RailHawks Host Vancouver Whitecaps on Friday August 1 at 8:00 PM in "Orange Out" Night
July 31, 2008 - USL First Division (USL-1)
North Carolina FC News Release
Cary, NC (Thursday, July 31, 2008) - The Carolina RailHawks welcome the Vancouver Whitecaps on Friday, August 1 at 8:00 p.m. in the second of four nationally televised matches for the Railhawks. The match is presented by the Local Government Federal Credit Union and the first 1,000 fans will receive a mini soccer ball courtesy of LGFCU. The match will be televised on Fox Soccer Channel and fans are encouraged to help paint WakeMed Stadium in RailHawks colors by wearing orange jerseys and T-shirts as the theme of the evening will be "Orange Out". Tickets ($10, $15 and $20) are still available at the LGFCU Box Office, by calling 919-859-KICK (5425), at all Ticketmaster outlets or by visiting www.carolinarailhawks.com.
"This will be a very hard game," said Railhawks Head Coach Scott Schweitzer. "Vancouver is on a roll with two wins in a row and we will try to take advantage of their tired legs. It will also be a tight game due the knowledge both teams have of each other having already played two matches in less than a month."
The RailHawks are coming off a road trip that saw them tie in 0-0 in Portland and lose 1-0 in Vancouver. They will look to return the favor on Friday night with midfielder Martin Nuñez, forwards Hamed Diallo and Dan Antoniuk and the newest Team of the Week honor recipient Captain Frankie Sanfilippo who are all expected to start the match.
The Vancouver Whitecaps are hot off two wins that put them on the top of the USL-1 tables tied with the Charleston Battery. They are led by Eduardo Sebrango who already scored seven goals this season. This is the third time the RailHawks and the Whitecaps meet this season and fifth overall with a record of 1-1-2. Last year the RailHawks broke the Whitecaps' sixteen-game winning streak in Vancouver with a beautiful goal by RailHawks forward Connally Edozien.
The Carolina RailHawks travel to Puerto Rico on Sunday August 3 to face the Islanders for the third time this season. The match can be seen on www.USLLive.com. The RailHawks return home to host the Montreal Impact on Friday August 8 at 7:30 PM. Tickets for this match and all Carolina RailHawks events are available at the LGFCU Box Office, by calling 919-859-KICK (5425), at all Ticketmaster outlets or by visiting www.carolinarailhawks.com.
NOTES:
Schedule of events
Gates open at 6:30 p.m.
First 1,000 fans receive mini soccer ball courtesy of LGFCU
Kid's inflatables and City-Rock climbing wall for the children
Kids Human Tunnel lines up at 7:45 at the North-West corner of the field
Kick-Off 8:00 p.m.
Orange Out
Continuing in the tradition of many sports franchises the RailHawks are encouraging their fans to wear their RailHawks Orange to the stadium this week. The goal is to paint WakeMed Soccer Park in the colors of the RailHawks.
Head to Head
The RailHawks are 1-1-2 against the Whitecaps. This season they tied 1-1 and lost 1-0 both in Vancouver. Last season RailHawks forward Connally Edozien scored a game winner to break the Whitecaps sixteen-game winning streak.
Team of the Week
RailHawks Captain Frankie Sanfilippo is the 10th RailHawk to make it on the best eleven this season. So far Sanfilippo, midfielders Martin Nuñez (3 times), Santiago Fusilier, Steven Curfman, Kupono Low (twice) and Matt Watson, goalkeeper Chris McClellan (twice), and forwards Hamed Diallo and Dan Antoniuk (twice) have been honored by the USL
TV Time
This is the second RailHawks match to be broadcast nationally on Fox Soccer Channel this season. The RailHawks are 2-2-0 so far when on National television and they won their last contest on FSC 1-0 against the Portland Timbers with a great goal by Martin Nuñez. The next FSC matches are going to be Friday August 15 against Miami FC and Friday September 19 in Charleston against the Battery
USL First Division Stories from July 31, 2008
- Cerritos expected to join the RailHawks this weekend - North Carolina FC
- Sounders acquire prodigy - Seattle Sounders
- Sounders travel to Puerto Rico to face Islanders - Seattle Sounders
- Paulson, Portland to submit application for MLS expansion franchise - Portland Timbers
- Timbers Acquire Bryan Jordan On Loan For Remainder Of 2008 Season - Portland Timbers
- Timbers' Knighton, Knowles Named To First Division Team Of The Week - Portland Timbers
- Miami FC to play Haiti with free admission this Saturday - Fort Lauderdale Strikers
- Sounders receive midfielder Ciaran O'Brien on loan, sign forward Kevin Forrest - Seattle Sounders
- RailHawks Host Vancouver Whitecaps on Friday August 1 at 8:00 PM in "Orange Out" Night - North Carolina FC
- Tigers Trade Impacts âCaps - Vancouver Whitecaps
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