2008 Carolina RailHawks FC season

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The Carolina RailHawks played the second season in team history in 2008.

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2008 Competitions

CompetitionRecordResultHome MatchesHome AttendanceAvg. Home Attendance
USL First Division Regular Season9-11-108th Place15
U.S. Open Cup 2-1Third Round3
Southern Derby 2-1-1Champion2
Exhibitions3-3-2N/A8
All Competitions16-16-13N/A28

2008 squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
0 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Chris McClellan
1 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Brian Levey
2 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA David Stokes
3 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kupono Low
4 DF Flag of Honduras.svg  HON Richard Perdomo
5 MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO David Lilly
6 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Nathan Zuzga
7 MF Flag of Uruguay.svg  URU Martin Nuñez
8 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Joey Worthen
10 FW Flag of El Salvador.svg  SLV Ronald Cerritos
11 MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Ross MacKenzie
12 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ryan Solle
13 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Eddie Gutierrez
14 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Caleb Norkus
No.Pos.NationPlayer
15 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Frank Sanfilippo
16 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Steven Curfman
17 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Matthew Watson
18 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Chris Lemons
19 FW Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  CIV Hamed Diallo
20 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jacob Coggins
21 MF Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Santiago Fusilier
22 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Dan Antoniuk
23 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Chad Dombrowski
24 DF Flag of Chile.svg  CHI Mauricio Segovia
25 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Phillip Long
30 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Gregory Walters
34 MF Flag of Cuba.svg  CUB Rey Ángel Martínez

Transfers:

2008 Staff

Coach - Flag of the United States.svg Scott Schweitzer
Assistant Coach - Flag of the United States.svg Damon Nahas
Assistant Coach - Flag of the United States.svg Mark Girard
Goalkeeping Coach - Flag of the United States.svg David Noyes
Equipment Manager - Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Morsch
Trainer - Flag of the United States.svg Elise Caceres

2008 Schedule

DateOpponentLocationTime (ET)Result
March 21UNC-Greensboro (Exhibition) WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, NC7:00 PM5-0 W
March 25Campbell University (Exhibition) WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, NC7:00 PM3-1 W
March 28 New York Red Bulls (Exhibition) WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, NC7:30 PM0-1 L
March 29Wake Forest University (Exhibition) WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, NC7:00 PM2-3 L
April 9UNC-Chapel Hill (Exhibition) WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, NC7:00 PM0-4 L
April 12University of Virginia (Exhibition) WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, NC12:00 PM1-0 W
April 13 Minnesota Thunder (Exhibition) WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, NC1:00 PM1-1 D
April 19 Atlanta Silverbacks Silverbacks Park, Atlanta, GA7:55 PM 1-1 D
April 26 Charleston Battery WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, NC7:30 PM 1-0 W
May 4 Miami FC Tropical Park Stadium, Miami, FL6:00 PM 1-0 W
May 10 Atlanta Silverbacks^^ WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, NC7:30 PM

2-2 D

May 18 Minnesota Thunder WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, NC6:00 PM 0-0 D
May 24 Rochester Rhinos WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, NC7:30 PM 1-1 D
May 28 Seattle Sounders WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, NC7:30 PM 2-1 W
May 31 Atlanta Silverbacks^^ Silverbacks Park, Atlanta, GA7:55 PM 0-1 L
June 10 Brooklyn Knights^^^ WakeMed Soccer Park (Field 2), Cary, NC7:30 PM 1-0 W
June 12 Puerto Rico Islanders Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel, Bayamon, PR8:00 PM 0-3 L
June 14 Miami FC Tropical Park Stadium, Miami, FL7:30 PM 0-2 L
June 20 Rochester Rhinos PAETEC Park, Rochester, NY7:35 PM 3-3 D
June 22 Montreal Impact Stade Saputo Montréal, Quebec3:30 PM 0-3 L
June 24 Real Maryland^^^ WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, NC7:30 PM 1-0 W
June 27 Portland Timbers^ WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, NC8:00 PM 1-0 W
July 1 Kansas City Wizards^^^ WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, NC7:30 PM 2-4 L aet
July 3 Seattle Sounders WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, NC8:00 PM 2-2 D
July 11 Minnesota Thunder James Griffin Stadium, St. Paul, MN8:05 PM 2-2 D
July 13 Vancouver Whitecaps Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, BC10:00 PM 1-1 D
July 18 Puerto Rico Islanders WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, NC7:30 PM 0-2 L
July 20 Club de Futbol Monterrey (exhibition) WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, NC4:00 PM 0-0 (1-4 PK)
July 24 Portland Timbers PGE Park, Portland, OR10:00 PM 0-0 D
July 26 Vancouver Whitecaps Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, BC10:00 PM 0-1 L
August 1 Vancouver Whitecaps^ WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, NC8:00 PM 2-3 L
August 3 Puerto Rico Islanders Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel, Bayamon, PR6:00 PM 0-1 L
August 8 Montreal Impact WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, NC7:30 PM 0-2 L
August 15 Miami FC^ WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, NC8:00 PM 3-2 W
August 22 Minnesota Thunder James Griffin Stadium, St. Paul, MN8:05 PM 2-1 W
August 24 Seattle Sounders Starfire Sports Complex, Tukwila, WA10:00 PM 3-4 L
August 30 Montreal Impact WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, NC7:30 PM 0-2 L
September 6 Charleston Battery^^ WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, NC7:30 PM 3-1 W
September 14 Rochester Rhinos WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, NC6:00 PM 1-1 D
September 19 Charleston Battery^,^^ Blackbaud Stadium, Charleston, SC7:30 PM 2-1 W
September 20 Portland Timbers WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, NC7:30 PM 1-0 W

^ Televised nationally on Fox Soccer Channel

^^ Southern Derby fixtures

^^^ U.S. Open Cup fixtures

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