USL-1 North Carolina FC

RailHawks lose for second time this season

Published on June 12, 2008 under USL First Division (USL-1)
North Carolina FC News Release


Cary, NC (Thursday, June 12th 2008) - The Carolina RailHawks (3-2-4) lost their second match of the season to the Puerto Rico Islanders (2-3-3) 3-0 on Thursday night at Ramon Loubriel Stadium in Bayamon, PR; only two days after defeating the Brooklyn Knights 1-0 in a hard fought match in the first round of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup last Tuesday. Former RailHawks midfielder Jonny Steele recorded two assists as Taiwo Atieno, John Krause and Noah Delgado tallied one goal each. The RailHawks played the last fifteen minutes of the match one man down for the ejection of midfielder Ryan Solle after garnering two cautions in the 17th and 76th minute.

Next the RailHawks continue their road trip in Miami on Saturday, June 14th then on to Rochester on Friday, June 20th and Montreal on Sunday June 22nd. All road matches can be viewed live and on demand on the USL's broadband channel www.USLLive.com. The RailHawks will return home for the second round of the US Open Cup on Tuesday, June 24th against the winner of the Real Maryland - NY Pancyprian Freedom which will take place this Friday. The next regular season home game for the Carolina RailHawks will be on Friday, June 27th as the RailHawks host the Portland Timbers at WakeMed Soccer Park at 8:00 PM and the RailHawks Women host the Hampton Roads Piranhas on Saturday June 28th at 7:30 PM. All Carolina RailHawks Men's and Women's tickets are available at the LGFCU Box Office, by calling 919-859-KICK (5425), or by visiting www.carolinarailhawks.com

BOX:

Carolina RailHawks: 0

Puerto Rico Islanders: 3

Carolina RailHawks: Chris McClellan, Frankie Sanfilippo, David Stokes (Richard Perdomo 80th), Chris Lemons, Martin Nuñez (Phillip Long 66th), Kupono Low, Ryan Solle, Steven Curfman (Santiago Fusilier 36th), Connally Edozien (Jamil Walker 54th), Dan Antoniuk (Jacob Coggins 63rd)

Puerto Rico Islanders: Bill Gaudette, Nigel Henry, Petter Villegas (Josh Hansen 70th), John Krause, Taiwo Atieno (Edson Elcock 70th), Christian Arrieta (Alexis Rivera 87th), Noah Delgado (Sandi Gbandi 80th), Jonny Steele, Kendall Jagdeosingh (Andres Cabrero), Edwin Miranda, Daniel Ojeda

Scoring Summary: Atieno (PRI 14th, Steele), Delgado (PRI 24th), Krause (PRI 62nd Steele)

Cautions: Solle (CAR 17th, 76th), Miranda (PRI 20th), Atieno (PRI 35th)

Ejections: Solle (CAR 76th)

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