RailHawks run out of food at bottom of table; lose to last-place Minnesota 2-0
USLLIVE.com—The RailHawks burned a lot of carbon on a flight to Minnesota on Sunday afternoon that yielded very little in the way of ecologically correct, status-boosting offsets.
The ’Hawks came into the game in second place with 23 points. Eighteen of those points had come from six victories over the bottom four teams in the league: Austin, Miami, Minnesota and Cleveland. A victory over the Minnesota Thunder Sunday would have taken their record over Rust Belt/ Iron Range opponents to 6-0. Instead, a ghastly first half (in which they were outshot 8-2) gave the Thunder all the openings they would need for their first victory, 2-0.
To complete the waste of the afternoon (not to mention the jet fuel), Kupono Low received a garbage-time red card and will be unavailable for this Friday’s trip to Austin. Continue reading »
