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They won’t post a “Help Wanted” sign, but maybe they should try, “Why Us?”

Players and coaches of Ottawa Fury FC must wonder what their situation would be if they had anything close to all hands on deck, but it won’t change for Wednesday’s home game against Miami FC.

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On top of a continuing plague of injuries, Fury FC midfielder James Bailey must serve a one-game suspension after receiving his fifth yellow card of the season in Saturday’s 3-1 road loss against the Fort Lauderdale Strikers, and forward Dennis Chin is in contract discussions with an unspecified team overseas.

That leaves head coach Paul Dalglish with 12 healthy outfield players and a couple of youngsters called up from Fury FC’s academy squad.

“It’s tough,” Dalglish said Tuesday following an extra-long training session at TD Place stadium, “but it is what it is. There’s no point worrying about what you don’t have. You have to worry about what you do have and the only people that really matter are the ones that can win us the game, and that’s the fit players.”