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The head of the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group takes on a group of Toronto FC fans who unleashed flares in a match against the Ottawa Fury FC in TD Place Wednesday night.
"said OSEG General Manager Mark Goudie, who promises to ban officials from the incident in future games at Lansdowne Park Stadium.
We have a lot of good sequences. They will not come back to TD Place – Mark Goudie, CEO of OSEG
"This is our home," Goudie said. "It's disappointing, disrespectful and hurtful that they bring this home"
The incident occurred during the second half of the Canadian Championship semi-final match, when Toronto FC fans occupied a field section on the north side of the stadium. started lighting red rockets. One of them was screened on the ground, igniting a small fire on the artificial turf until a stadium employee removes the flare and that another extinguish the flames.
Meanwhile, other rockets lit fires in the stands. The flames, which briefly appeared out of control, were quickly extinguished by the stadium staff. There was also a big boom that surprised many fans, most of whom were sitting in the booth on the opposite south side.
Goudie says hooligans who lit a fire at a football match between Ottawa Fury and Toronto FC will be banned (Judy Trinh / CBC News)
Most supporters of Toronto FC fled the section and headed for the doors, while the referee stopped the match for several minutes.
Firefighters have arrived "
" These are not fans "
" These are not fans, they are not fans, they are determined to make someone's night one. " other miserable, "said Goudie. Thursday,
No one was injured in the incident, but a section of grbad was burned and about 30 seats were damaged by fans.
Goudie said that OSEG will ban troublemakers once the police have identified them. He added that other Toronto FC fans were providing police with names of suspects whose images had been captured on many cameras while they were fleeing the stadium
"We have many good sequences, they will not come back to TD Place Goudie said:
Toronto FC apologized "The events that took place in Ottawa last night involving supporters of the TFC were unacceptable and unnecessarily endangering the safety of others, "said Toronto President Bill Manning in a statement," We are cooperating fully with the Ottawa Police Service to investigate this incident and identify those responsible. " 19659020] The To ronto FC suspends all privileges of fan groups until suspects who light fires during the Ottawa Fury match are identified. Statement on the incident of a fan in Ottawa https://t.co/azeo91cHbN
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The fan of Fury and Hussein El Khatib were sitting in the bleachers on the north side near the Toronto FC supporters when the flares were lit. He captured the video of the fires that ensued.
"Everything was fun and entertaining and it looked exciting, then it became violent and we started to worry." El Khatib said
"There was a huge sound bomb [like a] in the section out and everyone was confused," he said. "We were scared and stressed, but security kept everyone calm."
Mimo Nielsen, a drummer with great Ottawa Fury fans who occupy the bleachers behind one of the goals, said he saw Toronto's goalie trying to 39, alerting his teammates to the rocket on the field
"One of their own players could have been injured, one of our [Fury] players could have been injured," said Nielsen. He thinks the suspects should be charged and forced to pay for the damages they caused.
Nielsen noted that TD Place's security bags, as fans, enter the stadium to not detect any other contraband.
OSEG said it was reviewing its security measures, but would not say whether additional security measures will be put in place for future Fury games.
Charred Grbad marks the location of a rocket launched from the Toronto FC fans' section during Wednesday's game at TD Place (Judy Trinh / CBC News)
