Frank Lofranco is best known for establishing the Ottawa Fury Women’s Team as an elite team in the W-league with international recognition; ranked as high as seventh in the world by www.womensworldfootball.com. Over six years as head coach Lofranco had a remarkable record of 74-15-6 and led the Fury to two championship finals.  He has more than 10 years experience in player development at ages from 5 through 14. He served as the first Club Head Coach of the Etobicoke Soccer Club and oversaw the introduction of player and coaching development programs for a club of more than 2,000 players. More recently as a parent, coach and technical advisor he has been working with the Cumberland United Soccer Club. As a player,  Frank played in the National Soccer League (Canada), Canadian Soccer League (Canada), and American Professional Soccer League (North America) most notably for the Toronto Blizzard SC and Toronto Italia SC and represented Canada in the 1987 Pan-American Games.

“The opportunity to guide the development of top players between the ages of 10 and 13 is incredibly exciting and a responsibility I take very seriously,”  commented Lofranco, “The Ottawa Fury is a club that I am obviously familiar with.  The Fury is clearly a leader in reinventing soccer programming in Canada and I fully expect the Academy to serve as a leading example in player development.”