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The goals are still not coming but the Ottawa Fury picked up a valuable point Saturday afternoon in a 0-0 tie with the Tampa Bay Rowdies.

It could have been a different story and three points. The Fury held its own against the NASL’s second-place team, had more opportunities to score and was denied what appeared to be a definite handball inside the Rowdies penalty area.

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Coach Marc Dos Santos did not want to talk about another of the questionable calls that seem to be haunting his team so far this season.

He was more intent on what he sees as the positives.

“It is positive for us to take a point,” he said. “But during the game we thought we could have got all three.”

Perhaps the most worrying outcome from the game came in the 17th minute as the result of a collision between Fury goalkeeper Romuald Peiser and his central defender Rafael Alves as they scrambled to clear away a Tampa cross.

Both went down and there was a considerable stoppage while they were treated.