2016 Charleston Battery season

Charleston Battery
2016 season
PresidentAndrew Bell
Head coachMichael Anhaeuser
StadiumMUSC Health Stadium
USLConference: TBD
USL PlayoffsTBD

The 2016 Charleston Battery season was the club's 24th year of existence, and their seventh season in the third tier of the United States Soccer Pyramid. It is their sixth season in the United Soccer League as part of the Eastern Conference.

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of March 29, 2016.[1]

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  GRE Alexandros Tabakis (on loan from Atlanta United FC)
3 DF  USA Forrest Lasso
4 DF  USA Taylor Mueller
6 DF  USA Shawn Ferguson
7 DF  JAM O'Brian Woodbine
8 MF  TRI Neveal Hackshaw
9 FW  JAM Romario Williams (on loan from Atlanta United FC)
10 MF  TRI Ataullah Guerra
11 DF  ATG Quinton Griffith
12 MF  CUB Maikel Chang
13 FW  ECU José Nazareno
15 DF  GHA Emmanuel Adjetey
16 FW  CUB Heviel Cordoves
17 FW  CRC Ricky Garbanzo
19 MF  USA Dante Marini
20 MF  USA Justin Portillo
22 GK  USA Kevin Corby
23 GK  CUB Odisnel Cooper
24 MF  USA Zach Prince
25 FW  USA Chris Tsonis
26 FW  USA Austin Savage
40 FW  USA Conor Sloan
— FW  GHA Jeffrey Otoo (on loan from Atlanta United FC)

Competitions

Preseason

March 19, 2016 Friendly Charleston Battery 3–0 New York Cosmos Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 PM EST Garbanzo 32', 73'
Woodbine  69'
Marini 80'		 Report Ayoze  64' Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Attendance: 3,363

USL Regular season

Main article: 2016 USL season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
4 Rochester Rhinos 30 13 12 5 38 25 +13 51 Conference Playoffs
5 Charlotte Independence 30 14 8 8 48 29 +19 50
6 Charleston Battery 30 13 9 8 38 33 +5 48
7 Richmond Kickers 30 12 9 9 33 26 +7 45
8 Orlando City B 30 9 8 13 35 49 −14 35
Source: 2016 USL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

March 26, 2016 USL 1 Charleston Battery 1–0 FC Cincinnati Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 PM (EDT) Lasso  47'
Garbanzo  55'
Portillo  90'
Williams 90+4'		 Report Tomaselli  71' Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Attendance: 4,394
Referee: Leland Grant
April 1, 2016 USL 2 Orlando City B 0–0 Charleston Battery Melbourne, Florida
7:30 PM (EDT) Rocha  6'  50'
Smith  76'		 Report Stadium: Titan Soccer Complex
Attendance: 1,123
April 9, 2016 USL 3 Charleston Battery 2–1 Wilmington Hammerheads FC Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 PM (EDT) Williams 2'
Prince  51'
Mueller 85'
Portillo  90'		 Report Moose  29'
Perone 31'
Lawal  67'		 Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
April 16, 2016 USL 4 Charlotte Independence 3–2 Charleston Battery Charlotte, North Carolina
7:00 PM (EDT) Martínez 26'  28'
Brian Brown 31'
Herrera 70'		 Report Hackshaw  56'
Ferguson  73'
Williams 77'  88'
Prince  83'
Portillo 87'		 Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex
April 24, 2016 USL 5 Bethlehem Steel FC 0–0 Charleston Battery Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
3:00 PM (EDT) Chambers  87' Report Woodbine  33'
Mueller  56'		 Stadium: Goodman Stadium
Attendance: 2,640
April 30, 2016 USL 6 Charleston Battery 1–1 Pittsburgh Riverhounds Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 PM (EDT) Portillo 66' (pen.) Report Parkes 30'
Gilstrap  38'		 Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
May 6, 2016 USL 7 Rochester Rhinos 3–2 Charleston Battery Rochester, New York
7:00 PM (EDT) Farrell 11'
Garzi  22'
Forbes 28'
Volesky  37'
Kamdem  68' 75' (pen.)		 Report Williams 15'
Chang  21'
Garbonzo 49'
Hackshaw  73'		 Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium
Attendance: 4,162
May 9, 2016 USL 8 Harrisburg City Islanders 2–3 Charleston Battery Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
7:00 PM (EDT) Wilson 27', 54'
Thomas  42'
Warshaw  50'		 Report Williams 24'
Lasso 43'  59'
Chang  45'
Prince  72'
Savage 80'
Cooper  90'		 Stadium: FNB Field
Attendance: 839
May 14, 2016 USL 9 Charleston Battery 2–0 Toronto FC II Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 PM (EDT) Williams 10'
Chang 47'		 Report Taintor  22'
Boskovic  40'
Hundal  59'		 Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Attendance: 5,481
May 21, 2016 USL 10 Wilmington Hammerheads FC 0–1 Charleston Battery Wilmington, North Carolina
7:00 PM (EDT) Michaud  59'
Barnes-Homer  67'
Miller  78'		 Report Ferguson 33'
Garbonzo  63'
Prince  69'
Portillo  76'		 Stadium: Legion Stadium
Attendance: 2,958
May 28, 2016 USL 11 Charleston Battery 0–2 Louisville City FC Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 PM (EDT) Portillo  48'
Williams  51'		 Report Davis 20'
Smith 38'
Newnam  59'
McCabe  90'		 Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
June 4, 2016 USL 12 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 1–2 Charleston Battery Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
7:00 PM (EDT) Vincent 50'
Campbell  90+4'		 Report Woodbine 37' (pen.)
Mueller 42'
Tsonis  66'
Garbonzo  68'		 Stadium: Highmark Stadium
Attendance: 2,905
June 11, 2016 USL 13 Charleston Battery 1–2 Orlando City B Charleston, South Carolina
5:00 PM (EDT) Chang  12'
Prince  20'
Lasso  42'
Portillo 45' (pen.)		 Report Cox 15'
Donovan 42'
Turner  45'  45'		 Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
June 18, 2016 USL 14 Charleston Battery 1–0 Harrisburg City Islanders Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 PM (EDT) Woodbine  63'
Portillo 83'		 Report Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Attendance: 3,150
June 26, 2016 USL 15 Toronto FC II 0–1 Charleston Battery Vaughan, Ontario
7:30 PM (EDT) Thomas  70'  90+3'
Daniels  74'		 Report Ferguson  70'
Williams 79'
Garbonzo  89'		 Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre
Attendance: 1,069
July 2, 2016 USL 16 Charleston Battery 2–0 Richmond Kickers Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 PM (EDT) Mueller 29'
Cordovés 36'
Marini  77'		 Report Ownby  86' Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Referee: Vincent Chiarella
July 9, 2016 USL 17 Louisville City FC 1–1 Charleston Battery Louisville, Kentucky
7:30 PM (EDT) Hoffman 62'
Newnam  62'		 Report Cordovés  59'
Williams  74'
Prince  78'
Tsonis 84'		 Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field
Attendance: 7,526
July 13, 2016 USL 18 Charleston Battery 0–0 Orlando City B Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 PM (EDT) Portillo  42'
Garbanzo  89'		 Report Ellis-Hayden  5'
da Silva  81'		 Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Attendance: 3,153
July 23, 2016 USL 19 New York Red Bulls II 2–3 Charleston Battery Harrison, New Jersey
4:00 PM (EDT) Bonomo 55'  90+10'
O'Toole 61'		 Report Chang 9'
Williams 29'
Cordovés 66'		 Stadium: Red Bull Arena
July 30, 2016 USL 20 FC Cincinnati 1–1 Charleston Battery Cincinnati, Ohio
7:00 PM (EDT) Cummings 51'
Delbridge  68'		 Report Lasso  63'
Cordovés 70'		 Stadium: Nippert Stadium
Attendance: 19,229
Referee: Marcos Deoliveira
August 3, 2016 USL 21 Charleston Battery 1–1 Charlotte Independence Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 PM (EDT) Williams 8'
Woodbine  48'		 Report Kalungi  28'
Davidson  58'
Calvert 65'
Martínez  86'		 Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
August 13, 2016 USL 22 Charleston Battery 1-3 FC Montreal Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 PM (EDT) Garbanzo  11'
Williams  75'
Chang 78'		 Summary Sukunda  12'
Jimmy Shammar-Sanon 39'
Tabla 64'
Louis Béland-Goyette 86'		 Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
August 17, 2016 USL 23 Richmond Kickers v Charleston Battery Richmond, Virginia
7:00 PM (EDT) Stadium: City Stadium
August 20, 2016 USL 24 Wilmington Hammerheads FC 1-1 Charleston Battery Wilmington, North Carolina
7:00 PM (EDT) Binns 43'
Fairclough  52'		 Summary Woodbine  29' 45+2'
Prince  33'		 Stadium: Legion Stadium
August 27, 2016 USL 25 Charleston Battery 1-0 Charlotte Independence Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 PM (EDT) Chang 50'
Tsonis  90+1'		 Summary Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
August 31, 2016 USL 23 Richmond Kickers 1-1 Charleston Battery Richmond, Virginia
7:00 PM (EDT) Grant 50'
Jane  89'		 Summary Portillo  28' 69'
Williams  43'
Griffith  90+3'		 Stadium: City Stadium
September 3, 2016 USL 26 Charleston Battery 1-2 Rochester Rhinos Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 PM (EDT) Portillo 15' (pen.)
Guerra  90'		 Summary Apostolopoulos  14'
Volesky 25'
Duba  27'
Fall  27'
Bakayoko 80'
Samuels  90'		 Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
September 7, 2016 USL 27 FC Montreal 2-1 Charleston Battery Montreal Quebec
4:00 PM (EDT) Jackson-Hamel 14'
Yoseke  48'
Mkungilwa  56'
Jimmy Shammar-Sanon 81'		 Summary Jeremy Ebobisse 40'
Garbanzo  66'		 Stadium: Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard
September 10, 2016 USL 28 Charleston Battery 2-1 Bethlehem Steel FC Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 PM (EDT) Guerra 10' 39'
Ferguson  34'
Woodbine  45'
Garbanzo  53'		 Summary Chambers  32'
Jones 35'
Burke  41'
Edu  43'
Washington  53'
Bibbs  71'		 Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
September 17, 2016 USL 29 Richmond Kickers 1-2 Charleston Battery Richmond, Virginia
5:00 PM (EDT) Imura 34' (pen.) Summary Ferguson  38'
Guerra  50'
Prince  62'
Williams 71'
Chang 86'		 Stadium: City Stadium
September 24, 2016 USL 30 Charleston Battery 1-2 New York Red Bulls II Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 PM (EDT) Marini 50'
Prince  55'
Woodbine  77'
Griffith  79'
Mueller  81'
Hackshaw  90'		 Summary Bezecourt 38'
Simpara  53'
Carroll  74'
Allen 75' (pen.)  84'		 Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium

Usl Pro playoffs

October 2, 2016 QF FC Cincinnati 1-2 Charleston Battery Cincinnati
5:00 PM (EDT) Stevenson 19' Summary Tsonis 41'
Chang  62'
Prince 65'		 Stadium: Nippert Stadium
October 8, 2016 Semi-finals Louisville City FC v Charleston Battery Louisville, Kentucky
7:30 PM (EDT) Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field

Schedule source

U.S. Open Cup

May 18, 2016 Second round Charleston Battery Forfeit
3–0 awarded to Charleston		 The Villages SC Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 PM EDT Marini 45'
Tsonis 82'		 Report Araujo 23', 67' Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Referee: David Erbacher
Note: Game was tied 2–2 after extra time, and the Villages won 4–2 in penalties. The Villages SC were disqualified from the tournament after the Battery protested their use of a player cup-tied to Boca Raton FC.[2]
June 1, 2016 Third round Jacksonville Armada FC 2–1 (a.e.t.) Charleston Battery Jacksonville, Florida
7:00 PM EDT Otte 17'
Sandoval  36'
Keita 108'		 Tsonis 22'
Adjetey  47'		 Stadium: Southern Oak Stadium
Referee: Kevin Terry Jr.

Midseason Friendlies

July 6, 2016 Friendly Charleston Battery 1–2 Rangers F.C. Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 PM EDT Guerra 81' Report Windass 58'
Forrester 78'		 Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
July 16, 2016 Friendly Charleston Battery 0–1 Nigeria Olympic Atlanta, Georgia
8:00 PM EDT Report Amuzie 33' Stadium: Silverbacks Park

References

  1. ^ "Roster – Charleston Battery". Charleston Battery. Archived from the original on June 12, 2013. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  2. ^ "Battery Advance to Open Cup Third Round". May 19, 2016.
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