2014 Charleston Battery season

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.

Charleston Battery
2014 season
Owner Tony Bakker
Manager Michael Anhaeuser
StadiumBlackbaud Stadium
USL ProTBD
USL Pro PlayoffsTBD
U.S. Open CupTBD
Carolina Challenge Cup4th
Highest home attendance5,415
(May 24 v. Pittsburgh)
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 2,214
(July 22 v. Richmond)
All: 1,428
(May 28 v. Orlando City U-23)
Average home league attendance3,993

Background
Main article: 2013 Charleston Battery season

Club

Good people

Team management

Competitions

Preseason
February 19, 2014 FriendlyCharleston Battery1 - 1Coastal Carolina ChanticleersCharleston, South Carolina
19:15 EST Teos  45' Garbanzo  21' Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium
March 7, 2014 FriendlyCharleston Battery2 - 0NAIA All-StarsCharleston, South Carolina
19:15 EST Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium
March 11, 2014 FriendlyCharleston Battery1 - 0Wilmington HammerheadsCharleston, South Carolina
19:15 EST Diouf  90' Report Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium
March 13, 2014 FriendlyCollege of Charleston Cougars1 - 4Charleston BatteryCharleston, 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 FriendlyCharleston Battery2 - 0Clemson TigersCharleston, South Carolina
19:15 EST Prince  10'
Mena  35'		 Report Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium
March 18, 2014 FriendlyCharleston Battery7 - 0Georgia Southern EaglesCharleston, South Carolina
19:15 EST Prince
Cordovés
vanSchaik
Mena
Diouf 		Report Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium

Carolina Challenge Cup
Main article: 2014 Carolina Challenge Cup
February 22, 2014 1Charleston Battery1 - 2Seattle Sounders FCCharleston, 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 2Charleston Battery1 - 1D.C. UnitedCharleston, South Carolina
19:30 EST Ruggles  90+' Report Silva  72' Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium
March 1, 2014 3Charleston Battery0 - 2Houston DynamoCharleston, South Carolina
19:15 EST Report Cascio  54'
Barnes  64'		 Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium

USL Pro
Further information: 2014 USL Pro season

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

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
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28 11 8 9 36 31  +5 41 7 6 1 24 12  +12 4 2 8 12 19  −7

Source: Match reports

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ResultDDLDDLWWLLWLWLDLDWWDDDWWWLWW
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 1Charleston Battery1 - 1Orlando CityCharleston, 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 2Charleston Battery2 - 2Richmond KickersCharleston, 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 3Orlando City1 - 0Charleston BatteryLake 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 4Charleston Battery1 - 1New York Red Bulls ReservesCharleston, 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 5Pittsburgh Riverhounds0 - 0Charleston BatteryPittsburgh, 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 6Rochester Rhinos1 - 0Charleston BatteryRochester, New York
4:05 p.m. Banks  19' Report Ferguson  86' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 6,358
Referee: David Mon
May 2, 2014 7Harrisburg City Islanders0 - 4Charleston BatteryHarrisburg, 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 8Dayton Dutch Lions0 - 2Charleston BatteryBeavercreek, Ohio
7:00 p.m. Report Cordoves  37'
Salgado  87'		 Stadium: Beavercreek High School Stadium
Attendance: 213
Referee: Alan Kelly
May 10, 2014 9Charleston Battery0 - 1Wilmington HammerheadsCharleston, 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 10Wilmington Hammerheads1 - 0Charleston BatteryWilmington, 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 11Charleston Battery1 - 0Pittsburgh RiverhoundsCharleston, 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 12Orlando City2–0Charleston BatteryLake 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 13Charleston Battery3 - 0LA Galaxy IICharleston, 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 14Charlotte Eagles3 - 1Charleston BatteryCharlotte, 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 15Charleston BatteryPostponedRichmond KickersCharleston, South Carolina
7:30 p.m. Report Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium
Note: Postponed due to persistent lightning. Rescheduled for July 22.
July 5, 2014 16Harrisburg City Islanders4 - 1Charleston BatteryHarrisburg, 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 17Charleston Battery0 - 0Charlotte EaglesCharleston, 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 18Richmond Kickers4 - 0Charleston BatteryRichmond, 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 15Charleston Battery1 - 1Richmond KickersCharleston, 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 19Charleston Battery2 - 0Arizona United SCCharleston, 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 20Rochester Rhinos0 - 0Charleston BatteryRochester, New York
7:35 p.m. Obasi  57' Report Kelly  68' Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium
Attendance: 4,445
Referee: Jeff Forward
August 3, 2014 21Montreal Impact Reserves0 - 1Charleston BatteryMontréal, Quebec
7:30 p.m. Gagnon-Laparé  11' Report Falvey  20'
Cuevas  26'		 Stadium: CS Claude-Robillard
Attendance: 100
August 8, 2014 22Charleston Battery2 - 2Dayton Dutch LionsCharleston, 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 23Charleston Battery3 - 2Orange County Blues FCCharleston, 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 24Charleston Battery2 - 1Rochester RhinosCharleston, 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 25Oklahoma City Energy FC0 - 2Charleston BatteryOklahoma City, Oklahoma
8:00 p.m. Report Sanyang  23'   79'
Kelly  60'
Cordovés  90'		 Stadium: Pribil Stadium
Attendance: 4,722
Referee: Charles Farr
August 27, 2014 26Sacramento Republic FC3 - 1Charleston BatterySacramento, 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 27Charleston Battery4 - 0Pittsburgh RiverhoundsCharleston, 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 28Charleston Battery2 - 1Harrisburg City IslandersCharleston, 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:
  1. 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 RoundCharleston Battery4 - 0Panama City Beach PiratesCharleston, South Carolina
7:30pm EDT Cordovés
Chang 		Report Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium
Attendance: 1,801
May 28, 2014 Third RoundCharleston Battery2 - 2 (a.e.t.)
(11-12 p)		Orlando City U-23Charleston, 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

Statistics

Transfers
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References
  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.
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