With higher quality players, some with World Cup and professional football experience, Montreal Ramblers quickly outgrew the competition available in its domestic league.
[1] Soccer authorities in Canada initially refused to grant Ramblers the right to relocate the semi-professional football franchise.
The club was dealt a final blow when its original founder and patron Noel Okorougo departed to Europe in 1995 to work on Nike’s Football aspirations in Africa.
The USISL franchise lasted only one season in USA finishing 5th ahead of Connecticut Wolves and Boston Storm in Division 3 Pro League Capital Conference which also featured New York Fever, North Jersey Imperials, Pennsylvania Freedom and Albany Alleycats.
1 Histoire de la LSEQ [1] 2 Marc Tougas “Un peu de respect s-v-p” [2] 3 FIFA World Cup 1994 Team Morocco [3] 4 Morocco goal keeper is carried off the field [4] 5 New Hampshire Ramblers [5] 6 New Hampshire Ramblers vs Albany [6] 7 USL – 2 History in 2013 USL Media Guide, p. 148 [7] 8 https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.sport.soccer/qQyBbzvXeDo