2017 Charleston Battery season

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.

Charleston Battery
2017 season
PresidentAndrew Bell
Head coachMichael Anhaeuser
StadiumMUSC Health Stadium
USLConference: 2nd
Overall: 3rd
USL PlayoffsFirst round
U.S. Open CupFourth round
Top goalscorerRomario Williams (10)

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
Main article: 2016 Charleston Battery season

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
No. Name Nationality Position Date of Birth (Age)[B] Previous Club
Goalkeepers
0 Joe Kuzminsky GK (1994-01-24)January 24, 1994 (aged 23) UAB Blazers
1 Alexandros Tabakis GK (1992-12-08)December 8, 1992 (aged 24) Atlanta United FC[A]
23 Odisnel Cooper GK (1992-03-31)March 31, 1992 (aged 25) FC Camagüey
Defenders
3 Forrest Lasso CB (1993-05-11)May 11, 1993 (aged 24) Wofford Terriers
4 Taylor Mueller CB (1988-09-20)September 20, 1988 (aged 29) Washington Crossfire
6 Skylar Thomas RB (1993-07-27)July 27, 1993 (aged 24) Toronto FC II
7 O'Brian Woodbine LB (1988-01-11)January 11, 1988 (aged 29) Ottawa Fury FC
11 Quinton Griffith RB (1992-02-22)February 22, 1992 (aged 25) Antigua Barracuda FC
15 Mikey Ambrose CB (1993-12-05)December 5, 1993 (aged 23) Atlanta United FC[A]
Midfielders
8 Neveal Hackshaw CM (1995-09-21)September 21, 1995 (aged 22) North East Stars
10 Ataullah Guerra AM (1987-11-14)November 14, 1987 (aged 29) Central
19 Dante Marini LM (1992-07-21)July 21, 1992 (aged 25) Reading United
20 Justin Portillo CM (1992-09-09)September 9, 1992 (aged 25) Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
21 Maikel Chang AM (1991-04-18)April 18, 1991 (aged 26) FC La Habana
22 Brian Anunga RM (1996-08-06)August 6, 1996 (aged 21) Carolina Dynamo
24 Nico Rittmeyer CM (1993-10-13)October 13, 1993 (aged 24) Charleston Cougars
25 Kotaro Higashi LM (1989-01-21)January 21, 1989 (aged 28) Bonnyrigg White Eagles
28 Ryan Arambula RM (1993-12-19)December 19, 1993 (aged 23) South Carolina Gamecocks
Forwards
9 Romario Williams ST (1994-08-15)August 15, 1994 (aged 23) Atlanta United FC[A]
16 Heviel Cordovés ST (1989-11-10)November 10, 1989 (aged 27) FC La Habana
17 Ricky Garbanzo ST (1992-08-26)August 26, 1992 (aged 25) Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
30 Jeffrey Otoo ST (1998-01-21)January 21, 1998 (aged 19) Atlanta United FC[A]
  1. ^
    On loan from MLS affiliate Atlanta United FC.
    2.
  2. ^
    Player's age during the 2017 season.
    3.

Non-competitive

Carolina Challenge Cup
Main article: 2017 Carolina Challenge Cup
February 18 1Charleston Battery1–1Seattle Sounders FCCharleston, South Carolina
5:00 PM EDT Vázquez  78'
Higashi  90'+2'		 Report Mueller  32' (o.g.)
Delem  37'
Jones  40'		 Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
February 22 2Charleston Battery1–1Columbus Crew SCCharleston, South Carolina
5:00 PM EST Marini  12'
Chang  22'
Williams  24'
Lasso  25'
Mueller  61'		 Report Jonathan  8'
Afful  23'
Næss  63' (o.g.)
Abu  79'
Abubakar  83'		 Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
February 25 3Charleston Battery1–2Atlanta UnitedCharleston, South Carolina
7:00 PM EST Williams  45' Report Asad  4'
Villalba  90'		 Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium

Competitive

USL
Main article: 2017 USL season

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: 2017 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
(C) Champion.

Results
March 25 1Charleston Battery2–1FC CincinnatiCharleston, South Carolina
EST Lasso  8'  38'
Portillo  71' (pen.)		 Report Fall  59' Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Attendance: 2,247
Referee: Geoff Gamble
April 1 2Charlotte Independence0–2Charleston BatteryMatthews, North Carolina
6:00 PM EST Alajarín  42'
Duckett  49'
Ross  68'		 Report Lasso  32'  77'
Williams  70'		 Stadium: Mecklenburg County Sportsplex
Attendance: 2,048
Referee: Kevin Broadley
April 8 3Charleston Battery1–2Pittsburgh RiverhoundsCharleston, South Carolina
7:00 PM EST Guerra  8'
Williams  44'
Portillo  85'		 Report Hollingsworth  59'
Obinwa  73'
Hertzog  90+1'		 Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Attendance: 2,425
Referee: Aleksandar Zhelyazkov
April 15 4Charleston Battery5–0Rochester RhinosCharleston, South Carolina
7:00 PM EST Williams  15', 25', 26'
Guerra  31'
Chang  81'
Thomas  82'
Anunga  88'
Mueller  89'		 Report Fall  56'
James  59'		 Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Attendance: 2,421
Referee: Howard Ashe
April 22 5Tampa Bay Rowdies2–3Charleston BatterySt. Petersburg, Florida
7:30 PM EST Cole  34'
Hristov  62'
Paterson  90'		 Report Williams  38'
Lasso  40'  61'
Chang  45+1'
Woodbine  62'
Anunga  89'		 Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 5,016
Referee: Jonathan Weiner
April 29 6Charleston Battery2–2Ottawa Fury FCCharleston, South Carolina
EST Williams  41', 84'  73' Report Williams  22'
Del Campo  56'		 Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Attendance: 6,563
Referee: Chris Spivey
May 6 7Charleston Battery1–0Bethlehem Steel FCCharleston, South Carolina
7:00 PM EST Guerra  17'
Hackshaw  22'
Cordoves  69'		 Report Trusty  55' Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Attendance: 2,820
Referee: Kevin Broadley
May 13 8Charleston Battery1–0Saint Louis FCCharleston, South Carolina
7:00 PM EST Lasso  62'
Anunga  68'		 Report Bjurman  38'
Stojkov  90+3'		 Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Attendance: 2,015
Referee: Henrik Karlsson
May 20 9Harrisburg City Islanders2–2Charleston BatteryHarrisburg, Pennsylvania
7:00 PM EST Olabiyi  23'
Dabo  45'
Nishanian  75'
Ribeiro  82'
Mendoza  90+5'		 Report Anunga  33'  53'
Guerra  38'  68'
Lasso  41'
Mueller  56'
Williams  69'		 Stadium: FNB Field
Attendance: 2,829
Referee: Luis Guardia
May 25 10Bethlehem Steel FC0–1Charleston BatteryBethlehem, Pennsylvania
11:00 AM EST Monge  77'
Burke  88'		 Report Williams  32' Stadium: Goodman Stadium
Attendance: 2,971
Referee: Jonathan Weiner
May 28 11New York Red Bulls II2–1Charleston BatteryMontclair, New Jersey
2:00 PM EST Tinari  22'
Meara  42'
Ndam  44'
Flemmings  54'
Abidor  65'
Etienne  75'
Bezecourt  79'		 Report Portillo  45'
Garbanzo  65'		 Stadium: MSU Soccer Park at Pittser Field
Attendance: 505
Referee: Bardhyl Pashaj
June 3 12Charleston Battery4–4Louisville City FCCharleston, South Carolina
7:00 PM EST Lasso  23'
Williams  11', 32'  77'
Chang  48'
Anunga  53'
Garbanzo  73'
Marini  88'		 Report Jimenez  45+1'
Davis IV  60'
Smith  61'
Ownby  79'
Lasso  82' (o.g.)
Ballard  90'		 Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Attendance: 3,710
Referee: Jon Freemon
June 10 13Charleston Battery1–0Richmond KickersCharleston, South Carolina
7:00 PM EST Portillo  26' (pen.)
Woodbine  61'
Mueller  82'		 Report Shanosky  12' Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Attendance: 2,526
Referee: Gustavo Solorio
June 17 14FC Cincinnati2–2Charleston BatteryCincinnati, Ohio
7:00 PM EST Fall  4'
König  45+2'
Wiedeman  80'		 Report Williams  50'  63'
Lasso  72'		 Stadium: Nippert Stadium
Attendance: 21,074
Referee: Eric Tattersall
June 24 15Charleston Battery6–1Toronto FC IICharleston, South Carolina
7:00 PM EST Williams  31'  50'
Lasso  42'
Marini  57'  71'
Portillo  90+2'		 Report Fraser  56'
Camargo  65'		 Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Attendance: 4,571
Referee: Kevin Broadley
July 1 16Charleston Battery2–0Tampa Bay RowdiesCharleston, South Carolina
7:00 PM EST Guerra  8'
Griffith  50'
Williams  70'
Cordovés  81'		 Report Lowe  55'
Boden  62'
Morrell  69'		 Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Attendance: 2,967
Referee: Matthew Franz
July 9 17Charleston Battery1–1Louisville City FCCharleston, South Carolina
7:00 PM EST Portillo  23' (pen.)
Higashi  52'
Woodbine  69'
Anunga  86'		 Report Smith  23'
Ilić  27'
Morad  71'
Craig  85'		 Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Attendance: 3,701
Referee: Rubiel Vazquez
July 15 18Saint Louis FC1–0Charleston BatterySt. Louis, Missouri
20:30 PM EST Plewa  40'
Sheldon  45+1'
Guzmán  72'
David  90'		 Report Cordovés  9'
Higashi  53'
Griffith  89'		 Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 5,243
Referee: Mark Kadlecik
July 22 19Tampa Bay Rowdies2–0Charleston BatterySt. Petersburg, Florida
19:30 EDT (UTC−4) Mkandawire  25'
Cole  40'
Paterson  69'		 Report Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 5,619
Referee: Daniel Gutierrez
July 26 20Pittsburgh Riverhounds2–2Charleston BatteryPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
20:00 PM EST Victor Souto  21'
Hertzog  62'		 Report Miles Robinson  11'
Mueller  56'
Chang  84'
Thomas  90+1'		 Stadium: Highmark Stadium
Attendance: 2,067
Referee: Charles Murphy
July 29 21Charleston Battery0–0Orlando City BCharleston, South Carolina
19:00 PM EST Lasso  65'
Kunga  84'
Portillo  90+1'		 Report Hines  5'
Clowes  90'
Ellis-Hayden  90+1'		 Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Attendance: 2,853
Referee: Gustavo Solorio
August 5 22Toronto FC II1–0Charleston BatteryVaughan, Ontario
3:30 PM EST Hundal  52'
Dunn  90+2'		 Report Garbanzo  16' Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre
Attendance: 1,145
Referee: Chris Grabas
August 12 23Charleston Battery1–1New York Red Bulls IICharleston, South Carolina
7:00PM EST Woodbine  44',  86' 
Williams  45'
Anunga  51'
Mueller  59'
Portillo  79'		 Report Kutler  40'
Flemmings  52'
Bonomo  72'		 Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Attendance: 3,233
Referee: Christopher Spivey
August 19 24Rochester Rhinos0–1Charleston BatteryRochester, New York
18:05 PM EST Madison  45+1' Report Hackshaw  21'
Williams  25'
Portillo  83'
Cooper  90+2'		 Stadium: Capelli Sport Stadium
Attendance: 2,319
Referee: Bardhyl Pashaj
August 26 25Richmond Kickers3–1Charleston BatteryRichmond, Virginia
19:00 EDT Jane  17'
Oliver  36' 32'
Imura  90+2'
Eskay  89'		 Report Cordovés  2'
Thomas  38'
van Schaik  53'		 Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: Nickrod Fateh
Referee: 3,527
September 2 26Louisville City FC1–0Charleston BatteryLouisville, Kentucky
5:00PM Abend  78' Report Hackshaw  76'
Mueller  79'
Portillo  86'		 Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field
Attendance: 7,612
Referee: Malik Badawi
September 16 27Charleston Battery1–0Richmond KickersCharleston, South Carolina
19:00 EDT Cordovés  84'
Lasso  34'
Williams  37'
Thomas  77'		 Report Eskay  65' Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Attendance: 2,228
Referee: Kevin Broadley
September 20 28Charleston Battery3–0Charlotte IndependenceCharleston, South Carolina
6:00 P.M. EDT Hackshaw  6'
Cordoves  13',  80'
Lasso  18'
Garbanzo  73'		 Report Waechter  21'
Ekra  55'		 Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Attendance: 2,020
Referee: Dallas Rosier
September 23 29Orlando City B2–1Charleston BatteryOrlando, Florida
da Silva  31'
Clowes  50'
Carroll  70'
Neal  87'		 Report Griffith  60'
Cordovés  81'		 Stadium: Orlando City Stadium
Attendance: 1,011
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
October 1 30Ottawa Fury FC1–1Charleston BatteryOttawa, Ontario
14:00 EDT (UTC-04:00) Dos Santos  16'
Dixon  35'
DePuy  46'		 Report Hackshaw  28'
Lasso  40'  59'
Cordovés  85'		 Stadium: TD Place Stadium
Attendance: 4,587
Referee: Chris Grabas
October 7 31Charleston Battery4–0Harrisburg City IslandersCharleston, South Carolina
19:00 EDT Cordoves  15', 58'
van Schaik  19'
Guerra  28'
Griffith  89'  89'		 Report
Box Score		 Olabiyi  36'
Brent  82'		 Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Attendance: 4,170
Referee: David Erbacher
October 14 32Charlotte Independence0–1Charleston BatteryMatthews, North Carolina
6:00 P.M. EDT Report Guerra  35'
Griffith  42'
Mueller  72'
Portillo  83'
Rittmeyer  90+3'		 Stadium: Sportsplex at Matthews
Attendance: 1,864
Referee: Daniel Gutierrez

U.S. Open Cup
Main article: 2017 U.S. Open Cup
May 17 Second roundAtlanta Silverbacks 1–2 Charleston BatteryAtlanta, Georgia
3:30 PM EDT Tacchi  24'
Garcia  45'
Harlley  73'		 Report Lasso  20'
Otoo  44'
Thomas  79'		 Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
May 31 Third roundJacksonville Armada 0–1 Charleston BatteryJacksonville, Florida
7:00 PM EDT Rebellón  90+3' Report Beckie  25' (o.g.)
Lasso  56'
Anunga  58'
Hackshaw  90+4'		 Stadium: Southern Oak Stadium
Attendance: 831
Referee: Esteban Rosano
June 14 Fourth roundAtlanta United FC 3–2 Charleston BatteryKennesaw, Georgia
7:00 PM EDT Kratz  30'
Larentowicz  34'
Martínez  48'
Walkes  59'
Vazquez  72'		 Report Lasso  3'
Marini  31'
Mueller  89'		 Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Attendance: 9,458
Referee: Guido Gonzalez

References
  1. "Battery Advance to Open Cup Third Round". May 19, 2016.
  2. "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.
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