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FC Edmonton head coach Colin Miller can take solace in his club nearly climbing out of a much deeper hole after the first leg of the Canadian Championship last year.

So down 1-0 to the Ottawa Fury going into the second leg Wednesday (7 p.m.) at Clarke Stadium, Miller still likes his chances of pulling out the two-game, total-goal series.

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“We’ve got to think about getting the equalizer and then we’ll cross the next bridge when we get to it,” Miller said Tuesday. “We’ve got 90 minutes to do that, provided we keep a clean sheet (shutout) and that’s our approach (Wednesday) night. We have to play with a real energy and enthusiasm. We play well, traditionally, at home and I know a lot of teams don’t enjoy coming here. We have to make sure we made this as difficult an evening as any team has ever had and that will be our approach.”

A year ago, Ottawa had the time of their lives in Edmonton, posting an impressive 3-0 win in the first leg of the national championship. A week later, FC Edmonton scored two goals in the first half in Ottawa, putting themselves in excellent position to pull off the improbable come back. However, Edmonton were unable to find the third goal in the second half and had to settle for a 2-0 win.