Just when it looked like the Indy Eleven was going to push back from a 2-0 deficit against Ottawa Fury FC on Saturday night, the visitors showed why they are the best team in the North American Soccer League these days.

An early goal by Sinisa Ubiparipovic opened the scoring and after Andrew Wiedeman's first NASL goal put Ottawa up 2-0 and Indy's Duke Lacroix cut the lead in half, Fury exploded for two more in the four minutes after Indy's goal to rout the home side 4-1 in front of 9,866 at Michael A. Carroll Stadium.

It was the second-straight game against Indy in which Ottawa has scored four goals after defeating the Eleven 4-2 in Ottawa on July 19.

Fury's fifth-straight win keeps Fury ahead of the surging Atlanta Silverbacks for first on the North American Soccer League fall table. The win also extends the club's unbeaten streak to 12 games, one of the modern day league record of 13 shared by the Carolina RailHawks and New York Cosmos.

It was an impressive road victory that saw Tommy Heinemann play the role of playmaker as the American striker set up goals by both Ubiparipovic in the ninth minute and Mauro Eustaquio in the 62nd. The goal was Eustaquio's first with Fury, as were the goals Wiedeman put up on the night.

Fury goalkeeper Romuald Peiser, who continues to play every game for Ottawa, picked up his eighth win of the season.

Fury will return to Ottawa for training this week before kicking off a three-game home run starting Saturday night when Minnesota United FC comes to TD Place.

PITCH BITS

OK, who forgot to pack the white shorts that go with Fury's away kits? The white and red away jerseys with the home black shorts wasn't the greatest look. Speaking of which, the new alternate kit unveiled by Fury on Friday is being mostly well-received, though some aren't a fan of the similarities between the new uniform and RedBlacks jersey. But with both teams owned by OSEG, why does this surprise anyone? ... Ubiparipovic played his best half of the year for Fury in Indy. The guy was everywhere and could have had more than his single goal ... If Fury wins the fall season and earns the right to host a playoff game, it will be interesting to see what attendance is like. Numbers haven't been bad this year, but seeing the turnout for the first Fury playoff game will go a long way in gauging where soccer interest is in the city at the moment ... Ottawa is challenging for the league title and has four Canadians taking a regular turn in the squad in Julian de Guzman, Carl Haworth, Mauro Eustaquio and Mason Trafford. That doesn't happen often, which makes you wonder how long it is before a guy like Trafford gets a well-deserved shot at making the men's national team ... The look shot by Fury defender Colin Falvey at an Indy player during some first-half pushing and shoving was terrifying. Pretty sure the Eleven gave him a wider berth after that. Fellow Irishman and Fury captain Richie Ryan was equally fired up in what turned into a chippy opening 45 minutes ... No disrespect to the kids playing in the 2015 Canadian Little League Championships, but not sure why Rogers thought it was a good idea to bump the Fury broadcast in favour of showing round robin competition in Barrhaven ... Funny moment late in the game when the Fury substitution to bring Phil Davies into the game was briefly delayed when it was noticed Davies was wearing the jersey belonging to teammate Aly Hassan ... Wiedeman's second goal was a thing of beauty as the strikers fought his way deep in the Indy box before striking as went down to ground.

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