The RailHawks got their milestone by way of a 2-0 victory over the Montreal Impact Sunday night. Carolina has now won its last 10 games, a streak dating back to April 30.

"Ten wins in a row is something special and that's what we were striving for," midfielder Nick Zimmerman said. "To any sports team, 10 wins in a row is something special. And in soccer, it takes a long time to get where we are."

At the halfway point of the regular season, Carolina (12-1-1) is undefeated in 13 consecutive games, only losing the season opener.

"That's a really big thing and something I've never done in professional soccer," coach Martin Rennie said. "Ultimately, every time you play it's about the next game, but when you're on a run like this, you do use (the streak) as motivation."

The RailHawks got on the board first in the 30th minute, when Pablo Campos ran under a pass from Chris Nurse that popped over the back line and tucked in a goal under Monteral goalkeeper Evan Bush.

Four minutes later, the RailHawks' Jonny Steele kick-started Carolina's second and final goal of the game.

Steele booted a long pass from behind midfield that found a streaking Nick Zimmerman, who avoided the offside call and then Bush to tap in an uncontested goal.Zimmerman said. "That was an incredible ball by Jonny Steele. ... All I had to do was run into it."

The Impact, playing its first game under new coach Nick De Santis, threatened several times during the game, belying their now four-game scoreless streak.

But even without usual starting central defender John Krause, who was serving a one-game suspension for his fifth yellow card, the RailHawks had their fourth shut out of the year.

Devon McKenney moved over to fill Krause's void and turned away several Montreal threats.

"No matter who we put in the back, whether someone needs subbing out or someone out on card accumulation, we always got guys stepping in and playing huge for our team," goalkeeper Brad Knighton said. "Devon's a very versatile player and he can fill any spot on the field. He started at right back and then he was playing left back and now he's playing center-back with (Krause) out."

For the latter half of the North American Soccer League season, there is hardly room for improvement from Carolina, as evidenced by Rennie's answer to what his team could do better in its next 14 games.

"We just need to keep doing what we're doing," he said. "There's not one thing I would say 'we have to (improve) this, we have to (improve) that.' Generally, we are doing well."