Republic of IrelandRichie Ryan3003
FW14United StatesAly Hassan3003
FW11BrazilOliver2013
9 MF8ScotlandNicki Paterson2002
FW17CanadaCarl Haworth2002
MF20CanadaMauro Eustaquio2002
12 DF3CanadaMason Trafford1001
MF18Costa RicaBrandon Poltronieri1001
Own goal1001
Total 424248

Disciplinary

Number Nation Position Name NASL Soccer Bowl Canadian Championship Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card
1 FranceGKRomuald Peiser50 00 00 50
2 United StatesDFRyan Richter40 00 00 40
3 CanadaDFMason Trafford30 11 00 41
4 CanadaDFDrew Beckie50 00 10 60
6 Republic of IrelandMFRichie Ryan30 10 00 40
7 BrazilFWPaulo Jr.10 00 00 10
9 United StatesFWTom Heinemann00 10 00 10
10Bosnia and HerzegovinaMFSiniša Ubiparipović30 00 00 30
11BrazilFWOliver20 00 00 20
14United StatesFWAly Hassan10 00 00 10
17CanadaFWCarl Haworth20 00 00 20
18Costa RicaMFBrandon Poltronieri20 00 00 20
20CanadaMFMauro Eustaquio50 00 00 50
23United StatesFWAndrew Wiedeman20 00 00 20
25CanadaMFJulian de Guzman01 00 00 01
32Republic of IrelandDFColin Falvey20 10 00 30
33BrazilDFRafael Alves40 00 10 50
TOTALS 44 1 4 1 2 0 50 2

Awards

Player

No. Player Award Month Source
8 Scotland Nicki Paterson NASL Play of the Week (Week 8)
May
[26]
1 France Romuald Peiser NASL Player of the Month
June
[27]
17 Canada Carl Haworth NASL Player of the Week (Week 15)
July
[28]
33 Brazil Rafael Alves NASL Player of the Week (Week 16)
August
[29]
10 Bosnia and Herzegovina Siniša Ubiparipović NASL Player of the Week (Week 23)
September
[30]
9 United States Tom Heinemann NASL Player of the Week (Week 24) [31]
1 France Romuald Peiser NASL Player of the Month [32]
1 France Romuald Peiser NASL Golden Glove
November
[33]
4 Canada Drew Beckie NASL Humanitarian of the Year [34]
1 France Romuald Peiser NASL Best XI [35]
33 Brazil Rafael Alves
6 Republic of Ireland Richie Ryan
4 Canada Drew Beckie Ottawa Fury Community Award [36]
9 United States Tom Heinemann Ottawa Fury Top Scorer Award
3 Canada Mason Trafford Ottawa Fury Supporters' Player of the Year
Republic of IrelandBrazil Falvey/Alves[lower-alpha 1] Ottawa Fury Newcomer of the Year Award
1 France Romuald Peiser Ottawa Fury Player of the Year
  1. The Fury's central defensive pair of Colin Falvey and Rafael Alves, known among supporters and staff as "Falves", were jointly given the club's Newcomer of the Year award.

Club/Staff

Recipient Award Month Source
Club NASL Fair Play Award
November
[37]
Canada Marc Dos Santos NASL Coach of the Year [38]

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