If there is concern out there Ottawa Fury FC hasn't scored more than once in any of its six matches this season, it's not coming from within the team.

Following two 3-1 losses to FC Edmonton in the Amway Canadian Championship over the last week, with a 3-1 league loss to Fort Lauderdale sandwiched in between, Fury has at least managed to score consistently early in the season.

They just aren't doing it enough with the number of goals they have conceded. Part of it is fatigue during a crazy stretch of five matches in two weeks and a lot of it is missed opportunities. The latter is the main reason nobody on the team is worried.

"We've scored in every game we've played, I'm not concerned at all about that," said striker Andrew Wiedeman, who scored his first goal with Fury in Edmonton on Wednesday. "Maybe I'm a little biased because I'm a forward (but) that's just football, that's the life of a striker."

Wiedeman is expected to start Saturday in New York as Fury visits the Cosmos, a team that has scored four goals all season, the same number as Fury in NASL play, but have only conceded one and sit atop the table. Wiedeman expects the dam to break once they can score a couple times, which could be easier said than done against New York and goalkeeper Jimmy Maurer, who was named the NASL's Player of the Month on Friday.

"Goals come in bunches, as soon as we get one they're going to start pouring in," Wiedeman said. "If we weren't creating opportunities I'd be concerned and that would be an issue, but the fact (is) we're getting looks in front of goal, now we just have to put them away."

Drew Beckie, who's expected to start in the defensive midfield again Saturday, said the club needs to get back to what made it successful early in the season and pre-season.

"We've shown through the first weeks of the season, beating Minnesota (1-0), that we have the things to do it,' said Beckie. "Things need to change though, there's no question, but we'll look to turn it around (against New York)."

With Saturday the final game of a busy stretch in the schedule, Beckie said Fury has to be smart defensively and not end up running around.

"We need to lock down the midfield a bit better," said Beckie, who will have midfielders Nicki Paterson and Julian de Guzman ahead of him. "That's not saying we're going to park the bus or anything like that, it's making sure that we know our defensive responsibilities, each man individually, and get back to basics."

Going into Edmonton down 3-1 after the first leg, Fury had to press for goals and it opened the game up. That won't be the case in New York, said Beckie.

"(Saturday) it's for three points, it's 0-0 on both sides, we don't need to press for goals, we're going to let the game dictate what we need to do. It's important that we respond to how things happen."

Coach Marc Dos Santos held a short, low-impact practice Friday after an hour-long video session. He said managing player fatigue is critical at the end of a long haul.

"You don't have time to train," he said. "You're in a plane and you're playing and you try to fix things while you're playing. It's not ideal but it's a stretch that is (coming to an end)."

Ryan still out

Don't expect to see Fury captain Richie Ryan back in the lineup anytime soon.

Though the club had hoped his knee injury wouldn't keep him out longer than three weeks, it could end up being twice that.

"They say four to six (weeks) from the injury, so maybe he has two or three weeks left before he starts training," coach Marc Dos Santos said after practice Friday.

Dos Santos said Ryan would "hopefully" be back in the lineup in time for the May 29 game against FC Edmonton at TD Place.

Meanwhile, midfielder/forward Oliver didn't train Friday but will travel to New York.

"He can't start but he has some minutes in him," Dos Santos said.

Defender Mike Randolph also didn't take part in the full session Friday and isn't expected to play in New York while Phil Davies remains out as he recovers from a broken arm, though his recovery is ahead of schedule.