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2016 Charleston Battery season

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.

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

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

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

Competitions

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Preseason

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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

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Main article: 2016 USL season

Standings

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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

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  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

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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

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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

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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

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  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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