2007 Carolina RailHawks FC season

August 2023 The Carolina RailHawks launched their inaugural season on April 21, 2007, in front of a crowd of 6,327 at SAS Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina when they drew 1–1 with the Minnesota Thunder in their first official regular season match. Midfielder Kupono Low scored the first goal in franchise history when he blasted a 24-yard left-footed shot past Thunder keeper Joe Warren in the 8th minute of the inaugural match.http://www.uslsoccer.com/stats/2007/385591.html Carolina RailHawks 1:1 Minnesota Thunder (Box Score) 2007-04-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20070514153014/http://www.uslsoccer.com/stats/2007/385591.html 14 May 2007 dead On May 8, 2007, the RailHawks earned their first franchise victory 2–0 against Chivas USA in an exhibition match. On August 14, 2007, with a 3–0 victory over the Charleston Battery, the Carolina RailHawks secured their first piece of silverware, the 2007 Southern Derby Cup, with one match remaining in the contest. The RailHawks finished their first USL-1 season in 8th place in the league table, securing the league's final playoff spot on the last day of the regular season with a 2–0 victory away over fellow expansion franchise the California Victory. The RailHawks were eliminated from the playoff quarterfinals by the eventual league champion Seattle Sounders. 2007 Competitions CompetitionRecordResultHome MatchesHome AttendanceAvg. Home AttendanceUSL First Division Regular Season8-12-88th Place1471,7355,124USL First Division Playoffs0-2Quarterfinals1923923U.S. Open Cup4-1Semifinals413,4473,362Southern Derby3-0-1Champion29,5874,794Exhibitions1-1-0N/A213,7056,853All Competitions13-16-8N/A2199,8104,753 2007 squad 0 USA GK Chris McClellan 1 Republic of Ireland GK John O'Hara 2 USA DF David Stokes 3 USA MF Kupono Low 4 USA DF Demetrius Donald 5 Ghana MF Philip Kutsu 6 Trinidad and Tobago MF Joel John Bailey 7 Brazil MF Marcio Leite 8 Nigeria FW Connally Edozien 9 Liberia FW McColm Cephas 10 Trinidad and Tobago FW Kevin Jeffrey 11 USA MF Chris Carrieri 12 USA FW Anthony Maher 13 USA DF Matthew Maher 14 USA DF Caleb Norkus 15 USA DF Frank Sanfilippo 16 USA DF Cooper Friend 17 USA MF Eric Kaufman 18 England DF Stuart Brightwell 19 USA MF David Sartorio 20 USA MF Mark Jonas 21 Argentina MF Santiago Fusilier 22 Northern Ireland MF Jonny Steele 23 USA DF Chad Dombrowski 24 USA MF Joey Worthen 25 USA MF Phillip Long 26 USA MF Jon Caldwell 27 USA MF Dario Brose Transfers: OUT - Sola Abolaji to Vancouver Whitecaps (7/27/2007); IN - Joel John Bailey from Vancouver Whitecaps (7/27/2007) 2007 Staff Coach - USA Scott Schweitzer Assistant Coach - USA Damon Nahas Assistant Coach - USA Mark Girard Oldest coach in the usa Goalkeeping Coach - USA David Noyes Equipment Manager - USA Steven Economides Trainer - USA Elise Caceres 2007 Schedule Date Opponent Location Time (ET) ResultSat, Mar 24 Wake Forest University (exhibition) SAS Soccer Park, Field #2 7:00 PM 1-3 L Sat, Mar 31 North Carolina Tar Heels (exhibition) SAS Soccer Park, Field #2 7:00 PM 0-1 L Wed, Apr 4 Charlotte Eagles (exhibition) SAS Soccer Park, Field #2 7:00 PM 1-3 L Sat, Apr 7 Richmond Kickers (exhibition)University of Richmond Stadium 7:00 PM 1-3 L Fri, Apr 13 Duke University (exhibition)Koskinen Stadium, Durham, NC 7:00 PM 1-3 L Sat, Apr 21 Minnesota Thunder SAS Soccer Park, Cary, NC 7:30 PM 1-1 D Sat, Apr 28 Atlanta Silverbacks SAS Soccer Park, Cary, NC 7:30 PM 0-0 DFri, May 4 Puerto Rico Islanders SAS Soccer Park, Cary, NC 7:30 PM 0-0 DSat, May 5 Atlanta Silverbacks Silverbacks Park, Atlanta, GA 7:55 PM 0-2 LTue, May 8 Chivas USA (exhibition) SAS Soccer Park, Cary, NC 7:30 PM 2-0 WSat, May 12 Atlanta Silverbacks^^ Silverbacks Park, Atlanta, GA 7:55 PM 1-2 W Sat, May 19 Charleston Battery SAS Soccer Park, Cary, NC 7:30 PM 1-0 W Wed, May 23 Seattle Sounders Qwest Field, Seattle, WA 10:00 PM 0-1 LFri, May 25 Vancouver Whitecaps Swangard Stadium Burnaby, BC 10:00 PM 0-1 WSun, May 27 Portland Timbers PGE Park, Portland, OR 9:00 PM 0-0 DFri, Jun 8 Rochester Raging Rhinos SAS Soccer Park, Cary, NC 7:30 PM 2-2 D Tue, Jun 12 RWB Adria^^^ SAS Soccer Park, Cary, NC 7:30 PM 4-1 WFri, Jun 15 Seattle Sounders^ SAS Soccer Park, Cary, NC 8:00 PM 0-1 LSat, Jun 23 Charleston Battery^^ SAS Soccer Park, Cary, NC 7:30 PM 2-0 WTue, Jun 26 Bavarian SC^^^ SAS Soccer Park, Cary, NC 7:30 PM 4-0 WTue, Jul 3 Vancouver Whitecaps SAS Soccer Park, Cary, NC 8:00 PM 0-0 DFri, Jul 6 Rochester Raging Rhinos^ PAETEC Park, Rochester, NY 8:00 PM 1-2 LSun, Jul 8 Montreal Impact Sherbrooke University Stadium, Sherbrooke, QC 4:00 PM 2-2 DFri, Jul 13 Montreal Impact SAS Soccer Park, Cary, NC 7:30 PM 0-1 LSun, Jul 15 Chicago Fire^^^ SAS Soccer Park, Cary, NC 7:30 PM 1-0 WFri, Jul 20 Miami FC Tropical Park Stadium, Miami, FL 7:30 PM 1-2 LSun, Jul 22 Puerto Rico Islanders Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel, Bayamon, PR 5:00 PM 1-3 LWed, Jul 25 Cruz Azul (exhibition) SAS Soccer Park, Cary, NC 8:00 PM 0-2 LSat, Jul 28 Miami FC SAS Soccer Park, Cary, NC 7:30 PM 1-4 LWed, Aug 1 Montreal Impact Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard, Montreal, QC 7:30 PM 1-4 LFri, Aug 3 California Victory^ SAS Soccer Park, Cary, NC 8:00 PM 2-0 WTue, Aug 7 Richmond Kickers^^^ SAS Soccer Park, Cary, NC 7:30 PM 1-0 WFri, Aug 10 Rochester Raging Rhinos PAETEC Park, Rochester, NY 7:35 PM 0-2 LTue, Aug 14 Charleston Battery^^ Blackbaud Stadium, Charleston, SC 7:30 PM 3-0 WFri, Aug 17 Atlanta Silverbacks^^ SAS Soccer Park, Cary, NC 7:30 PM 0-0 D Sun, Aug 26 Montreal Impact SAS Soccer Park, Cary, NC 6:00 PM 1-0 W Sat, Sep 1 Portland Timbers SAS Soccer Park, Cary, NC 7:30 PM 0-1 LTue, Sept 4 New England Revolution^^^ Veteran's Stadium, New Britain, CN 7:30 PM 2-1(aet) L https://web.archive.org/web/20070928005505/http://www.revolutionsoccer.net/news/index.cfm?ac=latestnewsdetail&pid=27479&pcid=115 2007-09-28 Thu, Sep 6 Minnesota Thunder James Griffin Stadium, St. Paul, MN 8:05 PM 0-5 L Sat, Sep 8 California Victory Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, CA 10:00 PM 0-2 WFri, Sep 14 Seattle Sounders^^^^ SAS Soccer Park, Cary, NC 7:30 PM 0-2 LSun, Sep 16 Seattle Sounders^^^^ Qwest Field, Seattle, WA 6:00 PM 0-1 L ^ Televised nationally on Fox Soccer Channel ^^ Southern Derby fixtures ^^^ U.S. Open Cup fixtures ^^^^ USL-1 Playoffs fixtures References Category:North Carolina FC seasons Carolina Railhawks Carolina RailHawks