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“After a first goal, I just pray. After the second, I just wanted to do (the flip) and just did it.”

For good measure, Samb even added a pair of assists and just missed out on a third goal on a penalty kick to give the Fury just about all the offence they would need. The Fury newcomer now has six goals in nine games, having missing the first two games of the season after arriving late to training camp.

Samb is easily the most dynamic offensive star the Fury franchise has ever employed, even if his time in Ottawa has been short.

The win pushed the Fury unbeaten streak to six (four wins, two draws) and vaulted the club up the USL Championship Eastern Conference table into a three-way tie for fourth place with Indy 11 and Louisville City.

Photo by Matt Zambonin / Freestyle Photography/Ottawa Fury FC

The Fury are also within striking distance of the first-place and unbeaten Tampa Bay Rowdies. The Fury are eight points back, but they have two games in hand and a matchup in Tampa on June 29.

The offensively challenged 2018 Fury team seems but a bad memory as this year’s squad has already put 17 goals on the board through 11 games. Last year’s bunch managed just 31 in 32 games.

The Independence came out with just the start a team wants on the road. The visitors dominated in the early minutes and the club was rewarded with a goal by Hugh Roberts in the 14th minute.

That goal stood up more than 20 minutes until the Fury struck, and once they got going offensively, they did so with a vengeance.

Wal Fall took a feed from Samb and scored in the 36th minute, and less than two minutes later it was Samb doing it all by himself, winning a battle with Charlotte keeper Curtis Anderson for the ball.