Wilmington Hammerheads 2014 Season Discussion

[notthesun]

I figured with Toronto FC partnering with Wilmington for the 2014 season, and us sending players on loan to Wilmington, there'd be enough interest to warrant a general thread for anything TFC-Wilmington related for the upcoming year, but probably not enough that each match would get its own thread. So this thread is for any news relating to Wilmington as well as in-game discussion as the season goes on.

Wilmington Twitter

Wilmington Schedule

USL Pro Standings

The 2014 USL season kicks off this weekend, but Wilmington's first game of the year is April 5th vs. Harrisburg. Every 2014 USL Pro game will be streamed for free. Games can be streamed from the home team's Youtube channel, and all games will also be archived on Youtube and available for viewing on-demand.

TFC has announced that Quillan Roberts, Manny Aparicio, and Daniel Lovitz have been assigned to Wilmington for the start of the season. It sounds like the 4th TFC player to be assigned (MLS-USL partnerships require a minimum of 4 players be loaned to the USL club) will be decided on a temporary, as-they-need-playing-time basis.

[notthesun]

First piece of news: no video, but Wilmington had their second preseason game today and I believe first since TFC players have been assigned. Lovitz scored Wilmington's lone goal off a free kick in a 2-1 loss to Coastal Carolina University (both goals for Coastal from PKs).

[FluSH]

Great thread!

[Pint]

I know we have a couple port city firm on here(or were on here a bit)... maybe we can get them to keep us up to date on preseason?

[Red CB Toronto]

On Saturday, July 19 Wilmington will be in Rochester to take on the Rhinos, the closest USL Pro team to Toronto. It is about a 2 hour and 45 minute drive to Rochester from Toronto. That night the Reds are in Houston, so it would great if we could get some of us down there cheering on the Reds on loan and the rest of the Hammerheads.

[JayMolly]

Notthesun - great idea to start an ongoing thread,

Red CB Toronto - another great idea re: July 19 in Rochester. Think we will note that on our calendar.
J&M

[sashavukelich]

Lovitz with the FK goal....love it

[ryan]

glad to see a thread tracking this club.

[dupont]

I'm looking forward to the first game on April 5th. Since all the games are streaming for free online, I'm going to follow their season as closely as I can.

[notthesun]

http://www.wilmingtonhammerheads.com...-sports-group/

All Wilmington home games can be streamed in HD.

[ouderwien]

Just saw this now. Hope it hasn't been posted elsewhere.

http://www.uslsoccer.com/scripts/run...65672522+14521

Essentially 2-0 friendly win. Roberts with the clean sheet. No mention of the other loanees.

[dutch]

I would love to have a few bus's go down there somtime for a romp, especially if they make the playoffs. its only a 6k stadium. great weather, size of oshawa or kitchener. gonna follow them yeah but would love to let them know how many people are watching theyre games outside of wilmington.

[notthesun]

Wilmington closed out their pre-season today. First game this Saturday against Harrisburg, 7:30pm.

[Alonso]

An affiliation like this is going to be fun.

We need some hammerheads to teach us some chants for when we invade Rochester!

[Yohan]

April 2014
USLPRO	Sat	Apr 5	7:30 PM ET	Harrisburg	at	Wilmington	Legion Stadium
USLPRO	Sat	Apr 12	7:00 PM ET	Wilmington	at	Pittsburgh	Highmark Stadium
USLPRO	Sat	Apr 26	7:30 PM ET	Charlotte	at	Wilmington	Legion Stadium
May 2014
USLPRO	Sat	May 3	7:30 PM ET	Rochester	at	Wilmington	Legion Stadium
USLPRO	Sat	May 10	7:30 PM ET	Wilmington	at	Charleston	Blackbaud Stadium
USLPRO	Sat	May 17	7:30 PM ET	Charleston	at	Wilmington	Legion Stadium
USLPRO	Fri	May 23	7:30 PM ET	Pittsburgh	at	Wilmington	Legion Stadium
USLPRO	Sat	May 31	7:00 PM ET	Wilmington	at	Charlotte	Queens Sports Complex
June 2014
USLPRO	Fri	Jun 6	7:30 PM ET	OKC	at	Wilmington	Legion Stadium
USLPRO	Sat	Jun 14	7:00 PM ET	Wilmington	at	Richmond	City Stadium
USLPRO	Sat	Jun 21	7:30 PM ET	Fire Reserves	at	Wilmington	Legion Stadium
USLPRO	Sat	Jun 28	7:30 PM ET	Richmond	at	Wilmington	Legion Stadium

[Yohan]

July 2014
USLPRO	Thu	Jul 3	7:30 PM ET	Orlando	at	Wilmington	Legion Stadium
USLPRO	Sat	Jul 12	7:30 PM ET	Wilmington	at	Orlando	ESPN Wide World of Sports
USLPRO	Fri	Jul 18	7:00 PM ET	Wilmington	at	Harrisburg	Skyline Sports Complex
USLPRO	Sat	Jul 19	7:05 PM ET	Wilmington	at	Rochester	Sahlen's Stadium
USLPRO	Fri	Jul 25	7:30 PM ET	Arizona	at	Wilmington	Legion Stadium
USLPRO	Sat	Jul 26	7:00 PM ET	Wilmington	at	Charlotte	Queens Sports Complex

[Yohan]

August 2014
USLPRO	Fri	Aug 1	7:30 PM ET	Richmond	at	Wilmington	Legion Stadium
USLPRO	Sat	Aug 9	7:30 PM ET	Dayton	at	Wilmington	Legion Stadium
USLPRO	Fri	Aug 15	TBD	Wilmington	at	NYRB Reserves	TBD
USLPRO	Wed	Aug 20	10:30 PM ET	Wilmington	at	Sacramento	Cal Expo
USLPRO	Sat	Aug 23	10:00 PM ET	Wilmington	at	Orange County	Anteater Stadium at UCI
USLPRO	Sun	Aug 24	3:00 PM ET	Wilmington	at	LA Galaxy II	StubHub Center
USLPRO	Sat	Aug 30	7:30 PM ET	Sacramento	at	Wilmington	Legion Stadium

[Yohan]

September 2014
USLPRO	Wed	Sep 3	7:30 PM ET	Orlando	at	Wilmington	Legion Stadium
USLPRO	Fri	Sep 5	7:00 PM ET	Wilmington	at	Dayton	DOC Stadium
USLPRO	Sun	Sep 7	4:05 PM ET	Wilmington	at	Rochester	Sahlen's Stadium

[Klinsmann]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imxfr_oAXrY

Scheduled for Apr 5, 2014 Live Webcast of Harrisburg City Islanders at Wilmington Hammerheads FC- April 5 - 7:30pm


Season opener for Wilmington, I will probably watch this after the TFC game tonight!

[Klinsmann]

[notthesun]

The TFC contigent

[notthesun]

Season opener in Wilmington.

Starting lineups:

Wilmington: Roberts, Parratt, Fairclough, Davidson, Campbell, Miller, Nicholson, Aparicio, Cole, Lovitz, Ackley

Harrisburg: Noble, Cox, Ribiero, Marquez, Bahner, Pelletier, Hernandez, Ekra, Langley, Bauque, Amaral

Streaming on Youtube here.

[notthesun]

Just tuning in now with the TFC game over, Roberts with a real nice save in the 24th minute.

[Leedsoronto]

Yeh Q made two good saves. Solid in goal

[Yohan]

yay cheerleaders!

[notthesun]

Credit to Wilmington, looks like they've got a decent size attendance down there.

[flamehawk]

Both Lovitz and Aparacio had made pretty good plays in the first half. Aparacio with a good touch in th ebox and Lovitz had a good run on the wing.

[Ossington Mental Youth]

Why am i having a hard time finding the stream on youtube for this?

[Yohan]

[notthesun]

And that's the game, 0-0 draw. Roberts with a solid performance in goal for Wilmington.