Carolina RailHawks This Memorial Day weekend provides a bounty for soccer-loving Triangle denizens. The U.S. Men’s National Team is in town, training for an exhibition against Spain next weekend and the CONCACAF Gold Cup kicking off the week after that. Manchester United and Barcelona square off in the UEFA Champions League final Saturday afternoon (EDT). […]
Neil Morris
Posted inCulture
Extraordinary Etienne leads Carolina RailHawks past Islanders, 3-0
David FellerathHead coach Martin Rennie wonders if this is “the stuff that dreams are made of” WAKEMED SOCCER PARK / CARY – The world did not come to an end Saturday, but it must have felt like doomsday to the Puerto Rico Islanders. The Carolina RailHawks (6-1-1) continued their supreme early season high, swamping the […]
Posted inCulture
Now playing on a pitch near you…a pretty darn good soccer team
Carolina RailHawksDevon McKenney battles for loose ball during April 9 match versus Puerto Rico The Triangle’s reputation as a soccer hotbed was confirmed Wednesday night when 5,323 enthusiastic, paying fans filed into WakeMed Soccer Park to watch the U.S. Women’s National Team take on Japan in a nationally televised friendly ahead of the 2011 FIFA […]
Posted inCulture
Lost at sea: the new, and perhaps last, Pirates of the Caribbean film
Photo by Peter Mountain/ DisneyJohnny Depp again Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides* *Opens Friday everywhere Early in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Johnny Depp’s Capt. Jack Sparrow must devise an escape from the heart of King George’s court. His throwaway rearrangement of an armchair, a stray napkin tossed on the floor, […]
Posted inFilm & Television
Will Ferrell gets semi-serious in Everything Must Go
Everything Must Go opens Friday in select theaters (see times below) Our rating: The first five minutes of Everything Must Go are very bad for Nick Halsey (Will Ferrell). He gets fired from the company where he’s worked for 16 years, has his car repossessed and returns to his suburban Phoenix, Ariz., home to find […]
Posted inFilm & Television
Morgan Spurlock gets irrelevant in POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold opens May 20 in select theaters Our rating: There’s rich irony behind Morgan Spurlock making a documentary about the virulent infiltration of product placement into movies. Few films, and certainly no documentaries, have benefited more from brand integration than Super Size Me, Spurlock’s ballyhooed doc debut in […]
Posted inCulture
Carolina RailHawks down FC Tampa Bay 3-1, moves atop NASL
Carolina RailHawksEtienne Barbara WEBCAST – The Carolina RailHawks continued their impressive early season form Saturday evening, defeating FC Tampa Bay 3-1 at Al Lang Stadium in Tampa, FL. The teams exchanged scores in the opening stanza. Etienne Barbara netted his fifth goal of the season with a left-footed breakaway in the 20th minute to give […]
Posted inCulture
Carolina Railhawks and NSC Minn Stars amiss in the wind, draw 1-1
Carolina RailHawksEtienne Barbara WEBCAST – In the Carolina RailHawks first road match this season, it was Aeolus who made the best case for Man/God of the Match, as the blustery skies over Blaine, Minn., figured strongly in the RailHawks 1-1 draw with the NSC Minnesota Stars. A steady north current wreaked havoc with the strategy […]
Posted inCulture
Interview: NASL commissioner David Downs talks RailHawks, American soccer, and promotion/relegation
AP ImagesNASL commissioner David Downs David Downs’ life in soccer massively predates the league he now serves as commissioner. Born in the Netherlands to an American father and Dutch mother, Downs’ early exposure to football stayed with him after his family moved to America. Downs would go on to play soccer at Amherst College and […]
Posted inCulture
Carolina RailHawks thaw FC Edmonton 2-0
WAKEMED SOCCER PARK / CARY – Reality caught up with upstart FC Edmonton Wednesday night at WakeMed Soccer Park. The fledgling franchise had christened their inaugural NASL season with wins at Ft. Lauderdale and Atlanta. Tonight, however, the Carolina RailHawks (2-1-0) put together a workmanlike 2-0 victory over FC Edmonton (2-1-0) in front of visiting […]