Cary RailHawks U23's

Football club infobox
clubname = Cary RailHawks U23s


fullname = Cary RailHawks U23s
nickname = RailHawks, Hawks
founded = 2002
ground = WakeMed Soccer Park
capacity = 500
chairman = flagicon|USA Damon Nahas
manager = flagicon|USA Dewan Bader
league = USL Premier Development League
season = 2008
position = 3rd, Southeast Division

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Cary RailHawks U23s are an American soccer team, founded in 2002. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, and plays in the Southeast Division of the Southern Conference against teams from Atlanta, Bradenton, Greensboro, Nashville, Orlando, Panama City and West Palm Beach.

The team began life with the name Raleigh CASL Elite, and was run by the Raleigh-based Capital Area Soccer League (CASL) until 2005. Prior to the beginning of the 2006 season the CASL organization severed its ties. The team was taken over by the Morrisville, North Carolina-based Next Level Academy, and was re-named Raleigh Elite. In March 2007, the Next Level Academy formed a partnership with USL First Division team the Carolina RailHawks, who subsequently became the team's parent professional club, and the team was re-named Cary RailHawks U23s.

The RailHawks play their home matches on Field 2 at WakeMed Soccer Park in the city of Cary, North Carolina, 11 miles west of Raleigh in the area known as The Triangle.

The RailHawks’ roster is typically made up of collegiate students from local area universities such as the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University, North Carolina State University, and Campbell University as well as top-level amateurs from the local area. The RailHawks' chief rivals are the Carolina Dynamo and the Richmond Kickers Future.

2008 Roster

Year-by-year

Competition History

Notable former players

* Blake Camp
* Bart Creasman
* Steven Curfman^
* Santiago Fusilier^
* Michael Harrington
* Justin Hughes
* Aaron King
* Chris Loftus
* Clyde Simms
* Ryan Solle^
* David Stokes^
* Gregory Walters^

^ Players who later were rostered with the parent club Carolina RailHawks in the USL First Division

Coaches

* Damon Nahas 2005-06
* Sean Nahas 2007
* Dewan Bader 2008-date

tadia

* WakeMed Soccer Park (SAS Soccer Park), Cary, North Carolina 2003-date

Average Attendance

*2008: not yet available
*2007: 222
*2006: 140
*2005: 480

External links

* [http://carolinarailhawks.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=66&Itemid=68 Cary RailHawks]
* [http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2007/6188469.html Team Page at USLSoccer.com]
* [http://www.nextlevelacademy.com Next Level Academy]
* [http://www.carolinarailhawks.com Carolina RailHawks website]
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/raleighelite/ Photos tagged 'raleighelite' at Flickr]