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Fury 1, Silverbacks 1

The Ottawa Fury FC registered its first point of the North American Soccer League season on Saturday night in Atlanta.

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The Fury, who had opened with a 3-1 loss to the host Carolina RailHawks last weekend, settled for a 1-1 draw after opening the scoring in Atlanta.

“Our guys deserved much better tonight,” Fury coach Marc Dos Santos said. “We fought to get the win in a very difficult field, and unfortunately we only get one point from this.”

Ottawa started the scoring in the 34th minute on a seemingly innocent free kick. Nicki Paterson’s kick from 20 yards out got through a maze of players in front and found a space at the back post.

That goal stood through the remainder of the first half, but in the 57th minute the Silverbacks’ Kyle Porter evened the score off a counter attack in front of a crowd of 3,841 at Atlanta Silverbacks Park.

Both clubs had their chances to get the go-ahead goal but were denied, with Fury goalkeeper Romauld Peiser turning back the Silverbacks on several good opportunities.

The Fury will play their home opener next Saturday at TD Place against Minnesota United in a 3 p.m. start.