Raise your hand if you thought Ottawa Fury FC would rattle off three-straight road wins last week.

That's what I thought.

Up against the likes of the Fort Lauderdale Strikers, New York Cosmos and Carolina RailHawks, Fury would have been pleased to pick up a win and a couple draws on the trip, maybe two wins. But all three games in eight days?

Fast forward to early Sunday evening and Fury had just dumped the RailHawks 3-1, a result that came on the heels of a 4-1 win over the Cosmos and before that, a 2-0 decision in Fort Lauderdale.

It was a dominant string of performances, one that has shifted the conversation from clinching a playoff spot to winning the fall season and perhaps, a league title, a goal more realistic than ever with Fury holding a two-point cushion for top spot on the combined table.

Fury has now won four of its last five and hasn't lost in seven.

"This was probably the biggest week in the club's history and to do what we did is pretty special, I think," said defender Ryan Richter on Tuesday, one of three Fury players to have played every minute of all 25 Ottawa games this season.

Richter and his teammates still don't want to get too far ahead of themselves and look much beyond Sunday afternoon's home date with FC Edmonton, but the American right back acknowledged how big it would be to have a post-season game -- or two -- at Lansdowne.

"It would be special to play a playoff game in this stadium," Richter said. "I would love to see the kind of crowd that this place would put together for a playoff game. It would be really special for the club and our fans deserve (it).

Assistant coach Martin Nash, who ran Tuesday's training with Marc Dos Santos away, said coming home with nine of nine available points is "really a dream" scenario.

"The players did an excellent job," he said. "We defended well, we went with the right mindset and took it a game at a time and concentrated on the task at hand."

Though there were some tired legs Tuesday, with several of the big-minute vets doing off-pitch recovery work, there was no sign of fatigue during the matches.

"The mentality of this group is so strong," said Nash. "They stay (focused) for 90 minutes and they don't give up. It was three great team performances."

Richter said the team's success comes from being a group of players who are all on the same page.

"The model that we play, you can see it, everyone buys in," he said. "It doesn't matter who's starting, who comes off the bench. Everyone's playing with the same mentality."

Sunday's game will be the next in a long line of most important ones of the season for Ottawa. The Eddies are playing well and are pushing for a playoff spot.

"It's still one game at time, that (game) is our focus," Nash said. "Edmonton's coming here trying to make the playoffs and they're right in the hunt. We need to do our jobs and let the result take care of itself."

Other than some wear and tear, Nash said the club came back pretty healthy from the trip. After recovering from a foot injury, defender Drew Beckie made his first start in some time in Carolina.

Heinemann named Player of the Week

A dominant offensive performance has earned Fury FC's top striker kudos from the North American Soccer League.

After scoring three goals in two games for Fury FC during last week's road trip, striker Tommy Heinemann was named the NASL's Player of the Week.

Heinemann had a goal and forced an own goal in a 4-1 win against the New York Cosmos and scored twice in a 3-1 victory over the Carolina RailHawks on Sunday.

"It's always great to score (but) this week was a complete team effort, every guy in the locker room deserves credit," Heinemann said after training Tuesday at TD Place. "It's fun to be part of a group like that."

Assistant coach Martin Nash said it's a lift for the whole team to see the hard-working Heinemann, who went through a dry spell earlier in the year, rewarded for his efforts.

"He's playing really well at the moment. "He had a dry spell of three of four games but even in those games he was excellent. It's nice to see that payoff with goals now as well."

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