2008 Carolina RailHawks FC season

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

2008 Competitions

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Competition Record Result Home Matches Home Attendance Avg. Home Attendance
USL First Division Regular Season 9-11-10 8th Place 15
U.S. Open Cup 2-1 Third Round 3
Southern Derby 2-1-1 Champion 2
Exhibitions 3-3-2 N/A 8
All Competitions 16-16-13 N/A 28

2008 squad

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

Transfers:

2008 Staff

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

2008 Schedule

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Date Opponent Location Time (ET) Result
March 21 UNC-Greensboro (Exhibition) WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, NC 7:00 PM 5-0 W
March 25 Campbell University (Exhibition) WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, NC 7:00 PM 3-1 W
March 28 New York Red Bulls (Exhibition) WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, NC 7:30 PM 0-1 L
March 29 Wake Forest University (Exhibition) WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, NC 7:00 PM 2-3 L
April 9 UNC-Chapel Hill (Exhibition) WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, NC 7:00 PM 0-4 L
April 12 University of Virginia (Exhibition) WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, NC 12:00 PM 1-0 W
April 13 Minnesota Thunder (Exhibition) WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, NC 1:00 PM 1-1 D
April 19 Atlanta Silverbacks Silverbacks Park, Atlanta, GA 7:55 PM 1-1 D
April 26 Charleston Battery WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, NC 7:30 PM 1-0 W
May 4 Miami FC Tropical Park Stadium, Miami, FL 6:00 PM 1-0 W
May 10 Atlanta Silverbacks^^ WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, NC 7:30 PM

2-2 D

May 18 Minnesota Thunder WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, NC 6:00 PM 0-0 D
May 24 Rochester Rhinos WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, NC 7:30 PM 1-1 D
May 28 Seattle Sounders WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, NC 7:30 PM 2-1 W
May 31 Atlanta Silverbacks^^ Silverbacks Park, Atlanta, GA 7:55 PM 0-1 L
June 10 Brooklyn Knights^^^ WakeMed Soccer Park (Field 2), Cary, NC 7:30 PM 1-0 W
June 12 Puerto Rico Islanders Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel, Bayamon, PR 8:00 PM 0-3 L
June 14 Miami FC Tropical Park Stadium, Miami, FL 7:30 PM 0-2 L
June 20 Rochester Rhinos PAETEC Park, Rochester, NY 7:35 PM 3-3 D
June 22 Montreal Impact Stade Saputo Montréal, Quebec 3:30 PM 0-3 L
June 24 Real Maryland^^^ WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, NC 7:30 PM 1-0 W
June 27 Portland Timbers^ WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, NC 8:00 PM 1-0 W
July 1 Kansas City Wizards^^^ WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, NC 7:30 PM 2-4 L aet
July 3 Seattle Sounders WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, NC 8:00 PM 2-2 D
July 11 Minnesota Thunder James Griffin Stadium, St. Paul, MN 8:05 PM 2-2 D
July 13 Vancouver Whitecaps Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, BC 10:00 PM 1-1 D
July 18 Puerto Rico Islanders WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, NC 7:30 PM 0-2 L
July 20 Club de Futbol Monterrey (exhibition) WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, NC 4:00 PM 0-0 (1-4 PK)
July 24 Portland Timbers PGE Park, Portland, OR 10:00 PM 0-0 D
July 26 Vancouver Whitecaps Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, BC 10:00 PM 0-1 L
August 1 Vancouver Whitecaps^ WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, NC 8:00 PM 2-3 L
August 3 Puerto Rico Islanders Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel, Bayamon, PR 6:00 PM 0-1 L
August 8 Montreal Impact WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, NC 7:30 PM 0-2 L
August 15 Miami FC^ WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, NC 8:00 PM 3-2 W
August 22 Minnesota Thunder James Griffin Stadium, St. Paul, MN 8:05 PM 2-1 W
August 24 Seattle Sounders Starfire Sports Complex, Tukwila, WA 10:00 PM 3-4 L
August 30 Montreal Impact WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, NC 7:30 PM 0-2 L
September 6 Charleston Battery^^ WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, NC 7:30 PM 3-1 W
September 14 Rochester Rhinos WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, NC 6:00 PM 1-1 D
September 19 Charleston Battery^,^^ Blackbaud Stadium, Charleston, SC 7:30 PM 2-1 W
September 20 Portland Timbers WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, NC 7:30 PM 1-0 W

^ Televised nationally on Fox Soccer Channel

^^ Southern Derby fixtures

^^^ U.S. Open Cup fixtures