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David Fellerath ·
15 Aug 2009, 3:43 PM ·
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Luke Kreamalmeyer (in orange) battles Portland's David Hayes on June 11 at WakeMed. (photo by Rich Bostwick)
The USL-1 Carolina RailHawks are flying high on a league run of six victories in their last seven outings. The news only gets better as we see signs that midfielder Matt Watson—who hasn’t really gotten uncorked this season—may be ready to return to the field.
They have a tough eight-day stretch ahead, with a Tuesday home game against Vancouver sandwiched between away matches in Vancouver tonight and Rochester next weekend. Still, they’re keeping up with the blistering pace at the top of the table, matching Portland victory for victory.
(In a subject for another day, it’s worth noting that the bottom of the table is a dungeon of futility. Austin and Cleveland are out of contention for the playoffs with 14 and 13 points, respectively, while Minnesota just picked up three points with just their fourth victory of the season, to bring them to 18 points, seven behind Miami. Compare this ineptitude to the points totals for the bottom four of last year’s table: 37; 34; 34; 31. Carolina had 37 and missed the playoffs. Three guesses who had 31. Give up? Portland.)
Things are different in Portland this year, though. The first-place Timbers have only lost once at home in PGE Park, where attendance regularly approaches 10,000. Their opponent then was the MLS Seattle Sounders, in a US Open Cup third round game. Continue reading »
Carolina RailHawks, Soccer Caleb Patterson Sewell, Matt Watson, Nate Norman, playoffs, Portland Timbers, Vancouver Whitecaps
David Fellerath ·
28 Apr 2009, 5:45 PM ·
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A couple of items from the RailHawks home office before we return to our regularly scheduled HURRICANES LIVE BLOG.
First, although the RailHawks scarcely seem to need any backfield help, having conceded only one goal in their first three games, the team couldn’t pass up an impressive prospect out of UCLA by the name of Brad Rusin.
He hasn’t seen any first-team action yet, but the RailHawks’ press announcement indicates that he will travel with the team this weekend for two games against Portland—as good an indication as any of his value as a prospect.
To make room for Rusin, the team announced that Nate Norman, who has not seen action with the first team, has been released but will remain with the club in an “outreach capacity.”
Rusin, by the way, is listed at 6-foot-4. We’ve seen him in person, so we can attest that his hair is not being included in the measurement. (Press release after the jump.)
Also, the USL-1 team of the week is out, and midfielder Brian Plotkin, who scored the game’s only goal Sunday against Minnesota, and left back John Gilkerson, have been named. Continue reading »
Carolina RailHawks, Soccer Brad Rusin, Brian Plotkin, John Gilkerson, Nate Norman
David Fellerath ·
14 Mar 2009, 12:47 PM ·
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Gavin Glinton (San Jose Earthquakes)
Jarrett at Triangle Soccer Fanatics has done the work for us: He’s secured the match day roster and located some news therein:
First, there are now 25 players listed on the RailHawks roster (which doesn’t include confirmed signing Matt Watson, who is still playing for his indoor team in Baltimore). Officially, the team has 20 players, but three new names have slipped out in recent press releases, including backup keeper Brian Levey, evidently returning for another year; Devon McKenney, a defender who played last year for the Columbus Crew reserves; and Nate Norman, who played for Notre Dame before spending time with the Chicago Fire and the Charleston Battery and who, most recently, was coaching high schoolers in Michigan.
Then there are some names that haven’t emerged from official sources before now—and we’re not sure if they’re under contract. Most intriguingly, there’s a veteran striker named Gavin Glinton, a native of Turks and Caicos Island whose career has taken him to stints with the LA Galaxy, Dallas Burn, the USL’s Charleston Battery and, last season, the San Jose Earthquakes. His most productive stop was two seasons in Charleston, 2005-06, in which he scored 13 times in 26 appearances.
There’s also a third keeper, Caleb Patterson, a 21-year-old native of Australia who apparently spent last year training with Red Bull New York.
The final new name is defender and Wake Forest grad Amir Lowery, who caught Triangle Offense’s eye with his assured play when we visited training camp a month ago.
The weather will continue to be miserable, but we couldn’t be more excited about tonight’s game at WakeMed. Kickoff is 7 p.m.
Carolina RailHawks, Soccer Amir Lowery, Brian Levey, Caleb Patterson, Devon McKenney, Gavin Glinton, Matt Watson, Nate Norman
