# 2015 Carolina RailHawks FC season

The 2015 Carolina RailHawks season was the club's ninth season of existence, and their fifth consecutive season in North American Soccer League, the second division of the American soccer pyramid.
The season followed the Spring / Fall format adopted by the NASL in 2013 with the Spring season starting on April 4 and lasting for 10 games until June 13, while the Fall season began on July 4 and ended on October 30. There was a four-team postseason format, including the champions of the Spring and Fall seasons, with the 2 other teams with the best records joining them.

## Club
### Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of October 15, 2015.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Nation |
| 1 | GK | Hunter Gilstrap | United States |
| 2 | DF | Daniel Scott | United States |
| 3 | DF | Kupono Low (Captain) | Puerto Rico |
| 4 | MF | Neil Hlavaty | United States |
| 5 | MF | Nazmi Albadawi | United States |
| 6 | MF | Austin da Luz | United States |
| 7 | FW | Simone Bracalello | Italy |
| 8 | DF | Alex Pérez | Spain |
| 9 | FW | Wells Thompson | United States |
| 10 | FW | Nacho Novo | Spain |
| 11 | MF | Ty Shipalane | South Africa |
| 12 | GK | Akira Fitzgerald | United States |
| 13 | DF | Connor Tobin | United States |
| 14 | MF | Leo Osaki | Japan |
| 15 | DF | Austen King | United States |
| 16 | FW | Dzenan Catic | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 17 | MF | Chris Nurse | Guyana |
| 18 | MF | Jack Coleman | United States |
| 19 | DF | Blake Wagner | United States |
| 20 | MF | Mark Anderson | England |
| 21 | FW | Tyler Engel | United States |
| 22 | MF | Jamie Dell | United States |
| 24 | FW | Bradlee Baladez | United States |
| 28 | FW | Daniel Jackson | United States |
| 31 | DF | Steven Miller | United States |
| 36 | MF | Gabriel | Brazil |
| 39 | FW | Mamadee Nyepon | United States |
| 98 | DF | Futty Danso | Gambia |

#### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of October 15, 2015.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Nation |
| 92 | GK | Brian Sylvestre (at Philadelphia Union) | United States |

### Transfers
#### Winter

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | USA | Hunter Gilstrap (from Pittsburgh Riverhounds) |
| 4 | MF | USA | Neil Hlavaty (from Edmonton) |
| 7 | FW | ITA | Simone Bracalello (from Minnesota United) |
| 9 | FW | USA | Wells Thompson (from Charlotte Eagles) |
| 12 | GK | USA | Akira Fitzgerald (loan from New York City) |
| 16 | FW | BIH | Dzenan Catic (loan from Philadelphia Union) |
| 17 | MF | GUY | Chris Nurse (from Fort Lauderdale Strikers) |
| 18 | MF | USA | Jack Coleman (from Duke Blue Devils) |
| 19 | DF | USA | Blake Wagner (from Tampa Bay Rowdies) |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Mark Anderson (from Fort Lauderdale Strikers) |
| 21 | FW | USA | Tyler Engel (from Chicago Fire U23) |
| 24 | FW | USA | Bradlee Baladez (from Arizona United) |
| 42 | GK | USA | Brian Sylvestre (from Harrisburg City Islanders) |
| 98 | DF | GAM | Futty Danso (from Montreal Impact) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | USA | Gabe Latigue |
| 9 | FW | USA | Zack Schilawski |
| 10 | MF | URU | Enzo Martínez (to Charlotte Independence) |
| 12 | GK | USA | Scott Goodwin (to Louisville City) |
| 13 | DF | TRI | Uriah Bentick (to Central) |
| 14 | DF | USA | Jordan Graye (to Fort Lauderdale Strikers) |
| 18 | FW | USA | Aaron King (to Colorado Springs Switchbacks) |
| 23 | MF | USA | Nick Zimmerman (to Wilmington Hammerheads) |
| 25 | MF | USA | Jordan Burt (to Colorado Springs Switchbacks) |
| 27 | MF | JPN | Jun Marques Davidson (to Siam Navy) |
| 90 | MF | USA | Danny Barrera (to Sacramento Republic) |

#### Summer

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | DF | ESP | Álex Pérez (from Getafe) |
| 12 | GK | USA | Akira Fitzgerald (from New York City, previously on loan) |
| 31 | DF | USA | Steven Miller (loan from Tulsa Roughnecks) |
| 36 | MF | BRA | Gabriel (from Bistra) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | DF | USA | Wes Knight (Retired) |
| 42 | GK | USA | Brian Sylvestre (loan to Philadelphia Union) |

## Competitions
### NASL Spring Season

The Spring season will last for 10 games beginning on April 4 and ending on June 6. The schedule will feature a single round robin format with each team playing every other team in the league a single time.

#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | New York Cosmos (S) | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 20 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 19 | |
| 3 | Carolina RailHawks | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 14 | |
| 4 | Minnesota United | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 14 | |
| 5 | Indy Eleven | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 13 | |
| 6 | Jacksonville Armada | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 18 | −3 | 12 | |
| 7 | San Antonio Scorpions | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 12 | |
| 8 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 11 | |
| 9 | Ottawa Fury | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 11 | |
| 10 | FC Edmonton | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 22 | −6 | 9 | |
| 11 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 8 | |

#### Results

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: May 26, 2015. Source: http://www.nasl.com/standings

##### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Stadium | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | D | L | D | D | L | D | W | W | D |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 |

#### Match reports
### NASL Fall Season

The Fall season will last for 10 games beginning on July 4 and ending on October 30. The schedule will feature a double round robin format with each team playing every other team in the league twice, one at home and one on the road. The winner of the Fall season will qualify for the Soccer Bowl playoffs.

#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ottawa Fury (F) | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 15 | +22 | 45 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Minnesota United | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 39 | |
| 3 | New York Cosmos | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 21 | +10 | 36 | |
| 4 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 30 | |
| 5 | FC Edmonton | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 24 | +1 | 26 | |
| 6 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 25 | |
| 7 | Carolina RailHawks | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 29 | 39 | −10 | 21 | |
| 8 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 28 | −10 | 20 | |
| 9 | Indy Eleven | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 20 | |
| 10 | San Antonio Scorpions | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 19 | |
| 11 | Jacksonville Armada | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 31 | −13 | 19 | |

#### Results

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 30 October 2015. Source:

##### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| Stadium | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | D | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | W |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 7 |

#### Match reports
### U.S. Open Cup

The RailHawks will compete in the 2015 edition of the Open Cup.

## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 17 October 2015

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | NASL Spring Season | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | NASL Fall Season | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | USA | Hunter Gilstrap | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | USA | Daniel Scott | 16 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 8+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | PUR | Kupono Low | 22 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | USA | Neil Hlavaty | 29 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | USA | Nazmi Albadawi | 25 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 16+1 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | USA | Austin da Luz | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ITA | Simone Bracalello | 13 | 2 | 1+2 | 1 | 4+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | ESP | Álex Pérez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | USA | Wells Thompson | 15 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Nacho Novo | 24 | 10 | 7+1 | 4 | 12+3 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | RSA | Ty Shipalane | 27 | 6 | 9+1 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | USA | Akira Fitzgerald | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | USA | Connor Tobin | 28 | 2 | 9+1 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Leo Osaki | 13 | 1 | 8+1 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | USA | Austen King | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | BIH | Dzenan Catic | 9 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | GUY | Chris Nurse | 15 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | USA | Jack Coleman | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | USA | Blake Wagner | 23 | 2 | 8+2 | 2 | 9+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Mark Anderson | 15 | 2 | 7+2 | 1 | 3+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | USA | Tyler Engel | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | USA | Jamie Dell | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | USA | Bradlee Baladez | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | USA | Daniel Jackson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | USA | Steven Miller | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | BRA | Gabriel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | USA | Mamadee Nyepon | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | GK | USA | Brian Sylvestre | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 98 | DF | GAM | Futty Danso | 18 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 | 10+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Carolina RailHawks who left the club during the season: ||||||||||||
| 8 | DF | USA | Wes Knight | 17 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | U.S. Open Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 10 | Nacho Novo | 4 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | MF | | 11 | Ty Shipalane | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | MF | | 5 | Nazmi Albadawi | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | MF | | 4 | Neil Hlavaty | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | DF | | 19 | Blake Wagner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | | 6 | Austin da Luz | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | | 7 | Simone Bracalello | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | | 13 | Connor Tobin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | | 20 | Mark Anderson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | | 14 | Leo Osaki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | 2 | Daniel Scott | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | 98 | Futty Danso | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | | 21 | Tyler Engel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | | | | Own goal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 15 | 26 | 0 | 41 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | NASL Spring Season | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | NASL Fall Season | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Hunter Gilstrap | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Daniel Scott | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | DF | Kupono Low | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Neil Hlavaty | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Nazmi Albadawi | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Austin da Luz | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Álex Pérez | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Wells Thompson | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | Nacho Novo | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 12 | GK | Akira Fitzgerald | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Connor Tobin | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Leo Osaki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Chris Nurse | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Blake Wagner | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Mark Anderson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Tyler Engel | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Jamie Dell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Steven Miller | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | Gabriel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 98 | DF | Futty Danso | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 17 | 1 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 57 | 7 |