2018 Charleston Battery season

Charleston Battery
2018 season
President	Andrew Bell
Head coach	Michael Anhaeuser
Stadium	MUSC Health Stadium
USL	Conference: ; Overall:
U.S. Open Cup	Fourth round

The 2018 Charleston Battery season is the club's 26th year of existence, their 15th season in the second tier of the United States Soccer Pyramid. It is their eighth season in the United Soccer League as part of the Eastern Conference.

Background

The Battery finished the 2017 season with a record of 15–9–8, finished 2nd in the Eastern Conference, and 3rd overall. In the 2017 USL Playoffs, Charleston were upset in the first round by the New York Red Bulls II. Elsewhere, the Battery reached the fourth round of the 2017 U.S. Open Cup, losing 2–3 to MLS outfit, Atlanta United.

Club

Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth.

No.	Position	Player	Nation
1	Goalkeeper	Joe Kuzminsky	United States
2	Defender	Jay Bolt	United States
3	Defender	Skylar Thomas	Canada
4	Defender	Taylor Mueller	United States
6	Defender	Leland Archer	Trinidad and Tobago
7	Defender	O'Brian Woodbine	Jamaica
8	Midfielder	Neveal Hackshaw	Trinidad and Tobago
9	Forward	Ian Svantesson	United States
10	Midfielder	Ataullah Guerra	Trinidad and Tobago
12	Midfielder	Vincenzo Candela	Colombia
13	Midfielder	Nico Rittmeyer	United States
14	Midfielder	Jarad van Schaik	United States
15	Forward	Gordon Wild (on loan from Atlanta United)	Germany
16	Goalkeeper	Robert Beebe	United States
17	Forward	Patrick Okonkwo (on loan from Atlanta United)	Nigeria
18	Midfielder	Ryan Arambula	United States
19	Midfielder	Dante Marini	United States
20	Forward	Victor Mansaray	United States
21	Midfielder	Angelo Kelly-Rosales	Honduras
22	Midfielder	Brian Anunga	Cameroon
23	Goalkeeper	Odisnel Cooper	Cuba
25	Midfielder	Kotaro Higashi	Japan

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Age	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
9	FW	Ian Svantesson	24	Tulsa Roughnecks	Free	December 12, 2017	[1]
2	DF	Jay Bolt	23	Jacksonville Armada	Free	January 25, 2018	[2]
12	MF	Vincenzo Candela	23	Llaneros	Free	February 20, 2018	[3]
6	DF	Leland Archer	22	South Georgia Tormenta	Free	May 10, 2018	[4]

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Age	Transferred to	Club Nat.	Fee	Date	Source
9	FW	Romario Williams	23	Atlanta United		End of loan	November 15, 2017
15	DF	Mikey Ambrose	22	Atlanta United		End of loan	November 15, 2017
30	FW	Jeffrey Otoo	18	Atlanta United		End of loan	November 15, 2017
3	DF	Forrest Lasso	24	FC Cincinnati		Free	November 20, 2017
20	MF	Justin Portillo	25	Real Monarchs		Free	November 29, 2017	[5]
21	MF	Maikel Chang	26	Real Monarchs		Free	November 29, 2017	[5]
17	FW	Ricky Garbanzo	25			Released	November 30, 2017
16	FW	Heviel Cordovés	27	Richmond Kickers		Free	December 4, 2017	[6]
19	MF	Dante Marini	25	Retired	N/A	N/A	December 31, 2017
1	GK	Alexandros Tabakis	25	North Carolina FC		Free	March 2, 2018

Loaned in

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Age	Loaned from	Club Nat.	Start	End	Source
15	FW		Gordon Wild	22	Atlanta United		March 1, 2018	November 30, 2018	[7]
17	FW		Patrick Okonkwo	19	Atlanta United		March 1, 2018	November 30, 2018	[7]

Non-competitive

February 15	Charleston Battery	3–3	Coastal Carolina Chanticleers	Charleston, South Carolina
17:30 EST (UTC−05:00)	Guerra 8' Mueller 16' Higashi 41'		Fortune 22' 49' Kenton 59'	Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium

February 28	Charleston Battery	5–1	Georgia Southern Eagles	Charleston, South Carolina
19:30 EST (UTC−05:00)	Rittmeyer 59', 67', 85', 86' Guerra 83'		Carbonell 22' (pen.), 35'	Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium

March 10	Charleston Battery	0–1 (a.e.t.)	North Carolina FC	Charleston, South Carolina
11:00 EST (UTC−05:00)			Ríos	Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium

Carolina Challenge Cup

February 17 1	Charleston Battery	1–0	Minnesota United	Charleston, South Carolina
19:30 EST (UTC−05:00)	Mueller 31' Svantesson 45+1' Okonkwo 56'	Report	Nicholson 35' Boxall 45' Warner 47' 83'	Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium

February 21 2	Charleston Battery	1−2	Columbus Crew SC	Charleston, South Carolina
17:00 EST (UTC−05:00)	Svantesson 32'	Report	Zardes 56', 82'	Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero

February 24 3	Charleston Battery	0−0	Atlanta United	Charleston, South Carolina
19:30 EST (UTC−05:00)		Report		Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium

Competitive

USL

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Louisville City FC (C)	34	19	9	6	71	38	+33	66	Conference Playoffs
3	Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC	34	15	14	5	47	26	+21	59
4	Charleston Battery	34	14	14	6	47	34	+13	56
5	New York Red Bulls II	34	13	13	8	71	59	+12	52
6	Bethlehem Steel FC	34	14	8	12	56	41	+15	50

Source: 2018 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 by round

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	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A
Result	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	W	W	D	D	D	L	D	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	D	D	W	D	D	W	L

Updated to match(es) played on October 1, 2018. Source: 2018 Battery Schedule
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Regular Season

Win Draw Loss

All times are in Eastern Time Zone.

March 17 1	Charleston Battery	0–1	FC Cincinnati	Charleston, South Carolina
7:00 PM	Guerra 51' van Schiak 80' Griffith 90+2'	Report	Smith 18' Laing 63' Lasso 85' König 90+2' Ryan 90+7'	Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium Attendance: 4,598 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

March 24 2	Charleston Battery	1–0	Penn FC	Charleston
7:00 PM	Svantesson 39' Guerra 62' Anunga 65' Okonkwo 88'	Report	Tiago 70'	Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium Attendance: 2,615 Referee: Marcos de Oliveira

March 31 3	New York Red Bulls II	5–2	Charleston Battery	Harrison, New Jersey
1:00 PM	Cásseres 41' White 44' (pen.) Tinari 47' Mines 50' Moreno 62', 66'	Report	Svantesson 55' Anuga 56', 78'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 826 Referee: Jaroslaw Werel

April 8 4	Bethlehem Steel FC	1–1	Charleston Battery	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
3:00 PM	Burke 45+4' Ayuk 89'	Report	Thomas 42' van Schaik 55' Cordovés 86'	Stadium: Goodman Stadium Attendance: 1,625 Referee: Lorant Varga

April 21 5	Penn FC	1–1	Charleston Battery	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
6:00 PM	Tiago 36' Opoku 53' Tribbett 56', 89' Bond 65' Eustáquio 82'	Report	Anunga 39' Bolt 52' Guerra 77'	Stadium: FNB Field Attendance: 1,712 Referee: Guido Gonzalez

April 24 6	Atlanta United 2	0–3	Charleston Battery	Lawrenceville, Georgia
7:00 PM		Report	Svantesson 33' Wild 51', 85' Rittmeyer 71' Tah Anunga 81'	Stadium: Coolray Field Attendance: 2,047 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

April 28 7	Charleston Battery	1–0	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Charleston
7:00 PM	Candela 5' Guerra 45+1' van Schaik 46'	Report	Cole 30'	Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium Attendance: 3,462 Referee: Ismir Pekmic

May 5 8	Charleston Battery	2–0	Charlotte Independence	Charleston
7:00 PM	Guerra 31' Cooper 80' Mansaray 87'	Report	Kalungi 11' 78' Calvert 90'	Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium Attendance: 2,637 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

May 12 9	Charleston Battery	2–1	Bethlehem Steel FC	Charleston
6:00 PM	Candela 20' Rittmeyer 31' Guerra 44' Wild 53'	Report	Mbaizo 9' Jones 65' (pen)	Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium Attendance: 4,659 Referee: Daniel Gutierrez

May 19 10	Charleston Battery	0–0	Ottawa Fury	Charleston
7:00 PM	Higashi 45+1' Thomas 48' *Rittmeyer 67' Mueller 73'	Report	Edward 28' Oliveira 34'	Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium Attendance: 2,597 Referee: Kevin Broadley

May 26 11	Charleston Battery	1–1	Nashville SC	Charleston
7:00 PM	Guerra 50', 52'	Report	Doyle 25' Reed 54' Davis 90+3'	Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium Attendance: 2,697 Referee: Jonathan Bilinski

May 30 12	Indy Eleven	3–3	Charleston Battery	Indianapolis, Indiana
7:00 PM	Ring 25' Saad 43' Mitchell 67' McInerney 78' Ayoze 86' (pen.), 90+3'	Report	van Schaik 19' Anunga 43', 90+4' Woodbine 62' Guerra 80' Candela 80' Thomas 85'	Stadium: Lucas Oil Stadium Attendance: 8,070 Referee: Luis Guardia

June 9 13	Richmond Kickers	2–0	Charleston Battery	Richmond, Virginia
7:00 PM	Cordovés 5', 63' Luiz Fernando 90'	Report	Bolt 73' Svantesson 86'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 3,441 Referee: Matt Franz

June 16 14	Charlotte Independence	1–1	Charleston Battery	Matthews, North Carolina
7:30 PM	Martínez 68' Mwape 79' Herrera 88'	Report	Higashi 25'	Stadium: Matthews Sportsplex Attendance: 3,312 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

June 23 15	Charleston Battery	0–0	Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC	Charleston
7:00 PM		Report	Roberts 74' Greenspan 82'	Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium Attendance: 2,862 Referee: Daniel Gutierrez

July 1 16	Toronto FC II	0–4	Charleston Battery	Toronto, Ontario
8:00 PM	Campbel 82'	Report	Rittmeyer 54' Guerra 59' Higashi 65' Woodbine 82' Thomas 84' Wild 90+1'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 422 Referee: Carol Anne Chenard

July 7 17	North Carolina FC	1–1	Charleston Battery	Cary, North Carolina
7:00 PM	Ríos 81' Guillen 90+5'	Report	Guerra 63' Woodbine 69'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 3,623 Referee: Javier Santos

July 11 18	Charleston Battery	2–1	Indy Eleven	Charleston
7:00 PM	Wild 22', 84'	Report	Starikov 58'	Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium Attendance: 2,094 Referee: Marcos de Oliveira

July 14 19	Charleston Battery	2–1	Louisville City FC	Charleston
7:00PM	Guerra 5' Hackshaw 27' Woodbine 35' Anunga 70' Kuzminsky 90'	Report	Smith 73' Mueller 88' (o.g.) Davis IV 90+1' Jimenez 90+7'	Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium Attendance: 2,451 Referee: Greg Dopka

July 21 20	Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC	0–1	Charleston Battery	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
7:00 PM	Vancaeyezeele 90'	Report	Guerra 83', 88'	Stadium: Highmark Stadium Attendance: 3,371 Referee: Eric Tattersall

July 28 21	Charleston Battery	3–0	Richmond Kickers	Charleston
7:00 PM	Rittmeyer 15', 45' Guerra 51'	Report		Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium Attendance: 3,221 Referee: Sergii Demianchuk

August 4 22	North Carolina FC	0–0	Charleston Battery	Cary, North Carolina
7:00 P.M.		Report	Guerra 43'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 4,026 Referee: Bardhyl Pashaj

August 8 23	Tampa Bay Rowdies	0–0	Charleston Battery	St. Petersburg, Florida
7:30 P.M.	Oduro 58' Cole 86'	Report	Candela 23'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 5,028 Referee: Guido Gonzalez Jr.

August 11 24	Charleston Battery	1–0	Atlanta United 2	Charleston
7:00 PM	Okonkwo 7' Svantesson 41' (pen.)	Report	Castro 26'	Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium Attendance: 2,582 Referee: Lorant Varga

August 18 25	FC Cincinnati	3–0	Charleston Battery	Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 EDT	Ledesma 13', 21' Bone 45+1' Barrett 53' Thomas 90+5' (o.g.)	Report	Anunga 30' Svantesson 87'	Stadium: Nippert Stadium Attendance: 27,142 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

August 25 26	Charleston Battery	4–4	New York Red Bulls II	Charleston
7:00 P.M.	Guerra 22', 45+2', 57' Okonkwo 28', 75' Tah Anunga 61'	Report	Barlow 64' (pen), 73', 88' Aguinaga 68' Ackwei 90+3'	Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium Attendance: 2,741 Referee: Matthew Franz

August 31 27	Louisville City FC	2–2	Charleston Battery	Louisville, Kentucky
7:30PM	Lancaster 18', 41' Jimenez 62'	Report	Guerra 7' Okonkwo 14' Rittmeyer 21' Candela 38' Bolt 65' Mueller 74'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 6,971 Referee: Kevin Broadley

September 8 28	Charleston Battery	1–0	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Charleston
19:00 P.M.	Okonkwo 22' Bolt 55' Archer 90+6'	Report	Guenzatti 81'	Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium Attendance: 2,949 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

September 19 29	Charleston Battery	1–1	Charlotte Independence	Charleston
7:00 P.M.	Rittmeyer 9' Woodbine 80' Mansaray 90+1'	Report	Herrera 69' (pen) Martínez 89'	Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium Referee: Joseph Dickerson

September 22 30	Nashville SC	1–1	Charleston Battery	Nashville, Tennessee
8:30 P.M.	Hume 9' Reed 45+2'	Report	Anunga 24' Okonkwo 60' Mansaray 63'	Stadium: First Tennessee Park Attendance: 7,376 Referee: Farhad Dadkho

September 26 31	Charleston Battery	2–0	North Carolina FC	Charleston
7:00 PM	Mansaray 90+1' Svantesson 90+4'	Report		Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium Attendance: 1,748 Referee: Marcos DeOliveira

September 29 32	Charleston Battery	1–2	Toronto FC II	Charleston
7:00PM	Woodbine 37' Okonkwo 52'	Report	Akinola 55' Campbell 59' Hamilton 65' Mohammed 81'	Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium Attendance: 3,612 Referee: Danielle Chesky

October 7 33	Atlanta United 2	2–1	Charleston Battery	Lawrenceville, Georgia
7:00 PM EDT	Williams 48', 65' Carleton 64'	Report	Guerra 27' Kelly-Rosales 56' Wild 81'	Stadium: Coolray Field Attendance: 3,304 Referee: Greg Dopka

October 13 34	Ottawa Fury	0–2	Charleston Battery	Ottawa, Ontario
1:00 P.M.		Report	Wild 14' Svantesson 60', 84'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 5,385 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

Postseason

October 20 Quarterfinal	Charleston Battery	0–1	New York Red Bulls II	Charleston
7:00 P.M.	Bolt 16'	Report	Barlow 21' Stroud 66'	Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium Attendance: 1,687 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

U.S. Open Cup

May 16 Second round	Charleston Battery	1–0	South Georgia Tormenta	Charleston, South Carolina
7:00 pm EDT	Okonkwo 21' Rittmeyer 46' 63'	CHS Report Report	Vinyals 37' 87' Arslan 56'	Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium Attendance: 1,284 Referee: David Erbacher

May 23 Third round	Charleston Battery	1–0	Elm City Express	Charleston, South Carolina
7:00 pm EDT	Wild 83' Candela 87' Cooper 90+3' Svantesson 90+4'	CHS Report Report	Calderon 29'	Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium Attendance: 1,242 Referee: Sergii Demianchuk

June 6 Fourth round	Atlanta United FC	3–0	Charleston Battery	Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 pm EDT	Carleton 14' Barco 47' (pen.) Williams 64'	Report	Candela 86'	Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium Attendance: 9,742 Referee: Guido Gonzalez Jr.

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References

Cardamone, Sarah (December 12, 2017). "Charleston Battery sign Ian Svantesson". Charleston Battery. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
Cardamone, Sarah (January 25, 2018). "Charleston Battery signs Jay Bolt". Charleston Battery. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
Cardamone, Sarah (February 20, 2018). "Charleston Battery Signs Vincenzo Candela From Open Trials". Charleston Battery. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
Cardamone, Sarah (May 10, 2018). "Charleston Battery signs former Cougar captain". Charleston Battery. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
Cheever, David (November 29, 2017). "Real Monarchs Sign Three for 2018 USL Season". RSL Soapbox. SB Nation. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
Wood, Patrick (December 4, 2017). "Kickers Sign Heviel Cordovés". richmondkickers.com. Missing or empty |url= (help)
Roberson, Doug (February 13, 2018). "Two Atlanta United players training with Charleston". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved June 11, 2018.

External links

Battery Official Website

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[1] Cardamone, Sarah (December 12, 2017). "Charleston Battery sign Ian Svantesson". Charleston Battery. Retrieved June 11, 2018.

[bolt-2] Cardamone, Sarah (January 25, 2018). "Charleston Battery signs Jay Bolt". Charleston Battery. Retrieved June 11, 2018.

[candela-3] Cardamone, Sarah (February 20, 2018). "Charleston Battery Signs Vincenzo Candela From Open Trials". Charleston Battery. Retrieved June 7, 2018.

[archer-4] Cardamone, Sarah (May 10, 2018). "Charleston Battery signs former Cougar captain". Charleston Battery. Retrieved June 11, 2018.

[portillo_chang-5] Cheever, David (November 29, 2017). "Real Monarchs Sign Three for 2018 USL Season". RSL Soapbox. SB Nation. Retrieved June 11, 2018.

[cordovés-6] Wood, Patrick (December 4, 2017). "Kickers Sign Heviel Cordovés". richmondkickers.com. Missing or empty |url= (help)

[wild_okonkwo_loan-7] Roberson, Doug (February 13, 2018). "Two Atlanta United players training with Charleston". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved June 11, 2018.