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Cary,
NC (Wednesday, May 28th, 2008) – The Carolina RailHawks edged the
2007 USL-1 Champion Seattle Sounders 2-1 on Wednesday night in a match that saw
all of the scoring happen in the first half and the RailHawks defeat the
Sounders for the first time in franchise history. RailHawks forward Connally
Edozien opened the dances early in the 9th minute after receiving a
ball from Martin Nuñez and flicking it in over Seattle goalkeeper Chris
Eylander to find the back of the net. The sounders tied it up in the 14th
minute with a penalty kick taken by Sebastien LeToux only to see one of their
own, Sounders defender Noah Merl, score an own goal at the end of the first
half in the 45th minute.
“Sometimes
you deserve to be lucky,” said RailHawks head coach Scott Schweitzer. “We did
all the right things tonight knowing when to press hard and knowing that other
teams can make mistakes. It was the fruit of all our hard work finally paying
off.”
The
RailHawks played most of the game one man up as Sounders defender Zach Scott
was ejected for a dangerous play on RailHawks midfielder Kupono Low in the 16th
minute. Ahead 2-1 one at the half and playing 11 against 10, the RailHawks were
able to keep the intensity throughout the second half and control most of the
play. They were finally able to defeat the 2007 USL-1 Champions and earn three important
points that put them in a tie for third place in the USL-1 standings.
The
Carolina RailHawks are on the road this Saturday, May 31st in
Atlanta against the Silverbacks and, like all RailHawks away games, it can be
seen on www.USLLive.com.
Their next home game will be on Tuesday June 10th at WakeMed Soccer
Park at 7:30 PM against the Brooklyn Knights in the first round of the Lamar
Hunt US Open Cup. The Carolina RailHawks Women's next home game will be Friday,
June 6th at 7:30 PM at WakeMed Soccer Park as they host the
Bradenton Athletics. Tickets for these events and all of Carolina RailHawks
Men's and Women's events are available at the LGFCU Box Office, by calling
919-859-KICK or by visiting www.carolinarailhawks.com.
BOX:
RailHawks:
2
Sounders:
1
RailHawks:
Chris McClellan, Frankie Sanfilippo, David Stokes, Mauricio Segovia, Chris
Lemons, Martin Nuñez (Richard Perdomo 90th), Kupono Low, Matt Watson
(Joey Worthen 68th), Steven Curfman (Phillip Long 83rd),
Connally Edozien (Jamil Walker 73rd), Dan Antoniuk (Jacob Coggins 84th)
Sounders:
Chris Eylander, Kevin Sakuda (Jason Cascio 73rd), Noah Merl, Taylor
Graham, Zach Scott, John Fishbaugher, Kenji Treschuk, Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar,
Josh Gardner, Roger Levesque (Andre' Schmid 15th, Craig Tomlinson 83rd),
Sebastien LeToux
Goals:
Edozien (CAR 9th Nuñez), LeToux (SEA 14th PK), Merl (SEA
Own Goal 45th)
Cautions:
Noah Merl (SEA 31st), Alcaraz-Cuellar (SEA 72nd)
Ejections:
Zach Scott (SEA 16th) |
