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| 2012 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Traffic Sports USA | ||
| Manager | Colin Clarke | ||
| Stadium | WakeMed Soccer Park | ||
| NASL | 4th | ||
| Playoffs | semi-finals | ||
| U.S. Open Cup | TBD | ||
The2012Carolina RailHawks FC season was the sixth season of the club's existence. The RailHawks FC, played in theNorth American Soccer League, the second tier of theAmerican soccer pyramid. The RailHawks are the defending NASL Regular Season Champions.
The Carolina RailHawks opened the 2012 NASL season on the road April 7, playing theMinnesota Stars in theMetrodome. The game ended in a 0–0 draw, with both teams earning their first point of the season.[1] They returned home toWakeMed Soccer Park April 14, where they earned a 4–4 draw against theAtlanta Silverbacks.[2] The RailHawks traveled to theTampa 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 thePuerto Rico Islanders.[4] On April 27 the RailHawks signed forwardZack Schilawski. Carolina concluded April with a 0–1 home loss to theSan Antonio Scorpions.[5]
Carolina opened the month of May with a 3–3 draw at home against theFort Lauderdale Strikers. This match saw Zack Schilawski make his first appearance for the RailHawks.[6] The RailHawks lost atFC Edmonton 3–0 on May 6 on a hat trick by Edmonton forwardShaun Saiko[7] followed by a 2–1 road loss to the Minnesota Stars on May 12. U.S. international prospectGale 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 midfielderNick Millington and defenderJamie 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 ofU.S. Open Cup play for the Carolina RailHawks. They earned a 6–0 win in their second-round game againstUSASA team PSA Elite.[10] The following week the RailHawks played host to theLos Angeles Galaxy ofMajor 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 forwardTy Shipalane scored an equalizer in the 75th minute, andBrian Shriver scored on a pass from Shipalane in the 88th minute to see the RailHawks earn a 2–1 win.[11]
Carolina earned their first league win of 2012 on June 2 with a 2–1 home victory over thePuerto 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 teamChivas 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 leadingMinnesota Stars. Rookie defenderAusten King scored his only goal of the 2012 season in the 24th minute.[14] MidfielderChris Nurse returned to the RailHawks on June 14 after international duty, where he captained theGuyana National Team inCONCACAF World Cup Qualifying losses to Mexico and Costa Rica.[15] Carolina earned a 2–0 road win against theAtlanta Silverbacks on June 16.[16] The following week the RailHawks returned home and secured a 2–0 win overFC 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 theFort Lauderdale Strikers.
Colin Clarke –Head Coach
Dewan Bader –Assistant Coach John Bradford –Assistant Coach
Greg Shields –Assistant CoachNicolas Platter –Assistant Coach| March 4, 2012Preseason | Carolina RailHawks | 2 - 2 (a.e.t.) (4–2p) | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Cary, North Carolina |
Lowery 6'Shriver 71' | Report | Tan 49' Chiumiento 90' | Stadium:WakeMed Soccer Park |
| Pos | Team | 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 |
| 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
| April 7, 2012Match 1 | Minnesota Stars | 0 - 0 | Carolina RailHawks | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| 20:30EDT | Takada 73' | Report | Nurse 67' | Stadium:Humphrey Metrodome Attendance: 8,693 Referee: Terry Vaughn |
| April 14, 2012Match 2 | Carolina RailHawks | 4 - 4 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Cary, North Carolina |
| 19:30EDT | Palacio 2' King 22'Zimmerman 38',74'Paulini 44'Lowery 61'Shriver 90'Ackley  90'Nurse 90' | Report | Lancaster 26' Navia 39',80'Cox 42'Hunt 54'  77' 67'Illyes 81'Colaluca 90' | Stadium:WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 3,683 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero |
| April 18, 2012Match 3 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 1 - 1 | Carolina RailHawks | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 19:30EDT | Yoshitake 70' | Report | Shriver 66' | Stadium:Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 2,288 Referee: Armando Villarreal |
| April 21, 2012Match 4 | Puerto Rico Islanders | 3 - 1 | Carolina RailHawks | Bayamon, Puerto Rico |
| 19:30EDT | Foley 27' Martinez 55' | Report | Own goal 48' | Stadium:Bayamon Soccer Complex Attendance: 1,542 Referee: Jesus Lebron |
| April 28, 2012Match 5 | Carolina RailHawks | 0 - 1 | San Antonio Scorpions | Cary, North Carolina |
| 19:00EDT | [1] | Harmse 82' | Stadium:WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 3,041 Referee: Andrew Chapin |
| May 2, 2012Match 6 | Carolina RailHawks | 3 - 3 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Cary, North Carolina |
| 19:00EDT | Shriver 41' Zimmerman 65' | [2] | Laing 61' Restrepo 77' | Stadium:WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 2,718 Referee: Fotis Bazakos |
| May 6, 2012Match 7 | FC Edmonton | 3 - 0 | Carolina RailHawks | Edmonton, Alberta |
| 16:00EDT | Saiko 55' Saiko 82' | [3] | Stadium:Clarke Stadium Attendance: 1,120 Referee:David Barrie |
| May 12, 2012Match 8 | Minnesota Stars | 2 - 1 | Carolina RailHawks | Blaine, Minnesota |
| 20:30EDT | Walker 16'Venegas 53' | [4] | Austin Da Luz 90' | Stadium:NSC Stadium Attendance: 2,168 |
| May 19, 2012Match 9 | Carolina RailHawks | 1 - 1 | Puerto Rico Islanders | Cary, North Carolina |
| 19:00EDT | Shriver 49' | [5] | Fana 33' | Stadium:WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 3,020 Referee: Robert Sibiga |
| June 2, 2012Match 10 | Carolina RailHawks | 2 - 1 | Puerto Rico Islanders | Cary, North Carolina |
| 19:00EDT | [6] | Stadium:WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 3,020 Referee: Robert Sibiga |
| June 9, 2012Match 11 | Carolina RailHawks | 5 - 1 | Minnesota Stars FC | Cary, North Carolina |
| 19:00EDT | King 24' Lowery 25'Zimmerman 41'Shriver 53'Schilawski 61'Garey 90+4' | Summary | Bracalello 45+2' Hlavaty 82'Altman 82'Davis 90' | Stadium:WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 2,580 |
| June 16, 2012Match 12 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 0 - 2 | Carolina RailHawks | Chamblee, Georgia |
| 19:30EDT | Navia 31' | Summary | Schilawski 44' Agbossoumonde 45+2'Ackley 86' | Stadium:Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 6,000 |
| June 23, 2012Match 13 | Carolina RailHawks | 2 - 0 | FC Edmonton | Cary, North Carolina |
| 19:00EDT | Shipalane 7' Zimmerman 34'Ortiz 38'Stockley 61'Agbossoumonde 68'Lowery 76' 77' | Summary | Lam 54' Hamilton 85'van Leerdam 88' | Stadium:WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 3,600 |
| June 30, 2012Match 14 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 2 - 1 | Carolina RailHawks | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| 19:30EDT | Anderson 5',45+2' Pecka 40'Ramos 67' | Summary | Zimmerman 83' | Stadium:Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 3,506 |
| July 3, 2012Match 15 | Carolina RailHawks | 2 - 1 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Cary, North Carolina |
| 19:00EDT | Zimmerman 4',50' 84' | Summary | Horth 15' Robertson 64' | Stadium:WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 4,475 |
| July 7, 2012Match 16 | Carolina RailHawks | 3 - 3 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Cary, North Carolina |
| 19:10EDT | Palacio 13',87' Shipalane 90' | Summary | King 31' Restrepo 33',69'Ståhl 40' | Stadium:WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 2,713 |
| July 21, 2012Match 17 | Carolina RailHawks | 1 - 0 | Minnesota Stars FC | Cary, North Carolina |
| 19:05EDT | Schilawski 10' Lowery 60'Low 72' 77' | Summary | Evan Sassano 69' Bracalello 81' | Stadium:WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 3,158 |
| July 28, 2012Match 18 | San Antonio Scorpions | 8 - 0 | Carolina RailHawks | San Antonio |
| 19:30EDT | Janicki 5',59' Pablo Campos 15',54' (pen.)Bayona 61'Wagner 65' | Summary | King 32' Agbossoumonde 54' | Stadium:Heroes Stadium Attendance: 7,186 |
| August 4, 2012Match 19 | Carolina RailHawks | 3 - 3 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Cary, North Carolina |
| 19:00EDT | da Luz 21' Zimmerman 43',49'Garey 52'Stockley 59' | Summary | Hill 17' Mulholland 86'Yamada 90+2' | Stadium:WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 5,002 |
| August 11, 2012Match 20 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 1 - 0 | Carolina RailHawks | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| 19:30EDT | Herron 64' | Summary | Shipalane 85' | Stadium:Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 3,549 |
| August 18, 2012Match 21 | Carolina RailHawks | 3 - 2 | FC Edmonton | Cary, North Carolina |
| 19:00EDT | Zimmerman 30' Lowery 33'Schilawski 79'Stockley 87'Shipalane 90+1' | Summary | Craig 9' West 59'Porter 73' | Stadium:WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 3,688 |
| August 25, 2012Match 22 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 0 - 1 | Carolina RailHawks | Chamblee, Georgia |
| 19:30EDT | Burciaga, Jr. 19' Navarro 26' | Summary | Agbossoumonde 29' Lowery 55'Ackley 66' | Stadium:Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 4,896 |
| September 1, 2012Match 23 | Puerto Rico Islanders | 1 - 3 | Carolina RailHawks | Bayamón, Puerto Rico |
| 19:30EDT | Ramos 48' Needham 66' 76'Rivera 87' | Summary | Ackley 19' Garey 36' 69' 79'Zimmerman 45' 72'Shields 48' | Stadium:Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Attendance: 1,375 |
| September 8, 2012Match 24 | Carolina RailHawks | 0 - 1 | San Antonio Scorpions | Cary, North Carolina |
| 19:00EDT | Shipalane 90' | Summary | Harmse 35' Cunningham 84' | Stadium:WakeMed Soccer Park |
| September 12, 2012Match 25 | FC Edmonton | 2 - 2 | Carolina RailHawks | Edmonton |
| 20:05EDT | Porter 9',49' | Summary | Zimmerman 5',57' Garey 31' | Stadium:Clarke Stadium Attendance: 1,251 |
| September 16, 2012Match 26 | San Antonio Scorpions | 1 - 2 | Carolina RailHawks | San Antonio |
| 18:00EDT | Greenfield 41' Pablo Campos 64' 64' | Summary | Agbossoumonde 42' Shipalane 69' | Stadium:Heroes Stadium Attendance: 7,701 |
| September 19, 2012Match 27 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 1 - 1 | Carolina RailHawks | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 19:30EDT | Arango 13' 22' | Summary | Shipalane 61' | Stadium:Progress Energy Park Attendance: 2,194 |
| September 22, 2012Match 28 | Carolina RailHawks | 0 - 0 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Cary, North Carolina |
| 19:00EDT | Summary | Frimpong 68' Hill 90' | Stadium:WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 7,310 |
| September 29, 2012 (2012-09-29)QF | Carolina RailHawks | 3 - 1 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Cary, North Carolina |
| 7:00 pmEDT | Amir Lowery 34' 71' Ty Shipalane 52' 67'Floyd Franks 86' | Report | Conor Shanosky 58' Abe Thompson 61'Lance Laing 90+' | Stadium:WakeMed Soccer Park |
| October 6, 2012 (2012-10-06)SF - 1st Leg | Carolina RailHawks | 1 - 2 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Cary, North Carolina |
| 7:00 pmEDT | Brian Shriver 78' Amir Lowery 86'Floyd Franks 89' | Report | Mike Ambersley 64' 90+' Andres Arango 77'Jeff Attinella 83'Dan Antoniuk 85' | Stadium:WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 3,183 |
| October 13, 2012 (2012-10-13)SF - 2nd Leg | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 3 - 3 | Carolina RailHawks | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 7:30 pmEDT | Matt Luzunaris 14' Ty Shipalane 18'Gale Agbossoumonde 35'Nick Zimmerman 86' (pen.) | Report | Shane Hill 40' (pen.) Mike Ambersley 65'Luke Mulholland 84' 90+' | Stadium:Al Lang Stadium |
Tampa Bay advances 5 - 4 on aggregate.
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PSA Elite| May 22, 2012Second round | Carolina RailHawks | 6 - 0 | PSA Elite | Cary, North Carolina |
| 19:07 PMEDT | Shriver 7',23',40',90' Lowery 9'Schilawski 41' | [7] | Stadium:WakeMed Soccer Park |
vLos Angeles Galaxy| May 29, 2012Third round | Carolina RailHawks | 2 - 1 | Los Angeles Galaxy | Cary, North Carolina |
| 19:07 PM EDT | Shipalane 75' Shriver 88' | Noon 38' | Stadium:WakeMed Soccer Park |
vC.D. Chivas USA| June 5, 2012Fourth round | Carolina RailHawks | 1 - 2 | C.D. Chivas USA | Cary, North Carolina |
| 19:07 PM EDT | Palacio 79' | Agudelo 31' Ángel 90+3' (pen.) | Stadium:WakeMed Soccer Park |
