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ATLANTA — In the early part of the North American Soccer League fall season, the Ottawa Fury were struggling as injuries and sloppy play around the opposition net took a toll.

Four defeats in a row had the club at the bottom of the table and appeared to have wrecked any chance of qualifying for November’s NASL championships. That was then.

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Saturday night, they touched down in Atlanta, flattened the Silverbacks 3-0 and lifted themselves two places up the standings. That’s what three wins and two draws in the past six games can do for you.

In addition, Marc Dos Santos’s squad has won three straight games on the road. Now it’s time to beat the TD Place jinx by winning there for the first time next weekend.

A week or two ago, any suggestion that the league’s top team, Minnesota, could be the one to be toppled would have been ridiculed. The incentive is certainly there. The Fury have to keep winning to have any hope of earning the fourth and last playoff spot.