Triangle Offense’s RailHawks’ player ratings for Sunday night’s draw against the Mexican Olympic National team. Let us know your thoughts… GK Nic Platter – 8: Two saves and several swatted away threats gave him RailHawks’ Man of the Match; only an own goal denied him a clean sheet D Mark Schulte – 5: His failed […]
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Orange crushed — RailHawks fall 1-0 to NSC Minnesota
WAKEMED SOCCER PARK/CARY — Coming into Friday night’s match at the Carolina RailHawks, the NSC Minnesota Stars were already beset by a year’s worth of adversity one week into their inaugural season. Not only did they lose their opening match at Vancouver last Saturday, but they also lost their first-string goalkeeper, Louis Crayton, to an […]
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Carolina RailHawks host NSC Minnesota Stars — match preview
David Fellerath’s phoneNic Platter, seen here shooting the halftime entertainment provided by the North Carolina A&T marching band, hopes to find his rhythm against NSC Minnesota. For the second straight week, the Carolina RailHawks host a brand spanking new franchise at WakeMed Soccer Park. However, in contrast to the truly embryonic AC St. Louis last […]
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RailHawks exploit Anelka disadvantage, defeat AC St. Louis 2-0
Etienne Barbara WAKEMED SOCCER PARK/CARY — Two malfunctions occurred even before kickoff of the 2010 USSF D2 league opener between the Carolina RailHawks and the nascent AC St. Louis. The first was a blown fuse that caused the park’s scoreboard to remain dark the entire match, which was played before a crowd of 2,013. (Thank […]
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Paladini: “We’re going to beat them.” Carolina RailHawks host home opener versus AC St. Louis — match preview
D.L. AndersonRailHawks captain Mark Schulte (left) and fellow center back Matt Bobo While the Carolina RailHawks will be playing their regular season opener this Saturday at WakeMed Soccer Park, their opposition, AC St. Louis, will be debuting a franchise. An expansion team in the newly (re)formed North American Soccer League (NASL), playing under the U.S. […]
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Carolina RailHawks stay defensive for 2010 — hoping to become more offensive
WAKEMED SOCCER PARK/CARY—Much ink—and kilobytes—have been spent trumpeting the Carolina RailHawks’ prospects for the 2010 USSF D2 soccer season. Publicly and privately, the team — players and management — exude confidence, hoping to springboard off last season’s regular season runner-up finish to compete for a league championship and possibly advance deep into the U.S. Open […]
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Taking the helm
Deirdre Haj has big plans for the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. But today, little more than two months into her tenure as its newest executive director, she is busy handling first things first. “Someone told me that your first festival happens to you,” says Haj. “But that fits my style of managementyou like to […]
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Scrappy Tar Heels defeat RailHawks 2-0 in preseason friendly
JOHN WILLIAMS ATHLETIC COMPLEX/SOUTHERN PINES — Friday evening’s match between the Carolina RailHawks and the UNC Tar Heels at Pinecrest High School in Southern Pines was the climax to the RailHawks’ three-day Sandhills retreat. Unfortunately, it appeared the RailHawks’ minds were still somewhere along the back-nine of Pinehurst No. 8 as they met defeat by […]
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The erotic thriller Chloe
Chloe opens Friday in select theaters (see “Now Playing” below) Our rating: As a poor man’s Poison Ivy (now there’s an unlikely formulation), Chloe is stock erotica gussied up with a top-shelf cast, name-brand director, soft-focus lighting and contemporary, often translucent set designs. Otherwise, it’s a Skinemax refugee whose art house aspirations cannot compensate for […]
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Another tea party in the offing? Upstart RailHawks prepare for the Revolution
A joint press conference featuring coaches and players for the Carolina RailHawks and Major League Soccer’s New England Revolution was designed to promote the teams’ preseason friendly this Saturday evening, March 20, at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary. However, another continuing revolution again took center stage thanks to one attendee, RailHawks’ President Brian Wellman. Joining […]
