TOYOTA FIELD/WEBCAST—When the Carolina RailHawks completed a dramatic comeback victory over Minnesota United FC two weeks ago at WakeMed Soccer Park, that victory plus ensuing circumstances meant Carolina had two games—one at home, one on the road—to earn two points and win the North American Soccer League (NASL) Spring season title. Beat the Atlanta Silverbacks […]
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Lone Ranger cites the classics, but little else
The Lone Ranger Opens Wednesday A scene early in Gore Verbinski’s The Lone Ranger encapsulates everything that’s right and wrong about his take on the masked lawman. In a railcar packed with hymn-singing settlers, there sits a besuited prosecutor, John Reid, reading John Locke’s Two Treatises of Government. Locke’s argument, that civil society exists to […]
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Oklahoma City investment group formally invited to present to NASL Board of Governors on July 25
An investment group representing a potential North American Soccer League (NASL) expansion franchise in Oklahoma City, Okla. has been formally invited to present at the league’s Board of Governors meeting on Thursday, July 25 in Dallas, Texas. According to a source with knowledge of the situation, it is anticipated that the Board will vote following […]
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Monkey Wrench: Atlanta Silverbacks and Carolina RailHawks draw 1-1, setting up Independence Day showdowns for NASL Spring season title
Rob KinnanAustin da Luz fires a near-goal early in the second half of the Carolina RailHawks’ 1-1 draw with the Atlanta Silverbacks at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, NC WAKEMED SOCCER PARK/CARY—For Carolina RailHawks fans, Saturday’s result with the Atlanta Silverbacks brought some good news and some bad news. First, the positives. For the fifth […]
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Cardiac Hawks: Carolina RailHawks scores another comeback victory, 3-2 over Minnesota United FC
Rob KinnanBrian Shriver celebrates his game-winning goal in the Carolina RailHawks 3-2 comeback victory over Minnesota United FC at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, NC WAKEMED SOCCER PARK/CARY—Wow. In four straight NASL games—all in the month of June—the Carolina RailHawks have passed the 80th minute of play trailing their opponent. And the RailHawks have won […]
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Injury bug bites Carolina RailHawks ahead of pivotal NASL and U.S. Open Cup week
Entering the most important week of the 2013 season thus far, the Carolina RailHawks finds themselves a mere point below the top of the North American Soccer League (NASL) table. The reasons for Carolina’s success are multiple, including an unblemished home record, good team chemistry and savvy midseason roster additions. All those factors will need […]
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Sofia Coppola films the world she knows in The Bling Ring
The Bling Ring Opens Friday Like Spring Breakers without the moxie (and Scarface allusions), The Bling Ring emulates the vacuousness of the real-life West Hollywood teenage social climbers who made news a few years ago by burglarizing celebrities’ homes and pilfering millions in cash and other wares, including jewelry, Rolex watches, Gucci shoes and Birkin […]
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Interview: NASL Commissioner Bill Peterson talks expansion (NASL and MLS), U.S. Open Cup, and other soccer league issues
NASL.comNASL Commissioner Bill Peterson Although Bill Peterson has visited his native North Carolina a few times since becoming commissioner of the North American Soccer League last November, this past Wednesday was his first time watching the Carolina RailHawks in action this season. Unlike his besuited predecessor, Peterson strikes a more casual pose, roaming WakeMed Soccer […]
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A very strong new kid: Man of Steel delivers the goods with a straight face
Warner Bros.Henry Cavill, on his savior mission MAN OF STEEL Opens today How to make a better Superman movie is the Sphinx’s riddle of superhero cinema. There’s nostalgia for Richard Donner’s soaring but cumbersome 1978 original and Richard Lester’s able but somewhat nutty sequel. Some critics have come around to a fondness for Bryan Singer’s […]
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Got your goat: Carolina RailHawks outlasts Chivas USA 3-1 to advance to quarterfinals of U.S. Open Cup
WAKEMED SOCCER PARK/CARY—Two weeks ago, history repeated itself when, for the second straight year, the Carolina RailHawks ousted the LA Galaxy in the third round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and advanced to host C.D. Chivas USA. For about 90-plus minutes Wednesday night in Cary, it looked as though history might repeat itself […]