2010 Charleston Battery season

The 2010 Charleston Battery season marked the club's seventeenth year of professional soccer. The team played in the USL Second Division (USL-2), the third tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, having voluntarily self-relegated from the USL First Division at the end of the 2009 season.[1] Charleston played its home games at Blackbaud Stadium on Daniel Island. The team was coached by Michael Anhaeuser, in his sixth year as head coach, and was assisted by former Battery player Ian Fuller. The Battery finished the regular season in first place with a record of 11–4–5, 38 points, and hosted the USL-2 championship match at Blackbaud Stadium on August 28, 2010. Charleston finished the regular season without a home defeat. The Battery defeated the Richmond Kickers 2–1 to win their third league title.[2] Lamar Neagle led the USL-2 in scoring with 13 league goals and was named the league MVP.[3] Battery manager Mike Anhaeuser was named the league's manager of the year.[3]

Charleston Battery
2010 season
OwnerTony Bakker
ManagerMichael Anhaeuser
USL Second Division1st place
U.S. Open CupQuarter-finals
USL Second Division PlayoffsChampions
Top goalscorerLeague: Neagle (13)
All: Neagle (14)
Highest home attendance4,236
Lowest home attendance797
Average home league attendance3,247

Preseason

The Battery began their annual Carolina Challenge Cup tournament with a match against Major League Soccer side Toronto FC. The Battery played Toronto to a draw, and would go on to lose 1-3 to Real Salt Lake, and 0-2 to D.C. United.

Results
March 17, 2010 Charleston Battery 1–3 Real Salt Lake Charleston, South Carolina, USA
17:00 Mayard 36' Report Findley 10'
Espindola 76', 90+1'
Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium

Regular season

The Battery began the 2010 season with a road match at the Charlotte Eagles, winning 3–2.

April 17, 2010 Charlotte Eagles 2 - 3 Charleston Battery Matthews, North Carolina, USA
7:00 PM Bryant   40'
Page 45'
Ogunseye 78'
Report Melia  18'
Mayard 24'
Zaher 32'
Coleman 80'
Stadium: Restart Field
Attendance: 1,114
Referee: Abbas Pisan
April 24, 2010 Charleston Battery 0 - 0 Pittsburgh Riverhounds Daniel Island, South Carolina, USA
7:30 PM Mayard  59'
Bermudez  77'
Woodbine  85'
Report Salsi  10' Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium
Attendance: 4,221
Referee: Eric Proctor
April 27, 2010 Real Maryland Monarchs 0 - 1 Charleston Battery Rockville, Maryland, USA
6:30 PM Sesay  19'
Paterson  48'
Noviello  89'
Report Heinemann 60'
Heinemann  74'
Stadium: Lester Stadium
Attendance: 300
Referee: Michael Donovan
May 1, 2010 Charleston Battery 2 - 1 Charlotte Eagles Daniel Island, South Carolina, USA
7:30 PM Armstrong 6'
Neagle 15'
Falvey  53'
Bermudez  90'
Report Lemons 58' Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium
Attendance: 3,008
Referee: Mark Cleland
May 8, 2010 Charleston Battery 3 - 1 Harrisburg City Islanders Daniel Island, South Carolina, USA
7:30 PM Neagle 23'
Heinemann  28'
Zaher  42'
Mayard 44'
Neagle  80'
Mayard 85'
Report Bixler  43'
Hotchkin 65'
Hanley  71'
Pelletier  75'
Petrasso  77'
Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium
Attendance: 3,226
Referee: Serdar Ertep
May 15, 2010 Charleston Battery 2-1 Pittsburgh Riverhounds Daniel Island, South Carolina, USA
7:30 PM Woodbine  14'
Gueye 28'
Hinemann 78'
Prince  90'
Rolko  19'
Deighton 68'
Katic  90'
Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium
Attendance: 4,236
Referee: Alan Schectman
May 21, 2010 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 3-4 Charleston Battery Bridgeville, Pennsylvania, USA
7:00 PM Tobey  43'
Deighton 45'
Tobey 47'
Kuteny  57'
Weekes 59'
Gueye  15'
Neagle 20'
Hinemann 24'
Neagle  57'
Hinemann  76'
Nunes 83'
Falvey  87'
Neagle  90'
Stadium: Chartiers Valley High Stadium
Attendance: 962
Referee: Shawn Fitch
May 22, 2010 Harrisburg City Islanders 2-1 Charleston Battery Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
7:00 PM Bixler  41'
Bloes  48'
Blixer 58'
Zimmerman 78'
Neagle  37'
Prince  46'
Gueye  57'
Woodbine  73'
Jackson 78'
Hinemann  80'
Stadium: Skyline Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,657
Referee: Zach Rubinich
May 29, 2010 Charleston Battery 2-2 Real Maryland Monarchs Daniel Island, South Carolina, USA
7:30 PM Neagle 52'
Falvey  63'
Neagle 90'
Trafford 6'
Hunter 41'
Bulow  90'
Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium
Attendance: 3,535
Referee: Daniel Burak
June 4, 2010 Charleston Battery 1-1 Harrisburg City Islanders Daniel Island, South Carolina, USA
7:30 PM Bermudez  36'
Neagle 57'
Gueye  63'
Touray 42' Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium
Attendance: 3,324
Referee: Patrick Baker
June 5, 2010 Richmond Kickers 3-1 Charleston Battery Richmond, Virginia, USA
7:00 PM Görres  40'
Elcock 58'
DosSantos  68'
Foglesong 70'
Foglesong  71'
Görres 78'
Delicate  89'
Woodbine  75'
Gueye 81'
Marples  84'
Stadium: University of Richmond Stadium
Attendance: 2,037
Referee: Corey Parmer
June 11, 2010 Charleston Battery 4-1 Richmond Kickers Daniel Island, South Carolina, USA
7:30 PM Neagle 10'
Neagle 12'
Heinemann 74'
Nunes  86'
Coleman  89'
Nunes 90'
DosSantos  33'
Görres  40'
Delicate 66'
Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium
Attendance: 3,937
Referee: Agostino Minasola
June 15, 2010, U.S. Open Cup Charleston Battery 4-2 CASL Elite Daniel Island, South Carolina, USA
1:00 PM Massie 7'
Coleman 12'
Prince 42'
Heinemann 68'
Merritt 53'
Coggins  76'
Swinehart 80'
Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium
Attendance: 797
Referee: Skye Arthur-Banning
June 22, 2010, U.S. Open Cup Charleston Battery 2-1 Carolina Railhawks Daniel Island, South Carolina, USA
1:00 PM Mayard 23'
Neagle 41'
Richardson  16'
Shields 64'
Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium
Attendance: 1,409
Referee: Mark Cleland
June 29, 2010, U.S. Open Cup Chicago Fire 0-0 a.e.t. (0-3 PK) Charleston Battery Chicago, Illinois, USA
1:00 PM Nyarko  48'
Conde  70'
Watson  73'
Pappa  88'
McBride
Krol
Conde
Armstrong  16'
Zahar  90'
Neagle
Zahar
Fuller
Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 2,526
Referee: Victor Hererra
July 3, 2010 Richmond Kickers 2-0 Charleston Battery Richmond, Virginia, USA
1:00 PM Elcock 21'
Nsereko  51'
DosSantos 90'
Marples  18' Stadium: University of Richmond Stadium
Attendance: 1,761
Referee: Kai Goodrich
July 6, 2010, U.S. Open Cup Columbus Crew 3-0 Charleston Battery Columbus, Ohio, USA
7:00 PM Zayner  24'
Rentaria 38'
Lenhart  42'
Lenhart 70'
Gaven 87'
Fuller  37'
Woodbine  64'
Stadium: Crew Stadium
July 9, 2010 Charleston Battery 1-0 Richmond Kickers Daniel Island, South Carolina, USA
7:30 PM Woodbine  41'  82', 48'
Armstrong  43'
Wilson  90'
Foglesong  43'
Delicâte  90'
Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium
Attendance: 3,403
Referee: Abbas Piran
July 16, 2010 Charleston Battery 1-0 Real Maryland Monarchs Daniel Island, South Carolina, USA
7:30 PM Neagle 17' Bauer  3'
Raus  11'
Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium
Attendance: 2,787
Referee: Alan Schectman
July 24, 2010 Harrisburg City Islanders 2-3 Charleston Battery Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
7:00 PM Calvano  45'
Bixler  49'
Thayer 52'
Thayer 63'
Neagle 6'
Mayard 20'
Neagle  42'
Heinemann 80'
Stadium: Skyline Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,578
Referee: Zach Rubinich
July 25, 2010 Real Maryland Monarchs 0-0 Charleston Battery Rockville, Maryland, USA
6:30 PM Patterson  81' Bolton  73'
Woodbine  82'
Stadium: Lester Stadium
Attendance: 123
Referee: Kai Goodrich
July 31, 2010 Charlotte Eagles 2-2 Charleston Battery Matthews, North Carolina, USA
7:00 PM Herrera 46'
Herrera 54'
Woodbine  70'
Neagle 73'
Neagle  74'
Lemons 90' (o.g.)
Stadium: Restart Field
Attendance: 1262
Referee: Danny Thornberry
August 7, 2010 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 2-1 Charleston Battery Bridgeville, Pennsylvania, USA
7:00 PM Harada  12'
Gray 17'
Deighton 36'
Fuller
Fuller  17'
Hinemann 56'
Wilson  71'
Stadium: Chartiers Valley High Stadium
Attendance: 1,656
Referee: John Safar
August 14, 2010 Charleston Battery 3-0 Charlotte Eagles Daniel Island, South Carolina, USA
7:30 PM Neagle 37'
Fuller  38'
Hinemann 44'
Mayard 48'
Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium
Attendance: 4,735
Referee: Skye Arthur Banning
August 28, 2010, USL-2 Championship match Charleston Battery 2-1 Richmond Kickers Daniel Island, South Carolina, USA
6:00 PM Neagle 26'
Falvey  30'
Fuller 52'
Woodbine  79'
Neagle  83'
Elcock 73'
Burke  83'
Yomby  83'
Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium
Attendance: 4,523
Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero

Players

Current roster

as of April 27, 2010[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
0 GK  HON Ryan Cooper
1 GK  USA Tim Melia (on loan from Real Salt Lake)
3 DF  IRL Colin Falvey
4 MF  USA Lamar Neagle
5 DF  CAN Nigel Marples
6 MF  USA Josh Bolton
7 DF  JAM O'Brian Woodbine
8 MF  ENG Mark Briggs
9 FW  USA Tommy Heinemann
10 FW  BRA Amaury Nunes
12 DF  CUB Yeniel Bermudez
13 MF  USA Kevin Jackson
14 MF  CAN Pierre-Rudolph Mayard (on loan from Montreal Impact)
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF  SEN Alioune Gueye
16 MF  RSA Stephen Armstrong
17 MF  USA Jon Gruenewald
18 FW  USA Patrick Tate
19 FW  USA Levi Coleman
20 DF  USA Mike Zaher
21 DF  USA Brandon Massie
24 MF  USA Zach Prince
25 MF  USA John Wilson
30 GK  USA Keith Wiggans

Staff

References

  1. "Charleston Battery". Charleston Battery. Archived from the original on 2010-01-30. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
  2. "playoffs". Charleston Battery. Archived from the original on 2012-03-05. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
  3. "awards". USL-2 league. Archived from the original on 2012-07-18. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
  4. "Charleston Battery". United Soccer Leagues (USL). Archived from the original on 2010-03-06. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
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