2012 Charleston Battery season

Charleston Battery
2012 season
Owner	Tony Bakker
Manager	Michael Anhaeuser
Stadium	Blackbaud Stadium
USL Pro	3rd place
USL Pro Playoffs	Champions
U.S. Open Cup	3rd Rd
Carolina Challenge Cup	4th
Top goalscorer	Jose Cuevas and Nicki Paterson
Highest home attendance	4,729
Lowest home attendance	3,162
Average home league attendance	3,825
Home colors	Away colors
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The 2012 Charleston Battery season was the club's twentieth season of existence. It is the Battery's third consecutive year in the third tier of American soccer, playing in the USL Professional Division for their second season.

Background

The Charleston Battery are coming off their inaugural year of playing in the USL Professional Division, the highest division of soccer under the United Soccer Leagues umbrella, and the third division in the American soccer pyramid. The Battery, finished fourth in the American Division of USL Pro, and had the fifth best overall record in the league. In the USL Pro Playoffs, the Battery lost to the eventual champions, Orlando City in extra time.^[1]

Competitions

Carolina Challenge Cup

February 24, 2012 Group 1	Charleston Battery	2–2	Columbus Crew	Charleston, South Carolina
19:15 UTC-5	Falvey 30' Kelly 40' Flatley 42' Cuevas 89'	Report	Gaven 6' Mendes 45' Mirosevic 58' Tchani 61' Mendes 89'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 5,700

February 26, 2012 Group 2	Charleston Battery	1–3	D.C. United	Charleston, South Carolina
15:00 UTC-5	Cuevas 29' Wiltse 76'	Report	Maicon Santos 13' Richter 31' Salihi 88'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium

February 29, 2012 Group 3	Charleston Battery	—	Chicago Fire	Charleston, South Carolina
19:15 UTC-5				Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium
Note: Match cancelled due to inclement weather.

USL Pro

April 7, 2012 1	Richmond Kickers	1–2	Charleston Battery	Richmond, VA
	Nyazamba 45' Görres 70'	Report	Cuevas 41', 67' Richter 80'	Attendance: 5,009 Referee: Moo Hacket

April 14, 2012 2	Charleston Battery	1–2	Richmond Kickers	Charleston, SC
	Paterson 19' Falvey 61'	[1]	Nyazamba 63' Nyazamba 79' Callahan 81' Görres 90'	Attendance: 4,729 Referee: Sky Arthur Banning

April 17, 2012 3	Charlotte Eagles	0–3	Charleston Battery	Rock Hill, SC
		[2]	Donatelli 22' Richter 44' Mack 86'	Attendance: 576 Referee: Daniel Thornberry

April 27, 2012 4	Charleston Battery	1–0	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Charleston, SC
	Paterson 9' Kelly 81'	[3]	Lundberg 38' Katic 50'	Attendance: 3,269 Referee: Juan Colazo

May 4, 2012 5	Charleston Battery	4–0	Antigua Barracuda	Charleston, SC
	Cuevas 46' Paterson 74' Bundu 80' Kelly 90'	Report	Smith 16' Robinson 34' Thomas 69' Griffith 87'	Attendance: 3,162 Referee: Agostino Minasola

May 12, 2012 6	Charleston Battery	0–1	Rochester Rhinos	Charleston, SC
	Flatley 70'	Report	Earls 61' McManus 72'	Attendance: 3,819 Referee: Sky Banning

May 26, 2012 7	Charleston Battery	1–0	LA Blues	Charleston, SC
	Falvey 12' Falvey 13' Hoffer 18'	Report	Russell 45' JAtta 49' Cheunyeung 78' Miller 86' Spitz 88'	Attendance: 4,144 Referee: Patrick O'Brian

May 31, 2012 8	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	1–3	Charleston Battery	Pittsburgh, PA
	Katic 26' Flunder 45' Kassel 57' Costanzo 60'	Report	Flatley 7' Hoffer 29' Paterson 45', 45+2' Kelly 52' 69' Bundu 87'	Attendance: 532 Referee: Ron D'Ambrosia

June 2, 2012 9	Dayton Dutch Lions	0–1	Charleston Battery	Dayton, OH
		Report	Cuevas 72'

June 9, 2012 10	Orlando City	2–1	Charleston Battery	Orlando, FL
	Alexandre 7' Boden 41' Watson 57'	Report	Paterson 38'	Attendance: 5,602 Referee: Cedric Adams

June 15, 2012 11	Charleston Battery	3–0	Antigua Barracuda	Charleston, SC
	Kelly 21' 44' Paterson 33' 62' (pen.)	Report	Dublin 10' Robinson 21' 22' Blakely 32' James 87' Thomas 89'	Attendance: 3,244 Referee: Patrick Baker

June 23, 2012 12	Charleston Battery	3–1	Harrisburg City Islanders	Charleston, SC
	Cuevas 45+1' Boyd 50' Sanyang 72' Paterson 76' Richter 87'	Report	Welker 41' 86' Mellor 52'	Attendance: 4,634 Referee: Sky Banning

June 29, 2012 13	Antigua Barracuda	0–2	Charleston Battery	St. George, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda
		Report	Sanyang 20' Cuevas 75' Mack 90'	Referee: Bryan Willett

July 1, 2012 14	Antigua Barracuda	1–0	Charleston Battery	St. George, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda
	Byers 46'	Report	Prince 2' Paterson 45' Cody Ellison 76'

July 6, 2012 15	Charleston Battery	0–2	Charlotte Eagles	Charleston, SC
		Report	Nathan Thornton 48' Guzman 79'

July 7, 2012 16	Charlotte Eagles	1–0	Charleston Battery	Charlotte, NC
	Roberts 36'	Summary	Paterson 75'

July 14, 2012 17	Charleston Battery	3–1	Wilmington Hammerheads	Charleston, SC
	Boyd 6' Kelly 60' Paterson 66'	Summary	Musa 28' Budnyi 47' Riley 68'

July 19, 2012 18	Charleston Battery	1–2	Orlando City	Charleston, SC
	Cuevas 64'	Summary	Molino 30' Fuller 70' 90+4' Luzunaris 90'

July 28, 2012 19	Orlando City	4–0	Charleston Battery	Orlando, FL
	Hoffer 16' (o.g.) Luzunaris 21' O'Connor 59' Chin 77', 85'	Summary	Hoffer 57' 66' Falvey 59' Wilson 90+1' Boyd 90+2'

August 3, 2012 20	Charleston Battery	2–2	Wilmington Hammerheads	Charleston, SC
7:30pm	Kelly 45' Paterson 50' Boyd 71' Mueller 78' Wilson 90'	Summary	Cuero 35' Riley 45' Rodriguez 74' 89' Perry 81'

August 4, 2012 21	Wilmington Hammerheads	2–1	Charleston Battery	Wilmington, NC
	Evans 34' Riley 41' Hertzog 45' Cole 71' Lassiter 73'	Summary	Romero 27' Mueller 64' Boyd 84' Michael Azira 90+2'

August 8, 2012 22	Harrisburg City Islanders	3–0	Charleston Battery	Harrisburg, PA
	Ombiji 30' Mellor 36' Jordan 39' Marshall 63' Mkosana 83'	Summary	Hoffer 25' Sanyang 43' Richter 58' Falvey 64'

August 11, 2012 23	Rochester Rhinos	0–4	Charleston Battery	Rochester, NY
		Summary	Donatelli 18', 30' Sanyang 45+1' Kelly 86'

August 18, 2012 24	Charleston Battery	0–0	Dayton Dutch Lions	Charleston, SC
	Cuevas 40'	Summary	Copier 77' Dias 77' Jones 79'

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Orlando City SC (C)	24	17	6	1	50	18	+32	57	Commissioner's Cup, Playoffs 1st round bye
2	Rochester Rhinos (A)	24	12	5	7	27	23	+4	41	Playoffs 1st round bye
3	Charleston Battery (A)	24	12	2	10	36	26	+10	38	Playoffs
4	Richmond Kickers (A)	24	11	5	8	31	27	+4	38
5	Wilmington Hammerheads (A)	24	10	7	7	34	32	+2	37
6	Harrisburg City Islanders (A)	24	10	7	7	34	29	+5	37
7	Charlotte Eagles	24	11	3	10	34	26	+8	36
8	Los Angeles Blues	24	9	3	12	26	29	−3	30
9	Dayton Dutch Lions	24	4	10	10	20	29	−9	22
10	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	24	4	5	15	20	39	−19	17
11	Antigua Barracuda	24	5	1	18	16	50	−34	16

Source: USL Pro official standings
Rules for classification: Points, then tiebreak: 1) Head-to-head record based on total points in League games, 2) Total wins in League games, 3) Goal difference in League games, 4) Goals scored in League games, etc.^[2]
(A) Advances to USL Pro Playoffs; (C) Commissioner's Cup (best regular season record)

USL Pro Playoffs

August 25, 2012 (2012-08-25) 1st	Charleston Battery	2–1	Harrisburg City Islanders	Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 pm EDT	Patterson 40' (pen.) 89' Donatelli 45+1' Richter 80'	Report Report	Ombiji 16' Mellor 45' Pelletier 53' Basso 77'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 2,718 Referee: Augie Minasola

August 31, 2012 (2012-08-31) SF	Rochester Rhinos	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Charleston Battery	Rochester, New York
7:35 pm EDT	McFayden 55' McManus 57' Hoxie 76' Cost 80' Fernandez 90'	Report Report	Donatelli 90+' Hoffer 114'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Referee: Vito Testa, Jr.
	Penalties
	Hoxie Kyriazis Earls Zamudio Roberts Nicht Rosenlund		Patterson Donatelli Azira Falvey Prince Wilson Mack

September 8, 2012 (2012-09-08) F	Charleston Battery	1–0	Wilmington Hammerheads	Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 pm EDT	Michael Azira 74' Falvey 75' Wiltse 86'	Summary	Cole 34' Chirishian 46' Musa 66'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium

U.S. Open Cup

May 22, 2012 Second round	Charleston Battery	2–1	Reading United	Charleston, SC
19:30 ET	Kelly 69' Paterson 79'		Ibikunle 64'	Referee: Skye Arthur-Banning

May 29, 2012 Third round	Charleston Battery	0–3	New York Red Bulls	Charleston, SC
19:30 ET	Cooper 14' Pearce 42' Lade 70'		Sanyang 65'	Attendance: 3,527 Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		USL Pro		U.S. Open Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	USA	Alec Kann	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	USA	Mark Wiltse	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
4	DF	USA	Cody Ellsion	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF	USA	Kyle Hoffer	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF	USA	Ryan Richter	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF	SCO	Nicki Paterson	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	JAM	Dane Kelly	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
11	FW	SLE	Sallieu Bundu	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
12	MF	USA	Jose Cuevas	1	2	1+0	2	0+0	0
14	MF	USA	Tony Donatelli	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	DF	USA	Taylor Mueller	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
17	MF	USA	Charlie Romero	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	MF	USA	J.C. Mack	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	DF	USA	Sean Flatley	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
23	MF	GAM	Amadou Sanyang	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
24	FW	USA	Zach Prince	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
25	DF	USA	John Wilson	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
30	GK	USA	Kevin Klasila	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
32	DF	IRL	Colin Falvey	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0

Transfers

Players in

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
6 January 2012	DF	Kyle Hoffer	FC New York	Undisclosed^[3]
6 January 2012	MF	Jose Cuevas	Fresno Fuego	Undisclosed^[3]
20 March 2012	FW	Sallieu Bundu	Carolina Railhawks	Undisclosed^[4]
28 March 2012	MF	Tony Donatelli	Rochester Rhinos	Undisclosed^[5]
28 March 2012	DF	Cody Ellison	Fresno Fuego	Undisclosed^[5]
28 March 2012	MF	Ryan Richter	Philadelphia Union	Undisclosed^[5]
6 April 2012	MF	Amadou Sanyang	Seattle Sounders FC	Undisclosed^[6]

Players out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
9 March 2012	MF	Alex Caskey	Seattle Sounders FC	Undisclosed^[7]
27 Feb. 2012	GK	Andrew Dykstra	D.C. United	Undisclosed^[8]

References

^ Bell, Andrew (August 21, 2011). "Battery eliminated in OT playoff loss". The Post and Courier. Retrieved December 17, 2011.
^ See Rule 2.11 League Regulations
^ ^a ^b "Battery Sign Two". Charleston Battery. Archived from the original on July 23, 2012. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
^ "Charleston Battery Signs Sallieu Bundu". Charleston Battery. Retrieved March 20, 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c "2012 Battery Roster". Charleston Battery. Archived from the original on April 21, 2012. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
^ "2012 Battery Roster". Charleston Battery. Archived from the original on April 21, 2012. Retrieved April 6, 2012.
^ "Alex Caskey Transfers to Seattle Sounders". Charleston Battery. Retrieved March 9, 2012.
^ "Andrew Dykstra Acquired". D.C. United. Archived from the original on March 1, 2012. Retrieved February 27, 2012.

[1] Bell, Andrew (August 21, 2011). "Battery eliminated in OT playoff loss". The Post and Courier. Retrieved December 17, 2011.

[2] See Rule 2.11 League Regulations

[Charleston_Battery-3] "Battery Sign Two". Charleston Battery. Archived from the original on July 23, 2012. Retrieved January 6, 2012.

[4] "Charleston Battery Signs Sallieu Bundu". Charleston Battery. Retrieved March 20, 2012.

[2012_Battery_Roster-5] "2012 Battery Roster". Charleston Battery. Archived from the original on April 21, 2012. Retrieved March 28, 2012.

[6] "2012 Battery Roster". Charleston Battery. Archived from the original on April 21, 2012. Retrieved April 6, 2012.

[7] "Alex Caskey Transfers to Seattle Sounders". Charleston Battery. Retrieved March 9, 2012.

[8] "Andrew Dykstra Acquired". D.C. United. Archived from the original on March 1, 2012. Retrieved February 27, 2012.

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