2014 Carolina RailHawks FC season
| 2014 season | |
|---|---|
| Owner | Traffic Sports USA |
| Head Coach | Colin Clarke |
| Stadium | WakeMed Soccer Park |
| NASL | Spring: 4th place Fall: TBD |
| Soccer Bowl | TBD |
| U.S. Open Cup | TBD |
| Top goalscorer | League: Schilawski (3 goals) All: Schilawski (5 goals) |
| Highest home attendance | 7,856 (May 31 v. Tampa Bay) |
| Lowest home attendance | League: 3,080 (July 12 v. Indy) All: 1,432 (May 29 v. Charlotte) |
| Average home league attendance | League: 4,907 All: 4,357 |
The 2014 Carolina RailHawks season was the club's eighth season of existence, and their fourth consecutive season in North American Soccer League, the second division of the American soccer pyramid.
The season followed the Spring/Fall format adopted by the NASL in 2013 with the Spring season starting on April 12 and lasting for 9 games until June 8, while the Fall season would begin the night before the 2014 World Cup Final on July 12 and lasted 18 games until November 1. The winner of the Spring championship would again host the 2014 Soccer Bowl.[1]
Competitions
[edit ]Pre-season and Exhibitions
[edit ]Pre-season
[edit ]Exhibitions
[edit ]NASL Spring Season
[edit ]The Spring season lasted for 9 games beginning on April 12 and ending on June 8. The schedule featured a single round robin format with each team playing every other team in the league a single time.[2] Half the teams would host 5 home games and play 4 road games whereas the other half of the teams would play 4 home games and 5 road games.
Standings
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota United (S) | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 20 | Playoffs |
| 2 | New York Cosmos | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 19 | |
| 3 | San Antonio Scorpions | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 17 | |
| 4 | Carolina RailHawks | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 14 | |
| 5 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 13 | |
| 6 | Ottawa Fury | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 10 | |
| 7 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 10 | |
| 8 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 20 | −8 | 10 | |
| 9 | FC Edmonton | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 8 | |
| 10 | Indy Eleven | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 4 |
Results
[edit ]| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | −12 |
Last updated: July 10, 2014.
Source: http://www.nasl.com/standings/season/8945
Results by round
[edit ]A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Match reports
[edit ]Report Burt Yellow card 6'
Schilawski 50'
Scott Yellow card 62' Stadium: Carroll Stadium
Attendance: 11,048
Referee: Chris Penso
Millington Yellow card 37'
Schilawski 40' 76'
Elizondo Yellow card 46'
Burt Yellow card 82' Report
Report Nurse Yellow card 33', 47' Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,007
Referee: Mark Kadlecik
Janicki Yellow card 33'
Hassli 53'
Barrera 59', Yellow card 88'
Zahorski 77' Report Scott Yellow card 41'
Schilawski Yellow card 76' Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: 5,834
Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald
Juliano Yellow card 78'
Cristiano Red card 86'
Daley Red card 90+3' Report
Report Schilawski Yellow card 26' Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 6,784
Referee: Sorin Stoica
NASL Fall Season
[edit ]The Fall season lasted for 18 games beginning on July 12 and ending on November 1. The schedule featured a double round robin format with each team playing every other team in the league twice, one at home and one on the road.[3] The winner of the Fall season played the winner of the Spring season in the Soccer Bowl 2014 Championship game except if the Spring and Fall Champions are the same team in which case the team with the best overall Spring and Fall record behind that team would be their opponent.
Standings
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Antonio Scorpions (F) | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 15 | +15 | 35 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Minnesota United | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 19 | +12 | 35 | |
| 3 | FC Edmonton | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 29 | |
| 4 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 27 | |
| 5 | Carolina RailHawks | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 28 | −1 | 24 | |
| 6 | New York Cosmos | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 24 | −1 | 23 | |
| 7 | Indy Eleven | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 26 | −5 | 23 | |
| 8 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 34 | −9 | 20 | |
| 9 | Ottawa Fury | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 25 | −5 | 17 | |
| 10 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 30 | −10 | 13 |
Results
[edit ]| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 |
Last updated: 24 July 2014.
Source: [citation needed ]
Results by round
[edit ]A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Match reports
[edit ]Forbes 64' Report Bentick Yellow card 35'
Albadawi Yellow card 42'
Elizondo Yellow card 89' Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: 7,884
Referee: Marcos de Oliveira
Attendance: 4,294
Referee: Kevin Terry Jr.
Attendance: 4,649
Referee: Alex Chilowicz
Attendance: 3,140
U.S. Open Cup
[edit ]The RailHawks will compete in the 2014 edition of the Open Cup.
Ståhl Yellow card 53'
Tobin Yellow card 118' Report
Box Score Finley 40' Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,273
Tobin soccer ball with check mark
Low soccer ball with red X
Schilawki soccer ball with check mark
Martínez soccer ball with red X
Aa. King soccer ball with red X
Jackson soccer ball with check mark soccer ball with check mark Pelletieri
soccer ball with check mark Torres
soccer ball with red X Zavaleta
soccer ball with red X Kennedy
soccer ball with red X Avila
soccer ball with red X Tyrpak
soccer ball with red X Delgado
Albadawi Yellow card 15'
Martínez 37' (pen.)
Low Yellow card 61' Report
Box Score Pérez 22', 34', 90+3'
Castillo 44'
Jacobson Yellow card 76'
Díaz 89' Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,169
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
References
[edit ]- ^ "NASL Confirms Mid-Season Break To Accommodate 2014 FIFA World Cup". NASL.com. July 26, 2013.
- ^ "NASL". Archived from the original on December 20, 2013. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
- ^ "NASL". www.nasl.com. Archived from the original on February 24, 2014. Retrieved February 17, 2014.