2013 Charleston Battery season
| 2013 season | |||
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| Owner |  Tony Bakker | ||
| Manager |  Michael Anhaeuser | ||
| Stadium | Blackbaud Stadium | ||
| USL Pro | 3rd | ||
| USL Pro Playoffs | Semifinals | ||
| U.S. Open Cup | Rd 4 | ||
| Carolina Challenge Cup | 3rd | ||
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The 2013 Charleston Battery season was the club's 21st season of existence. It was the Battery's fourth consecutive year in the third tier of American soccer, playing in the USL Professional Division for their third season. Charleston entered the season as the defending USL Pro champions.
Background
[edit]Club
[edit]Roster
[edit]Team management
[edit]Competitions
[edit]Exhibition
[edit]Carolina Challenge Cup
[edit]| February 16, 2013 1 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 3–2 | Charleston Battery | Charleston, South Carolina |
| 19:15 EST | Jordan Harvey  19'Kekuta Manneh  4', 28'Daigo Kobayashi 50'Alain Rochat 66' |
Report | Cody Ellison 49' Quinton Griffith 66'Nicki Paterson 71'Dane Kelly 80' |
Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium |
| February 20, 2013 2 | Charleston Battery | 1–2 | Chicago Fire | Charleston, South Carolina |
| 19:15 EST | Jose Cuevas 11' Gibson Bardsley 54' |
Report | Austin Berry 27' Arne Friedrich 44'Hunter Jumper 90'Alex 90' |
Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium |
| February 23, 2013 3 | Charleston Battery | 2–1 | Houston Dynamo | Charleston, South Carolina |
| 19:15 EST | Dane Kelly 18' Jose Cuevas 35'Austin Savage 74' |
Report | Giles Barnes 16' Brian Ownby 82' |
Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium |
Preseason
[edit]| February 28, 2013 Preseason | College of Charleston Cougars | 0–3 | Charleston Battery | Mount Pleasant, South Carolina |
| 14:30 EST | Griffith Kelly , |
Stadium: CofC Soccer Stadium at Patriots Point |
| March 2, 2013 Preseason | Clemson Tigers | 0–5 | Charleston Battery | Clemson, South Carolina |
| 15:00 EST | Savage Prince Bardsley vanSchaik Cuevas |
Stadium: Riggs Field |
| March 5, 2013 Preseason | Charleston Battery | 4–1 | Georgia Southern Eagles | Charleston, South Carolina |
| 20:00 EST | Cordovés Cuevas Mueller Bardsley |
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Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium |
| March 7, 2013 Preseason | Charleston Battery | 2–0 | Coastal Carolina Chanticleers | Charleston, South Carolina |
| 18:00 EST | Cuevas , |
Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium |
| March 15, 2013 Preseason | Carolina RailHawks | 1–2 | Charleston Battery | Cary, North Carolina |
|
Griffith Azira |
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park |
| March 19, 2013 Preseason | Charleston Battery | 0–0 | College of Charleston Cougars | Charleston, South Carolina |
| 14:30 EST | Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium |
| March 23, 2013 Preseason | Charleston Battery | 2–0 | Wilmington Hammerheads | Charleston, South Carolina |
| 18:00 EST | Fisk Cuevas |
Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium |
| March 26, 2013 Preseason | Coastal Carolina Chanticleers | 0–2 | Charleston Battery | Conway, South Carolina |
| Cuevas Taylor Mueller |
Stadium: Coastal Carolina University Soccer Field |
| March 30, 2013 Preseason | Charleston Battery | 1–0 | Carolina RailHawks | Charleston, South Carolina |
| 14:00 EST | Cuevas |
Report | Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium |
USL Pro
[edit]U.S. Open Cup
[edit]| May 21, 2013 Second round | Portland Timbers U23s  | 0–1 |  Charleston Battery | Portland, Oregon |
| 22:30 EDT | Lurie 55' |
Report | Prince 11' vanSchaik 20' Savage 60' Paterson 90' |
Stadium: JELD-WEN Field |
Statistics
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Transfers
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