Whitecaps FC Ottawa Academy Centre partners Ottawa South United announced that they have been officially accepted into the League 1 Ontario for 2017. The successful application will see OSU launch a men's team in 2017 and a women's team in 2018. This endeavour will become a partnership with the Ottawa Gloucester Hornets, as part of the two clubs' strategic alliance.
League 1 is a pro-amateur, standards based league, which is officially classified as the Division 3 national standard.
OSU and Ottawa-Gloucester Hornets have been developing a steady stream of talented male and female graduates who move towards professional and post-secondary play.