It took 145 minutes, into Game 2 of their North American Soccer League season, but Idan Vered finally delivered some of what Ottawa Fury FC coach Paul Dalglish had promised plenty of — a goal.

And while the goal was big, Fury FC stumbled deep in its own end late in the game, giving up a game-tying goal to Nemanja Vukovic with a bit less than three minutes left and settling for a 1-1 draw with the Indy Eleven in Indianapolis on Saturday night.

Two games, one goal — coming on the heels of a seven-game pre-season in which Fury FC scored 19 times — hey, it’s a start. But on the heels of a 3-0 loss to New York in its season-opener, Fury FC should have won this one.

“We really struggled at the beginning,” Dalglish said. “The sun was shining into us. We couldn’t see for the first 15 minutes until the sun went down. I thought for the last 25 minutes of the first half, we played the type of football we want to play.

“After the goal, our mentality seemed to be we just wanted to protect the lead.”

The coach said in his way of thinking, the best way to defend is to be offensive. He also wondered if fitness levels came into play.

Indy featured three former Ottawa players — Sinisa Ubiparipovic, Nicki Paterson and Colin Falvey.

Ottawa defender Kyle Porter got his team out of trouble 10 minutes in, heading a ball out of danger from close range. Seven minutes later, Indy headed another ball just wide of the net.

Fifteen minutes into the second half, Jonny Steele delicately slid the ball across the goal to Vered, who knocked the ball into the net.

Ottawa ’keeper Romuald Peiser wasn’t too busy much of the game, but saw plenty of action in the closing part of the game. He knocked a looping ball away with his hand with a diving jump with a bit more than 20 minutes left. Another Indy attempt was just over top of the crossbar.

Fury FC will once again be on the road next Saturday to play the Carolina RailHawks.