USL-1 North Carolina FC

RailHawks lose to Vancouver Whitecaps 3-2

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


Cary, NC (Friday, August 1, 2008) - The Carolina RailHawks lost to the Vancouver Whitecaps 3-2 on Friday night in an exciting high energy match that saw the RailHawks outshoot the Whitecaps 15-8. Santiago Fusilier and Martin Nuñez scored for the RailHawks while Charles Gbeke, Omar Jarun and Eduardo Sebrango scored for the Vancouver side. The match saw the return of RailHawks' Joey Worthen to the pitch after being sidelined with an injury for most of the season. The RailHawks also played with a one man advantage for the whole second half as Vancouver's Takashi Hirano was ejected in the 43rd minute after a studs up tackle on Chad Dombrowski but were not able to capitalize on the many scoring chances.

Next 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.

Vancouver Whitecaps: 3

Carolina RailHawks: 2

Whitecaps: Jay Nolly, Luca Bellisomo, Wesley Charles, Omar Jarun (Mason Trafford 87th), Takashi Hirano, Steve Kindel, Jeff Clarke, Martin Nash, Alfredo Valente (Nick Addlery 74th), Eduardo Sebrango (Jason Jordan 69th), Charles Gbeke (Vicente Arze 46th)

RailHawks: Chris McClellan, Kupono Low, Frankie Sanfilippo, Mauricio Segovia, Chad Dombrowski (Dan Antoniuk 56th), Ryan Solle (Joey Worthen 56th), Matt Watson, Martin Nuñez, Santiago Fusilier (Steven Curfman 772nd), Hamed Diallo (Chris Lemons 78th), Caleb Norkus (Nathan Zuzga 80th)

Scoring Summary: Gbeke (VAN 2nd, Jarun), Jarun (VAN 10th), Fusilier (CAR 18th), Sebrango (VAN 35th, Clarke), Nunnz (CAR 83rd, Worthen)

Cautions: Charles (VAN 13th), Gbeke (VAN 30th), Kindel (VAN 33rd), Sebrango (VAN 61st), Nolly (VAN 88th), Worthen (CAR 90th)

Ejections: Hirano (VAN 43rd)

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