Article content

Ottawa Fury FC may be out of the NASL playoff picture, but you wouldn’t know it if you were watching training this week.

It was hard, it was competitive and it featured some pretty harsh words. Coach Marc Dos Santos confessed Friday he is uncertain how it will translate on the field as his men prepare to take on FC Edmonton at TD Place Saturday.

We apologize, but this video has failed to load.

tap here to see other videos from our team. Try refreshing your browser, or Fury playing for pride against Edmonton Back to video

There are several plausible explanations for his trepidation.

Losing leaves a sour taste: The Fury had been chasing a fleeting chance at a playoff spot when they went to New York to take on the Cosmos, last weekend. In an intense, hard-fought match the team’s leading scorer Oliver was knocked unconscious by a flying elbow that rearranged his front teeth. A hatful of yellow cards were handed out along with a red for striker Tom Heinemann, which will keep him out of the Edmonton game. The Fury lost in the final seconds of injury time and came away infuriated at the man with the flying elbow, with the referee and with losing all three points at the last moment.