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Ottawa Fury’s women launched their W-League season with a comfortable 2-0 win over Quebec Dynamo at Carleton University Saturday afternoon.

It was tough to know what to expect from a team that had only started full squad training sessions two days before. And that’s how it looked in the opening 45 minutes.

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Coach Dom Oliveri had hoped his new team would come out fast but it was not to be. The starting eleven looked disjointed and it was fortunate that the Dynamo played no better.

The visitors did have one chance cleared off the line by Fury captain Lisa-Marie Woods but there was little to cheer about.

The second half was a different matter. Canadian international defender Kadeisha Buchanan, who only arrived in town in midweek and was on the bench at the start, was brought in but not as a central defender.

Oliveri put her up front to lead the attack in place of Canadian Christabel Odura. The long-legged 18-year-old certainly caused more trouble, and it coincided with improved understanding among the Fury women.

The Dynamo were seldom in the game and the possession passing system favoured by Fury teams began to pay dividends.

Kristy Moore, who had started to cause trouble with her pace, scored the first goal after 66 minutes with a clinical finish that gave goalkeeper Joelle Vandal no chance.

The home team sealed the win in the 87th minute when Woods slid a pass across the penalty box for Lauren Hughes to side foot into an empty net.

The Dynamo did create one chance which was well dealt with by Fury goalkeeper Jillian McVicker when she came off the line to smother a breakaway. They also hit the bar with a corner late in the game.

But the Fury was never in trouble and the improving understanding from front to back bodes well as they get to know one another and the system.