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Maxime Crepeau thinks the difference in facing upstart Blainville (PQ) FC as opposed to taking on the defending MLS-champion Toronto FC constitutes nothing short of a complete role reversal for the Ottawa Fury FC.

“We went in and beat Blainville knowing we were the favourites,” said the Fury FC MVP to date in defending the home goal. “Now, against Toronto FC, we are the underdogs and we know that.

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“They might have had some difficulties this year but there’s still a lot of great players on that roster. Their ‘A’ team is great. Their ‘B’ team is great. And their ‘C’ team is great. There’s a lot of depth over there.”

And that’s just it.

The Fury FC really won’t know which Toronto FC team they will be facing until pre-game warmup Wednesday evening at TD Place with a 7:30 kickoff and a crowd expected to be in the 10,000-range won’t know what stars they are seeing or missing until that same point.

The Big Red haven’t enjoyed the kind of season they were expecting coming off their glorious run to the MLS Cup win last December and could opt to leave some of their stars back home to rest from the first leg in the Canadian Championship semifinal against the Fury.