2015 Wilmington Hammerheads FC season

The 2015 Wilmington Hammerheads season was the club's nineteenth season of competitive soccer, and their fifth consecutive season since their one-year hiatus in 2010.

Wilmington Hammerheads FC
2015 season
ManagerCarson Porter
StadiumLegion Stadium
Top goalscorerLeague: Nick Zimmerman (3)
All: Nick Zimmerman (5)
Highest home attendance4,265
(July 1 vs. Saint Louis)
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 1,789
(Mar. 28 vs. Richmond)
All: 600
(May 20 vs. Chattanooga)
Average home league attendanceLeague: 2,829
All: 2,581
← 2014

Non-competitive

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Pre-season

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March 11, 2015 Friendly Wilmington Hammerheads FC   0–4   Seoul E-Land Cary, North Carolina
14:00 ET ?   25'
?   35'
?   ?'
?   82'
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park

Competitions

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USL Pro

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Table

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Eastern Conference
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
8 Harrisburg City Islanders 28 11 6 11 49 53 −4 39
9 Saint Louis FC 28 8 9 11 30 40 −10 33
10 FC Montreal 28 8 4 16 32 46 −14 28
11 Toronto FC II 28 6 5 17 26 52 −26 23
12 Wilmington Hammerheads 28 3 10 15 22 42 −20 19
Source: 2015 USL schedule
Rules for classification: 1) head-to-head; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
27 3 9 15 20 40  −20 18 1 7 5 12 19  −7 2 2 10 8 21  −13

Last updated: September 12, 2015.
Source: USL Pro

Results by matchday

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Updated to match(es) played on September 12, 2015. Source: MLS
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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April 10, 2015 3 Richmond Kickers 3–0 Wilmington Hammerheads Richmond, Virginia
Yeisley   4', 25'
Asante   52'
Garner   90'
Report Campbell   41'
Ackley   60'
Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 1,632
April 26, 2015 5 Wilmington Hammerheads FC 1–2 Charleston Battery Wilmington, North Carolina
3:00 p.m. Peters   21'
Fairclough   60'
Report
Report
Prince   24',   70'
Chang   28'
vanSchaik   49'
Kelly   86'
Stadium: Legion Stadium
Attendance: 2,985
Referee: Chris Spivey
May 2, 2015 6 Wilmington Hammerheads FC 0–4 Harrisburg City Islanders Wilmington, North Carolina
Tommy McMamara   67' Summary Tribbett   30'   69'
Jankouskas   58'
Plumhoff   88'
Stadium: Legion Stadium
Attendance: 2,526
Referee:   Mark Gorak
May 9, 2015 7 Saint Louis FC 1–0 Wilmington Hammerheads FC Fenton, Missouri
Musa   73'
Fink   81'
Summary Fairclough   60' Stadium: St. Louis Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,096
Referee:   Andrew Musashe
May 12, 2015 8 Louisville City FC 3–0 Wilmington Hammerheads FC Louisville, Kentucky
Rasmussen   16'
Quinn   40'
Shanosky   43'
Burke   51'
Report Fairclough   26'
Parratt   45+'
Arnoux   68'   88'
Heaney   73'
Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field
Attendance: 4,911
Referee: Joshua Brooks
May 16, 2015 9 Wilmington Hammerheads FC 1–1 Rochester Rhinos Wilmington, North Carolina
Fairclough   90+' Report Rolfe   70'
Dos Santos   90'
Stadium: Legion Stadium
Attendance: 2,781
Referee: Doug Hartemann
May 30, 2015 10 Charleston Battery 1–0 Wilmington Hammerheads FC Charleston, South Carolina
Portillo   18' (pen.)
Ferguson   82'
Report Wheeler   18'   37'
Jane   52'
Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium
Attendance: 5,455
Referee: Alex Zhelyazkov
June 6, 2015 11 Wilmington Hammerheads FC 1–1 Charleston Battery Wilmington, North Carolina
Martínez   44'
Ackley   61'
Jane   69'
Report Kelly   26'
vanSchaik   45'
Chang   58'
Fairclough   85' (o.g.)
Cooper   90'
Stadium: Legion Stadium
Attendance: 3,182
Referee: Jeremy Smith
June 13, 2015 12 Wilmington Hammerheads FC 0–1 New York Red Bulls II Wilmington, North Carolina
Arnoux   80'
Anunga   87'
Jackson   90'
Report Tsonis   72'
Etienne   90'
Stadium: Legion Stadium
Attendance: 2,622
Referee: Dustin Thorne
June 20, 2015 13 Richmond Kickers 0-0 Wilmington Hammerheads FC Richmond, Virginia
19:00 Report Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 2,908
Referee: Matthew Franz
June 25, 2015 14 FC Montreal 1–2 Wilmington Hammerheads FC Montreal, Quebec
19:30 Riggi   45'
Gagnon-Laparé   49'
N'Diaye   50'
Joly   83'
Summary Parratt   36'
Ackley   42'
Nicholson   77'
Campbell   88'
Heaney   90'
Stadium: Stade Saputo
Attendance: 241
Referee:   Pierre-Luc Lauziere
June 27, 2015 15 Toronto FC II 1–0 Wilmington Hammerheads FC Toronto, Ontario
19:00 Hamilton   45+2',   71' Summary Cole   14' Stadium: BMO Field
Attendance: 50
Referee:   Marie-Soleil
July 1, 2015 16 Wilmington Hammerheads FC 0–0 Saint Louis FC Wilmington, North Carolina
19:00 Martinez   12' Report Stadium: Legion Stadium
Attendance: 4,265
Referee: Mark Gorak
July 4, 2015 17 Harrisburg City Islanders 1–0 Wilmington Hammerheads FC Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
19:00 Leverock   18'
Vallès   81'
Benbow   82'
Report Ackley   18' Stadium: Skyline Sports Complex
Attendance: 2,281
Referee: Jaroslaw Werel
July 18, 2015 18 Charleston Battery 1-0 Wilmington Hammerheads FC Charleston, South Carolina
10:00 Kelly   17'
Chang   70'
Prince   84'
Summary Parratt   8'
Ackley   62'
Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium
Attendance: 3,156
Referee:   Esteban Rosano
25 July 2015 19 Wilmington Hammerheads FC 1-3 Louisville City FC Wilmington, North Carolina
19:00 Ackley   23'   87'
Parratt   45'
Summary Montano   17'
Fondy   45'
Shanosky   51'
Adams   56'
Guzman   87'
Stadium: Legion Stadium
Attendance: 3,373
Referee:   Russell Davis
August 1, 2015 20 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 3-0 Wilmington Hammerheads FC Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
19:00 Vincent   20', 85', 90'
Brown   87'
Summary Godelman   22' Stadium: Highmark Stadium
Attendance: 2,807
Referee:   Darth Newman
August 8, 2015 21 Wilmington Hammerheads FC 4-2 New York Red Bulls II Wilmington, North Carolina
19:00 Defregger   16', 35'
Lawal   32',   45+1'
Ackley   61' (pen.)
Summary Obekop   31'
McLaws   42'
Thomas   62'
Plewa   62'   84'
Tsonis   80',   89'
Stadium: Legion Stadium
Attendance: 3,875
Referee:   Matthew Jozaitis
August 15, 2015 22 Rochester Rhinos 2-1 Wilmington Hammerheads FC Rochester, New York, New York
18:05 Mendoza   19'
Forbes   26'
Apostolopoulos   33'
Van De Casteele   81'
Summary Moose   59'
Cole   60'
Ackley   82'
Heaney   88'
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 4,842
Referee:   Tori Penso
August 22, 2015 23 Wilmington Hammerheads FC 0-0 FC Montreal Wilmington, North Carolina
18:00 Parratt   68'
Nicholson   68'
Summary Sukunda   90' Stadium: Legion Stadium
Attendance: 3,225
Referee:   David Erbacher
August 29, 2015 24 New York Red Bulls II 2-0 Wilmington Hammerheads FC Harrison, New Jersey
16:00 Sanchez   22'
Obekop   29'
Summary Bone   61'
Wheeler   88'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 942
Referee:   Matthew Mercier
September 3, 2015 25 Wilmington Hammerheads FC 0-1 Charlotte Independence Wilmington, North Carolina
18:00 Parratt   90' Summary Calvert   34'
Duckett   37'   73'
Stadium: Legion Stadium
Attendance: 2,470
Referee:   Russell Davis
September 5, 2015 26 Charlotte Independence 2 - 2 Wilmington Hammerheads FC Charlotte, North Carolina
18:00 Slogic   22'
DelPiccolo   31'
Martínez   72'
Herrera   90' (pen.)
Summary Wheeler   30'
Fran Martínez   35'
Jane   66'
Defregger   73'
Lawal   82'   83'
Bone   90'
Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex
Attendance: 2,013
Referee:   Doug Hartemann
September 12, 2015 27 Wilmington Hammerheads FC 1 - 1 Pittsburgh Riverhounds Wilmington, North Carolina
18:05 Campbell   15'
Ackley   39'
Cole   57'
Summary Flunder   53'
Kerr   67'
Vini Dantas   70'
Stadium: Legion Stadium
Attendance: 2,617
Referee:   Dustin Thorne

U.S. Open Cup

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May 20, 2015 Second round Wilmington Hammerheads   1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–5 p)
  Chattanooga FC Wilmington, North Carolina
7:00p.m. Zimmerman   35' (pen.) Report Ochieng   57' Stadium: Legion Stadium
Attendance: 600
Referee: Chris Spivey
Penalties
Tomaselli  
Defregger  
Arnoux  
Zimmerman  
  Zecca
  Winter
  Kauker
  De Smedt
  Finlay

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total USL Pro Playoffs U.S. Open Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   USA Larry Jackson 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF   SCO Tom Parratt 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF   USA Anthony Peters 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
4 DF   JAM Ashani Fairclough 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF   USA Troy Cole 2 1 2+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
6 FW   USA Brian Ackley 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF   USA Ross Tomaselli 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF   ENG Paul Nicholson 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW   USA Aaron Wheeler 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
10 MF   USA Justin Moose 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
11 FW   LES Sunny Jane 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
12 DF   JAM Andrae Campbell 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF   USA Marc Godelman 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 MF   USA Stefan Defregger 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 FW   USA Cody Arnoux 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 MF   USA Corben Bone 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF   ENG William Heaney 2 1 2+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 GK   USA Matt Glaeser 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 MF   USA Nick Zimmerman 2 1 2+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK   USA Andre Rawls 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Transfers

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No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
US
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
10 MF   Justin Moose 31 US   SJK Free Winter Free wilmingtonhammerheads.com
1 GK   Larry Jackson US   New England Revolution Free Winter Free wilmingtonhammerheads.com
3 DF   Anthony Peters 31 US   C.D. Motagua New Orleans Free Winter Free wilmingtonhammerheads.com
23 MF   Nick Zimmerman 27 US   Carolina RailHawks Free Winter Free wilmingtonhammerheads.com
9 FW   Aaron Wheeler 26 US   Philadelphia Union Free Winter Free wilmingtonhammerheads.com
16 MF   Justin Defregger US   Dartmouth Big Green Free Winter Free wilmingtonhammerheads.com
GK   Andre Rawls US   Saint Mary's Gaels Free Winter Free wilmingtonhammerheads.com

References

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