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Following an off-season that had a big bump in the road, Ottawa Fury FC coach Nikola Popovic isn’t so worried about what’s behind his team, he’s more focused and excited about what’s ahead.

The team is in training camp — the week began with a practice at Gee-Gees Field, followed by daily workouts at Gatineau’s Complexe Branchaud-Briere — with an eye toward Fury FC’s United Soccer League regular-season opener March 9 in Charleston. Ottawa will play a “preparatory match” Saturday morning at Gee-Gees Field against the Carleton Ravens.

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There’s still plenty of work to do and some new bodies — probably a couple of significant assets — will be added in the coming days. Fury FC is a team that scored just 31 goals in 34 games a year ago. That was a huge factor in the team’s 10th-place standing (13 wins, 15 losses and six ties). Fury FC also gave up 43 goals for a minus-12.

“We refreshed our back line and we brought in some quality players in the midfield,” said Popovic. “We have (Christiano) Francois in the front, but we need at least a couple of players in front who will be able to finish. We are close (to signing) some players. I don’t think it will be weeks, it should be days and we will have some news.