2017 North Carolina FC season
# 2017 North Carolina FC season

The 2017 North Carolina FC season was the club's 11th season of existence, and their first season rebranded as North Carolina FC. The club was previously known as the Carolina RailHawks. North Carolina FC finished the 2017 NASL Season in 3rd place in the combined standings earning a spot in the 2017 Soccer Bowl, where they lost 1–0 to the San Francisco Deltas. After the conclusion of the season on November 16, 2017, North Carolina FC announced it would be leaving the NASL effective immediately, and would be joining the USL for the 2018 season.

## Roster

    As of match played November 5, 2017

| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Macklin Robinson | GK | (1994-04-02) April 2, 1994 (age 29) | | 2016 | 7 | 0 |
| 92 | Brian Sylvestre | GK | (1992-12-19) December 19, 1992 (age 30) | Harrisburg City Islanders | 2015 | 52 | 0 |
| 98 | Matias Reynares | GK | (1998-10-25) October 25, 1998 (age 24) | | 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Paul Black | DF | (1990-01-18) January 18, 1990 (age 33) | Atlanta Silverbacks | 2016 | 53 | 0 |
| 4 | James Marcelin | DF | (1986-06-13) June 13, 1986 (age 37) | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 2016 | 49 | 3 |
| 12 | Kareem Moses | DF | (1990-02-11) February 11, 1990 (age 33) | FC Edmonton | 2016 | 43 | 1 |
| 13 | Connor Tobin | DF | (1987-02-11) February 11, 1987 (age 36) | Minnesota United | 2014 | 118 | 5 |
| 15 | Christian Ibeagha | DF | (1990-01-10) January 10, 1990 (age 33) | Colorado Springs Switchbacks | 2017 | 32 | 2 |
| 22 | Bradley Ruhaak | DF | (1994-09-17) September 17, 1994 (age 28) | Michigan Bucks | 2017 | 7 | 0 |
| 27 | D.J. Taylor | DF | (1997-08-26) August 26, 1997 (age 25) | CD Buñol | 2017 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | Steven Miller | DF | (1989-09-12) September 12, 1989 (age 33) | Tulsa Roughnecks | 2016 | 42 | 6 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | Austin da Luz | MF | (1987-10-09) October 9, 1987 (age 35) | Orlando City | 2014 | 87 | 9 |
| 7 | Lance Laing | MF | (1988-02-28) February 28, 1988 (age 35) | Minnesota United | 2017 | 27 | 9 |
| 8 | Saeed Robinson | MF | (1990-08-08) August 8, 1990 (age 32) | Colorado Springs Switchbacks | 2017 | 9 | 0 |
| 10 | Nazmi Albadawi | MF | (1991-08-24) August 24, 1991 (age 31) | Carolina RailHawks U23 | 2014 | 121 | 21 |
| 11 | Ty Shipalane | MF | (1985-10-05) October 5, 1985 (age 37) | University of Pretoria | 2012 | 168 | 33 |
| 14 | Alex Molano | MF | (1992-04-10) April 10, 1992 (age 31) | Swope Park Rangers | 2017 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | Dre Fortune | MF | (1996-07-03) July 3, 1996 (age 27) | Rochester Rhinos | 2017 | 22 | 3 |
| 18 | Marcel Kandziora | MF | (1990-02-04) February 4, 1990 (age 33) | VfL Osnabrück | 2017 | 15 | 1 |
| 20 | Jonathan Orlando | MF | (1987-08-24) August 24, 1987 (age 35) | Sporting Maryland | 2016 | 19 | 2 |
| 30 | Bolu Akinyode | MF | (1994-05-30) May 30, 1994 (age 29) | Bethlehem Steel | 2017 | 25 | 0 |
| 37 | Danny Barrow | MF | (1995-11-16) November 16, 1995 (age 27) | Jacksonville Armada | 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | José Carranza | MF | (1999-01-18) January 18, 1999 (age 24) | | 2017 | 9 | 2 |
| 99 | Nelson Blanco | MF | (1999-08-17) August 17, 1999 (age 23) | D.C. United Academy | 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Matthew Fondy | FW | (1989-07-28) July 28, 1989 (age 33) | Jacksonville Armada | 2016 | 43 | 13 |
| 17 | Billy Schuler | FW | (1990-04-27) April 27, 1990 (age 33) | Whitecaps 2 | 2016 | 52 | 11 |
| 19 | Jonathan Glenn | FW | (1987-08-27) August 27, 1987 (age 35) | Jacksonville Armada | 2017 | 7 | 1 |
| 26 | Renan Gorne | FW | (1996-02-22) February 22, 1996 (age 27) | loan from Botafogo | 2017 | 13 | 6 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 21 | Brian Shriver | FW | (1987-08-05) August 5, 1987 (age 35) | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 2016 | 26 | 7 |

## 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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 7 | MF | JAM | Lance Laing (from Minnesota United) |
| 8 | MF | JAM | Saeed Robinson (from Colorado Springs Switchbacks) |
| 14 | MF | USA | Alex Molano (from Swope Park Rangers) |
| 15 | DF | USA | Christian Ibeagha (from Colorado Springs Switchbacks) |
| 16 | MF | TRI | Dre Fortune (from Rochester Rhinos) |
| 18 | MF | GER | Marcel Kandziora (from VfL Osnabrück) |
| 30 | MF | NGA | Bolu Akinyode (from Bethlehem Steel) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | PUR | Kupono Low |
| 4 | DF | USA | Drew Beckie (to Jacksonville Armada) |
| 5 | DF | USA | Michael Daly (to OKC Energy) |
| 7 | MF | GUA | Marvin Ceballos (to Antigua GFC) |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Matt Watson (to Phoenix Rising) |
| 9 | FW | USA | Aly Hassan (to San Antonio) |
| 23 | MF | USA | Nick Taitague |
| 24 | DF | USA | Jeremy Kelly (return to North Carolina Tar Heels) |
| 27 | DF | ENG | Simon Mensing (to Airdrieonians) |
| 50 | GK | USA | Akira Fitzgerald (to Tampa Bay Rowdies) |
| 99 | FW | MEX | Omar Bravo (to Phoenix Rising) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 19 | FW | TRI | Jonathan Glenn (from Jacksonville Armada FC) |
| 26 | FW | BRA | Renan Gorne (loan from Botafogo) |
| 37 | MF | WAL | Danny Barrow (from Jacksonville Armada FC) |
| 99 | MF | SLV | Nelson Blanco (from D.C. United Academy) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | FW | USA | Brian Shriver (to Jacksonville Armada FC) |

## Competitions

### NASL Spring season

**Standings**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Miami FC (S) | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 11 | +22 | 36 | Playoffs |
| 2 | San Francisco Deltas | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 20 | −3 | 26 | |
| 3 | New York Cosmos | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 21 | +1 | 24 | |
| 4 | Jacksonville Armada | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 24 | |
| 5 | North Carolina FC | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 21 | |
| 6 | Indy Eleven | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 20 | |
| 7 | FC Edmonton | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 21 | −10 | 13 | |
| 8 | Puerto Rico FC | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 9 | |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: July 15, 2017. Source: Match reports

**Results by round**

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

### NASL Fall season

**Standings**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Miami FC (F) | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 17 | +11 | 33 | Playoffs |
| 2 | San Francisco Deltas | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 15 | +9 | 28 | |
| 3 | North Carolina FC | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 25 | 15 | +10 | 24 | |
| 4 | New York Cosmos | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 21 | |
| 5 | Jacksonville Armada | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 19 | |
| 6 | Puerto Rico FC | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 23 | −10 | 16 | |
| 7 | FC Edmonton | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 21 | −7 | 14 | |
| 8 | Indy Eleven | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 34 | −16 | 13 | |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: October 29, 2017. Source: Match reports

**Results by round**

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

### The Championship

**Bracket**

| Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Championship | Championship |
| - | - | - | - |
| November 5 – Riccardo Silva Stadium | November 5 – Riccardo Silva Stadium |
| #1 Miami FC | 0(5) |
| #1 Miami FC | 0(5) | November 12 – Kezar Stadium | November 12 – Kezar Stadium |
| #4 New York Cosmos (pen.) | 0(6) | November 12 – Kezar Stadium | November 12 – Kezar Stadium |
| #4 New York Cosmos (pen.) | 0(6) | #2 San Francisco Deltas | 2 |
| November 5 – Kezar Stadium | November 5 – Kezar Stadium | | #2 San Francisco Deltas | 2 |
| November 5 – Kezar Stadium | November 5 – Kezar Stadium | #4 New York Cosmos | 0 |
| #2 San Francisco Deltas | 1 | #4 New York Cosmos | 0 |
| #3 North Carolina FC | 0 | | |

## Squad statistics

    As of Match played November 5, 2017

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | NASL Spring Season | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | NASL Fall Season | NASL Playoff | NASL Playoff | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | USA | Macklin Robinson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Paul Black | 30 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | HAI | James Marcelin | 28 | 2 | 12+1 | 1 | 9+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | USA | Austin da Luz | 29 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | JAM | Lance Laing | 27 | 9 | 13+1 | 6 | 7+3 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | JAM | Saeed Robinson | 9 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | USA | Matthew Fondy | 23 | 6 | 13+2 | 4 | 2+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | USA | Nazmi Albadawi | 36 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 15+1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | RSA | Ty Shipalane | 24 | 4 | 8+3 | 3 | 5+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | TRI | Kareem Moses | 20 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | USA | Connor Tobin | 34 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | USA | Alex Molano | 5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | USA | Christian Ibeagha | 32 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | TRI | Dre Fortune | 22 | 3 | 1+4 | 1 | 13+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | USA | Billy Schuler | 20 | 8 | 5+6 | 4 | 2+4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 2 |
| 18 | MF | GER | Marcel Kandziora | 15 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 8+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | TRI | Jonathan Glenn | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | USA | Jonathan Orlando | 6 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | USA | Bradley Ruhaak | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | BRA | Renan Gorne | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11+1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | USA | D.J. Taylor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | NGA | Bolu Akinyode | 25 | 0 | 5+7 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | USA | Steven Miller | 27 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 37 | MF | WAL | Danny Barrow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | USA | Jose Carranza | 9 | 2 | 2+3 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | GK | USA | Brian Sylvestre | 31 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||||
| Players who left North Carolina during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 21 | FW | USA | Brian Shriver | 11 | 1 | 3+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | NASL Playoff | U.S. Open Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | MF | | 7 | Lance Laing | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | FW | | 17 | Billy Schuler | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | FW | | 9 | Matthew Fondy | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | MF | | 10 | Nazmi Albadawi | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | | 19 | Renan Gorne | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | DF | | 31 | Steven Miller | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | MF | | 11 | Ty Shipalane | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | | 16 | Dre Fortune | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | | 47 | Jose Carranza | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | | 6 | Austin da Luz | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | | 15 | Christian Ibeagha | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | | 4 | James Marcelin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | FW | | 26 | Jonathan Glenn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | | 18 | Marcel Kandziora | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | | 20 | Jonathan Orlando | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | | 21 | Brian Shriver | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | | 13 | Connor Tobin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 21 | 24 | 0 | 12 | 57 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | NASL Spring Season | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | NASL Fall Season | NASL Playoff | NASL Playoff | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | DF | Paul Black | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | James Marcelin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Austin da Luz | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Lance Laing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Nazmi Albadawi | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Ty Shipalane | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Kareem Moses | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Connor Tobin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Alex Molano | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Christian Ibeagha | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Dre Fortune | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Marcel Kandziora | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Renan Gorne | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Steven Miller | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | Danny Barrow | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | José Carranza | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 92 | GK | Brian Sylvestre | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 17 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
