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David Fellerath ·
11 Jun 2009, 10:53 AM ·
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Word comes from Cary that the RailHawks have released veteran defender Paul Ritchie. It appears to be a voluntary and amicable move: Ritchie came to Cary having been out of competitive soccer for a year, and then had difficulty bouncing back from a knee injury. From the press release:
“I wish things had worked out differently,” Ritchie said. “It took me a while to get fit. I got myself fit, and then I got another knock on my knee. And with the games and it being such a short season, the time scale for me to get fully fit is not going to be feasible for the club to move forward. My family’s back home and my kids are back home, and I’ve missed them a lot. I’ve made a lot of good friends here. It’s a fantastic set-up, and I think there’s something special happening here.”
In his prime, Ritchie played with the celebrated Scottish side Heart of Midlothian, and later journeyed through the top English teams Manchester City and Bolton. Continue reading »
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David Fellerath ·
15 Apr 2009, 10:21 AM ·
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The biggest news out of last night’s RailHawks’ 2-0 victory over the USL-2 Wilmington Hammerheads was the return of Matt Watson, who scored 15 minutes after entering the game in the second half.
Watson, last year’s team MVP, joined the squad yesterday after helping his indoor side, the Baltimore Blast, to the MISL championship. Furthermore, his first child was born yesterday in Baltimore.
Although the team’s press release pointedly says last night’s squad shouldn’t be considered a second team, it notes that few of the players in the evening’s lineup saw action in last Saturday’s 2-1 victory over the Minnesota Thunder. Among them: Hamed Diallo, Gavin Glinton and Brian Plotkin (the Hawks’ release inadvertently omitted Plotkin).
Other players on last night’s lineup included the back four of Jeremy Tolleson, Caleb Norkus, Paul Ritchie and trialist Brad Rusin. Midfielders included Plotkin, Glinton and Watson. Players seeing minutes up top included Aaron King and John Cunliffe (who scored the game’s second goal in the 82nd minute). Caleb Patterson manned the goal.
The RailHawks’ Tim Candon has more.
Carolina RailHawks, Soccer Aaron King, Brad Rusin, Brian Plotkin, Caleb Norkus, Caleb Patterson, friendly, Gavin Glinton, Hamed Diallo, Jeremy Tolleson, John Cunliffe, Matt Watson, Paul Ritchie
David Fellerath ·
25 Feb 2009, 6:48 PM ·
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Break out the haggis, neeps and tatties, laddies
Coach Martin Rennie won’t have the only Scottish brogue at WakeMed this summer. Today, management announced the signing of 33-year-old defender Paul Ritchie to the lineup.
Ritchie, who last played professionally two seasons ago, is a veteran of both the Scottish and English Premier Leagues, playing for Manchester City, Derby County and Portsmouth in the latter (he also played for Bolton during a period when that club played in the Championship).
According to his wikipedia bio, Ritchie’s career heyday appears to have been with his first club, Heart of Midlothian of Edinburgh, Scotland, for whom he made 133 appearances in seven seasons from 1992-1999, scoring six goals.
Ritchie has seven international caps, as well—all but one earned prior to his 2000-03 stint with Manchester City, a period that seems to have been a frustrating one.
From 2004-06, Ritchie made 45 appearances with Dundee United of the SPL. Perhaps significantly, he also seems to have done some coaching with Dundee.
Ritchie last played professionally in 2006-2007, for the Cypriot side AC Omonia, in the Greek Cypriot League. Continue reading »
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