2016 Charlotte Independence season

The 2016 Charlotte Independence season is 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

Roster

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

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

Competitions

USL Regular season
Main article: 2016 USL season

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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

March 26, 2016 1Charlotte Independence0–1Louisville City FCCharlotte, North Carolina
7:00pm Metcalf
Herrera
Duckett
Martínez 		Report Report Lancaster  90+4'
Shanosky
Kaye 		Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex
Attendance: 1,724
Referee: Marcos Deoliveira
April 2, 2016 2Charlotte Independence2–1Harrisburg City IslandersCharlotte, North Carolina
7:00pm Calvert  22'
Estrada  34'		 Report Foster  3'
Johnson  55'
Wheeler  59'
Barril  84'		 Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex
April 9, 2016 3FC Cincinnati2–1Charlotte IndependenceCincinnati, 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 4Charlotte Independence3–2Charleston BatteryCharlotte, 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 5Charlotte Independence3–2Richmond KickersCharlotte, 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 6New York Red Bulls II0–2Charlotte IndependenceHarrison, New Jersey
4:00pm Report Martínez  13'
Slogic  29'  34' Pfeffer  90'		 Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 134
May 7, 2016 7Charlotte Independence1–0FC MontrealCharlotte, North Carolina
7:00pm Calvert  10'
Slogic  51'
Ekra  89'		 Report Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex
Attendance: 1,235
May 10, 2016 8Wilmington Hammerheads FC1–1Charlotte IndependenceWilmington, North Carolina
7:00pm Perone  15' (pen.) Report Brown  42' Stadium: Legion Field
Attendance: 2,776
May 14, 2016 9Rochester Rhinos0–0Charlotte IndependenceRochester, New York
6:00pm Fall  14'
Samuel  62'		 Report Ekra  42' Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium
Attendance: 2,142
May 28, 2016 10Orlando City B2–1Charlotte IndependenceMelbourne, 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 11Charlotte Independence2–2Toronto FC IICharlotte, 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 12Charlotte Independence0–1Bethlehem Steel FCCharlotte, 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 13Charlotte Independence1–0Richmond KickersCharlotte, 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 14Harrisburg City Islanders1–3Charlotte IndependenceHarrisburg, 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 15Orlando City B1–1Charlotte IndependenceMelbourne, 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 16Charlotte Independence1–2Wilmington Hammerheads FCCharlotte, 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 17Charlotte Independence1–2New York Red Bulls IICharlotte, 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 18Pittsburgh Riverhounds0–3Charlotte IndependencePittsburgh, 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 19FC Montreal0–1Charlotte IndependenceMontreal, Quebec
3:00pm Mkungilwa  29'
Gagnon-Laparé  33'
Choinière  90+1'		 Report Martínez  49' Stadium: Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard
Attendance: 134
August 3, 2016 20Charleston Battery1–1Charlotte IndependenceCharleston, South Carolina
7:30pm Williams  8'
Woodbine  48'		 Report Kalungi  28'
Davidson  58'
Calvert  65'
Martínez  86'		 Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
August 7, 2016 21Bethlehem Steel FC2-2Charlotte IndependenceBethlehem, 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 22Charlotte Independence1-0Wilmington Hammerheads FCCharlotte, North Carolina
7:00pm Brown  65' Summary Taublieb  26'
Binns  42'
Lynch  68'
Mecham  88'		 Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex
August 17, 2016 23Charlotte Independence4-0Orlando City BCharlotte, 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 24Charleston Battery1-0Charlotte IndependenceCharleston, South Carolina
7:30pm Chang  50'
Tsonis  90+1'		 Summary Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
August 31, 2016 25Charlotte Independence3-2FC CincinnatiCharlotte, 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 26Toronto FC IIvCharlotte IndependenceVaughan, Ontario
4:00pm Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre
September 10, 2016 27Charlotte IndependencevPittsburgh RiverhoundsCharlotte, North Carolina
7:00pm Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex
September 14, 2016 28Richmond KickersvCharlotte IndependenceRichmond
4:00pm Stadium: City Stadium
September 17, 2016 29Charlotte IndependencevRochester RhinosCharlotte, North Carolina
7:00pm Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex
September 24, 2016 30Louisville City FCvCharlotte IndependenceLouisville, Kentucky
7:30pm Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field

Schedule source

U.S. Open Cup
May 18, 2016 Second RoundCharlotte Eagles0–2Charlotte IndependenceCharlotte, North Carolina
7:00pm Report Hellmann  44'
Herrera  50'		 Stadium: Charlotte Christian School
Referee: Gustavo Solorio
June 1, 2016 Third RoundCarolina RailHawks5–0 (a.e.t.)Charlotte IndependenceCary, North Carolina
7:30pm Schuler  92', 115'
Albadawi  96'
Shriver  99'
Orlando  109'		 Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Referee: Neil Barbulescu

Friendlies
July 13, 2016 International friendlyCharlotte 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
  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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