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The longer the game went, the more tired the hard running Fury became in the heat and it was almost a blessing when the final whistle went.

“I think we had spells where we had a lot of possession, but we seemed not to be effective enough, did not have enough movement,” said Dos Santos. “We have very good forwards, but there is a lack of confidence in front of the goal.”

What he was trying to say was that there were not enough shots, too many passes when shooting would have been a better option. Not enough selfishness from the strikers, you might say.

Fury women win to take third place in W-league

It was not the game they had hoped to win but the Ottawa Fury FC Women defeated the Charlotte Lady Eagles in the W-League Championship consolation match.

This time the Fury women won the match on penalty kicks having lost to Washington Friday night in similar fashion.

The women battled a blazing sun in the Sunday afternoon game in Bradenton, Florida. During the match, play was suspended three times, twice to hydrate and once for a scary injury to Charlotte goalkeeper Robyn Jones.

Ottawa dominated the opening part of the match but couldn’t get the ball past Jones.

The match stopped for some time in the 27th minute, when Jones was knocked unconscious. Fury’s Kristy Moore sent a low cross into the heart of the Charlotte goal area and as Jones dove for the ball, her head collided with Tiffany Cameron’s lower body. Jones was knocked out and remained down for several minutes before being taken off the field on a stretcher. Giving a thumbs up as she left the pitch, Jones was taken by ambulance to a regional hospital.

Ottawa took a deserved lead in the 34th minute with a goal by Courtney Raetzman.

Late in the first half, Charlotte earned a free kick in a prime shooting position. Leah Fortune scored to draw the Eagles level.

Neither side scored in the second half and because of time constraints the game went straight to penalty kicks which Ottawa won handily 4-1.