It has mostly been smooth sailing for the Canadian Premier League the last few months. At its own pace, the league has rolled out a number of new and promising clubs with exciting, modern, branding.
Under the surface, however, there remained a question: what about Ottawa? The league had been expected to launch with eight team, but only seven had been officially announced. The Ottawa Fury were always assumed to be the eighth, but as time went on and no announcement was made the situation become curious.
Then came the news last week that Ottawa wouldn’t be joining the Canadian Premier League as originally thought.