RailHawks' Offense Returns To Form In Win Over Tampa Bay

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The Carolina RailHawks earned their first win in eight games, defeating  the Tampa Bay Rowdies, 4-1, at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C., on Saturday night, powered by Nazmi Albadawi’s brace..

Striker Matt Fondy made his first start for Carolina (1W-0D-1L, 3 points) and put the RailHawks on top in the 11th minute, heading Albadawi’s corner kick past Tampa Bay (0-1-1, 1)  goalkeeper Matt Pickens. The Rowdies’ Georgi Hristov equalized from the penalty spot in the 20th, his fifth goal of the year.  Fondy played a role in the RailHawks’ second goal -- a Brian Shriver penalty in the 55th -- when he was tripped up in the penalty area. Albadawi scored his first of the game, from the penalty spot, in the 59th minute; and then a second in the 71st.

Freddy Adu made his 2016 debut for the Rowdies, coming on for Joe Cole in the 72nd.

For more information on the game, head over to carolinarailhawks.com and rowdiessoccer.com.