The 2010 Charleston Battery season was 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]
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 13, 2010 | Toronto FC | 0–0 | Charleston Battery | Charleston, South Carolina |
| 19:15 | Report | Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium |
| March 17, 2010 | Charleston Battery | 1–3 | Real Salt Lake | Charleston, South Carolina |
| 17:00 | Mayard  36' |
Report | Findley 10' Espindola 76', 90+1' |
Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium |
| March 20, 2010 | D.C. United | 2–0 | Charleston Battery | Charleston, South Carolina |
| 19:15 | Moreno 33', 45' (pen.) |
Report #1 Report #2 |
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7:30 PM | Woodbine 14' Gueye 28'Hinemann 78'Prince 90' |
[1] | 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 |
| 7:00 PM | Tobey 43' Deighton 45'Tobey 47'Kuteny 57'Weekes 59' |
[2] | 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 |
| 7:00 PM | Bixler 41' Bloes 48'Blixer 58'Zimmerman 78' |
[3] | 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 |
| 7:30 PM | Neagle 52' Falvey 63'Neagle 90' |
[4] | 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 |
| 7:30 PM | Bermudez 36' Neagle 57'Gueye 63' |
[5] | Touray 42' |
Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 3,324 Referee: Patrick Baker |
| June 5, 2010 | Richmond Kickers | 3-1 | Charleston Battery | Richmond, Virginia |
| 7:00 PM | Görres 40' Elcock 58'Santos 68'Foglesong 70'Foglesong 71'Görres 78'Delicate 89' |
[6] | 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 |
| 7:30 PM | Neagle 10' Neagle 12'Heinemann 74'Nunes 86'Coleman 89'Nunes 90' |
[7] | Santos 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 |
| 1:00 PM | Massie 7' Coleman 12'Prince 42'Heinemann 68' |
[8] | 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 |
| 1:00 PM | Mayard 23' Neagle 41' |
[9] | 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 |
| 1:00 PM | Nyarko 48' Conde 70' Watson 73' Pappa 88' McBride  Krol Conde |
[10] | 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 |
| 1:00 PM | Elcock 21' Nsereko 51' Santos 90' |
[11] | 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 |
| 7:00 PM | Zayner 24' Rentaria 38' Lenhart 42' Lenhart 70' Gaven 87' |
[12] | Fuller 37' Woodbine 64' |
Stadium: Crew Stadium |
| July 9, 2010 | Charleston Battery | 1-0 | Richmond Kickers | Daniel Island, South Carolina |
| 7:30 PM | Woodbine 41'  82', 48' Armstrong 43' Wilson 90' |
[13] | 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 |
| 7:30 PM | Neagle 17' |
[14] | 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 |
| 7:00 PM | Calvano 45' Bixler 49' Thayer 52' Thayer 63' |
[15] | 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 |
| 6:30 PM | Patterson 81' |
[16] | Bolton 73' Woodbine 82' |
Stadium: Lester Stadium Attendance: 123 Referee: Kai Goodrich |
| July 31, 2010 | Charlotte Eagles | 2-2 | Charleston Battery | Matthews, North Carolina |
| 7:00 PM | Herrera 46' Herrera 54' |
[17] | 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 |
| 7:00 PM | Harada 12' Gray 17' Deighton 36' |
[18] | 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 |
| 7:30 PM | Neagle 37' Fuller 38'Hinemann 44'Mayard 48' |
[19] | 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 |
| 6:00 PM | Neagle 26' Falvey 30' Fuller 52' Woodbine 79' Neagle 83' |
[20] | Elcock 73' Burke 83' Yomby 83' |
Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 4,523 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero |
Players
Roster
as of April 27, 2010[4]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Staff
Michael Anhaeuser Head Coach/General Manager- Ian Fuller Assistant Coach
References
- ^ "Charleston Battery". Charleston Battery. Archived from the original on January 30, 2010. Retrieved May 28, 2010.
- ^ "playoffs". Charleston Battery. Archived from the original on March 5, 2012. Retrieved August 29, 2010.
- ^ a b "awards". USL-2 league. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved August 29, 2010.
- ^ "Charleston Battery". United Soccer Leagues (USL). Archived from the original on March 6, 2010. Retrieved May 28, 2010.
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