• To provide talented soccer players from this region with high quality play and competition.

• To provide ambitious players with an opportunity to showcase their talents for college and professional recruiters.

• To develop leadership skills and confident and respectful young citizens.

• The development of young soccer players in all elements of soccer performance - technical, tactical, physical, and psychological.
  

• The Youth Program has three principal age groups: U14, U15 and U16. At each group there is typically one boys team and one girls team.
  
  
• Age groups are set based on the August 1st date (not the January 1st date). For a month by month guide to the Fury age groups for 2009-10 click here.
  
  
• Although the U17 teams compete in the USL's youth league called the Super Y-League, U17 is also the entry level for the Fury's Senior Program.

In the Academy Program the focus is on development first. As players transiiton to the youth program development continues but winning begins to matter to the players, the team and the club. The development objectives of the Academy program are gradually enhanced. Higher level objectives are introduced for team tactics and objectives are also introduced for positional play with players beginning to understand their "player functions".

The learning environment relies more heaviliy on healthy competition among players and teammates and the relationship between player performance, opportunities, and results becomes more pronounced.

• Players who generally demonstrate a relatively high level of skill, enthusiasm for the game, and a positive attitude toward learning find in the Fury Youth Program an opportunity to train with players who share similar qualities.
  
  
• The Youth Program is staffed with knowledgeable and specialized coaches who work within the Fury Method to ensure players receive proper levels of instruction and challenge-rewards needed to realize their potential.
  
  
• Player Development is the primary focus of each Fury Youth coach. The Fury's coaching objective is the improvement of each player in the program.
  
  
• The Ottawa Fury club has an excellent reputation for its ability to develop players. The club is regarded as one of the top clubs in North America and increasingly is being recognized by professional clubs in Europe for the standard of its players. (In the past year, six Fury players have received invititations to UK clubs. In the past five years, more than 50 Fury players have received scholarships to play soccer at US colleges).
  
  
• Fury training focuses on life skills as well as soccer skills. Young people graduating from the Fury Youth Program tend to perform well in their non-soccer lives because of life skills like hard work. self-discipline, self-anaylsis, respect for others, team work, and honesty refined while at the Fury.
  
  
• Fury coaches are assigned to a team for a maximum of two years before they must move on and give the players the benefit of a new coach. The Fury club does not allow parent coaches.

• Soccer players who have a passion for soccer, are driven to excel, enjoy competing at the highest possible level, and follow soccer with fervour.

• When Fury Head Coaches select their final squads in the fall, it is their intent to prepare that group of players to face the next SYL season in the spring-time. Players (and parents) are therefore asked to make an annual commitment.
  
  
• Throughout the year, players will have 2-3 training sessions and/or competitive games per week.
  
  
• During the winter, youth teams are also provided with indoor full-field time for 11 a side games and bi-weekly speed, agility and quickness (SAQ) sessions.
  
  
• Although the Fury program is an annual cycle, scheduled time off is provided to the players.
  
  
• Players in the Fury Youth Program are expected to commit full to their team. This means arriving at least 20 minutes before training sessions and 60 minutes before games as well as participating in all team events.
  
  
• The SYL season is typically a very compressed campaign, with 70% or more of the matches being played between the late June and the middle of August. Accordingly, families of the Fury players generally defer vacation trips until the last two weeks of August.

• The USL Super Y-League is a North America-wide league with ten dvisions and 120 clubs. It is designed for the top echelon of youth players with MLS and USL clubs using the SYL as the competitive vehicle for their development programs.
• The Fury plays in the New England Division against Portland (ME), Boston, Cape Cod, Seacoast, Northern Mass (Knights), Albany, Rhode Island and Seacoast. Regular season division winners advance to the North American Finals played in Tampa, Florida each November.
• In 2008 and 2009, the Fury sent 5 teams each year to the Finals. In 2008 the Fury U17 Girls advanced to the championship game while the U16 Girls lost in the semi-finals. The Super Y-League provides top-level competition and week-in, week-out opportunities to be evaluated by college scouts.
• The Fury development pyramid includes the Fury's USL W-League and PDL teams at its summit. The very best SYL players will aspire to play for the Fury's senior teams. In 2009, youth players Riley Filion, Julia Hajjar and Gillian Baggott all logged minutes with the Fury W-League side and numerous youth graduates make the PDL squad each year.

• As is the case with most sports, elite competitive programs are more costly than recreational programs. The cost of participating in the Fury Youth Program is in keeping with the costs of other competitive sports programs in the area.
  
  
• Given the standard and quality of player development within the Fury Youth Program, there is a misconception that participation in the Youth Program comes at a premium. This is not the case. Moreover, through the generous support of local businesses as well as sponsorship programs within the club, many players and parents have found the Fury program to be no more expensive that the total annual cost of local soccer programs.
  
  
• The Program Fees for 2009 for the U13 through U17 Boys and Girls were $295 per month payable by direct debit on the first of each month from November to October. Double-digit annual percentage increases for such substantial budget items as facilities, bus travel, and hotels have necessitated the raising of the fees for 2010 to $310 (inc GST) per month.
  
  
• Siblings of Fury players pay $240 per month.
  
  
• Fundraising opportunities are available to players. Those who take advantage of these opportunities can reduce their out of pocket costs, sometimes significantly.

The cost of the year-round Winter and Summer programs covers:

• Indoor and Outdoor training facility costs (e.g. Domes, Gyms).
  
  
• Travel and Accommodation on SYL road-trips - teams travel by Greyhound bus, and stay three or four players to a hotel room. The cost of SYL road trips is a MAJOR cost item which is covered in the monthly fees
  
  
• Equipment and Apparel - 2 x Training Kits (shirt, shorts and socks), Tracksuit, Golf Shirt (for travel), Equipment Bag/Backpack, and seasonal use of Team Uniforms.
  
  
• Program Costs - administrative, registration, insurance, referee and coaching fees.
  
  
• Bi-weekly Speed, Agility, Quickness sessions.

• End-of-Season Awards Banquet - complimentary tickets to player.
  
  
• Complimentary Fury Season Tickets valid for all 2009 W-League and PDL regular season home games.
  
  
• Additional weekly training sessions for Goalkeepers

• Tournaments: In addition to league play, teams will participate in 2-3 tournaments per year. Since the tournaments attended are team-dependent, the costs of these tournaments is not covered in the basic monthly fee.
  
  
• SYL Finals: Some Fury teams qualify for the North American SYL Finals, typically held each November in Tampa, by finishing first (or in some cases second) in the New England Division.
  
  
• Winter Full-field Indoor Time: Fury Youth teams are also provided with full-field time on a bi-weekly basis for 11 a side games or additional training. The cost of this activity is determined on a team by team basis.

• Open tryouts take place annually in late September and early October. Registration details and schedules are posted on the Fury website and players interested in trying out must regsiter online.
  
  
• Assessment of Fury players is conducted throughout the year with feedback provided to players regularly.
  
  
• Consideration of new potential players may also be conducted at times during the year.