2014 Charleston Battery season

Charleston Battery
2014 season
Owner	Tony Bakker
Manager	Michael Anhaeuser
Stadium	Blackbaud Stadium
USL Pro	TBD
USL Pro Playoffs	TBD
U.S. Open Cup	TBD
Carolina Challenge Cup	4th
Highest home attendance	5,415; (May 24 v. Pittsburgh)
Lowest home attendance	League: 2,214; (July 22 v. Richmond); All: 1,428; (May 28 v. Orlando City U-23)
Average home league attendance	3,993
Home colors	Away colors

The 2014 Charleston Battery season was the club's 22nd season of existence. It is the Battery's fifth consecutive year in the third tier of American soccer, playing in the USL Professional Division for their fourth season.

Background

Club

Competitions

Preseason

February 19, 2014 Friendly	Charleston Battery	1 - 1	Coastal Carolina Chanticleers	Charleston, South Carolina
19:15 EST	Teos 45'		Garbanzo 21'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium

March 7, 2014 Friendly	Charleston Battery	2 - 0	NAIA All-Stars	Charleston, South Carolina
19:15 EST				Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium

March 11, 2014 Friendly	Charleston Battery	1 - 0	Wilmington Hammerheads	Charleston, South Carolina
19:15 EST	Diouf 90'	Report		Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium

March 13, 2014 Friendly	College of Charleston Cougars	1 - 4	Charleston Battery	Charleston, South Carolina
19:15 EST	Rittmeyer 69' (pen.)	Report	Mena 22', 25' Marini 60' Griffith 65'	Stadium: CofC Soccer Stadium at Patriots Point

March 15, 2014 Friendly	Charleston Battery	2 - 0	Clemson Tigers	Charleston, South Carolina
19:15 EST	Prince 10' Mena 35'	Report		Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium

March 18, 2014 Friendly	Charleston Battery	7 - 0	Georgia Southern Eagles	Charleston, South Carolina
19:15 EST	Prince Cordovés vanSchaik Mena Diouf	Report		Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium

Carolina Challenge Cup

February 22, 2014 1	Charleston Battery	1 - 2	Seattle Sounders FC	Charleston, South Carolina
19:15 EST	Falvey 28', 73' Mueller 51' Kelly 71'	Report	Alonso 25', 77' Evans 89' (pen.)	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 5,175

February 26, 2014 2	Charleston Battery	1 - 1	D.C. United	Charleston, South Carolina
19:30 EST	Ruggles 90+'	Report	Silva 72'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium

March 1, 2014 3	Charleston Battery	0 - 2	Houston Dynamo	Charleston, South Carolina
19:15 EST		Report	Cascio 54' Barnes 64'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium

USL Pro

All times from this point on Eastern Daylight Saving Time (UTC-04:00)

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
28	11	8	9	36	31	+5	41	7	6	1	24	12	+12	4	2	8	12	19	−7

Source: Match reports

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	H
Result	D	D	L	D	D	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	D	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	W

Updated to match(es) played on September 5, 2014. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

March 22, 2014 1	Charleston Battery	1 - 1	Orlando City	Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 p.m.	Diouf 65' Griffith 90+3'	Report	'da Luz 75'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 3,773 Referee: Matthew Jozaitis

March 29, 2014 2	Charleston Battery	2 - 2	Richmond Kickers	Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 p.m.	vanSchaik 22' Sanyang 59' 71'	Report	Davis 14', 67' Yomby 58' Johnson 89'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 3,524 Referee: Agostino Minasola

April 12, 2014 3	Orlando City	1 - 0	Charleston Battery	Lake Buena Vista, Florida
7:30 p.m.	Span 73' Turner 76'	Report	Prince 49'	Stadium: Hess Field 17, ESPN WWOS Attendance: 4,826 Referee: Caleb Mendez

April 18, 2014 4	Charleston Battery	1 - 1	New York Red Bulls Reserves	Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 p.m.	Abdallah 62' Prince 65' Kelly 74' Falvey 79', 89'	Report	Bustamante 66' (pen.) Meara 79', 79' Stevenson 79'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 2,674 Referee: Howard Ash

April 26, 2014 5	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	0 - 0	Charleston Battery	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
6:00 p.m.	Obodai 20'	Report	vanSchaik 23' Prince 54' Lewis 67'	Stadium: Highmark Stadium Attendance: 2,253 Referee: Charles Murphy

April 27, 2014 6	Rochester Rhinos	1 - 0	Charleston Battery	Rochester, New York
4:05 p.m.	Banks 19'	Report	Ferguson 86'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 6,358 Referee: David Mon

May 2, 2014 7	Harrisburg City Islanders	0 - 4	Charleston Battery	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
7:00 p.m.	Langley 15' Ekra 28' White 66'	Report	Sanyang 20' Salgado 25' Prince 41' Lewis 65' Diouf 66 ' 90'	Stadium: Skyline Sports Complex Attendance: 1,446 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero

May 4, 2014 8	Dayton Dutch Lions	0 - 2	Charleston Battery	Beavercreek, Ohio
7:00 p.m.		Report	Cordoves 37' Salgado 87'	Stadium: Beavercreek High School Stadium Attendance: 213 Referee: Alan Kelly

May 10, 2014 9	Charleston Battery	0 - 1	Wilmington Hammerheads	Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 p.m.	Wilson 19' vanSchaik 74' Griffith 89'	Report	Nicholson 9' Aparicio 33', 60' Campbell 60' Parratt 88' Arnoux 89'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 4,487 Referee: Juan Colazo

May 17, 2014 10	Wilmington Hammerheads	1 - 0	Charleston Battery	Wilmington, North Carolina
7:30 p.m.	Musa 38' Hamilton 65' Roberts 69'	Report	Ferguson 69'	Stadium: Legion Stadium Attendance: 2,315 Referee: Larry Stroud

May 24, 2014 11	Charleston Battery	1 - 0	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 p.m.	Sanyang 40' Kelly 44', 51'	Report	Marshall 80'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 5,415 Referee: Patrick O'Brian

May 31, 2014 12	Orlando City	2–0	Charleston Battery	Lake Buena Vista, Florida
7:30 p.m.	Hertzog 42' Ceren 52' Rusin 61' Molino 76'	Report	Prince 51' Sanyang 78'	Stadium: ESPN Wide World of Sports Attendance: 4,987 Referee: Marcos DeOliveira

June 14, 2014 13	Charleston Battery	3 - 0	LA Galaxy II	Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 p.m.	Falvey 25' Kelly 50' Cordovés 85'	Report		Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 3,377 Referee: Richonne Clark

June 21, 2014 14	Charlotte Eagles	3 - 1	Charleston Battery	Charlotte, North Carolina
7:00 p.m.	Guzman 2' 70' Sekyere 28' Newman 61' Herrera 65' 90' Yates 81'	Summary	Falvey 27' Chang 45'	Stadium: Dickson Field Attendance: 698 Referee: Chris Spivey

June 27, 2014 15	Charleston Battery	Postponed	Richmond Kickers	Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 p.m.		Report		Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium
Note: Postponed due to persistent lightning. Rescheduled for July 22.

July 5, 2014 16	Harrisburg City Islanders	4 - 1	Charleston Battery	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
6:00 p.m.	McLaughlin 7' Barril 11' Langley 21' 55' Hardware 45' Bahner 48' Noble 51' Pedro Ribeiro 79'	Report	Kelly 39' Sanyang 49' vanSchaik 52' 86' Lewis 81'	Stadium: Skyline Sports Complex Attendance: 2,033 Referee: Jeff Forward

July 12, 2014 17	Charleston Battery	0 - 0	Charlotte Eagles	Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 p.m.	Griffith 17' Prince 45'	Report	Duckett 27'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 4,698 Referee: David Mon

July 19, 2014 18	Richmond Kickers	4 - 0	Charleston Battery	Richmond, Virginia
7:00 p.m.	Shanosky 45' Davis IV 45+' Yeisley 50' Delicâte 68' Lee 90'	Report	Prince 24' Kelly 90'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 2,901 Referee: Matthew Franz

July 22, 2014 15	Charleston Battery	1 - 1	Richmond Kickers	Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 p.m.	Cuevas 7' (pen.)	Report	Yeisley 14'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 2,214 Referee: Mark A Sauro

July 26, 2014 19	Charleston Battery	2 - 0	Arizona United SC	Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 p.m.	Kelly 25' 33' Falvey 74' Chang 87'	Report	Woodberry 54' Garza 74' Long Tan 74' Stisser 89'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 4,464 Referee: Chris Spivey

August 1, 2014 20	Rochester Rhinos	0 - 0	Charleston Battery	Rochester, New York
7:35 p.m.	Obasi 57'	Report	Kelly 68'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 4,445 Referee: Jeff Forward

August 3, 2014 21	Montreal Impact Reserves	0 - 1	Charleston Battery	Montréal, Quebec
7:30 p.m.	Gagnon-Laparé 11'	Report	Falvey 20' Cuevas 26'	Stadium: CS Claude-Robillard Attendance: 100

August 8, 2014 22	Charleston Battery	2 - 2	Dayton Dutch Lions	Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 p.m.	Kelly 5' Mena 23' Diouf 33' vanSchaik 64'	Report	Granger 11' Hertsenberg 80' Clemens 85'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 3,081 Referee: David Erbacher

August 13, 2014 23	Charleston Battery	3 - 2	Orange County Blues FC	Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 p.m.	Kelly 18' 65' Cuevas 36' Prince 90' Falvey 90'	Report	Martinez 44' Kim Seung-ju 75'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 2,988 Referee: Howard Ash

August 15, 2014 24	Charleston Battery	2 - 1	Rochester Rhinos	Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 p.m.	Chang 26' Cuevas 41'	Report	Rosenlund 40' Banks 41'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 4,011 Referee: Cedric Adams

August 24, 2014 25	Oklahoma City Energy FC	0 - 2	Charleston Battery	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
8:00 p.m.		Report	Sanyang 23', 90' 79' Kelly 60' Cordovés 90'	Stadium: Pribil Stadium Attendance: 4,722 Referee: Charles Farr

August 27, 2014 26	Sacramento Republic FC	3 - 1	Charleston Battery	Sacramento, California
10:30 p.m.	López 12' 25' Evans 82'	Report	Falvey 16'	Stadium: Hughes Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Michael Zapata

August 30, 2014 27	Charleston Battery	4 - 0	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 p.m.	Kelly 38' 47' 54' Cooper 45' Prince 67'	Report	Arena 2' Vincent 8'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 4,161 Referee: Patrick O,Brian

September 5, 2014 28	Charleston Battery	2 - 1	Harrisburg City Islanders	Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 p.m.	Cordovés 45' Cuevas 45' Diouf 56' Prince 58'	Report	Marquez 28' Pettis 89' Barril 89' Wheeler 90'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 3,919 Referee: Agostino Minasola

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Orlando City (C)	28	19	5	4	56	24	+32	62	Commissioner's Cup, Playoffs
2	Sacramento Republic FC (A)	28	17	4	7	49	28	+21	55	Playoffs
3	LA Galaxy II (A)	28	15	6	7	54	38	+16	51
4	Richmond Kickers (A)	28	13	12	3	53	28	+25	51
5	Charleston Battery (A)	28	11	8	9	36	31	+5	41
6	Rochester Rhinos (A)	28	10	8	10	29	25	+4	38
7	Wilmington Hammerheads (A)	28	9	11	8	35	33	+2	38
8	Harrisburg City Islanders (A)	28	10	7	11	45	46	−1	37
9	Arizona United SC	28	10	5	13	32	47	−15	33^{[lower-alpha 1]}
10	Oklahoma City Energy FC	28	9	5	14	32	37	−5	32
11	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	28	9	5	14	35	49	−14	32
12	Charlotte Eagles	28	9	4	15	33	40	−7	31
13	Orange County Blues FC	28	9	1	18	31	54	−23	28
14	Dayton Dutch Lions	28	6	4	18	28	63	−35	22

Updated to match(es) played on September 7, 2014. Source: USL Pro official standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advances to USL Pro Playoffs; (C) Commissioner's Cup (best regular season record).
Notes:

↑ Arizona was deducted two points for fielding an ineligible player on June 21 against LA Galaxy II.^[1]^[2]

2014 U.S. Open Cup Results

May 14, 2014 Second Round	Charleston Battery	4 - 0	Panama City Beach Pirates	Charleston, South Carolina
7:30pm EDT	Cordovés Chang	Report		Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 1,801

May 28, 2014 Third Round	Charleston Battery	2 - 2 (a.e.t.) (11-12 p)	Orlando City U-23	Charleston, South Carolina
7:30pm EDT	Kelly 63' 68' (pen.) Portillo 69' Falvey 86'	Report	Williams 26' 81' Brody 45' Hernandez 50' Russell 51'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 1,428 Referee: Howard Ashe

References

↑ "Arizona United SC deducted two league points". Arizona United SC. July 26, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
↑ "Arizona United SC Deducted 2 Points". United Soccer Leagues (USL). July 26, 2014. Retrieved July 27, 2014.

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[table_hth_AZU0.49142011138211-3] Arizona was deducted two points for fielding an ineligible player on June 21 against LA Galaxy II.^[1]^[2]

[1] "Arizona United SC deducted two league points". Arizona United SC. July 26, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2014.

[2] "Arizona United SC Deducted 2 Points". United Soccer Leagues (USL). July 26, 2014. Retrieved July 27, 2014.

2014 USL Pro season by team
Playoffs
Arizona United SC Charleston Battery Charlotte Eagles Dayton Dutch Lions Harrisburg City Islanders LA Galaxy II Oklahoma City Energy Orange County Blues Orlando City Pittsburgh Riverhounds Richmond Kickers Rochester Rhinos Sacramento Republic Wilmington Hammerheads