Draft:2023 Charleston Battery season

Charleston Battery
2023 season
Owner	Rob Salvatore
Manager	Ben Pirmann
Stadium	Patriots Point
USL	Eastern Conf.: 3rd
2023 U.S. Open Cup	Round of 32
USL Playoffs	USL Championship Final
Top goalscorer	Augustine Williams (15 goals)
Highest home attendance	5,094 (Nov 12 vs. PHX)
Lowest home attendance	1,661 (April 8 vs. HFD)
Average home league attendance	3,112
Biggest win	5–0 (Oct 22 vs. IND)
Biggest defeat	0–7 (May 13 vs. SA)

The 2023 Charleston Battery season was the club's 31st season of competition which marked its 30th anniversary. Charleston compete in the USL Championship, the second tier of professional soccer in the United States and the highest level in the USL.

The Battery enjoyed a successful bounce-back campaign in 2023, reaching the USL Championship Final after failing to make the postseason the year before.

Background

The Battery ended their 2022 season in 12th, near the bottom of the Eastern Conference table.^[1]. They also suffered a 0-1 loss to Tormenta FC, ending their U.S. Open Cup run in the second round.^[2]

One week prior to the end of the 2022 season, the club and head coach Conor Casey agreed to mutually part ways after posting a dismal 6W-22L-6D record, the worst in club history.^[3] On November 17, 2022 The Battery appointed reigning USL Championship Coach of the Year Ben Pirmann as head coach from Memphis 901 FC.^[4]

The Battery retained 10 players from the 2022 team going into the 2023 season.^[5]

Season squad

Squad No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
25	Trey Muse	GK	(1999-07-26) July 26, 1999 (age 25)
21	Carlos Herrera	GK	(1997-09-12) September 12, 1997 (age 27)
Defenders
2	Hugh Roberts (C)	CB	(1992-09-27) September 27, 1992 (age 32)
3	Morey Doner	RB	(1994-03-25) March 25, 1994 (age 30)
4	Alex Lara	CB	(1998-09-15) September 15, 1998 (age 26)
12	Grant Robinson	LB	(1998-08-15) August 15, 1998 (age 26)
24	Max Glasser	DF	(2000-08-16) August 16, 2000 (age 24)
33	Kai Greene	CB	(1993-07-13) July 13, 1993 (age 31)
Midfielders
5	Nevello Yoseke	MF	(1996-03-17) March 17, 1996 (age 28)
6	James Murphy	MF	(1997-09-17) September 17, 1997 (age 27)
7	Adrian Rebollar	MF	(1999-11-12) November 12, 1999 (age 25)
8	Simon Dawkins	MF	(1987-12-01) December 1, 1987 (age 36)
13	Mobi Fehr	MF	(1994-12-13) December 13, 1994 (age 29)
17	Arun Basuljevic	MF	(1995-12-17) December 17, 1995 (age 28)
23	Sam Gleadle	MF	(1996-03-20) March 20, 1996 (age 28)
Forwards
9	Sean Okoli	FW	(1993-02-03) February 3, 1993 (age 31)
10	Christian Volesky	FW	(1992-09-15) September 15, 1992 (age 32)
11	Walmer Martinez	FW	(1998-08-17) August 17, 1998 (age 26)
14	Jason Johnson	FW	(1990-10-09) October 9, 1990 (age 34)
15	Alex Dixon	FW	(1990-02-07) February 7, 1990 (age 34)
19	Jesús Enríquez	FW	(1997-08-16) August 16, 1997 (age 27)
22	Jesse Maldonado	FW	(2002-09-01) September 1, 2002 (age 22)
31	Chase Boone	FW	(1995-09-21) September 21, 1995 (age 29)

Last updated: 20 April 2023.
Source: Monterey Bay F.C., USL Championship

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Signed from	Details	Date	Ref.
FW	Nick Markanich	FC Cincinnati	Free transfer	February 16, 2023	^[6]
DF	Alex Lara	Las Vegas Lights FC	Free transfer	December 27, 2022	^[7]
DF	Max Glasser	UC Davis Aggies	Free transfer	February 14, 2023	^[8]
FW	Jesús Enríquez	Oakland Roots SC	Free transfer	March 17, 2023	^[9]
MF	Nevello Yoseke	Free Agency	Free transfer	April 7, 2023	^[10]
FW	Sean Okoli	Orange County SC	Free transfer	April 20, 2023	^[11]
MF	Rafael Baca	Cruz Azul	Free transfer	July 27, 2023	^[12]

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Details	Ref.
November 22, 2022	FW	Seku Conneh	Free Agency	Option declined	^[13]
November 22, 2022	FW	Christopher Cortez	Free Agency	Option declined	^[13]
November 22, 2022	GK	Rafael Díaz	Free Agency	Option declined	^[13]
November 22, 2022	DF	Hunter Gorskie	Free Agency	Out of contract	^[13]
November 22, 2022	DF	Sam Strong	Central Valley Fuego FC	Option declined	^[13]^[14]
November 22, 2022	MF	Jiro Barriga Toyama	Free Agency	Option declined	^[13]
March 23, 2023	MF	Arun Basuljevic	El Paso Locomotive FC	Mutual agreement	^[15]^[16]
June 5, 2023	FW	Jason Johnson	Free Agency	Released	^[17]

Competitions

Friendlies

February 4, 2023 (2023-02-04) Preseason	Monterey Bay FC	1–2	San Jose Earthquakes	Seaside, California
7:00 PM PST	Martinez 44'	Report	Ebobisse 28' Munie 85'	Stadium: Cardinale Stadium Attendance: 4,648

February 18, 2023 (2023-02-18) Preseason	Monterey Bay FC	2–2	Sacramento Republic FC	Seaside, California
3:00 PM PST	Gleadle 44' Dixon 45'	Report	Gurr 80', 89'	Stadium: Cardinale Stadium

February 25, 2023 (2023-02-25) Preseason	Monterey Bay FC	0–1	Oakland Roots SC	Seaside, California
5:00pm PST		Report	Rodriguez 30'	Stadium: Cardinale Stadium

March 4, 2023 (2023-03-04) Preseason	Sacramento Republic FC	4–2	Monterey Bay FC	Sacramento, California
1:00pm PST	Keko 5' Cicerone 17', 20' Herrera 47' (pen.) Wiedt 64' Lewis 89'	Report	Boone 18', 55' Martinez 44'	Stadium: Heart Health Park

^[18]

USL Championship

Western Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
8	New Mexico United	34	13	14	7	51	49	+2	46	Playoffs
9	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	34	10	11	13	43	48	−5	43
10	Oakland Roots SC	34	11	14	9	45	48	−3	42
11	Monterey Bay FC	34	11	15	8	42	53	−11	41
12	Las Vegas Lights FC	34	3	21	10	36	66	−30	19

Source: USL Championship Standings
Rules for classification: 1) head-to-head points; 2) head-to-head goal differential; 3) points-per game within conference; 4) total wins; 5) total goal differential; 6) total goals scored; 7) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 8) disciplinary points; 9) coin toss or drawing of lots


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
9	3	4	2	17	14	+3	13	2	2	2	12	10	+2	1	2	0	5	4	+1

Source: Match reports

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Stadium	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H
Result	W	L	D	L	W	D	W	D	D	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	L
Position	1	5	4	6	5	5	4	6	5	7	9	8	6	6	4	3	4	5	6	7	9	10	10	11	11	10	9	8

Updated to match(es) played on September 9, 2023. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

March 12, 2023 (2023-03-12) 1	Charleston Battery	1-1	Phoenix Rising	Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
	Booth 60'	Report	Trejo 74'	Stadium: Patriots Point Attendance: 3,513 Referee: Thomas Snyder

March 19th 2	Sacramento Republic FC	1-1	Charleston Battery	Sacramento, California
7:00 PM PST	Jack Gurr 55'	Report	AJ Paterson 22'	Stadium: Heart Health Park Attendance: 11,569 Referee: Brad Jensen

March 25, 2023 (2023-03-25) 3	Charleston Battery	3-0	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
7:30 PM EST	Barajas 3' Williams 11 PK' Markanich 58'	Report		Stadium: Patriots Point Attendance: 3,138 Referee: Sergii Demianchuk

April 1, 2023 (2023-04-01) 4	Monterey Bay FC	1–2	San Antonio FC	Seaside, California
7:00 PM PDT	Rebollar 45' Gleadle 63' Volesky 68'	Report	Hansen 8' Batista 54' Bailey 85'	Stadium: Cardinale Stadium Attendance: 3,885 Referee: Campo Hernandez

April 8, 2023 (2023-04-08) 5	Monterey Bay FC	4–2	New Mexico United	Seaside, California
7:00 PM PDT	Robinson 18' Dixon 33' Gleadle 40' Volesky 50', 71' Murphy 86'	Report	Wehan 12' Moreno 77'	Stadium: Cardinale Stadium Attendance: 3,548 Referee: Brandon Stevis

April 15, 2023 (2023-04-15) 6	Phoenix Rising FC	1–1	Monterey Bay FC	Phoenix, Arizona
6:30 PM PDT	Lambert 67' Trejo 82'	Report	Yoseke 35' Dixon 63' (pen.) Robinson 66'	Stadium: Phoenix Rising Soccer Stadium Attendance: 6,115 Referee: Katja Koroleva

April 22, 2023 (2023-04-22) 7	Indy Eleven	2–3	Monterey Bay FC	Indianapolis, Indiana
4:00 PM PDT	Asante 23' Guenzatti 40' Blake 45+1' Martínez 78'	Report	Robinson 17' Volesky 58' Yoseke 63' Boone 85'	Stadium: Carroll Stadium Attendance: 10,038 Referee: Greg Dopka

April 29, 2023 (2023-04-29) 8	Monterey Bay FC	0–0	Rio Grande Valley FC	Seaside, California
7:00 PM PDT	Robinson 49' Dixon 56' Boone 63'	Report	Cabezas 57' Ritondale 60' Ruiz 84'	Stadium: Cardinale Stadium Attendance: 4,003 Referee: Alexis Da Silva

May 5, 2023 (2023-05-05) 9	Monterey Bay FC	2–2	Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC	Seaside, California
7:00 PM PDT	Lara 36' Dixon 44' Volesky 90+1'	Report	Dikwa 16', 74' Dossantos 85' Lilley 58'	Stadium: Cardinale Stadium Attendance: 3,716 Referee: Corbyn May

May 13, 2023 (2023-05-13) 10	New Mexico United	2–1	Monterey Bay FC	Albuquerque, New Mexico
6:00 PM PDT	Waggoner 22' Swartz 37' Hamilton 53' 56' Rivas 59', 88' Prince 76' Portillo 86' Tambakis 90+4'	Report	Volesky 28' Rebollar 80' Enríquez 90+1'	Stadium: Isotopes Park Attendance: 9,874 Referee: Sergii Demianchuk

May 20, 2023 (2023-05-20) 11	Charleston Battery	1–0	Monterey Bay FC	Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
2:00 PM PDT		Report		Stadium: Patriots Point Soccer Complex

May 31, 2023 (2023-05-31) 12	Monterey Bay FC	0–0	FC Tulsa	Seaside, California
7:00 PM PDT		Report		Stadium: Cardinale Stadium

June 3, 2023 (2023-06-03) 13	Monterey Bay FC	4–1	Loudoun United FC	Seaside, California
7:00 PM PDT		Report		Stadium: Cardinale Stadium

June 10, 2023 (2023-06-10) 14	Las Vegas Lights	1–2	Monterey Bay FC	Las Vegas, Nevada
7:30 PM PDT		Report		Stadium: Cashman Field

June 17, 2023 (2023-06-17) 15	Sacramento Republic FC	0–1	Monterey Bay FC	Sacramento, California
8:00 PM PDT		Report		Stadium: Heart Health Park

June 24, 2023 (2023-06-24) 16	Monterey Bay FC	1–0	Miami FC	Seaside, California
7:00 PM PDT		Report		Stadium: Cardinale Stadium

July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01) 17	Orange County SC	3–1	Monterey Bay FC	Irvine, California
7:00 PM PDT		Report		Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium

July 4, 2023 (2023-07-04) 18	Colorado Springs Switchbacks	4–0	Monterey Bay FC	Colorado Springs, Colorado
6:00 PM PDT		Report		Stadium: Weidner Field

July 8, 2023 (2023-07-08) 19	Monterey Bay FC	0–0	El Paso Locomotive	Seaside, California
7:00 PM PDT		Report		Stadium: Cardinale Stadium

July 15, 2023 (2023-07-15) 20	Monterey Bay FC	1–3	Oakland Roots	Seaside, California
7:00 PM PDT		Report		Stadium: Cardinale Stadium

July 22, 2023 (2023-07-22) 21	Detroit City FC	1–0	Monterey Bay FC	Hamtramck, Michigan
4:30 PM PDT		Report		Stadium: Keyworth Stadium

July 29, 2023 (2023-07-29) 22	Monterey Bay FC	0–2	Phoenix Rising FC	Seaside, California
7:00 PM PDT		Report		Stadium: Cardinale Stadium

August 5, 2023 (2023-08-05) 23	Monterey Bay FC	0–1	Sacramento Republic FC	Seaside, California
7:00 PM PDT		Report		Stadium: Cardinale Stadium

August 12, 2023 (2023-08-12) 24	Tampa Bay Rowdies	4–1	Monterey Bay FC	St. Petersburg, Florida
4:30 PM PDT		Report		Stadium: Al Lang Stadium

August 19, 2023 (2023-08-19) 25	San Antonio FC	0–0	Monterey Bay FC	San Antonio, Texas
6:00 PM PDT		Report		Stadium: Toyota Field

August 26, 2023 (2023-08-26) 26	Monterey Bay FC	2–1	Colorado Springs Switchbacks	Seaside, California
7:00 PM PDT		Report		Stadium: Cardinale Stadium

September 2, 2023 (2023-09-02) 27	El Paso Locomotive FC	1–2	Monterey Bay FC	El Paso, Texas
6:30 PM PDT		Report		Stadium: Southwest University Park

September 9, 2023 (2023-09-09) 28	Memphis 901 FC	0–1	Monterey Bay FC	Memphis, Tennessee
5:00 PM PDT		Report		Stadium: AutoZone Park

September 16, 2023 (2023-09-16) 29	Monterey Bay FC	3–2	Las Vegas Lights FC	Seaside, California
7:00 PM PDT		Report		Stadium: Cardinale Stadium

September 20, 2023 (2023-09-20) 30	Monterey Bay FC	2–3	San Diego Loyal SC	Seaside, California
7:00 PM PDT		Report		Stadium: Cardinale Stadium

September 23, 2023 (2023-09-23) 31	Oakland Roots	2–2	Monterey Bay FC	Oakland, California
7:00 PM PDT		Report		Stadium: Laney College Football Stadium

September 30, 2023 (2023-09-30) 32	San Diego Loyal SC	4–1	Monterey Bay FC	San Diego, California
7:00 PM PDT		Report		Stadium: Torero Stadium

October 8, 2023 (2023-10-08) 33	Birmingham Legion FC	2–0	Monterey Bay FC	Birmingham, Alabama
2:00 PM PDT		Report		Stadium: Protective Stadium

October 14, 2023 (2023-10-14) 34	Monterey Bay FC	0–1	Orange County SC	Seaside, California
7:00 PM PDT		Report		Stadium: Cardinale Stadium

^[19]

U.S. Open Cup

Monterey Bay FC entered into the tournament in the 2nd Round.^[20]

April 5 2nd Round	Central Valley Fuego FC	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Monterey Bay FC	Fresno, California
7:00 PM PDT	Dabo 31' Ramos 51' Cerritos 81' North 90' Vasquez 116' Forth 120+1'	Report	Lara 3' Martinez 37' Greene 41' Fehr 63' Roberts 77' Volesky 97' Dixon 110' Boone 117' Gleadle 120+1'	Stadium: Fresno State Soccer Stadium Attendance: 3,057 Referee: Elijio Arreguin

April 25 3rd Round	Monterey Bay FC	1–0	San Jose Earthquakes	Seaside, California
7:00 PM PDT	Volesky 26' Martinez 41' Rebollar 87' Siaha 90+3'	Report	Trauco 32'	Stadium: Cardinale Stadium Attendance: 4,010 Referee: Christopher Calderon

May 9 Round of 32	Monterey Bay FC	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Los Angeles FC (MLS)	Seaside, California
7:30 PM PDT	Dawkins 90' Maldonado 94'	Report	Torres 25' Maia 105'	Stadium: Cardinale Stadium Attendance: 5,808 Referee: Cristian Campo
	Penalties
	Volesky Dawkins Greene Okoli Boone Fehr		Maia Ordaz Crisostomo Moyado Jakupović Rosales

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[2] "Battery come up short in Open Cup loss to Tormenta". Charleston Battery.

[3] "Charleston Battery and Conor Casey Mutually Agree to Part Ways".

[4] "Battery appoint Ben Pirmann as Head Coach". Charleston Battey.

[5] "Battery announce initial returning players for 2023". Charleston Battery.

[6] "Battery sign Nick Markanich after impressive preseason".

[7] "Monterey Bay F.C. Agrees to Contract with Defender Alex Lara". Monterey Bay Football Club | USL Championship. Retrieved February 20, 2023.

[8] "Monterey Bay F.C. Signs UC Davis Alum and Novato, California Native Max Glasser". Monterey Bay Football Club | USL Championship. Retrieved February 20, 2023.

[9] "Monterey Bay F.C. Signs Former Oakland Roots SC Forward Jesús "Chuy" Enríquez". Monterey Bay Football Club | USL Championship. Retrieved March 18, 2023.

[10] "Monterey Bay F.C. Adds to Squad, Signs Midfielder Nevello Yoseke". Monterey Bay Football Club | USL Championship. Retrieved April 9, 2023.

[11] "Monterey Bay F.C. Signs Former Orange County SC Striker Sean "Ugo" Okoli". Monterey Bay Football Club | USL Championship. Retrieved April 21, 2023.

[12] "Liga MX, Cruz Azul Veteran and Former San Jose Earthquakes Midfielder Rafael Baca Signs with Monterey Bay F.C." Monterey Bay Football Club | USL Championship. Retrieved December 2, 2023.

[:1-13] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Monterey Bay Football Club Announces 2023 Roster Moves". Monterey Bay Football Club | USL Championship. Retrieved February 21, 2023.

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[15] "Monterey Bay F.C. Twitter". Twitter. March 23, 2023. Retrieved March 24, 2023.

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[MBFCschedule-19] "2023 Schedule". Monterey Bay FC. Retrieved February 20, 2023.

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