There was good news for Ottawa Fury FC on Saturday night: Goalkeeper Romuald Peiser played extremely well.

Unfortunately, Peiser received insufficient support and the result was an extension of Fury FC’s winless streak to start the North American Soccer League spring season, this time a 1-0 setback against the host Carolina RailHawks.

Tiyi Shipalane’s goal in the 46th minute was all the RailHawks needed to improve to 3-0-0, while Fury FC slipped to 0-1-2, with the next opportunity to notch a victory coming next Sunday against FC Edmonton in the Alberta capital.

“We got what we deserved. You have to be honest,” Fury FC coach Paul Dalglish said in a telephone interview. “I thought we were better against New York (in a 3-0 loss to start the season) than we were tonight. We played as individuals tonight. We didn’t play collectively as a team.

“If not for Peiser, the scoreline could have been a lot worse.”

Carolina, which entered Saturday’s game tied for top spot in the standings and goals (five), probed deep into the Fury FC defence, particularly on the left side.

The NASL’s goalkeeper of the year for 2015, Peiser blocked a wide-open scoring attempt for Carolina’s Austin Da Luz shortly after kickoff, added two more fine saves against Shipalane and pulled down a header by Alex Perez all before halftime.

Fury FC had some scoring opportunities, true, but not nearly so many. RailHawks keeper Akira Fitzgerald was tested by a header from Paulo Jr., and his defenders cleared away a shot by Jonny Steele, but the only other Grade A chance was spoiled when Rafael Alves couldn’t strike a bouncing ball squarely and instead blasted it high and wide of the net.

The second half had barely begun when Shipalane broke through the Fury FC defence. He won possession of the ball outside the box, took only a few strides to his left to create some space and then blasted the ball on a curving path into the top right corner of the net.

Peiser had no chance to stop that one. He did, however, get a leg on another a low drive by Shipalane, who had run onto a long ball over the Fury FC defence, moments later. There really wasn’t an opportunity for visiting Ottawa to equalize. Substitute Dennis Chin had an opening in the 67th minute, but his shot from the edge of the box was swallowed up by Fitzgerald.

“We have to play our roles,” Dalglish added. “Too many people played as individuals, and, when you play as individuals, your teammates have no clue what you’re going to do.”

Each side was assessed one yellow card by referee Kevin Terry Jr. in the contest played before a crowd of 4,208 at Wakemed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C.: Ottawa’s Marcel de Jong for a clash with the RailHawks’ James Marcelin in the 36th minute; and Perez for pulling the hair of Lance Rozeboom in the 50th.

The match against FC Edmonton (0-1-2) completes a stretch of four consecutive road games to start the campaign for Fury FC, which will commence the home portion of its NASL spring schedule against Miami FC at TD Place stadium on April 30.