2012 Carolina RailHawks FC season

Carolina RailHawks 2012 soccer season
Carolina RailHawks
2012 season
OwnerTraffic Sports USA
ManagerColin Clarke
StadiumWakeMed Soccer Park
NASL4th
Playoffssemi-finals
U.S. Open CupTBD
Home colors
Away colors
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The 2012 Carolina RailHawks FC season was the sixth season of the club's existence. The RailHawks FC, played in the North American Soccer League, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid. The RailHawks are the defending NASL Regular Season Champions.

Review

Pre-season

April

The Carolina RailHawks opened the 2012 NASL season on the road April 7, playing the Minnesota Stars in the Metrodome. The game ended in a 0–0 draw, with both teams earning their first point of the season.[1] They returned home to WakeMed Soccer Park April 14, where they earned a 4–4 draw against the Atlanta Silverbacks.[2] The RailHawks traveled to the Tampa Bay Rowdies on April 18, where they earned another draw, this time 1–1.[3] Carolina ended the month of April with back-to-back losses, beginning with a 3–1 defeat away to the Puerto Rico Islanders.[4] On April 27 the RailHawks signed forward Zack Schilawski. Carolina concluded April with a 0–1 home loss to the San Antonio Scorpions.[5]

May

Carolina opened the month of May with a 3–3 draw at home against the Fort Lauderdale Strikers. This match saw Zack Schilawski make his first appearance for the RailHawks.[6] The RailHawks lost at FC Edmonton 3–0 on May 6 on a hat trick by Edmonton forward Shaun Saiko [7] followed by a 2–1 road loss to the Minnesota Stars on May 12. U.S. international prospect Gale Agbossoumonde made his RailHawks debut during the May 12 game at Minnesota after missing the first month of the regular season with a foot injury.[8] On May 18 the Carolina RailHawks announced the signing of midfielder Nick Millington and defender Jamie Finch. The RailHawks returned home on May 19 and earned a 1–1 draw against the Puerto Rico Islanders.[9]

May 22 marked the beginning of U.S. Open Cup play for the Carolina RailHawks. They earned a 6–0 win in their second-round game against USASA team PSA Elite.[10] The following week the RailHawks played host to the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer in the third round of the Open Cup in front of a record home attendance of 7,939. After an early Galaxy goal, RailHawks forward Ty Shipalane scored an equalizer in the 75th minute, and Brian Shriver scored on a pass from Shipalane in the 88th minute to see the RailHawks earn a 2–1 win.[11]

June

Carolina earned their first league win of 2012 on June 2 with a 2–1 home victory over the Puerto Rico Islanders. Ty Shipalane scored in the 88th minute to give the RailHawks the go-ahead goal.[12] June 5 saw the end of the RailHawks’ 2012 U.S. Open Cup after a home defeat to MLS team Chivas USA. Juan Pablo Ángel converted a penalty kick in stoppage time to give Chivas the 2–1 win.[13] On June 9 the Railhawks scored a 5–1 victory over then NASL leading Minnesota Stars. Rookie defender Austen King scored his only goal of the 2012 season in the 24th minute.[14] Midfielder Chris Nurse returned to the RailHawks on June 14 after international duty, where he captained the Guyana National Team in CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying losses to Mexico and Costa Rica.[15] Carolina earned a 2–0 road win against the Atlanta Silverbacks on June 16.[16] The following week the RailHawks returned home and secured a 2–0 win over FC Edmonton, taking their league winning streak to four games. Bréiner Ortiz scored his first career goal for the RailHawks in the 38th minute on an assist from Schilawski.[17] The RailHawks ended the month of June in Fort Lauderdale, where they suffered a 2–1 loss to the Fort Lauderdale Strikers.

Club

Roster

No. Position Player Nation
0 MF Floyd Franks  United States
1 GK Akira Fitzgerald  United States
2 DF Greg Shields  Scotland
3 DF Kupono Low  United States
4 MF Tommy Drake  United States
5 MF Amir Lowery  United States
6 DF James Scott  Costa Rica
6 MF Konrad Warzycha  Poland
7 MF Austin da Luz  United States
8 MF Luke Sassano  United States
9 FW Jason Garey  United States
10 MF Mike Palacio  United States
11 MF Ty Shipalane  South Africa
12 GK Nicolas Platter  United States
13 FW Brian Ackley  United States
14 MF Nick Millington  Guyana
15 DF Austen King  United States
16 DF Jamie Finch  United States
17 DF Gale Agbossoumonde  Togo
18 GK Ray Burse  United States
20 MF Bréiner Ortiz  Colombia
21 FW Brian Shriver  United States
22 FW Zack Schilawski  United States
23 FW Nick Zimmerman  United States
24 DF Henry Kalungi  Uganda
25 DF Sam Stockley  England
26 MF Cory Elenio  United States
27 DF John Krause  United States
28 DF Jordan Graye  United States
30 MF Chris Nurse  Guyana
31 FW Matt Luzunaris  United States
32 DF Justin Willis  United States

Coaching staff

Transfers

In

Out

Loan in

Loan out

Competitions

Preseason

North American Soccer League

Standings

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
2 Tampa Bay Rowdies (C) 28 12 9 7 37 30 +7 45 Playoff semifinals
3 Puerto Rico Islanders 28 11 8 9 32 30 +2 41 Playoff quarterfinals
4 Carolina RailHawks 28 10 10 8 44 46 −2 40
5 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 28 9 9 10 40 46 −6 36
6 Minnesota United 28 8 11 9 34 33 +1 35
Source: NASL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
28 10 10 8 44 46  −2 40 6 6 2 29 21  +8 4 4 6 15 25  −10

Last updated: September 22, 2012.
Source: Match results

Match results

Minnesota Stars v Carolina RailHawks
April 7, 2012 Match 1 Minnesota Stars 0 - 0 Carolina RailHawks Minneapolis, Minnesota
20:30 EDT Takada Yellow card 73' Report Nurse Yellow card 67' Stadium: Humphrey Metrodome
Attendance: 8,693
Referee: Terry Vaughn
Carolina RailHawks v Atlanta Silverbacks
April 14, 2012 Match 2 Carolina RailHawks 4 - 4 Atlanta Silverbacks Cary, North Carolina
19:30 EDT Palacio 2'
King Yellow card 22'
Zimmerman 38', 74'
Paulini Yellow card 44'
Lowery Yellow card 61'
Shriver 90'
Ackley Red card 90'
Nurse Red card 90'		 Report Lancaster Yellow card 26'
Navia 39', 80'
Cox 42'
Hunt Yellow card 54' Yellow-red card 77' 67'
Illyes Yellow card 81'
Colaluca Red card 90'		 Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 3,683
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero
Tampa Bay Rowdies v Carolina RailHawks
April 18, 2012 Match 3 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1 - 1 Carolina RailHawks St. Petersburg, Florida
19:30 EDT Yoshitake 70' Report Shriver 66' Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 2,288
Referee: Armando Villarreal
Puerto Rico Islanders v Carolina RailHawks
April 21, 2012 Match 4 Puerto Rico Islanders 3 - 1 Carolina RailHawks Bayamon, Puerto Rico
19:30 EDT Foley 27'

Martinez 30'

Addlery 55'		 Report Own goal 48' Stadium: Bayamon Soccer Complex
Attendance: 1,542
Referee: Jesus Lebron
Carolina RailHawks v San Antonio Scorpions
April 28, 2012 Match 5 Carolina RailHawks 0 - 1 San Antonio Scorpions Cary, North Carolina
19:00 EDT [1] Harmse 82' Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 3,041
Referee: Andrew Chapin
Carolina RailHawks v Fort Lauderdale Strikers
May 2, 2012 Match 6 Carolina RailHawks 3 - 3 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Cary, North Carolina
19:00 EDT Shriver 41'

Zimmerman 47'

Zimmerman 65'		 [2] Laing 61'

Restrepo 67'

Anderson 77'		 Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 2,718
Referee: Fotis Bazakos
FC Edmonton v Carolina RailHawks
May 6, 2012 Match 7 FC Edmonton 3 - 0 Carolina RailHawks Edmonton, Alberta
16:00 EDT Saiko 55'

Saiko 59'

Saiko 82'		 [3] Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 1,120
Referee: David Barrie
Minnesota Stars v Carolina RailHawks
May 12, 2012 Match 8 Minnesota Stars 2 - 1 Carolina RailHawks Blaine, Minnesota
20:30 EDT Walker 16' Venegas 53' [4] Austin Da Luz 90' Stadium: NSC Stadium
Attendance: 2,168
Carolina RailHawks v Puerto Rico Islanders
May 19, 2012 Match 9 Carolina RailHawks 1 - 1 Puerto Rico Islanders Cary, North Carolina
19:00 EDT Shriver 49' [5] Fana 33' Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 3,020
Referee: Robert Sibiga
Carolina RailHawks v Puerto Rico Islanders
June 2, 2012 Match 10 Carolina RailHawks 2 - 1 Puerto Rico Islanders Cary, North Carolina
19:00 EDT [6] Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 3,020
Referee: Robert Sibiga
Carolina RailHawks v Minnesota Stars FC
June 9, 2012 Match 11 Carolina RailHawks 5 - 1 Minnesota Stars FC Cary, North Carolina
19:00 EDT King 24'
Lowery Yellow card 25'
Zimmerman 41'
Shriver 53'
Schilawski 61'
Garey 90+4'		 Summary Bracalello 45+2'
Hlavaty Yellow card 82'
Altman Yellow card 82'
Davis Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 2,580
Carolina RailHawks v FC Edmonton
June 23, 2012 Match 13 Carolina RailHawks 2 - 0 FC Edmonton Cary, North Carolina
19:00 EDT Shipalane Yellow card 7'
Zimmerman 34'
Ortiz 38'
Stockley Yellow card 61'
Agbossoumonde Yellow card 68'
Lowery Yellow card 76' Yellow-red card 77'		 Summary Lam Yellow card 54'
Hamilton Yellow card 85'
van Leerdam Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 3,600
Fort Lauderdale Strikers v Carolina RailHawks
June 30, 2012 Match 14 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2 - 1 Carolina RailHawks Fort Lauderdale, Florida
19:30 EDT Anderson 5', 45+2'
Pecka Yellow card 40'
Ramos Yellow card 67'		 Summary Zimmerman 83' Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 3,506
Carolina RailHawks v Atlanta Silverbacks
July 3, 2012 Match 15 Carolina RailHawks 2 - 1 Atlanta Silverbacks Cary, North Carolina
19:00 EDT Zimmerman 4', 50' Yellow card 84' Summary Horth 15'
Robertson Yellow card 64'		 Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,475
Carolina RailHawks v Fort Lauderdale Strikers
July 7, 2012 Match 16 Carolina RailHawks 3 - 3 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Cary, North Carolina
19:10 EDT Palacio 13', 87'
Shipalane 90'		 Summary King 31'
Restrepo 33', 69'
Ståhl Yellow card 40'		 Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 2,713
Carolina RailHawks v Minnesota Stars FC
July 21, 2012 Match 17 Carolina RailHawks 1 - 0 Minnesota Stars FC Cary, North Carolina
19:05 EDT Schilawski 10'
Lowery Yellow card 60'
Low Yellow card 72' Yellow-red card 77'		 Summary Evan Sassano Yellow card 69'
Bracalello Yellow card 81'		 Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 3,158
San Antonio Scorpions v Carolina RailHawks
July 28, 2012 Match 18 San Antonio Scorpions 8 - 0 Carolina RailHawks San Antonio
19:30 EDT Janicki 5', 59'
Pablo Campos 15', 54' (pen.)
Bayona 61'
Wagner 65'		 Summary King Red card 32'
Agbossoumonde Yellow card 54'		 Stadium: Heroes Stadium
Attendance: 7,186
Carolina RailHawks v Tampa Bay Rowdies
August 4, 2012 Match 19 Carolina RailHawks 3 - 3 Tampa Bay Rowdies Cary, North Carolina
19:00 EDT da Luz Yellow card 21'
Zimmerman 43', 49'
Garey 52'
Stockley Yellow card 59'		 Summary Hill 17'
Mulholland 86'
Yamada 90+2'		 Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 5,002
Fort Lauderdale Strikers v Carolina RailHawks
August 11, 2012 Match 20 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1 - 0 Carolina RailHawks Fort Lauderdale, Florida
19:30 EDT Herron 64' Summary Shipalane Yellow card 85' Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 3,549
Carolina RailHawks v FC Edmonton
August 18, 2012 Match 21 Carolina RailHawks 3 - 2 FC Edmonton Cary, North Carolina
19:00 EDT Zimmerman 30'
Lowery Yellow card 33'
Schilawski 79'
Stockley Yellow card 87'
Shipalane 90+1'		 Summary Craig 9'
West Yellow card 59'
Porter 73'		 Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 3,688
Puerto Rico Islanders v Carolina RailHawks
September 1, 2012 Match 23 Puerto Rico Islanders 1 - 3 Carolina RailHawks Bayamón, Puerto Rico
19:30 EDT Ramos 48'
Needham Yellow card 66' Yellow-red card 76'
Rivera Yellow card 87'		 Summary Ackley 19'
Garey 36' Yellow card 69' Red card 79'
Zimmerman Yellow card 45' 72'
Shields Yellow card 48'		 Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium
Attendance: 1,375
FC Edmonton v Carolina RailHawks
September 12, 2012 Match 25 FC Edmonton 2 - 2 Carolina RailHawks Edmonton
20:05 EDT Porter 9', 49' Summary Zimmerman 5', 57'
Garey Yellow card 31'		 Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 1,251
San Antonio Scorpions v Carolina RailHawks
September 16, 2012 Match 26 San Antonio Scorpions 1 - 2 Carolina RailHawks San Antonio
18:00 EDT Greenfield Yellow card 41'
Pablo Campos 64' Yellow card 64'		 Summary Agbossoumonde 42'
Shipalane 69'		 Stadium: Heroes Stadium
Attendance: 7,701
Tampa Bay Rowdies v Carolina RailHawks
September 19, 2012 Match 27 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1 - 1 Carolina RailHawks St. Petersburg, Florida
19:30 EDT Arango 13' Yellow card 22' Summary Shipalane 61' Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 2,194
Carolina RailHawks v Tampa Bay Rowdies
September 22, 2012 Match 28 Carolina RailHawks 0 - 0 Tampa Bay Rowdies Cary, North Carolina
19:00 EDT Summary Frimpong Yellow card 68'
Hill Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 7,310

Playoffs

Carolina RailHawks v Fort Lauderdale Strikers
September 29, 2012 (2012-09-29) QF Carolina RailHawks 3 - 1 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Cary, North Carolina
7:00 pm EDT Amir Lowery 34' Yellow card 71'
Ty Shipalane 52' 67'
Floyd Franks Yellow card 86'		 Report Conor Shanosky Yellow card 58'
Abe Thompson 61'
Lance Laing Yellow card 90+'		 Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Carolina RailHawks v Tampa Bay Rowdies
October 6, 2012 (2012-10-06) SF - 1st Leg Carolina RailHawks 1 - 2 Tampa Bay Rowdies Cary, North Carolina
7:00 pm EDT Brian Shriver 78'
Amir Lowery Yellow card 86'
Floyd Franks Yellow card 89'		 Report Mike Ambersley 64' Yellow card 90+'
Andres Arango Yellow card 77'
Jeff Attinella Yellow card 83'
Dan Antoniuk 85'		 Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 3,183
Tampa Bay Rowdies v Carolina RailHawks
October 13, 2012 (2012-10-13) SF - 2nd Leg Tampa Bay Rowdies 3 - 3 Carolina RailHawks St. Petersburg, Florida
7:30 pm EDT Matt Luzunaris 14'
Ty Shipalane 18'
Gale Agbossoumonde Yellow card 35'
Nick Zimmerman 86' (pen.)		 Report Shane Hill 40' (pen.)
Mike Ambersley 65'
Luke Mulholland 84' Yellow card 90+'		 Stadium: Al Lang Stadium

Tampa Bay advances 5 - 4 on aggregate.

U.S. Open Cup

Carolina RailHawks North Carolina v California PSA Elite
May 22, 2012 Second round Carolina RailHawks North Carolina 6 - 0 California PSA Elite Cary, North Carolina
19:07 PM EDT Shriver 7', 23', 40', 90'
Lowery 9'
Schilawski 41'		 [7] Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park

Statistics

See also

References

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