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Idan Vered has left Ottawa Fury FC following the expiration of his short-term contract with the North American Soccer League club, and Marcel de Jong could follow him out the door.

With Fury FC just days away from kicking off the NASL’s fall-season schedule Saturday against the host New York Cosmos, head coach Paul Dalglish is still fine-tuning the roster.

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Vered, a 27-year-old Israeli forward who had one goal in 10 games with Fury FC, will sign with a team in his home country, but Dalglish said Monday that de Jong “hasn’t committed to anybody yet.

“I think he’s still weighing his options and he’ll make a decision probably in the next couple of days,” Dalglish added in reference to the 29-year-old midfielder from Newmarket, Ont., who scored two goals in six games for Fury FC and missed all or part of two others because of a call-up for international duty with the Canadian men’s squad.

He previously played in professional leagues in Netherlands and Germany before spending 2015 with Sporting KC, a Major League Soccer entry.