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Players and head coach will hook up Saturday afternoon in Charlotte, a few hours before kickoff.

“We know what’s at stake and it’s a big deal,” the more learned head coach said from Toronto. “Charlotte is a quality side made up of good footballers and it’s important to recognize that.

“Every point counts and we will do whatever it takes to get ourselves to a playoff spot (Saturday). We have to be ourselves, stick to our game plan and trust that success will follow. Consistency against a team like Charlotte is major. There is no room for error (Saturday) if we want to get the job done.”

Truthfully, there has been little room for error for Fury FC for weeks and all it has to show for that in the past three games is a series of draws, which is a slow way of climbing in the standings.

The math is simple for the Fury FC: Its 32-game regular season is down to six games and it remains in 12th place at 7-9-10 for 31 points, five behind FC Cincinnati and Orlando City B, which are tied for eighth, although Fury FC has a game in hand on both counterparts.

There’s also the matter of also needIng to jump past the Pittsburgh Riverhounds and Saint Louis FC.

First things first, though, and Charlotte is it. The Independence doesn’t give away much at home, having just two home field losses all season.

Charlotte’s explosive offensive — 16 more goals than Ottawa — is paced by the USL’s leading scorer, Enzo Martinez, who has 16 goals, twice that of Fury FC leader Steevan Dos Santos.