The 2023 Charleston Battery season was Charleston Battery'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. They also suffered a 0-1 loss to Tormenta FC, ending their U.S. Open Cup run in the second round.
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. On November 17, 2022 The Battery appointed reigning USL Championship Coach of the Year Ben Pirmann as head coach from Memphis 901 FC.
The Battery retained 10 players from the 2022 team going into the 2023 season, with 18 others initially departing into free agency.
Season squad Squad No.NameNationalityPosition(s)Date of birth (age)Goalkeepers24Daniel KuzemkaGK25Trey MuseGK31Danny FischerGKDefenders2Pierre ReedyFB2Mark SegbersFB3A.J. CochranDF5Leland ArcherDF14Derek DodsonDF20A.J. PatersonDF23Juan PalmaDF28Deklan WynneDFMidfielders4Chris AllanMF7Andrew BoothMF8Emilio YcazaMF10Handwalla BwanaAM10Arturo RodriguezMF11Fidel BarajasMF15Joseph SchmidtDM19Robbie CrawfordMF32Charles DennisMFForwards9Augustine WilliamsFW13Nick MarkanichFW16Matthias DennisFW17Aidan ApodacaFW21Tristan TragerFW22Jesse RandallFW69Roberto AvilaFW
Transfers
In Pos.PlayerSigned fromDetailsDateRef.MF Rio Grande Valley FC TorosFree TransferDF Memphis 901 FCFree TransferMF Memphis 901 FCFree TransferDF Once CaldasFree TransferGK Loudoun United FCFree TransferDF Detroit City FCFree TransferMF Nashville SCFree TransferFW Atlanta United 2Undisclosed FeeDF Indy ElevenFree TransferGK St. Louis Scott Gallagher SCAcademy contractFW FC CincinnatiFree transferMF Aberdeen F.C.LoanMF Tormenta FC academyAcademy contractFW SC SurfAcademy contractFW Wellington Olympic AFCFree transferMF Phoenix Rising FCFree transferFW Houston Dynamo FCLoanMF Dundee F.C.Free transferDF Miami FCUndisclosed Fee
Out
DatePos.PlayerToDetailsRef.GK Colorado Springs Switchbacks FCFree AgencyDF Pittsburgh Riverhounds SCFree AgencyDF Hartford AthleticFree AgencyMF Pittsburgh Riverhounds SCFree AgencyMFFree AgentFree AgencyFW Savannah Clovers FCFree AgencyFWFree AgentFree AgencyMF Pittsburgh Riverhounds SCFree AgencyGK Loudoun United FCOption declinedDFFree AgentOption declinedFWFree AgentOption declinedMFFree AgentOption declinedMFFree AgentOption declinedDF Tormenta FCOption declinedFW Forward Madison FCOption declinedMF Northern Colorado Hailstorm FCOption declinedFW Mount Pleasant F.A.Option declinedFW North Carolina FCUndisclosed feeMF Aberdeen F.C.Recalled from loan
Competitions
Friendlies
USL Championship
Eastern Conference
Matches
USL Championship Playoffs
U.S. Open Cup
Charleston Battery entered into the tournament in the 2nd Round.
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