2014 Carolina RailHawks season

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Carolina RailHawks
2014 season
Owner Traffic Sports USA
Head Coach Colin Clarke
Stadium WakeMed Soccer Park
NASL Spring: 4th place

Fall: TBD

Combined: 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
Home colors
Away colors

The 2014 Carolina RailHawks season will be the clubs eighth season of existence, and their fourth consecutive season in North American Soccer League, the second division of the American soccer pyramid.

The season will follow the Spring / Fall format adopted by the NASL in 2013 with the Spring season starting on April 12th and lasting for 9 games until June 8th, while the Fall season will begin the night before the 2014 World Cup Final on July 12 and will last 18 games until November 1st. The winner of the Spring championship will again host the 2014 Soccer Bowl.[1]

Competitions

Pre-season and Exhibitions

Pre-season

Exhibitions

NASL Spring Season

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The Spring season will last for 9 games beginning on April 12 and ending on June 8. The schedule will feature a single round robin format with each team playing every other team in the league a single time. [2] Half the teams will host 5 home games and play 4 road games whereas the other half of the teams will play 4 home games and 5 road games.

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or qualification
1 Minnesota United (C) 9 6 2 1 16 9 +7 20 2014 NASL Spring Season Winner
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 Edmonton 9 2 2 5 11 11 0 8
10 Indy Eleven 9 0 4 5 14 20 −6 4

Source: [1]
(C) = Season Champion; (H) = Will host the Soccer Bowl; (SB) = Qualified for the Soccer Bowl; (WC) = Woosnam Cup Winner
(ES) = Eliminated from the Season Championship; (EB) = Eliminated from Soccer Bowl Contention; (EW) = Eliminated from Woosnam Cup Contention
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
Standings updated as of June 8, 2014

Results

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
Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Ground A H A H A H A H A
Result D W L W L W D W L
Position

Last updated: July 10, 2014.
Source: http://www.nasl.com/standings/season/8945
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Match reports

NASL Fall Season

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The Fall season will last for 18 games beginning on July 12 and ending on November 1. The schedule will feature 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 will play 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 will be their opponent.

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or qualification
1 San Antonio Scorpions (C) 18 11 2 5 30 15 +15 35 2014 NASL Fall Season Winner
2 Minnesota United 18 10 5 3 31 19 +12 35  
3 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

Source: [2]
(C) = Season Champion; (H) = Will host the Soccer Bowl; (SB) = Qualified for the Soccer Bowl; (WC) = Woosnam Cup Winner
(ES) = Eliminated from the Season Championship; (EB) = Eliminated from Soccer Bowl Contention; (EW) = Eliminated from Woosnam Cup Contention
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
Standings updated as of November 2, 2014

Results

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
Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Ground H A A H A H H A H A H H A A A H A H
Result L L L
Position 8 9 10

Last updated: 24 July 2014.
Source: Spring season 2014 results
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Match reports

U.S. Open Cup

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The RailHawks will compete in the 2014 edition of the Open Cup.

References