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Match Preview: Carolina Travels to Indy Eleven

June 10, 2016 - North American Soccer League (NASL)
North Carolina FC News Release


CARY, NC - The Carolina RailHawks (4W-2D-3L) travel to Indianapolis, Ind. on Saturday, June 11 to take on Indy Eleven (3W-6D-0L) at Carroll Stadium at 7:30pm. The match will be broadcast live nationally on One World Sports, regionally on Time Warner Cable Sports Channel and locally on WRAL-2. It can also be heard live over the radio at 1550 The Ticket and 99.9 HD-3.

"We definitely want to finish strong," said RailHawks Head Coach Colin Clarke. "There were a lot of positives out of the last game. We want to win this game to finish as high as we can in the Spring Season and go into our Open Cup game the following week on a positive note."

Following a draw at home last Saturday against the Jacksonville Armada FC, the RailHawks sit in fifth place in the NASL standings. Despite solid efforts from both teams, neither Carolina nor Jacksonville could find the back of the net. The RailHawks look to reignite their usual high-powered offense in Week 10 to earn three points on the road. The defense, led by goalkeeper Akira Fitzgerald, has allowed zero goals in the last four games. Fitzgerald was named to the NASL Team of the Week for Week 10. The Wake Forest University product recorded three shutouts in six games played this season.

Indy Eleven is coming off a similar result, tying Miami FC 0-0 last Saturday at FIU Stadium. The team took 15 shots on goal, with one on target. Like the RailHawks, Indy's defense held their ground, allowing only three shots against. Indy is currently in second place in the NASL standings with 15 points, but Carolina trails by just one point. With a win, the RailHawks will end ahead of Indy in the NASL Spring Season.

This will be the seventh meeting between the RailHawks and Indy Eleven with the record evenly split at 2W-2D-2L. Carolina's last encounter with Indy (October 30, 2015) resulted in a 3-1 win at home with goals from Nacho Novo, Tiyi Shipalane and Alex Pérez.

The team returns home on Wednesday, June 15 to host Major League Soccer's New England Revolution in the fourth round of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup. The RailHawks' first match of the NASL Fall Season is July 2 at Minnesota United FC at 7:30pm.

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