The Carolina RailHawks (1-0-1) defetated the Charleston Battery (0-1-2) in their home opener on Saturday April 26th  at WakeMed Soccer Park 1-0 with a goal by Connally Edozien in the 32nd minute. The RailHawks held their own throughout the game and even found themselves one man up when Charleston’s John Wilson was ejected in the 60th minute for a bad tackle on Martin Nuñez. The event was presented by WakeMed and culminated in a spectacular fireworks display to celebrate the 2008 home opener.

Next the Carolina RailHawks travel to Florida to face Miami FC on Sunday May 4th at 6:00 PM. The match will be broadcast live on www.usllive.com. Fans are encouraged to log on and sign up for a season pass to be able to watch all the action of the Carolina RailHawks away games from the comfort of their computers.

The Carolina RailHawks return to WakeMed Soccer park on Saturday May 10th at 7:30 PM as they host the Atlanta Silverbacks. For information on the Carolina RailHawks home gamesand the RailHawks men’s and women’s 2008 schedules, please visit www.carolinarailhawks.com or call the LGFCU Box Office at 919-859-5425.

Carolina RailHawks                         1

Charleston Battery                          0

Goals: Edozien (CAR 32nd Low),

Cautions: Solle (CAR 8th), Williams (CHA 12th), Patterson (CHA 41st), Richardson (CHA 54th), Kupono Low (CAR 60th), Reda (CHA 80th)

Ejections: Wilson (CHA 60th)

Carolina RailHawks: Chris McClellan, Frankie Sanfilippo, Mauricio Segovia, David Stokes, Chris Lemons, Martin Nuñez (Santiago Fusilier 63rd), Kupono Low, Ryan Solle, Steven Curfman, Connally Edozien (Jacob Coggins 79th), Dan Antoniuk (Caleb Norkus 72nd)

Charleston Battery: Dusty Hudick, Tim Velton (Kevin Nylen 67th) , Marco Reda, Nelson Akwari, John Wilson, Chris Williams (Darren Spicer 67th), Osvaldo Alonso, Louis Rolko, Mike Richardson (Jordan Hughes 72nd), Lazo Alavanja (Aaron King 63rd) , Randi Patterson (Lester More 82nd)