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FC Edmonton has accomplished the easy part by climbing into a North American Soccer League playoff position, according to striker Daryl Fordyce.

The “tricky part,” he said, will be trying to stay there during the last month of the regular season.

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“For us, the hard part is now,” said Fordyce, who scored the second of the Eddies’ two late first-half goals in Sunday’s 2-1 victory over a short-handed New York Cosmos lineup at Clarke Field.

Edmonton plays four of its last five games on the road, starting with Sunday’s matchup with the Ottawa Fury FC, who lead the fall season standings with an impressive 10-1-4 won-loss-tie record.

The Eddies are in third place in the fall season with a 7-4-4 record, but more importantly, sit fourth overall with 34 points in the combined standings, which would earn the team a playoff berth if the season ended today.

“We’ve now given ourselves a chance … and there’s still a long way to go,” said Edmonton coach Colin Miller. “Still five games to go and 15 points available.”