HARRISBURG, Pa. – Ottawa Fury FC visits the Harrisburg City Islanders on Wednesday evening at FNB Field for what is looking like a must-win game for 12th-place Fury FC in its pursuit of a place in the USL Cup Playoffs. Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m. ET.
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Harrisburg City Islanders news and notes
Current record: 8-14-7, 31pts
The City Islanders earned their second win in their last three outings when they took a 2-1 victory against Toronto FC II on Sept. 16 in their most recent outing.
Toronto took the lead in the contest, but a pair of goals by Ropapa Mensah either side of halftime rallied Harrisburg to victory.
The 20-year-old Mensah now leads the City Islanders with five goals this season, breaking a tie with Pedro Ribeiro.
The City Islanders have scored only one out of three penalty kicks they’ve been awarded this season.
Ottawa Fury FC news and notes
Current record: 7-9-12, 33pts
Fury FC recorded its fifth consecutive draw on Sunday afternoon as it played to a 1-1 tie against Louisville City FC at TD Place.
Nick DePuy, who joined the team on loan for the rest of the season earlier in the weekend, scored the equalizer for Ottawa after Louisville had taken a second-half lead.
The result put Fury FC five points out of the eighth and final playoff position with four games to go in the regular season.
Fury FC is one draw away from equaling OKC Energy FC’s USL single-season record of 13, set last season.
Series Notes
Squads
Harrisburg – GK: Nick Noble, Brandon Miller, Sean Lewis; D: Griffin Libhart, Travis Brent, Tiago Calvano, Lee Nishanian, Jake Bond, James Thomas, Abass Mohammed, Chris Hill, Shawn McLaws; M: Mouhamed Dabo, Jonny Mendoza, Paul Wilson, Rasheed Olabiyi, Danny DiPrima, John Grosh, Pedro Ribeiro; F: Manolo Sanchez, Aaron Wheeler, Michael Olla, Cardel Benbow, Ropapa Mensah, Fredrick Opoku
Ottawa – GK: Callum Irving, David Paulmin, Andrew McRae; D: Eddie Edward, Ramon Martin del Campo, Kyle Venter, Shane McEleney, Andrae Campbell, Onua Obasi, Aron Mkungilwa, Thomas Meilleur-Giguere; M: Jonathan Barden, Ryan Williams, Gerardo Bruna, Jamar Dixon, Jimmy-Shammar Sanon, Lance Rozeboom, Sergio Manesio; F: Carl Haworth, Steevan Dos Santos, Sito Seoane, Nick DePuy, Azake Luboyera, Tucker Hume, Adonijah Reid
Discipline
Harrisburg – Accumulation warning: Abbas Mohammed, Pedro Ribeiro, Ropapa Mensah
Ottawa – Accumulation warning: Sergio Manesio, Shane McEleney, Steevan Dos Santos
Officials
REF: CALIN RADOSAV
AR1: Wojciech Gluszak
AR2: Joshua Pagan
4TH: Michael Ziegler
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Twitter social handles
Harrisburg City Islanders – @City_Islanders
Ottawa Fury FC – @OttawaFuryFC