2010 Carolina RailHawks FC season

The 2010 Carolina Railhawks FC season is the fourth season of the franchise due to be played in the USSF Division 2 Pro League.

Carolina RailHawks FC
2010 season
Chairman Brian Wellman
Selby Wellman
Bob Young
Manager 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

Conference table

NASL Conference
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Carolina RailHawks 30 13 9 8 44 32 +12 47 Conference leader, qualified for playoffs
2 Vancouver Whitecaps 30 10 5 15 32 22 +10 45 Qualified for playoffs[lower-alpha 1]
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

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

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

  Win   Tie   Loss

Preseason

February 20, 2010 Carolina RailHawks FC 3- 2 Duke Blue Devils Apex, North Carolina, United States
Stadium: Middle Creek Park

USSF Division 2 Professional League Regular Season

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 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
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
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
September 25, 2010 Carolina RailHawks FC 2- 1 Puerto Rico Islanders Cary, North Carolina, United States
7:00 PM Watson  45'

Heinemann  47'

Davidson  82'
Jagdeosingh  19'

Miranda  39'

Horst  50'
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
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

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
June 15, 2010 First Round Carolina RailHawks FC 1- 0 Charlotte Eagles WakeMed Soccer Park
7:05 PM Bundu  23' Bentos  80' Herrera  86'

Quarterfinals

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

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

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
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