After two years in the USL, Montreal Impact�s USL affiliate FC Montreal are set to cease operations. After many speculations in the past couple of days about FC Montreal shutting down and Ottawa Fury becoming the new USL team affiliate, it seems the rumors were true. Tony Marinaro said that players who sign with Ottawa Fury FC that their rights will belong to the Montreal Impact as they will be the team's new USL affiliate. Technical Director of the Montreal Impact, Adam Braz, told players on Monday morning that they had 3 options: (1) they can play in the PLSQ and if they had enough players who wanted to go to the PLSQ they would keep the Montreal FC name, (2) they would have a professional tryout with Ottawa Fury FC but no spot would be guaranteed or (3) they would be released by the Montreal Impact but the team would own their rights for one year. Ottawa�s participation in USL and the partnership with Montreal will have no impact on the club�s participation in the Canadian Championship. Fury FC will again take aim at the Voyageur�s Cup in 2017. The partnership between Ottawa and Montreal is the 10th partnership between USL and MLS clubs. Two more clubs � Rio Grande Valley FC and Reno 1868 FC � hold hybrid partnerships with MLS clubs, while nine MLS clubs own and operate their own USL clubs. (Source: USL / Mount Royal Soccer)