Charleston Battery

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Charleston Battery
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Basic data
Surname Charleston Battery
Seat Charleston , South Carolina
founding 1993
Colours yellow, black, red
president EnglandEngland Tony Bakker
Website www.charlestonbattery.com
First soccer team
Head coach United StatesUnited States Michael Anhaeuser
Venue MUSC Health Stadium
Places 5,100
league USL Championship
2017 Regular Season: 2nd place, East
Play-offs: Quarterfinals
home
Away
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Charleston Battery is an American football franchise the USL Championship from Charleston , South Carolina . The team was founded in 1993 and has since played in various leagues of the United Soccer Leagues .

Charleston is one of the most successful teams in the lower US professional leagues. They won the USL A-League in 2003, the USL Second Division in 2010 and the USL Professional Division in 2012 .

The team's home games have been played at the MUSC Health Stadium since 1999 . This is on Daniel Island in Charleston.

history

The club was founded in 1993 and played in the Premier Development Soccer League for the first few years. In 1996 the Battery became champions of this league. In the following season, the club joined the USL First Division, then known as the A-League . In 1999 the club reached the semi-finals of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup , the US cup competition. In 2004 the battery was able to repeat this. In the 2003 season, Charleston was able to win the championship of the A-League by a 3-0 final victory over Minnesota Thunder .

In 2008 Charleston Battery reached the final of the US Open Cup for the first time, but had to admit defeat to DC United.

In 2010 the team won both the regular season and the play-offs in the USL Second Division.

Since the 2011 season they have been playing in the newly formed USL Professional Division. There they secured victory in the play-offs in 2012.

In the 2014 season, Charleston Battery served the Vancouver Whitecaps from Major League Soccer as a farm team . In the 2015 season, Houston Dynamo replaced the Whitecaps as an MLS partner. For the 2016 season, they partnered with Atlanta United , which joined the MLS in 2017. During the season United players came to Charleston Battery for use, which the franchise had already signed. The partnership was extended by one year for the 2017 season.

Colors and coats of arms

The colors of the Charleston Battery are yellow, black, and red. There are two crossed artillery cannons on the team's coat of arms. These go back to the role of the city in the American Civil War .

Stadion

The MUSC Health Stadium , completed in 1999, is the home stadium of Battery. It is located on the 16 km² Daniel Island peninsula, which lies between the Cooper River and the Wando River. The football stadium is owned by the city of Charleston, but it is maintained by the club itself. Battery Park, as it is nicknamed, has a capacity of 5,100 spectators.

Rivals and fans

The club has an unusual rivalry with the major league soccer club DC United . Whenever both clubs meet, the clubs play for the "Coffee Pot Cup". This competition was created by the fans of both clubs.

The Battery’s official fan club is called "The Regiment".

successes

  • USL A-League
    • Winner (1): 2003
    • Atlantic Division Winner (1): 2000
    • Southeast Division Winner (2): 2002, 2003
  • Southern Derby
    • Winner (5): 2003, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011

statistics

Seasonal balance

season step league Regular season Play-offs Lamar Hunt
U.S. Open Cup
CONCACAF
Champions League
1997 2 A-League 4th place (Atlantic) Division semi-finals not qualified not qualified
1998 2 A-League 4th place (Atlantic) Conference quarterfinals not qualified not qualified
1999 2 A-League 3rd place (Atlantic) Conference quarterfinals Semifinals not qualified
2000 2 A-League 1st place (Atlantic) Conference semifinals 2nd round not qualified
2001 2 A-League 2nd place (Central) 1 round 3rd round not qualified
2002 2 A-League 1st place (Southeast) Conference semifinals 3rd round not qualified
2003 2 A-League 1st place (Southeast) winner not qualified not qualified
2004 2 A-League 8th place (Eastern) not qualified Semifinals not qualified
2005 2 USL First Division 9th place not qualified 2nd round not qualified
2006 2 USL First Division 3rd place Semifinals 4th round not qualified
2007 2 USL First Division 10th place not qualified Quarter finals not qualified
2008 2 USL First Division 5th place 1 round final not qualified
2009 2 USL First Division 4th Place 1 round Quarter finals not qualified
2010 3 USL Second Division 1st place winner Quarter finals not qualified
2011 3 USL Professional Division 4th place (American) Division semi-finals 2nd round not qualified
2012 3 USL Professional Division 3rd place winner 3rd round not qualified
2013 3 USL Professional Division 3rd place Semifinals 4th round not qualified
2014 3 USL Professional Division 5th place Quarter finals 3rd round not qualified
2015 3 United Soccer League 3rd place, East Conference semifinals 4th round not qualified
2016 3 United Soccer League 6th place, East Conference semifinals 3rd round not qualified
2017 2 United Soccer League 2nd place, East Conference quarterfinals 4th round not qualified
2018 2 United Soccer League 4th place, East Conference quarterfinals 4th round not qualified
  1. Since 2008 the competition has started in the autumn of the previous year. Previously under the name CONCACAF Champions' Cup .

Web links

Individual evidence

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  3. Vancouver Whitecaps announce USL PRO affiliate agreement with Charleston Battery , mlssoccer.com, January 23, 2014, accessed February 7, 2020.
  4. Battery, Dynamo sign 2015 deal ( Memento from April 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  5. Battery affiliates with Atlanta United for 2016 , charlestonbattery.com, January 15, 2016, accessed February 7, 2020.
  6. CHARLESTON BATTERY, ATLANTA UNITED EXTEND PARTNERSHIP FOR 2017 SEASON , charlestonbattery.com, January 18, 2017, accessed February 7, 2020.
  7. Archive link ( Memento of the original from January 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.charlestonbattery.com