2018 North Carolina FC season
2018 season | |
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Owner | Stephen Malik |
Head coach | Colin Clarke |
Stadium | Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina (Capacity: 10,000) |
USL | 9th |
Southern Derby | Champions |
U.S. Open Cup | 4th Round |
Top goalscorer | League: Daniel Ríos (20) All: Daniel Ríos (20) |
Highest home attendance | 9,505 (September 8 vs. Nashville) |
Lowest home attendance | 3,169 (Apr 7 vs. Indy) |
Average home league attendance | 4,730 |
Biggest win | 6–1 (September 21 vs. Atlanta United 2) |
Biggest defeat | 1–4 (May 19 vs. Cincinnati) |
The 2018 North Carolina FC season was the club's 12th season of existence. Until the 2017 season, the club was previously known as the Carolina RailHawks. The 2018 season was the clubs first in the USL, having left the NASL at the end of the 2017 season. For the first time since 2009 and its fourth in club history, North Carolina won the Southern Derby, a fan-based U.S. professional soccer cup competition between North Carolina, Charleston Battery, and Charlotte Independence. North Carolina finished the regular season in 9th place with 47 points, missing out on the playoffs by 2 points to Nashville.
Club
[edit ]Coaching staff
[edit ]- As of March 15, 2018[1]
Position | Staff |
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Head coach | Northern Ireland Colin Clarke |
Assistant coach | United States Dewan Bader |
Assistant coach | Scotland Greg Shields |
Assistant coach | United States Nic Platter |
Assistant coach | United States Michael Milazzo |
Head Athletic Trainer | United States Shawn Wilson |
Roster
[edit ]- As of October 13, 2018[2]
No. | Position | Player | Nation |
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1 | GK | Alex Tabakis | Greece |
3 | DF | Peabo Doue | United States |
4 | MF | Victor Igbekoyi | Nigeria |
5 | DF | Michael Harrington | United States |
6 | MF | Austin da Luz | United States |
7 | FW | Donovan Ewolo | Cameroon |
8 | MF | Dre Fortune | Trinidad and Tobago |
9 | FW | Marios Lomis | Netherlands |
10 | MF | Kyle Bekker | Canada |
11 | DF | Wuilito Fernandes | Cape Verde |
13 | DF | Connor Tobin | United States |
14 | FW | Daniel Ríos (on loan from Guadalajara) | Mexico |
15 | MF | Cameron Steele | United States |
16 | MF | Graham Smith | United States |
17 | MF | Bernhard Luxbacher | Austria |
18 | MF | Marcel Kandziora | Germany |
22 | MF | Ty Shipalane | South Africa |
23 | MF | Zach Steinberger (on loan from Indy Eleven) | United States |
27 | DF | D.J. Taylor | United States |
30 | GK | Austin Guerrero | United States |
31 | DF | Steven Miller | United States |
33 | DF | Aaron Guillen | Mexico |
99 | MF | Nelson Blanco | El Salvador |
Transfers
[edit ]Winter
[edit ]Summer
[edit ]
In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Competitions
[edit ]Win Draw Loss
Friendlies
[edit ]Attendance: Closed-door
USL
[edit ]Standings
[edit ]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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7 | Indy Eleven | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 49 | Conference Playoffs |
8 | Nashville SC | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 42 | 31 | +11 | 49 | |
9 | North Carolina FC | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 60 | 50 | +10 | 47 | |
10 | Ottawa Fury | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 43 | −12 | 45 | |
11 | Charlotte Independence | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 44 | 57 | −13 | 42 |
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots
Results by round
[edit ]Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
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Stadium | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | A |
Result | L | L | L | W | D | D | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | D | W | L | D | D | W | W | D | W | L | D | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | L | W |
Position | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
[edit ]Attendance: 50
Referee: Yusri Rudolph
Crain 26' (o.g.)
Bekker Yellow card 45+1'
Ríos 52'
Lomis 89' Report Wheeler-Omiunu Yellow card 72'
Kendall-Moullin Yellow card 73' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 3,710
Referee: Lorant Varga
Tobin Yellow card 57'
Harrington Yellow card 67'
da Luz Yellow card 89' Report Najen Yellow card 25'
Ofeimu 83'
Ngalina 85' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 3,526
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
König 37' Yellow card 52'
Hoyte Yellow card 72'
McLaughlin 87' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,039
Referee: Mark Allatin
Attendance: 4,026
Referee: Bardhyl Pashaj
Stroud Yellow card 47'
Stauffer 53' Yellow card 88'
Mines Red card 69'
Cásseres Yellow card 81' Report da Luz Yellow card 43'
Ríos 46'
Bekker Yellow card 61'
Tobin Yellow card 68'
Smith Yellow card 76'
Ewolo 90' Stadium: MSU Soccer Park at Pittser Field
Attendance: 781
Referee: Jose Lara
Bekker 29'
Steinberger 42'
Smith Yellow card 61'
Igbekoyi Yellow card 71' Stadium: Coolray Field
Attendance: 1,923
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
Svantesson 90+4' Report Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Attendance: 1,748
Referee: Marcos DeOliveira
Lancaster 47', 84'
Jimenez Yellow card 72' Report Ríos Yellow card 29', 38'
Bekker Yellow card 61' Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field
Attendance: 6,693
Referee: Tim Ford
U.S. Open Cup
[edit ](4–3 p) North Carolina North Carolina FC Germantown, Maryland
Kandziora Yellow card 109'
Smith Yellow card 115' Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,118
Referee: Matthew Franz
Mattocks soccer ball with check mark
Acosta soccer ball with check mark
Harkes soccer ball with red X
Miranda soccer ball with check mark soccer ball with check mark Ríos
soccer ball with red X Bekker
soccer ball with check mark Lomis
soccer ball with red X Doue
soccer ball with check mark Tobin
Schedule Source[3]
Squad statistics
[edit ]- As of Match played October 6, 2018
Source: Match reports
Appearances and goals
[edit ]No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | USL Regular Season | U.S. Open Cup | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | Greece GRE | Alex Tabakis | 33 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
3 | DF | United States USA | Peabo Doue | 19 | 1 | 11+6 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
4 | MF | Nigeria NGA | Victor Igbekoyi | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | DF | United States USA | Michael Harrington | 24 | 0 | 22+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
6 | MF | United States USA | Austin da Luz | 34 | 5 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
7 | MF | Cameroon CMR | Donovan Ewolo | 29 | 8 | 15+13 | 7 | 0+1 | 1 |
8 | MF | Trinidad and Tobago TRI | Dre Fortune | 18 | 1 | 8+7 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
9 | FW | Netherlands NED | Marios Lomis | 25 | 8 | 7+15 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
10 | MF | Canada CAN | Kyle Bekker | 34 | 7 | 28+3 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
11 | FW | Cape Verde CPV | Wuilito Fernandes | 15 | 1 | 7+7 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
13 | DF | United States USA | Connor Tobin | 22 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
14 | FW | Mexico MEX | Daniel Ríos | 28 | 19 | 23+4 | 19 | 0+1 | 0 |
15 | MF | United States USA | Cameron Steele | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
16 | MF | United States USA | Graham Smith | 33 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
17 | MF | Austria AUT | Bernhard Luxbacher | 7 | 1 | 0+5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
18 | MF | Germany GER | Marcel Kandziora | 22 | 2 | 13+7 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
22 | MF | South Africa RSA | Ty Shipalane | 21 | 1 | 5+15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
23 | MF | United States USA | Zach Steinberger | 9 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
27 | DF | United States USA | D.J. Taylor | 34 | 0 | 30+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
30 | GK | United States USA | Austin Guerrero | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
31 | DF | United States USA | Steven Miller | 31 | 4 | 29+1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
33 | DF | United States USA | Aaron Guillen | 26 | 0 | 22+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
98 | DF | The Gambia GAM | Futty Danso | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
99 | MF | El Salvador SLV | Nelson Blanco | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
Goal scorers
[edit ]Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | USL Regular Season | U.S. Open Cup | Total |
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1 | FW | Mexico | 14 | Daniel Ríos | 20 | 0 | 20 |
2 | FW | Cameroon | 8 | Donovan Ewolo | 7 | 1 | 8 |
FW | Netherlands | 9 | Marios Lomis | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
4 | MF | Canada | 10 | Kyle Bekker | 7 | 0 | 7 |
5 | MF | United States | 6 | Austin da Luz | 5 | 1 | 6 |
6 | MF | United States | 23 | Zach Steinberger | 4 | 0 | 4 |
DF | United States | 31 | Steven Miller | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
8 | DF | United States | 13 | Connor Tobin | 1 | 1 | 2 |
MF | Germany | 18 | Marcel Kandziora | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
10 | DF | United States | 3 | Peabo Doue | 1 | 0 | 1 |
MF | Trinidad and Tobago | 7 | Dre Fortune | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
FW | Cape Verde | 11 | Wuilito Fernandes | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
FW | Austria | 17 | Bernhard Luxbacher | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
MF | South Africa | 23 | Ty Shipalane | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
TOTALS | 58 | 8 | 66 |
Disciplinary record
[edit ]Number | Nation | Position | Name | USL Regular Season | U.S. Open Cup | Total | |||
Yellow card | Red card | Yellow card | Red card | Yellow card | Red card | ||||
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3 | United States | DF | Peabo Doue | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
4 | Nigeria | MF | Victor Igbekoyi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
5 | United States | DF | Michael Harrington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
6 | United States | MF | Austin da Luz | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
7 | Cameroon | FW | Donovan Ewolo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
8 | Trinidad and Tobago | MF | Dre Fortune | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
9 | Netherlands | FW | Marios Lomis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
10 | Canada | MF | Kyle Bekker | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
11 | Cape Verde | FW | Wuilito Fernandes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
13 | United States | DF | Connor Tobin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
14 | Mexico | FW | Daniel Ríos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
16 | United States | MF | Graham Smith | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
18 | Germany | MF | Marcel Kandziora | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
23 | United States | MF | Zach Steinberger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
31 | United States | DF | Aaron Guillen | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
33 | United States | DF | Steven Miller | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
98 | The Gambia | DF | Futty Danso | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
99 | El Salvador | MF | Nelson Blanco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
TOTALS | 51 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 56 | 1 |
References
[edit ]- ^ "Coaching Staff". North Carolina FC. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
- ^ "Roster | North Carolina FC". www.northcarolinafc.com. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
- ^ "2018 Season Schedule". North Carolina FC. North Carolina FC. Retrieved February 4, 2018.