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RailHawks' 2015 offseason tracker

RailHawk‘' Tiyiselani Shipalane, center, dribbles with the ball away from defensive pressure from Strikers' Martin Nuñez, left, and Ivan Guerrero during the Carolina RailHawks' season-opening home game against the Ft. Lauderdale Strikers at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary on Saturday, April 19, 2014.
RailHawk‘' Tiyiselani Shipalane, center, dribbles with the ball away from defensive pressure from Strikers' Martin Nuñez, left, and Ivan Guerrero during the Carolina RailHawks' season-opening home game against the Ft. Lauderdale Strikers at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary on Saturday, April 19, 2014. newsobserver.com

We’ve revived the RailHawks offseason tracker. With each new addition or announced re-signing, we’ll update this post along with the team’s projected starting XI if the season started tomorrow (it actually starts April 4).

New additions

  • Hunter Gilstrap, goalkeeper (Pittsburgh Riverhounds, USL Pro)
  • Brian Sylvestre, goalkeeper (Harrisburg City Islanders, USL Pro)
  • Futty Danso, defender (Portland Timers, MLS)
  • Neil Hlavaty, midfielder (FC Edmonton)
  • Mark Anderson, midfielder (Fort Lauderdale)
  • Chris Nurse, midfielder, (For Lauderdale)
  • Wells Thompson, midfielder (Charlotte Eagles, USL Pro)
  • Simone Bracalello, forward (Minnesota United)
  • Blake Wagner, defender (Tampa Bay Rowdies)
  • Wesley Knight, midfielder (San Antonio Scorpions)

Re-signed

  • Conor Tobin, defender
  • Daniel Scott, defender
  • Austen King, defender
  • Kupono Low, defender
  • Nazmi Albadawi, midfielder
  • Tiyi Shipalane, midfielder
  • Leo Osaki, midfielder
  • Austin Da Luz, midfielder
  • Nacho Novo, forward
  • Daniel Jackson, forward

Not returning

  • Akira Fitzgerald, goalkeeper (signed with New York City FC, MLS)
  • Zack Schilawski, forward (retired)
  • Danny Barerra, midfielder (option declined)
  • Gabe Latigue, midfielder (option declined)
  • Aaron King, forward (option declined)
  • Uriah Bentick, defender (option declined)
  • Jordan Burt, defender (option declined)
  • Devon Sandoval, forward (loan from Real Salt Lake, MLS, expired)
  • Enzo Martinez, midfielder (signed with Charlotte Independence, USL Pro)
  • Alex Martinez, midfielder (signed with Charlotte Independence, USL Pro)
  • Scott Goodwin, goalkeeper (signed with Louisville City, USL Pro)
  • Nick Zimmerman, midfielder/forward (signed with Wilmington Hammerheads, USL Pro)

Undetermined

  • Jordan Graye, defender
  • Justin Willis, defender

Projected starting XI as of today

GK: Gilstrap

D: Low, Wagner, Scott, Tobin

M: Shipalane, Hlavaty, Nurse, Da Luz, Anderson

F: Novo

Bench: Sylvestre, Danso, King, Osaki, Albadawi, Knight, Da Luz, Thompson, Jackson, Bracalello

This story was originally published February 6, 2015 at 1:08 PM with the headline "RailHawks' 2015 offseason tracker."

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