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Ottawa Fury FC are home Saturday determined to score their first goal at TD Place and to start turning around their lacklustre NASL Fall season with a win.

Marc Dos Santos’ team took 500 minutes to score a goal since resuming competition when Sinisa Ubiparipovic slid one home in a 2-1 losing cause in Minnesota.

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No doubt the team has had a tough early schedule. A home game against the New York Cosmos and three on the road in top level NASL cities has them trailing in the standings.

But four of the team’s next five games are at TD Place and maybe that will help the group find its scoring touch. First up are the Fort Lauderdale Strikers who come into town having won just once in their last nine games. That was a week ago against Tampa Bay. They then travelled to Indy 11 and picked up a point in a scoreless game. This will be their third road game in eight days.

Dos Santos will be happy to have Richie Ryan back after injury kept the captain from last weekend’s match against Minnesota. Dos Santos was pleased with the work of Mauro Eustaquio, a Canadian U-20 international who filled in for Ryan. Midfielder Ton Donatelli is fit again but unlikely to start while he gets back his match play rhythm. Defender Omar Jarun is also hurt and won’t play.

The Fury also focussed on defending against the speed of Fort Lauderdale’s attackers.

The match is at 7 p.m. on Saturday.