2010 Carolina RailHawks FC season

The 2010 Carolina Railhawks FC season was the fourth season of the franchise, which was played in the temporary USSF Division 2 Pro League.

Carolina RailHawks FC
2010 season
ChairmanUnited States Brian Wellman
United States Selby Wellman
Canada Bob Young
ManagerScotland Martin Rennie
USSF Division 2NASL Conference Champions
U.S. Open CupSecond Round
Highest home attendance2,879
Lowest home attendance1,426
Average home league attendance2,241
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Conference table edit

NASL Conference
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Carolina RailHawks FC 30 13 9 8 44 32 +12 47 Conference leader, qualified for playoffs
2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 30 10 5 15 32 22 +10 45 Qualified for playoffs[a]
3 Montreal Impact 30 12 11 7 36 30 +6 43
4 Miami FC 30 7 11 12 37 49 −12 33
5 AC St. Louis 30 7 15 8 32 48 −16 29
6 Crystal Palace Baltimore 30 6 18 6 24 55 −31 24
  1. ^ The remaining six teams with the highest point totals, regardless of conference, also advance to the playoffs.

Players edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
0 GK   USA Sean O'Connor
2 DF   SCO Greg Shields
3 MF   USA Kupono Low
4 DF   USA Matt Bobo
5 MF   USA Floyd Franks
6 MF   USA Josh Gardner
7 FW   MLT Etienne Barbara
8 MF   ENG Matthew Watson
9 FW   SLE Sallieu Bundu
10 MF   USA Brian Plotkin
11 MF   USA Daniel Paladini
12 GK   USA Nicolas Platter
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 DF   USA Mark Schulte (captain)
14 DF   USA Caleb Norkus
15 DF   USA John Gilkerson
17 MF   ZIM Joseph Kabwe
18 MF   JPN Jun Marques Davidson
20 FW   GUY Gregory Richardson
22 DF   IRN Ramak Safi
23 GK   USA Eric Reed
24 DF   USA Brad Rusin
25 DF   USA Amir Lowery
33 FW   UKR Andriy Budnyi
FW   GAM Sainey Touray

Transfers edit

OUT

IN: Tommy Heinemann (loan from Charleston Battery, Sept-Oct 2010); Claudio Suárez (exhibition guest appearance 9/5/2010); Allan Russell (7/23/2010); Ty Shipalane (6/1/2010); David Hayes (5/12/2010)

Match results edit

  Win   Tie   Loss

Preseason edit

March 20, 2010 Carolina RailHawks FC   1- 2   New England Revolution Cary, North Carolina, United States
7:00 PM Schulte  85' Safi   90' Phelan   41' Schilawski   87' Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
March 27, 2010 Carolina RailHawks FC   1- 1   Montreal Impact Cary, North Carolina, United States
7:00 PM Low   69'

Paladini   58'

Lowery   72'

Budnyy   75'
Pizzolitto   82' Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park

USSF Division 2 Professional League Regular Season edit

April 10, 2010 Carolina RailHawks FC   2- 0   AC St. Louis Cary, North Carolina, United States
7:00 PM Barbara   4', 25' Gardner    75' Report Kante    63' Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 2,013
April 16, 2010 Carolina RailHawks FC   0- 1   NSC Minnesota Stars Cary, North Carolina, United States
7:00 PM Report Wasson   37'

Wasson    47'

Bracalello    70'
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 1,694
May 1, 2010 Rochester Rhinos   1- 1   Carolina RailHawks FC Rochester, New York, United States
7:30 PM Roberts   9' J.Franks   Barbara   56' (p.k.) Lowery   Stadium: Marina Auto Stadium
Attendance: 7,124
Referee: Zachary Rubinich
May 7, 2010 Miami FC   1- 1   Carolina RailHawks FC Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, United States
7:30 PM Thompson   48'

Gbandi   38'

Dominguez   84'

Santeliz   87'

Patterson-Sewell  
Gardner   83' Gilkerson Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 1,013
May 14, 2010 Carolina RailHawks FC   1- 2   FC Tampa Bay Cary, North Carolina, United States
7:00 PM Richardson   43' Franks   60' Donoho   61'

Wheeler   79'   84'

Kljestan   52'
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 2,641
May 26, 2010 Puerto Rico Islanders   1- 2   Carolina RailHawks FC Bayamón, Puerto Rico
8:05 PM Foley   73'

Jagdeosingh   45'

Vélez   67'

Nurse   70'

Horst   90'
Bundu   5'

Paladini   90+'

Bobo   67'
Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium
Attendance: 5,077
May 30, 2010 Montreal Impact   0- 2   Carolina RailHawks FC Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2:00 PM Pastel   78' Barbara   20'

Barbara   40'

Gardner   76'

Budnyy   90'

Budnyy   90'
Stadium: Saputo Stadium
Attendance: 13,034
Referee: Alain Ruch
June 18, 2010 Carolina RailHawks FC   1- 1   Crystal Palace Baltimore Cary, North Carolina, United States
7:00 PM Franks   51' (p.k.)

Shields   71'

Paladini   90'
Bobo   22' (o.g.)

Robson   17'

Mbuta   30'

Fusiller   43'

Gonzaga   50'

Lader   80'
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
July 3, 2010 AC St. Louis   0- 2   Carolina RailHawks FC Fenton, Missouri, United States
8:10 PM Traynor   60' Kabwe   16'   82'

Lowery   45'

Gardner   62'
Stadium: Anheuser-Busch Center
August 2, 2010 Carolina RailHawks FC   2- 0   Montreal Impact Cary, North Carolina, United States
7:00 PM Gardner   45'

Elenio   87'

Schulte   63'

Barbara   90'
Leduc   14'

Pizzolitto   85'

Soares   89'

Jordan   90'

Braz   90'
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
August 18, 2010 Carolina RailHawks FC   2- 1   Miami FC Cary, North Carolina
7:00 PM Richardson   71'

Barbara   74'

Watson   30'

Paladini   62'

Shields   84'
Araujo   49'

Calestino   69'

Gomez   85'
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
August 22, 2010 Austin Aztex FC   3- 2   Carolina RailHawks FC Austin, Texas, United States
7:00 Johnson   32'

Marshall   66'

Patterson   81'

Olum   53'
Paladini   18'

Russell   83'

Franks   35'
Stadium: House Park
August 25, 2010 FC Tampa Bay   1- 2   Carolina RailHawks FC Tampa Bay, Florida, United States
7:00 PM Ricardo Sanchez   88'

Ricardo Sanchez   79'

Valentin   86'

Galindo   90+'
Bobo   23'

Barbara   40'

Russell   4'

Schulte   64'

Paladini   76'
Stadium: George M. Steinbrenner Field
August 28, 2010 Carolina RailHawks FC   2- 3   Puerto Rico Islanders Cary, North Carolina, United States
7:00 PM Paladini   22'   90' Foley   11'

Gbandi   76'

Addlery   78'

Horst   45'

Gaudette   90'
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
September 3, 2010 Carolina RailHawks FC   3- 0   Crystal Palace Baltimore Cary, North Carolina, United States
7:00 PM Paladini   47'

Russell   75' (p.k.)

Heinemann   89'

Rusin   61'
Lader   49'

Sanchez   60'

Teixeria   75'
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
September 11, 2010 Carolina RailHawks FC   0- 0   Portland Timbers Cary, North Carolina, United States
7:00 PM Heinemann   39' Muhamadu   14'

Dike   66'

Suzuki   71'
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
September 15, 2010 Crystal Palace Baltimore   2- 4   Carolina RailHawks FC Baltimore, MD, United States
7:00 PM Pejic   50'

Sanchez   58'

Murphy   39'
Richardson   9'

Davidson   10'

Low   13' (p.k.)

Heinemann   65'

Bobo   24'
Stadium: Paul Angelo Russo Stadium
October 1, 2010 Carolina RailHawks FC   3- 1   Austin Aztex Cary, North Carolina, United States
7:00 PM Bernard   44' (o.g.)

Barbara   84'

Heinemann   90'

Rusin   39'

Barbara   85'
Griffin   45+' Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park

2010 U.S. Open Cup edit

First Round Second Round
      
USL-2   Charleston Battery 4
USASA   CASL Elite 2
USL-2   Charleston Battery 2
D-2   Carolina RailHawks 1
D-2   Carolina RailHawks 1
USL-2   Charlotte Eagles 0

Playoffs edit

Quarterfinals edit

October 9, 2010 Carolina RailHawks FC   4- 0   NSC Minnesota Stars Cary, NC, United States
7:00 PM Paladini   64'   65'

Gardner   71'

Lowery   84'   56'

Kallman   87' (o.g.)

Heinemann   38'
Arango   37'   38' Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park

RailHawks advance 4-0 on aggregate

Semifinals edit

October 14, 2010 Montreal Impact   1- 0   Carolina RailHawks FC Montreal, Quebec, Canada
7:30 PM Di Lorenzo   35'

Ribeiro   23'

Billy   56'
Davidson   13'

Lowery   44'

Paladini   53'

Rusin   84'
Stadium: Stade Saputo

RailHawks advance 2-1 on aggregate.

Mid-season friendlies edit

April 25, 2010 Carolina RailHawks FC   1- 1   Mexico U-21 Cary, North Carolina, United States
7:00 PM Budnyy   45'

Gardner   56'

Rusin    66'

Hayes   76'
Report Schulte   53'(o.g.)

Iazola   36'

Trejo   45'
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
September 5, 2010 Carolina RailHawks FC   3- 0   Pumas Morelos Cary, North Carolina, United States
5:00 PM Gardner   28'

Elenio   34'

Safi   84'

Davidson   39'
Medina   45' Santana   90' Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park