2018 North Carolina FC season

The 2018 North Carolina FC season was the club's 12th season of existence. Until the 2017 season, the club was previously known as the Carolina RailHawks. The 2018 season was the clubs first in the USL, having left the NASL at the end of the 2017 season. For the first time since 2009 and its fourth in club history, North Carolina won the Southern Derby, a fan-based U.S. professional soccer cup competition between North Carolina, Charleston Battery, and Charlotte Independence. North Carolina finished the regular season in 9th place with 47 points, missing out on the playoffs by 2 points to Nashville.

North Carolina
2018 season
OwnerStephen Malik
Head CoachColin Clarke
StadiumSahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Cary, North Carolina
(Capacity: 10,000)
USL9th
Southern DerbyChampions
U.S. Open Cup4th Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Daniel Ríos (20)
All: Daniel Ríos (20)
Highest home attendance9,505
(September 8 vs. Nashville)
Lowest home attendance3,169
(Apr. 7 vs. Indy)
Average home league attendance4,730
Biggest win6–1
(September 21 vs. Atlanta United 2)
Biggest defeat1–4
(May 19 vs. Cincinnati)

Club

Coaching staff
As of March 15, 2018[1]
Position Staff
Head Coach Colin Clarke
Assistant Coach Dewan Bader
Assistant Coach Greg Shields
Assistant Coach Nic Platter
Assistant Coach Michael Milazzo
Head Athletic Trainer Shawn Wilson

Roster
As of October 13, 2018[2]
No. Position Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper Alex Tabakis  Greece
3 Defender Peabo Doue  United States
4 Midfielder Victor Igbekoyi  Nigeria
5 Defender Michael Harrington  United States
6 Midfielder Austin da Luz  United States
7 Forward Donovan Ewolo  Cameroon
8 Midfielder Dre Fortune  Trinidad and Tobago
9 Forward Marios Lomis  Netherlands
10 Midfielder Kyle Bekker  Canada
11 Defender Wuilito Fernandes  Cape Verde
13 Defender Connor Tobin  United States
14 Forward Daniel Ríos (on loan from Guadalajara)  Mexico
15 Midfielder Cameron Steele  United States
16 Midfielder Graham Smith  United States
17 Midfielder Bernhard Luxbacher  Austria
18 Midfielder Marcel Kandziora  Germany
22 Midfielder Ty Shipalane  South Africa
23 Midfielder Zach Steinberger (on loan from Indy Eleven)  United States
27 Defender D.J. Taylor  United States
30 Goalkeeper Austin Guerrero  United States
31 Defender Steven Miller  United States
33 Defender Aaron Guillen  Mexico
99 Midfielder Nelson Blanco  El Salvador

Transfers

Winter

Summer

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Friendlies
February 14 Atlanta United FC–North Carolina FCMarietta, Georgia
Stadium: Atlanta United FC Training Ground
Attendance: Closed-door
Note: Match result not publicized.
February 18 North Carolina FC–UNC WilmingtonCary, North Carolina
Report Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Note: Cancelled due to inclement weather.
February 25 Charlotte Independence0–1North Carolina FCMatthews, North Carolina
13:00 EST Miller Stadium: Sportsplex at Matthews
March 3 NC State University0–2North Carolina FCRaleigh, North Carolina
10:00 EST Miller
Doue 		Stadium: Dail Soccer Stadium
March 10 Charleston Battery0–1 (a.e.t.)North Carolina FCCharleston, South Carolina
11:00 EST Report Ríos Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Note: 45 minutes of extra time played.

USL
Main article: 2018 USL season

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
7 Indy Eleven 34 13 10 11 45 42 +3 49 Conference Playoffs
8 Nashville SC 34 12 13 9 42 31 +11 49
9 North Carolina FC 34 13 8 13 60 50 +10 47
10 Ottawa Fury 34 13 6 15 31 43 −12 45
11 Charlotte Independence 34 10 12 12 44 57 −13 42
Source: 2018 USL standings
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots

Results by round
Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHAAAHAHHHHAHAAHAHHHAAAHHHAAAHHAA
ResultLLLWDDWLWLLWLDWLDDWWDWLDWLDWWLWLLW
Position1314141311119151212141313121213131313101110101010101010810810109
Updated to match(es) played on 6 October 2018. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches
17 March 1North Carolina FC1–3Tampa Bay RowdiesCary, North Carolina
15:30 EDT Danso  17'
Miller  38'		 Report Fernandes  23'
Hristov  41' (pen.)
Blake  90'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,197
Referee: Guido Gonzalez
31 March 2Richmond Kickers2–1North Carolina FCRichmond, Virginia
17:00 EDT Umar  41'
Imura  76' (pen.)
Gonzalez  83'		 Report Ríos  43'
Guillen  76'		 Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 5,032
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
7 April 3North Carolina FC0–1Indy ElevenCary, North Carolina
19:00 EDT Kandziora  36'
Smith  54'
Bekker  78'
Guillen  90+5'		 Report Pasher  15'
Mitchell  37'
Williams  71'
Ouimette  90+5'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 3,169
Referee: Kevin Broadley
14 April 4Charlotte Independence0–2North Carolina FCMatthews, North Carolina
19:00 EDT Martínez  7'
Smith  85'		 Report Ríos  50'
Doue  59'
Fortune  61'
Lomis  86'		 Stadium: Sportsplex at Matthews
Attendance: 2,264
Referee: Matthew Franz
18 April 5Toronto FC II0–0North Carolina FCToronto, Ontario
20:00 EDT Bjornethun  5' Report Kandziora  78' Stadium: BMO Field
Attendance: 50
Referee: Yusri Rudolph
21 April 6Ottawa Fury1–1North Carolina FCOttawa, Ontario
14:00 EDT Bruna  70'
Tabakis  86' (o.g.)		 Report Ríos  35' Stadium: TD Place Stadium
Attendance: 6,137
Referee: Pierre Lauziere
28 April 7North Carolina FC3–0Penn FCCary, North Carolina
19:00 EDT da Luz  29'
Bekker  35'
Ríos  37'
Kandziora  66'
Miller  75'		 Report Eustáquio  40'
Bond  49'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 3,970
Referee: Jonathan Bilinski
19 May 8FC Cincinnati4–1North Carolina FCCincinnati, Ohio
19:30 EDT Albadawi  11', 45'
Smith  30'
Ledesma  62' (pen.)
König  69'  75'		 Report Bekker  65'
Lomis  86'		 Stadium: Nippert Stadium
Attendance: 22,884
Referee: Victor Rivas
25 May 9North Carolina FC4–0Atlanta United 2Cary, North Carolina
19:00 EDT Ewolo  7'
Crain  26' (o.g.)
Bekker  45+1'
Ríos  52'
Lomis  89'		 Report Wheeler-Omiunu  72'
Kendall-Moullin  73'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 3,710
Referee: Lorant Varga
2 June 10North Carolina FC1–2Bethlehem Steel FCCary, North Carolina
19:00 EDT Doue  16'
Tobin  57'
Harrington  67'
da Luz  89'		 Report Najen  25'
Ofeimu  83'
Ngalina  85'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 3,526
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
9 June 11North Carolina FC0–2FC CincinnatiCary, North Carolina
19:00 EDT Report Ledesma  26'
König  37'  52'
Hoyte  72'
McLaughlin  87'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,039
Referee: Mark Allatin
13 June 12North Carolina FC4–2Ottawa Fury FCCary, North Carolina
19:00 EDT Tobin  3'  76'
Ríos  30'
Lomis  43'
Miller  57'
Smith  69'
Bekker  87'		 Report Oliveira  45+2'
Attakora  53'
D.J. Taylor  74' (o.g.)
Obasi  79'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 3,452
Referee: Guido Gonzalez
16 June 13Nashville SC1–0North Carolina FCNashville, Tennessee
19:30 CDT Allen  16'
Mensah  90+4'		 Report da Luz  37'
Miller  90+4'		 Stadium: First Tennessee Park
Attendance: 9,047
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
23 June 14North Carolina FC2–2Louisville City FCCary, North Carolina
19:00 EDT Ríos  30'  87'  46'
Kandziora  90+2'		 Report Craig  39'
Ilić  59'
McCabe  72'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 3,554
Referee: Rosendo Mendoza
30 June 15Richmond Kickers1–3North Carolina FCRichmond, Virginia
19:00 EDT Cordovés  4'
Worra  90+5'		 Report Lee  59' (o.g.)
da Luz  62'
Ewolo  90+5' (pen.)		 Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 5,137
Referee: Eric Tattersall
4 July 16Pittsburgh Riverhounds2–0North Carolina FCPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
19:00 EDT Fortune  75'
Blanco  89'		 Report François  71'
Kerr  71'
Lubahn  84'		 Stadium: Highmark Stadium
Referee: Jon Freemon
7 July 17North Carolina FC1–1Charleston BatteryCary, North Carolina
19:00 EDT Ríos  81'
Guillen  90+5'		 Report Guerra  63'
Woodbine  69'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 3,623
Referee: Javier Santos
14 July 18Bethlehem Steel FC1–1North Carolina FCBethlehem, Pennsylvania
17:00 EDT Kandziora  22'  90+4'
Smith  40'
Fortune  70'		 Report Najem  56'
Chiluya  65'
Holness  83'
Aubrey  90+5'		 Stadium: Goodman Stadium
Attendance: 2,749
Referee: Jonathan Bilinski
21 July 19North Carolina FC3–1Toronto FC IICary, North Carolina
19:00 EDT da Luz  28'
Harrington  54'
Ríos  55' (pen.)
Bekker  61'  74'
Guillen  70'		 Report Hundal  20'
Romeo  54'
Campbell  60'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,626
Referee: Gustavo Solorio
28 July 20North Carolina FC2–1Pittsburgh RiverhoundsCary, North Carolina
19:00 EDT Ríos  24'
Guillen  42'
Fernandes  90+1'		 Report François  57' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 3,896
Referee: Lorant Varga
4 August 21 Southern DerbyNorth Carolina FC0–0Charleston BatteryCary, North Carolina
19:00 EDT Report Guerra  43' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,026
Referee: Bardhyl Pashaj
11 August 22Tampa Bay Rowdies0–2North Carolina FCSt. Petersburg, Florida
19:30 EDT Diakité  13' Report Tobin  6'
da Luz  51'
Kandziora  65' (Miller)
Ríos  78' (Bekker)		 Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 4,876
Referee: Luis Guardia
15 August 23Indy Eleven3–2North Carolina FCIndianapolis, Indiana
19:00 EDT Starikov  7'
Speas  31'
Mitchell  45'
Guerra  90'		 Report Bekker  45+1'
Lomis  77'		 Stadium: Lucas Oil Stadium
Attendance: 9,023
Referee: Rubiel Vazquez
21 August 24New York Red Bulls II2–2North Carolina FCMontclair, New Jersey
19:00 EDT Aguinaga  39'
Stroud  47'
Stauffer  53'  88'
Mines  69'
Cásseres  81'		 Report da Luz  43'
Ríos  46'
Bekker  61'
Tobin  68'
Smith  76'
Ewolo  90'		 Stadium: MSU Soccer Park at Pittser Field
Attendance: 781
Referee: Jose Lara
25 August 25 Southern DerbyNorth Carolina FC6–2Charlotte IndependenceCary, North Carolina
19:00 EDT Steinberger  26', 51'  52'
Fernandes  36'
Miller  36'  49'
da Luz  69'
Ríos  72', 78'		 Report George  24'  32'
Owundi  72'
Areman  85'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,195
Referee: Daniel Gutierrez
1 September 26North Carolina FC0–3Tampa Bay RowdiesCary, North Carolina
19:00 EDT Guillen  61'
Lomis  76'
Tobin  81'
da Luz  90+2'		 Report Guenzatti  23',  43',  56'
Oduro  48'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,102
Referee: Matthew Franz
8 September 27North Carolina FC3–3Nashville SCCary, North Carolina
17:00 EDT Shipalane  18'
Ríos  39'
Steinberger  63'		 Report Allen  51' (pen),  80' (pen)
Kimura  67'
Moloto  82'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 9,505
Referee: Guido Gonzalez Jr.
16 September 28Penn FC0–1North Carolina FCHarrisburg, Pennsylvania
19:00 EDT Shaibu  84' Report Ríos  11'
Ewolo  90+2'		 Stadium: FNB Field
Attendance: 2,205
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
21 September 29Atlanta United 21–6North Carolina FCLawrenceville, Georgia
19:00 EDT Castro  8' Report Ewolo  3',  16',  33',  89'
Bekker  29'
Steinberger  42'
Smith  61'
Igbekoyi  71'		 Stadium: Coolray Field
Attendance: 1,923
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
26 September 30 Southern DerbyCharleston Battery2–0North Carolina FCCharleston, South Carolina
19:00 EDT Mansaray  90+1'
Svantesson  90+4'		 Report Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Attendance: 1,748
Referee: Marcos DeOliveira
29 September 31North Carolina FC3–2Richmond KickersCary, North Carolina
19:00 EDT Bekker  39',  73'
da Luz  61'
Ríos  90+1'		 Report Cordovés  11',  44',  79' 
Agyemang  30'
Boehme  45+1'
Eaton  50'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 8,004
Referee: Kevin Broadley
6 October 32North Carolina FC1–2New York Red Bulls IICary, North Carolina
19:00 EDT Guillen  45+3'
Bekker  52'		 Report Abang  24',  45+6'
Barlow  79'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 8,820
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
9 October 33Louisville City FC2–1North Carolina FCLouisville, Kentucky
19:00 EDT Craig  25'
Lancaster  47',  84'
Jimenez  72'		 Report Ríos  29',  38'
Bekker  61'		 Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field
Attendance: 6,693
Referee: Tim Ford
Note: Match originally scheduled to be played on 24 March but was postponed due to poor pitch conditions
13 October 34 Southern DerbyCharlotte Independence1–3North Carolina FCMatthews, North Carolina
19:00 EDT Herrera  6',  7' Report Ríos  5',  87'
Smith  30'
Igbekoyi  73'
Miller  90+3'		 Stadium: Sportsplex at Matthews
Attendance: 1,486
Referee: Ramy Touchan

U.S. Open Cup
Main article: 2018 U.S. Open Cup
16 May Second RoundNorth Carolina FC 3–0 Lansdowne Bhoys FCCary, North Carolina
19:00 EDT Tobin  1'
Smith  38'
Lomis  44'
Luxbacher  74'
da Luz  78'		 Report Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 1,754
Referee: Gabriel Rivera
22 May Third RoundNorth Carolina FC 4–1 Ocean City Nor'eastersCary, North Carolina
19:00 EDT Lomis  8'
da Luz  26'
Fortune  66'  76'
Ewolo  83'		 Report Uros Ilic  17'  53'
Michael Barrow  58'
Jacob Labovitz  84'		 Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 1,778
Referee: Gustavo Solorio
5 June Fourth RoundD.C. United 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)		 North Carolina FCGermantown, Maryland
19:00 EDT Harkes  25'  80' Report Lomis  83'
Kandziora  109'
Smith  115'		 Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 3,118
Referee: Matthew Franz
Penalties
Asad
Mattocks
Acosta
Harkes
Miranda 		Ríos
Bekker
Lomis
Doue
Tobin

Schedule Source[3]

Squad statistics
As of Match played 6 October 2018

Source: Match reports

Appearances and goals
No. Pos Nat Player TotalUSL Regular SeasonU.S. Open Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Alex Tabakis 33032010
3 DF Peabo Doue 19111+611+10
4 MF Victor Igbekoyi 605+1000
5 DF Michael Harrington 24022+1010
6 MF Austin da Luz 34531431
7 MF Donovan Ewolo 29815+1370+11
8 MF Dre Fortune 1818+7031
9 FW Marios Lomis 2587+15533
10 MF Kyle Bekker 34728+3730
11 FW Wuilito Fernandes 1517+710+10
13 DF Connor Tobin 22219131
14 FW Daniel Ríos 281923+4190+10
15 MF Cameron Steele 10000+10
16 MF Graham Smith 33031020
17 MF Bernhard Luxbacher 710+5021
18 MF Marcel Kandziora 22213+721+10
22 MF Ty Shipalane 2115+15110
23 MF Zach Steinberger 949400
27 DF D.J. Taylor 34030+102+10
30 GK Austin Guerrero 301020
31 DF Steven Miller 31429+1410
33 DF Aaron Guillen 26022+1030
98 DF Futty Danso 110901+10
99 MF Nelson Blanco 400+300+10

Goal scorers
Place Position Nation Number Name USL Regular Season U.S. Open Cup Total
1 FW 14 Daniel Ríos 20 0 20
2 FW 8 Donovan Ewolo 7 1 8
FW 9 Marios Lomis 5 3 8
4 MF 10 Kyle Bekker 7 0 7
5 MF 6 Austin da Luz 5 1 6
6 MF 23 Zach Steinberger 4 0 4
DF 31 Steven Miller 4 0 4
8 DF 13 Connor Tobin 1 1 2
MF 18 Marcel Kandziora 2 0 2
10 DF 3 Peabo Doue 1 0 1
MF 7 Dre Fortune 0 1 1
FW 11 Wuilito Fernandes 1 0 1
FW 17 Bernhard Luxbacher 0 1 1
MF 23 Ty Shipalane 1 0 1
TOTALS 58866

Disciplinary record
Number Nation Position Name USL Regular Season U.S. Open Cup Total
3DFPeabo Doue100010
4 MF Victor Igbekoyi 2 0 0 0 2 0
5 DF Michael Harrington 2 0 0 0 2 0
6 MF Austin da Luz 5 0 1 0 6 0
7 FW Donovan Ewolo 1 0 0 0 1 0
8MFDre Fortune301040
9 FW Marios Lomis 1 0 0 0 1 0
10MFKyle Bekker600060
11 FW Wuilito Fernandes 1 0 0 0 1 0
13 DF Connor Tobin 5 0 0 0 5 0
14 FW Daniel Ríos 1 0 0 0 1 0
16MFGraham Smith602080
18MFMarcel Kandziora501060
23 MF Zach Steinberger 1 0 0 0 1 0
31DFAaron Guillen610061
33DFSteven Miller300030
98DFFutty Danso100010
99 MF Nelson Blanco 1 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 51 1 5 0 56 1

References
  1. "Coaching Staff". North Carolina FC. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  2. "Roster | North Carolina FC". www.northcarolinafc.com. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  3. "2018 Season Schedule". North Carolina FC. North Carolina FC. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
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