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The expansion of the USL to Cary, North Carolina, was announced on January 26, 2006, at a press conference at SAS Soccer Park, since renamed WakeMed Soccer Park.
On December 5, 2006, the RailHawks named the first players to sign with the franchise.
The club launched their inaugural season on April 21, 2007, in front of a crowd of 6,327 at SAS Soccer Park when they drew 1–1 with the Minnesota Thunder in their first official regular season match.
On May 8, 2007, the RailHawks earned their first franchise victory 2–0 against Chivas USA in an exhibition match.
First Place Finishes: 0 since 2007
After a few changes in the 2008 off-season, the RailHawks ownership group consisted of Wellman Family Limited partnership (Selby and Brian Wellman), HTCFC. INC (Bob Young former CEO of Red Hat, presently founder and CEO of LULU.com), Singh Holdings (Doctor H. Paul Singh) and Boris Jerkunica.
After the 2010 season, the NASL and USL split, but the RailHawks faced sale by Selby Wellman on December 31, 2010.
After the 2010 season, Traffic Sports USA took ownership.
The RailHawks won the regular season in 2011 but fell to the NSC Minnesota Stars in the semifinals of playoffs.
In 2012, the RailHawks finished 4th in the regular season and fell to the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the playoff semifinals, while reaching the fourth round of the US Open Cup.
In 2013 the NASL's format changed to a split season, and though the RailHawks finished with the most points in the league, they finished 2nd in both the Spring and Fall seasons and did not make the Soccer Bowl.
In 2014, the RailHawks again defeated Chivas USA and Los Angeles Galaxy to reach quarterfinals of the US Open Cup, but fell just short of reaching the NASL playoffs.
During a press conference on October 30, 2015, the ambitious local owner said, “Our goal is to take the RailHawks to the highest level through additional investment in marketing, players and staffing.
In 2015, the club saw a change in ownership as local owner Steve Malik took over the team from Traffic Sports.
Also in 2016, West Ham United became the first Premier League team to visit the Triangle region of North Carolina when they came to WakeMed Soccer Park on July 12, 2016.
The RailHawks had a big year in 2016 with the addition of forwards Omar Bravo and Matt Fondy.
FBref.com launched (June 13, 2018) with domestic league coverage for England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and United States.
The club announced, on October 17, 2018, that head coach Colin Clarke would not be returning to the club after seven seasons and that the club has begun searching for a new head coach.
Dave Sarachan, the former United States Men's National Team coach, was named as the fourth head coach in club history on December 17, 2018.
Austin Panchot signed with the club on January 9, 2019 for his first professional contract.
They clinched a spot in the USL Championship Playoffs on September 30, 2019.
North Carolina FC finished the 2020 campaign with 19 points and a third place spot in Group G of the USL Championship.
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