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An away goal for Ottawa could well be the death blow for the Whitecaps on Wednesday.

If the Fury score at B.C. Place, the Caps will need four to overcome the North American Soccer League club and avoid an embarrassing exit in this semifinal stage of the Amway Canadian Championship.

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That’s the scenario after Ottawa claimed a deserved 2-0 first-leg win at TD Place last Wednesday. Away goals are the first tie-breaker, so even a 3-1 victory for Vancouver at the Dome would see Ottawa advance to face either Toronto or Montreal in the final.

But the Caps on Monday didn’t sound like a team too concerned with conceding another goal.

Coach Carl Robinson is expected to field his best 11 — not counting the guys away on international duty — and his players have one thing on their mind.

“We’re at home,” said left-back Jordan Harvey. “We’re going to be gunning for them, man.”

Harvey was among the regular starters rested by Robinson in the first leg as the coach went with a young, Canadian-heavy lineup in the nation’s capital.