Founder and one of the initial owners of the Carolina RailHawks, Chris Economides has left the club.
According to RailHawks owner Brian Wellman, "the ownership group of Triangle Professional Sports, LLC has purchased the remainder of Chris Economides' ownership stake and Chris will no longer serve as President and GM of the RailHawks. Click to continue reading...

Martin Nuñez has been named one of 3 finalists for the USL-1 rookie of the year honor. Leaving college after his freshman season at Georgia Perimeter College proved to be a wise decision for the diminutive attacking midfielder from Uruguay who shared RailHawks' co-offensive player of the year honors with fellow South American Santiago Fusiler. Click to continue reading...

Just a quick public service announcement...
For the first time in 28 years, North Carolina is in play in this year's presidential election. The latest polls basically have the state as a 50/50 tossup at this point. While I have strong personal opinions about which way I believe this election needs to go, this isn't the place for a political debate. Click to continue reading...

RailHawks midfielder and 2008 season MVP has been named to the USL-1 Team of the Year. Watson, who joined Carolina this season from the USL-2 Richmond Kickers, logged 2136 minutes for the RailHawks in League play and contributed 1 goal and 4 assists. The RailHawks midfielder was named to the 2nd team honor squad
Named to the first team honor roll was former Carolina RailHawks midfielder Jonny Steele, who lead the League in assists this season for Puerto Rico Islanders with 11 "helpers" in 26 matches played. Click to continue reading...

OPERATION: Andy's Gift is a project the Stewart family of the Triangle Area is organizing to provide children in Afghanistan with new soccer balls and equipment. This project started out of a simple request from USAF Captain Andrew Stewart who is serving his third tour in the Middle East. This mission was derived out of Andy's love of sports and the fact that he is a father to two young children. Click to continue reading...

When Sheffield Wednesday and Burnley FC have visited Cary over the last couple of years, our supporters club has hosted their traveling fans for some social events before and after those matches. Fans from both clubs expressed genuine amazement at how friendly we were towards visiting supporters. Click to continue reading...

Real Maryland FC of the USL-2 has named Carolina RailHawks goalkeeper coach David Noyes as their new General Manager.
Noyes brings over twenty five years experience as a professional soccer player and coach to the USL-2 side. He has directed soccer programs ranging from youth camps and clinics to collegiate and professional levels. Click to continue reading...

With the final results of the USL-1 season coming in Sunday night, Carolina is now officially the sole owner of 8th place in the USL-1 table. Atlanta did indeed lose on Sunday night, the result that the RailHawks would have needed to make the playoffs, if only Montreal could have drawn with Minnesota on Saturday, we would have secured a playoff spot. Click to continue reading...

A light but compact crowd gathered at Bull McCabes in Durham on Friday night to watch the USL-1 Carolina RailHawks take on the Charleston Battery. It came as a surprise to some at the bar that such significant emotion could be generated for somthing that they did not heretofore know existed.
Yet, there it was, a handful of grown men screaming with arms raised when Matt Watson pulled the midfield lever that sent Hamed Diallo racing through to goal in the 8th minute. Click to continue reading...

These and other video clips courtesy of USL Live / PlayOn! Sports are also available through iTunes via the RailHawks Underground podcast. Click to continue reading...

The Carolina RailHawks had to win Saturday night in their season finale to have any hope of making the USL-1 playoffs. And just when it looked like a Kupono Low penalty miss and a great performance in goal from Chase Harrison would keep the RailHawks scoreless, Martin Nuñez, who earlier in the evening had been crowned a co-offensive player of the season along with Santiago Fusilier, found the game winner in the 4th minute of stoppage time to give Carolina a 1-0 victory. Click to continue reading...

As Carolina battles for the final playoff spot, TSF will be providing live updates on all the crucial matches via Twitter. You can follow the username "TriSoccerFan" on Twitter.com or simply reload this page for live updates.
Note: Most recent updates are at the top of the list

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In a final flurry of very ruffled feathers, the Cary-based Carolina RailHawks flap into a doubleheader against the Charleston Battery and Portland Timbers in USL-1s final regular season weekend. The stakes are high, as anything less than six points will snare no better than an 8th-place finish for the sophomore Hawks. Click to continue reading...

On Saturday, September 20th, the Carolina RailHawks finish off their 2008 regular season with a match against the Portland Timbers.
Triangle Soccer Fanatics invites everyone (members and non-members) to join us for one final tailgate of the year. Folks are encouraged to bring food or drink to share and join us from 5pm in the grassy area below the art sculpture. Click to continue reading...