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A professional soccer team that Ottawa has fallen in love with. A team that won just six games last year in the Canadian Premier League. A team that rose to top spot this season in the eight-team league, winning 13 times, losing five and getting 10 draws.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
Give plenty of credit to Pacific FC, which brought forward a gutsy effort and had several opportunities to score goals. But Ottawa goalkeeper Nathan Ingham rose to the enormity of the occasion.Article content Ollie Bassett’s shot off a set piece was stopped by Pacific FC goalie Callum Irving, who would be familiar to Ottawa soccer fans after he played three seasons with Fury FC. Carl Haworth then missed from close in.Ballou had another golden opportunity 20 minutes in when he found himself alone on the left side, but Irving, going to his left, made a diving stop.
Ingham came up with a bang-bang couple of saves a bit more than 67 minutes in to keep the score at 1-0. Ottawa captain Drew Beckie left the game after a head-to-head collision. Meilleur-Giguere then blasted a shot over the Ottawa net from in tight.