2017 Charleston Battery season
2017 season | |
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President | Andrew Bell |
Head coach | Michael Anhaeuser |
Stadium | MUSC Health Stadium |
USL | Conference: 2nd Overall: 3rd |
USL Playoffs | First round |
U.S. Open Cup | Fourth round |
Top goalscorer | Romario Williams (10) |
Highest home attendance | 6,563 (4/29 vs. OTT) |
Lowest home attendance | 2,015 (5/13 vs. STL) |
Average home league attendance | 3,154 |
Biggest win | CHS 5–0 ROC (4/15) CHS 6–1 TOR (6/24) |
Biggest defeat | TBR 2–0 CHS (7/22) RIC 3–1 CHS (8/26) |
The 2017 Charleston Battery season was the club's 25th year of existence, their 14th season in the second tier of the United States Soccer Pyramid, and their first in the second tier since 2009. It was their seventh season in the United Soccer League as part of the Eastern Conference.
The Battery finished the season 3rd overall in the league, and 2nd in the East. They lost in the first round of the 2017 USL Playoffs.
Background
[edit ]The Battery are coming off a season where they finished the USL with 13–9–8 record, good enough to finish sixth in the Eastern Conference and 10th in the USL. They earned a berth into the 2016 USL Playoffs as the number six seed in the Eastern Bracket. There, they beat FC Cincinnati in the first round, 2–1, before losing to Louisville City FC in the Conference Semifinals, 1–0. The Battery reached the third round of the 2016 U.S. Open Cup after beating The Villages SC, 3–0 on a forfeit. The original second round proper fixture was tied 2–2 after extra time, and the Villages won 4–2 in penalties. However, the Battery protested their use of a player cup-tied to Boca Raton FC.[1] The appeal was approved, and the Battery reached the third round where they lost in extra-time to Jacksonville Armada FC in the third round.[2]
Squad
[edit ]- ^ On loan from MLS affiliate Atlanta United FC.
- ^ Player's age during the 2017 season.
Non-competitive
[edit ]Carolina Challenge Cup
[edit ]Competitive
[edit ]USL
[edit ]Table
[edit ]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Louisville City FC (C) | 32 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 58 | 31 | +27 | 62 | Conference Playoffs |
2 | Charleston Battery | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 53 | 33 | +20 | 54 | |
3 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 32 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 50 | 35 | +15 | 53 | |
4 | Rochester Rhinos | 32 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 36 | 28 | +8 | 53 | |
5 | Charlotte Independence | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 52 | 40 | +12 | 48 |
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
(C) Champions
Results
[edit ]Portillo 71' (pen.) Report Fall 59' Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Attendance: 2,247
Referee: Geoff Gamble
Williams Yellow card 44'
Portillo Yellow card 85' Report Hollingsworth 59'
Obinwa Yellow card 73'
Hertzog 90+1' Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Attendance: 2,425
Referee: Aleksandar Zhelyazkov
Woodbine Yellow card 61'
Mueller Yellow card 82' Report Shanosky Yellow card 12' Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Attendance: 2,526
Referee: United States Gustavo Solorio
König Yellow card 45+2'
Wiedeman 80' Report Williams Yellow card 50' 63'
Lasso 72' Stadium: Nippert Stadium
Attendance: 21,074
Referee: United States Eric Tattersall
Lasso 42'
Marini 57' 71'
Portillo 90+2' Report Fraser Yellow card 56'
Camargo 65' Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Attendance: 4,571
Referee: United States Kevin Broadley
Cole 40'
Paterson 69' Report Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 5,619
Referee: Daniel Gutierrez
Hertzog 62' Report Miles Robinson 11'
Mueller Yellow card 56'
Chang 84'
Thomas Yellow card 90+1' Stadium: Highmark Stadium
Attendance: 2,067
Referee: United States Charles Murphy
Kunga Yellow card 84'
Portillo Yellow card 90+1' Report Hines Yellow card 5'
Clowes Yellow card 90'
Ellis-Hayden Yellow card 90+1' Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Attendance: 2,853
Referee: United States Gustavo Solorio
Oliver 36'Yellow card 32'
Imura 90+2'
Eskay Yellow card 89' Report Cordovés 2'
Thomas Yellow card 38'
van Schaik Yellow card 53' Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: Nickrod Fateh
Referee: 3,527
Lasso Yellow card 34'
Williams Red card 37'
Thomas Yellow card 77' Report Eskay Yellow card 65' Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Attendance: 2,228
Referee: Kevin Broadley
Dixon Yellow card 35'
DePuy Yellow card 46' Report Hackshaw Yellow card 28'
Lasso Yellow card 40' Yellow-red card 59'
Cordovés 85' Stadium: TD Place Stadium
Attendance: 4,587
Referee: Chris Grabas
van Schaik Yellow card 19'
Guerra 28'
Griffith 89' Yellow card 89' Report
Box Score Olabiyi Yellow card 36'
Brent Yellow card 82' Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Attendance: 4,170
Referee: David Erbacher
U.S. Open Cup
[edit ]Larentowicz Yellow card 34'
Martínez 48'
Walkes Yellow card 59'
Vazquez 72' Report Lasso 3'
Marini 31'
Mueller Yellow card 89' Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Attendance: 9,458
Referee: United States Guido Gonzalez
References
[edit ]- ^ "Battery Advance to Open Cup Third Round". May 19, 2016.
- ^ "Jacksonville Armada need OT to earn first tournament win, 2-1 over Charleston Battery". TheCup.us. TheCup.us. June 3, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2017.