If there's been any sort of bright light coming out of the doom and gloom that has been the first season of Edmonton FC soccer, it has come from the club's domination of their provincial rivals.

With last night's dramatic 3-2 win at Foote Field, FC earned its second home-field overtime victory over the Calgary Mustangs this season. Edmonton has claimed eight of 12 points in the A-League's version of the Battle of Alberta.

And this chapter was quite a tussle. Mesut Mert and Walter Otta spotted Calgary to a 2-0 cushion in just 27 minutes, but FC roared back on Freddie Akok's rocket in the 30th minute, and then Sean Fraser's header off a perfect chip from Kurt Bosch during first-half injury time.

'Keepers Nic Stankov and Lutz Pfannenstiel both made outstanding saves late in regulation to force overtime and all hell broke loose in the final minute of the extra period.

Akok drew a controversial penalty kick from referee Paul Ward and after a ferocious argument from the Mustangs - which drew one yellow card and one ejection - Nik Vignjevic buried a low drive past Pfannenstiel that set off more fireworks. Both benches emptied onto the field, a scrum of players began pushing and shoving and as officials moved in to separate the clubs, Pfannenstiel showered the referee with a water bottle.

"At 2-0, it looked like we were going to fall down totally, but we came back. It's a great character win," said Vignjevic. "Right now we're playing with no pressure and we're playing much better. There's no playoffs and no owners, so no pressure and we're enjoying playing."

The come-from-behind win for FC (4-13-6) snapped the Mustangs' four-game unbeaten run and moved Edmonton ahead of Calgary (4-15-5) in the race to stay out of the Western Conference basement.

"It could have been very easy to fold the tent but they made a commitment to finish the year off as professionals and they showed that," said FC coach Ross Ongaro.