QuesTIoN & ANSWER
Women’s soccer
league world class!
Kickabout sits down
to chat with Dominic
Oliveri, ass't coach
with the
Fury Senior
Women’s
Team
In just five years, the Ottawa
: is it difficult to attract top talent : and what can the fans look forward to
Fury have developed into one
to ottawa? this year?
T
OGRAPHY
of the leading soccer clubs in
Dom: Surprisingly, no. We offer a world- Dom: Expect another exciting W-League PHO
class program to our athletes, and we treat season. We like to play a brand of soccer that
VES
North America at the senior
the players extremely well while they are in is entertaining for our fans and our youth team
GREA
and youth levels.
Ottawa. Our reputation across the league players. Our goal every year is to challenge for
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and throughout the international community the W-League Championship.
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Kickabout: Dominic, how long have you coupled with the success we have had on and
PHO
been with the fury? off the field, certainly helps us recruit some of : where can we see the fury play?
Dom: This will be my sixth season with the the top players. Dom: Our home games this season will
club. I started as a youth coach, I currently be split between the Carleton University
coach our U16 Girls team, but I have also : The women’s team has achieved some and the University of Ottawa soccer fields.
spent the last three seasons coaching with very impressive results… You can find our league
the senior women’s team that plays in the Dom: Yes, we have done some great things schedule and purchase
W-League. in such a short period of time. In the past tickets to our games on
five years, the Fury squad has qualified for the Ottawa Fury website,
: Tells us a bit about the w-league? the North American Championship Finals
www.ottawafury.com.
Dom: The W-League is extremely competitive. finishing 4th, 3rd and, in the past two years,
It is currently the best women’s league in losing the finals to the New Jersey Wildcats Dominic Oliveri holds an
North America, and it is also considered to be and the Vancouver Whitecaps. We are Ontario B Licence for
one of the top women’s leagues in the world. currently ranked seventh in the world coaching. He came to
for a women’s club team according to the Fury after serving
: i understand that several players are
www.womensworldfootball.com. as a staff coach and
also on national teams? assistant coach with the
Dom: We have had 13 Fury players play for : what are your thoughts on last EODSA District Program.
Canada at various levels. Recently, former Fury year’s season? Dom was named the
players, Rhian Wilkinson, Diana Matheson, Dom: We had a tremendous season. We were 2006 Ottawa Fury
and Robyn Gale, played a key role in Canada’s W-League regular season champions. We Coach of the Year
qualification for the 2008 Olympics. We were very unfortunate not to advance to the and was also the
have also had Australian, American, French, Final Four. We beat a top-rated club in Jersey assistant coach
and English internationals play for our club. Sky Blue in the conference semi-final, but to the Ottawa
Last summer, we were fortunate enough to unfortunately lost to the eventual W-League Fury W-League
sign England & Arsenal Captain Faye White, champions, the Washington Freedom, 1-0. team, who
who is regarded as one of the top defenders Most people around the league considered were W-League
in the world. the conference final game to be the finalists.
championship game.
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