Ottawa Fury FC got a bit of a break early this week regarding the ankle injury suffered by top defender Drew Beckie last weekend in Indianapolis.

The good break, coach Marc Dos Santos said Tuesday, is that there's no break. As in fracture.

Beckie was back-pedaling on the Indy Eleven pitch Saturday when he looked to go over on his ankle, crumpling to the turf in agony before being rolled off on a stretcher.

The injury isn't as bad as initially feared but it will still keep the centre back out of the lineup between two to four weeks.

"We know it's the ligaments in the ankle," Dos Santos said Tueday. "It's not as bad as we thought (but) it's still not a good injury."

The combination of Beckie and Mason Trafford at centre back has been solid all season and Beckie's loss will force some juggling of a back line that was starting to play the way Dos Santos envisioned.

"The truth is that we were quite happy with the back four draw lately, they've done a good job," said the coach.

Other than the loss of Beckie, Dos Santos was very happy with the way his team performed in Indy following a 14-hour travel day and a match that was delayed by rain for more than two hours. Ottawa conceded a late tying goal but Sinisa Ubiparipovic responded with the winner less than two minutes later, with striker Tom Heinemann scoring Ottawa's first on a penalty kick.

"They did a fantastic job," said Dos Santos. "I think that our attitude was great building towards the game. We kept the right mentality and we worked hard.

Fury FC now has four points in its last two games -- last weekend's win and a draw versus San Antonio the week before -- after having dropped four straight before that.

﻿Dos Santos could also have another defender problem on his hands if the injury situation at Toronto FC gets any worse.

The MLS side has seen a number of its defenders go down with injury and could feasibly recall defender Ryan Richter back to Toronto, as Richter is on loan to Fury FC.

That's putting the cart before the horse, Dos Santos said, as he hasn't heard from TFC regarding Richter.

"We can't control that," said the coach. "We have a deal with TFC and we don't want to break our heads with things that we can't control.

"We'll deal with that if they call us."

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