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2012 Carolina RailHawks FC season

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.

Carolina RailHawks
2012 season
OwnerTraffic Sports USA
ManagerColin Clarke
StadiumWakeMed Soccer Park
NASL4th
Playoffssemi-finals
U.S. Open CupTBD
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Review edit

Pre-season edit

April edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Roster edit

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 edit

Transfers edit

In edit

Out edit

Loan in edit

Loan out edit

Competitions edit

Preseason edit

March 4, 2012 Preseason Carolina RailHawks 2 - 2 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)		 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Cary, North Carolina
Lowery   6'
Shriver   71'		 Report Tan   49'
Chiumiento   90'		 Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park

North American Soccer League edit

Further information: 2012 North American Soccer League season

Standings edit

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
Source: NASL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results summary edit

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 edit

April 7, 2012 Match 1 Minnesota Stars 0 - 0 Carolina RailHawks Minneapolis, Minnesota
20:30 EDT Takada   73' Report Nurse   67' Stadium: Humphrey Metrodome
Attendance: 8,693
Referee: Terry Vaughn
April 14, 2012 Match 2 Carolina RailHawks 4 - 4 Atlanta Silverbacks Cary, North Carolina
19:30 EDT 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, 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
June 9, 2012 Match 11 Carolina RailHawks 5 - 1 Minnesota Stars FC Cary, North Carolina
19:00 EDT 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, 2012 Match 12 Atlanta Silverbacks 0 - 2 Carolina RailHawks Chamblee, Georgia
19:30 EDT Navia   31' Summary Schilawski   44'
Agbossoumonde   45+2'
Ackley   86'		 Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 6,000
June 23, 2012 Match 13 Carolina RailHawks 2 - 0 FC Edmonton Cary, North Carolina
19:00 EDT 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, 2012 Match 14 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2 - 1 Carolina RailHawks Fort Lauderdale, Florida
19:30 EDT Anderson   5', 45+2'
Pecka   40'
Ramos   67'		 Summary Zimmerman   83' Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 3,506
July 3, 2012 Match 15 Carolina RailHawks 2 - 1 Atlanta Silverbacks Cary, North Carolina
19:00 EDT Zimmerman   4', 50'   84' Summary Horth   15'
Robertson   64'		 Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,475
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   40'		 Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 2,713
July 21, 2012 Match 17 Carolina RailHawks 1 - 0 Minnesota Stars FC Cary, North Carolina
19:05 EDT Schilawski   10'
Lowery   60'
Low   72'   77'		 Summary Evan Sassano   69'
Bracalello   81'		 Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 3,158
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   32'
Agbossoumonde   54'		 Stadium: Heroes Stadium
Attendance: 7,186
August 4, 2012 Match 19 Carolina RailHawks 3 - 3 Tampa Bay Rowdies Cary, North Carolina
19:00 EDT 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, 2012 Match 20 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1 - 0 Carolina RailHawks Fort Lauderdale, Florida
19:30 EDT Herron   64' Summary Shipalane   85' Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 3,549
August 18, 2012 Match 21 Carolina RailHawks 3 - 2 FC Edmonton Cary, North Carolina
19:00 EDT 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, 2012 Match 22 Atlanta Silverbacks 0 - 1 Carolina RailHawks Chamblee, Georgia
19:30 EDT Burciaga, Jr.   19'
Navarro   26'		 Summary Agbossoumonde   29'
Lowery   55'
Ackley   66'		 Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 4,896
September 1, 2012 Match 23 Puerto Rico Islanders 1 - 3 Carolina RailHawks Bayamón, Puerto Rico
19:30 EDT 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, 2012 Match 24 Carolina RailHawks 0 - 1 San Antonio Scorpions Cary, North Carolina
19:00 EDT Shipalane   90' Summary Harmse   35'
Cunningham   84'		 Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
September 12, 2012 Match 25 FC Edmonton 2 - 2 Carolina RailHawks Edmonton
20:05 EDT Porter   9', 49' Summary Zimmerman   5', 57'
Garey   31'		 Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 1,251
September 16, 2012 Match 26 San Antonio Scorpions 1 - 2 Carolina RailHawks San Antonio
18:00 EDT Greenfield   41'
Pablo Campos   64'   64'		 Summary Agbossoumonde   42'
Shipalane   69'		 Stadium: Heroes Stadium
Attendance: 7,701
September 19, 2012 Match 27 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1 - 1 Carolina RailHawks St. Petersburg, Florida
19:30 EDT Arango   13'   22' Summary Shipalane   61' Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 2,194
September 22, 2012 Match 28 Carolina RailHawks 0 - 0 Tampa Bay Rowdies Cary, North Carolina
19:00 EDT Summary Frimpong   68'
Hill   90'		 Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 7,310

Playoffs edit

September 29, 2012 (2012-09-29) QF Carolina RailHawks 3 - 1 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Cary, North Carolina
7:00 pm EDT 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 pm EDT 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 pm EDT 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.

U.S. Open Cup edit

Further information: 2012 U.S. Open Cup
May 22, 2012 Second round Carolina RailHawks   6 - 0   PSA Elite Cary, North Carolina
19:07 PM EDT Shriver   7', 23', 40', 90'
Lowery   9'
Schilawski   41'		 [7] Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
May 29, 2012 Third 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
June 5, 2012 Fourth 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

Statistics edit

See also edit

References edit

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