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2016 Charlotte Independence season

The 2016 Charlotte Independence season was the club's second year of existence, and their second season in the third tier of the United States Soccer Pyramid. It is their second season in the United Soccer League as part of the Eastern Conference.

Charlotte Independence
2016 season
PresidentJim McPhilliamy
Head coachMike Jeffries
StadiumRamblewood Soccer Complex
USLConference: TBD
USL PlayoffsTBD
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Roster edit

As of March 1, 2016 [1][2]

No. Position Player Nation
1 GK Cody Mizell   United States
2 MF Jack Metcalf   England
3 DF Bilal Duckett   United States
4 DF Patrick Slogic   United States
5 MF Paul Clowes   England
6 MF Jun Marques Davidson   Japan
7 FW Yann Ekra   France
8 FW Caleb Calvert (on loan from Colorado Rapids)   United States
9 FW Brian Brown (on loan from Harbour View)   Jamaica
10 MF Jorge Herrera   Colombia
11 FW David Estrada   United States
12 GK John Berner (on loan from Colorado Rapids)   United States
13 DF Austin Yearwood   United States
14 MF Lewis Hilton   England
15 DF Alec Bartlett   United States
16 MF Emmanuel Appiah (on loan from Colorado Rapids)   Ghana
19 MF Enzo Martínez   Uruguay
20 FW Christopher Hellmann   Germany
21 FW Asa Kryst   United States
22 DF Joel Johnson   Spain
23 MF Alex Martínez   Uruguay
24 FW Norberto Ochoa   United States
25 DF Henry Kalungi   Uganda
26 GK Kyle Renfro   United States
27 MF Zach Pfeffer (on loan from Colorado Rapids)   United States

Competitions edit

USL Regular season edit

Main article: 2016 USL season

Standings edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
3 FC Cincinnati 30 16 8 6 41 27 +14 56 Conference Playoffs
4 Rochester Rhinos 30 13 12 5 38 25 +13 51
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
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 edit

All times in regular season on Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-04:00)

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

March 26, 2016 1 Charlotte Independence 0–1 Louisville City FC Charlotte, North Carolina
7:00pm Metcalf  
Herrera  
Duckett  
Martínez  		 http://www.uslsoccer.com/game/show/13218092?subseason=280291&referrer=2356900 Report Lancaster   90+4'
Shanosky  
Kaye  		 Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex
Attendance: 1,724
Referee: Marcos Deoliveira
April 2, 2016 2 Charlotte Independence 2–1 Harrisburg City Islanders Charlotte, North Carolina
7:00pm Calvert   22'
Estrada   34'		 Report Foster   3'
Johnson   55'
Wheeler   59'
Barril   84'		 Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex
April 9, 2016 3 FC Cincinnati 2–1 Charlotte Independence Cincinnati, Ohio
7:00pm Okoli   5'
Berry   53'
Hildebrandt   90+3'		 Report Estrada   53'
Ekra   82'		 Stadium: Nippert Stadium
Attendance: 14,658
Referee: Nima Saghafi
April 16, 2016 4 Charlotte Independence 3–2 Charleston Battery Charlotte, North Carolina
7:00pm 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 22, 2016 5 Charlotte Independence 3–2 Richmond Kickers Charlotte, North Carolina
7:00pm Calvert   43'
Alajarín   54'
Brown   61'
Mizell   90'
Herrera   90+2' (pen.)		 Report Jane   20'
Sekyere   26'
Yeisley   86'
Delicâte   89'		 Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex
Attendance: 1,239
Referee: David Erbacher
May 1, 2016 6 New York Red Bulls II 0–2 Charlotte Independence Harrison, New Jersey
4:00pm Report Martínez   13'
Slogic   29'   34' Pfeffer   90'		 Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 134
May 7, 2016 7 Charlotte Independence 1–0 FC Montreal Charlotte, North Carolina
7:00pm Calvert   10'
Slogic   51'
Ekra   89'		 Report Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex
Attendance: 1,235
May 10, 2016 8 Wilmington Hammerheads FC 1–1 Charlotte Independence Wilmington, North Carolina
7:00pm Perone   15' (pen.) Report Brown   42' Stadium: Legion Field
Attendance: 2,776
May 14, 2016 9 Rochester Rhinos 0–0 Charlotte Independence Rochester, New York
6:00pm Fall   14'
Samuel   62'		 Report Ekra   42' Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium
Attendance: 2,142
May 28, 2016 10 Orlando City B 2–1 Charlotte Independence Melbourne, Florida
7:30pm Turner   18'
da Silva   53', 71'		 Report Alajarín   16'
Slogic   20'
Brown   33'
Kalungi   70'		 Stadium: Titan Soccer Complex
June 4, 2016 11 Charlotte Independence 2–2 Toronto FC II Charlotte, North Carolina
7:00pm Castillo   31'
Herrera   47', 56'
Brown   61'		 Report Hundal   19'
Johnson   36' (pen.)
James   67'		 Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,801
Referee: Brandon Artis
Note: Match ended in 73rd minute due to weather.
June 10, 2016 12 Charlotte Independence 0–1 Bethlehem Steel FC Charlotte, North Carolina
7:00pm Duckett   70'
Calvert   78'		 Report Burke   11'   69' Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex
Attendance: 1,319
Referee: Rubiel Vazquez
June 18, 2016 13 Charlotte Independence 1–0 Richmond Kickers Charlotte, North Carolina
7:00pm Calvert   30'
Martinez   35'		 Report Callahan   40'
Paulini   73'		 Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex
Attendance: 1,564
Referee: Marco Vega
June 25, 2016 14 Harrisburg City Islanders 1–3 Charlotte Independence Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
7:00pm Foster   10'
Johnson   27'
Dabo   40'
Thomas  		 Report Kalungi   5'
Martinez   53' (pen.)
Brown   54'
Johnson   75'
Hilton   86'		 Stadium: FNB Field
Attendance: 421
July 2, 2016 15 Orlando City B 1–1 Charlotte Independence Melbourne, Florida
7:30pm Ambrose   40'
Cox   47'
Rocha   67'		 Report Brown   24'
Martínez   51'
Hilton   54'
Clowes   72'		 Stadium: Titan Soccer Complex
Attendance: 731
July 9, 2016 16 Charlotte Independence 1–2 Wilmington Hammerheads FC Charlotte, North Carolina
7:00pm Hilton   45+1' Report Perone   20'
Fairclough   24'
Townsend   43'
Martz   65'		 Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex
Attendance: 1,595
July 16, 2016 17 Charlotte Independence 1–2 New York Red Bulls II Charlotte, North Carolina
7:00pm Davidson   48'
Brown   60'
Duckett   90+1'		 Report Allen   13'
Bonomo   15'
Metzger   63'
Schmoll   80'
Long   88'		 Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex
Attendance: 1,288
July 23, 2016 18 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 0–3 Charlotte Independence Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
7:00pm Earls   1'
Campbell   63'		 Report Calvert   31'
Hilton   44'
Herrera   90+4'		 Stadium: Highmark Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Greg Dopka
July 30, 2016 19 FC Montreal 0–1 Charlotte Independence Montreal, Quebec
3:00pm Mkungilwa   29'
Gagnon-Laparé   33'
Choinière   90+1'		 Report Martínez   49' Stadium: Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard
Attendance: 134
August 3, 2016 20 Charleston Battery 1–1 Charlotte Independence Charleston, South Carolina
7:30pm Williams   8'
Woodbine   48'		 Report Kalungi   28'
Davidson   58'
Calvert   65'
Martínez   86'		 Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
August 7, 2016 21 Bethlehem Steel FC 2–2 Charlotte Independence Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
4:00pm Conneh   22'
Chambers   25'
Trusty   35'
Rchter   88' (pen.)		 Summary Slogic   44'
Martínez   46'
Davidson   62'
Berner   86'		 Stadium: Goodman Stadium
August 13, 2016 22 Charlotte Independence 1–0 Wilmington Hammerheads FC Charlotte, North Carolina
7:00pm Brown   65' Summary Taublieb   26'
Binns   42'
Lynch   68'
Mecham   88'		 Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex
August 17, 2016 23 Charlotte Independence 4–0 Orlando City B Charlotte, North Carolina
7:00pm Slogic   4'
Brown   6'   71'
Martínez   64'
Duckett   67'		 Summary García   11'
Neal   49'
Heath   82'
Ellis-Hayden   84'		 Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex
August 27, 2016 24 Charleston Battery 1–0 Charlotte Independence Charleston, South Carolina
7:30pm Chang   50'
Tsonis   90+1'		 Summary Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
August 31, 2016 25 Charlotte Independence 3–2 FC Cincinnati Charlotte, North Carolina
7:00pm Martínez   11'   19'   65'
Martínez   56'
Duckett   79'
Herrera   85'
Hassan   90+2'		 Summary Wiedeman   15'
Antón Ripoll   31'
Bone   35'
Berry   54'
Okoli   60'
Walker   69'		 Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex
September 4, 2016 26 Toronto FC II v Charlotte Independence Vaughan, Ontario
4:00pm Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre
September 10, 2016 27 Charlotte Independence v Pittsburgh Riverhounds Charlotte, North Carolina
7:00pm Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex
September 14, 2016 28 Richmond Kickers v Charlotte Independence Richmond
4:00pm Stadium: City Stadium
September 17, 2016 29 Charlotte Independence v Rochester Rhinos Charlotte, North Carolina
7:00pm Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex
September 24, 2016 30 Louisville City FC v Charlotte Independence Louisville, Kentucky
7:30pm Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field

Schedule source

U.S. Open Cup edit

May 18, 2016 Second Round Charlotte Eagles 0–2 Charlotte Independence Charlotte, North Carolina
7:00pm Report Hellmann   44'
Herrera   50'		 Stadium: Charlotte Christian School
Referee: Gustavo Solorio
June 1, 2016 Third Round Carolina RailHawks 5–0 (a.e.t.) Charlotte Independence Cary, North Carolina
7:30pm Schuler   92', 115'
Albadawi   96'
Shriver   99'
Orlando   109'		 Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Referee: Neil Barbulescu

Friendlies edit

July 13, 2016 International friendly Charlotte Independence   0–4   Swansea City A.F.C. Charlotte, North Carolina
7:30pm Report McBurnie   27'
Routledge   52'
Routledge   73'
Gorre   81'		 Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex

References edit

  1. ^ "Independence Announce First Signings". United Soccer Leagues (USL). January 8, 2015. Archived from the original on January 15, 2015. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
  2. ^ "Charlotte Independence Roster". Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
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