Sports Editor J. Mike Blake was on hand for the Carolina RailHawks' season-opening 2-0 win over AC St. Louis. He found out the key to Josh Gardner's improved play and what coach Martin Rennie plans to do with his goalkeepers. He couldn't understand, however why any coach would rather play down a player for 30 minutes unless he's waiting for the best player in the league to show up (tisk, tisk Claude Anelka). Read more on these and more below.