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Paladini, Low Named to USL-1 Team of the Week for Week 8

Published Jun 2, 2009

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Carolina RailHawks midfielder Daniel Paladini and defender Kupono Low were named to the USL First Division Team of the Week for Week 8, the USL announced Tuesday.

This is the second straight week both players have been honored.

Paladini scored the game-winning goal in the 89th minute of Friday’s 1-0 win over the Cleveland City Stars at WakeMed Soccer Park. As the game inched toward full time, Paladini hit a 40-yard free kick that deflected off the City Stars’ wall. The deflection threw Cleveland goalkeeper Hunter Gilstrap just off the ball’s path and allowed it to sneak in at the far post. It was the second straight game Paladini scored a late winner. On May 24, he scored in Austin on an 83rd-minute penalty kick.

Low, playing at left back, helped hold the City Stars to five shots, none on goal, and the RailHawks earned their fourth straight shutout and seventh of the season on Friday. Carolina has not allowed a goal in a club record 396 minutes, and Low has been on the field for 319 of them.

The first-place RailHawks (7-2-1, 22 points) return to action with three games in five days next week. They will face the Richmond Kickers on June 9 in the first round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup then return to USL-1 play on June 11 against the Portland Timbers before travelling to Minnesota to meet the Thunder on June 14.

 

USL FIRST DIVISION TEAM OF THE WEEK

 

Pos

Name

Team

Highlights

 

G

Steve Cronin

Portland

Six saves in 2-0 win over Vancouver

 

D

Simon Gatti

Montreal

Led team in 1-0 win at Rochester

 

D

Lyle Adams

Austin

Goal in 3-1 win over Puerto Rico

 

D

Scot Thompson

Portland

Led team in 1-0 win over Vancouver

 

D

Kupono Low

Carolina

Led team in 1-0 win over Cleveland

*

M

Yordany Alvarez

Austin

Two goals, assist in 3-1 win over Puerto Rico

 

M

Daniel Paladini

Carolina

Goal in 1-0 win over Cleveland

 

M

Domenic Mediate

Puerto Rico

Goal in 2-1 win at Minnesota

 

M

Kenji Treschuk

Charleston

Goal in 2-0 win over Cleveland

 

F

Roberto Brown

Montreal

Goal in 1-0 win at Rochester

 

F

George Josten

Portland

Goal in 2-0 win over Vancouver

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