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

Charleston Battery v Columbus Crew

February 24, 2012 Group 1	Charleston Battery	2–2	Columbus Crew	Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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

Charleston Battery v D.C. United

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

Charleston Battery v Chicago Fire

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

Richmond Kickers v Charleston Battery

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

Charleston Battery v Richmond Kickers

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

Charlotte Eagles v Charleston Battery

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

Charleston Battery v Pittsburgh Riverhounds

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

Charleston Battery v Antigua Barracuda

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

Charleston Battery v Rochester Rhinos

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

Charleston Battery v LA Blues

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

Pittsburgh Riverhounds v Charleston Battery

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

Dayton Dutch Lions v Charleston Battery

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

Orlando City v Charleston Battery

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

Charleston Battery v Antigua Barracuda

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

Charleston Battery v Harrisburg City Islanders

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

Antigua Barracuda v Charleston Battery

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

Antigua Barracuda v Charleston Battery

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'

Charleston Battery v Charlotte Eagles

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

Charlotte Eagles v Charleston Battery

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

Charleston Battery v Wilmington Hammerheads

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'

Charleston Battery v Orlando City

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

Orlando City v Charleston Battery

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'

Charleston Battery v Wilmington Hammerheads

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'

Wilmington Hammerheads v Charleston Battery

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'

Harrisburg City Islanders v Charleston Battery

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'

Rochester Rhinos v Charleston Battery

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

Charleston Battery v Dayton Dutch Lions

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	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Orlando City (CC)	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]
(CC) = Commissioner's Cup (best regular season record); (A) = Advances to USL Pro Playoffs; (D) = Divisional winners.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified for the USL Pro Playoffs, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (E) = Eliminated from playoff-contention.

USL Pro Playoffs

Charleston Battery v Harrisburg City Islanders

August 25, 2012 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

Rochester Rhinos v Charleston Battery

August 31, 2012 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

Charleston Battery v Wilmington Hammerheads

September 8, 2012 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

Charleston Battery v Reading United

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

Charleston Battery v New York Red Bulls

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
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Alec Kann	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF		Mark Wiltse	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
4	DF		Cody Ellsion	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF		Kyle Hoffer	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF		Ryan Richter	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF		Nicki Paterson	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW		Dane Kelly	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
11	FW		Sallieu Bundu	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
12	MF		Jose Cuevas	1	2	1+0	2	0+0	0
14	MF		Tony Donatelli	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	DF		Taylor Mueller	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
17	MF		Charlie Romero	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	MF		J.C. Mack	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	DF		Sean Flatley	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
23	MF		Amadou Sanyang	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
24	FW		Zach Prince	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
25	DF		John Wilson	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
30	GK		Kevin Klasila	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
32	DF		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] See also 2012 in American soccer 2012 USL Pro season Charleston Battery 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 "Battery Sign Two". Charleston Battery. Retrieved 6 January 2012. "Charleston Battery Signs Sallieu Bundu". Charleston Battery. Retrieved 20 March 2012. "2012 Battery Roster". Charleston Battery. Retrieved 28 March 2012. "2012 Battery Roster". Charleston Battery. Retrieved 6 April 2012. "Alex Caskey Transfers to Seattle Sounders". Charleston Battery. Retrieved 9 March 2012. "Andrew Dykstra Acquired". D.C. United. Retrieved 27 Feb 2012.