The Philadelphia Fury officially announced entry into new third division pro league National Independent Soccer Association on Thursday a month before their first home game scheduled for September 7 at Franklin Field.
NISA, a new provisionally-sanctioned Division III league by the United States Soccer Federation, previously announced Philadelphia as one of its markets and some information shared online had pointed to that team being the Fury but Thursday’s announcement, which included the launch of a website, made it official.
“The National Independent Soccer Association is excited that the Philadelphia Fury, a club with a tremendous heritage and playing in an historic venue, has decided to play professional soccer in NISA,” NISA Commissioner John Prutch said in a news release.