What you have to remember is most American and Canadian adults have absolutely no interest in soccer, they never played it, watched it or new what it was, all they care about is baseball, football (NFL) or ice hockey or NASCAR. It is only the last 2 generations that have taken any interest and that is because the latest generation have taken to it because it is so cheap and simple and anyone can play and it's reasonably safe to play, compared to football and ice hockey.
At nearly all MLS and NASL stadiums there are fan organisations
this is part of the Fury's group, they are organised have Facebook pages and are sponsored by local bars. They keep up a constant chant and cheering, the rest of the crowd are usually quiet but do get loud on occasions.
Ottawa's stadium is very open so sound does not travel that much, Fury are averaging about 5500 fans per game, which is about average for NASL.
One of the big differences i notice is the Fury are very into the community, the players regularly visit the local youth soccer organisations and conduct clinics, some of the players are actually coaching youth teams, some of the players are on local radio and tv doing interviews and promoting the next game, every youth player under 14 has a free season ticket to attend Fury games, (i believe over 20,000 have been issued) at every home game 3 local teams are selected, 2 to walkout on the field with both teams for the intoduction and National anthems, and one to be the ballboys/girls. At half time there are youth soccer games for 10 mins and at the end of the games all the youth in attendance are invited down on to the field to get autographs and photos with the players.
All Fury games home and away are broadcast on local radio and tv, and at the stadium there is a huge screen that broadcast the game to the fans with replays etc
At nearly all MLS and NASL stadiums there are fan organisations
Ottawa's stadium is very open so sound does not travel that much, Fury are averaging about 5500 fans per game, which is about average for NASL.
One of the big differences i notice is the Fury are very into the community, the players regularly visit the local youth soccer organisations and conduct clinics, some of the players are actually coaching youth teams, some of the players are on local radio and tv doing interviews and promoting the next game, every youth player under 14 has a free season ticket to attend Fury games, (i believe over 20,000 have been issued) at every home game 3 local teams are selected, 2 to walkout on the field with both teams for the intoduction and National anthems, and one to be the ballboys/girls. At half time there are youth soccer games for 10 mins and at the end of the games all the youth in attendance are invited down on to the field to get autographs and photos with the players.
All Fury games home and away are broadcast on local radio and tv, and at the stadium there is a huge screen that broadcast the game to the fans with replays etc