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
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

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
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 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
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

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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