Charleston Battery

Match report

Charleston Battery beat Brooklyn 5-0 in the USL Championship Group Stage on Friday night. The hosts opened the scoring almost immediately and never looked back. A. Cabrera fired home in the first minute, and that set the tone for what followed. By then, Brooklyn knew they were in trouble.

M. Foster doubled the lead just before half-time, and the visitors never really threatened to recover. L. Kissiedou added a third early in the second period, and M. Berry made it four soon after. Things came to a head when T. McNamara was sent off in the 79th minute, though L. Kissiedou also picked up a red card in the same incident. E. Ycaza wrapped it up with a late goal.

Charleston dominated possession at 56 per cent and created four big chances compared to Brooklyn's one. They registered eight shots on target with seven off target, while the visitors managed five on target and three wide. The visitors had more corners and clearances, but that only shows they spent time defending rather than building anything of their own.

The result keeps Charleston in second place on 39 points from 23 games. They've won 12, drawn three and lost eight. Brooklyn sit 12th with 16 points from 21 matches, four wins, four draws and 13 defeats. The gap between them is now 23 points, and the visitors have nothing to lose going forward.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 56.00 – 44

Shots on target 8 – 5

Shots off target 7 – 3

Big chances 4 – 1

⚽ 1' A. Cabrera — Goal 🟨 21' D. Martinez — Yellow card ⚽ 43' M. Foster — Goal ⇄ 46' D. Martinez — Substitution ⇄ 46' S. Stojanovic — Substitution ⚽ 54' L. Kissiedou — Goal ⇄ 56' V. Latinovich — Substitution ⚽ 57' M. Berry — Goal 🟨 59' R. Romeo — Yellow card ⇄ 63' A. Cabrera — Substitution ⇄ 70' M. Foster — Substitution ⇄ 73' R. Romeo — Substitution 🟨 77' B. Pirmann — Yellow card 🟥 79' T. McNamara — Red card 🟥 79' L. Kissiedou — Red card ⇄ 84' J. Kelly — Substitution 🟨 87' L. Zamudio — Yellow card 🟨 89' C. Frogson — Yellow card ⚽ 90' E. Ycaza — Goal 🟨 90' M. Berry — Yellow card

Match events

1' 1:0 Charleston Battery Goal A. Cabrera assist: M. Berry
21' 1:0 Charleston Battery Yellow card D. Martinez
43' 2:0 Charleston Battery Goal M. Foster
46' 2:0 Charleston Battery Substitution D. Martinez off: S. Suber
46' 2:0 Brooklyn Substitution S. Stojanovic off: P. Da Silva
54' 3:0 Charleston Battery Goal L. Kissiedou assist: M. Foster
56' 3:0 Brooklyn Substitution V. Latinovich off: J. Klein
57' 4:0 Charleston Battery Goal M. Berry assist: L. Kissiedou
59' 4:0 Brooklyn Yellow card R. Romeo
63' 4:0 Charleston Battery Substitution A. Cabrera off: L. Blackstock
70' 4:0 Charleston Battery Substitution M. Foster off: K. Pakhomov
73' 4:0 Brooklyn Substitution R. Romeo off: S. Nishikawa
77' 4:0 Charleston Battery Yellow card B. Pirmann
79' 4:0 Brooklyn Red card T. McNamara
79' 4:0 Charleston Battery Red card L. Kissiedou
84' 4:0 Charleston Battery Substitution J. Kelly off: A. Hughes
87' 4:0 Charleston Battery Yellow card L. Zamudio
89' 4:0 Brooklyn Yellow card C. Frogson
90' 5:0 Charleston Battery Goal E. Ycaza assist: N. Messer
90' 5:0 Charleston Battery Yellow card M. Berry

Statistics

56.00 Possession, % 44

8 Shots on target 5

7 Shots off target 3

4 Big chances 1

94 Attacks 67

3 Corners 6

10 Fouls 7

7 Free kicks 9

3 Offsides 0

3 Yellow cards 2

1 Red cards 1

5 Goal kicks 7

25 Throw-ins 15

All statistics

7/1450% Aerial duels 7/1450%

73 Backward passes 56

1 Blocked shots 2

20 Clearances 28

5/1338% Crosses 5/1926%

7/1547% Dribbles 3/933%

59 Failed passes 61

4 Goalkeeper saves 3

10 Interceptions 7

13 Key passes 9

31/5556% Long passes 22/4648%

96 Passes into the final third 55

206 Passes in the opposition half 168

238 Passes in own half 186

0.50 Shot accuracy 0.50

12 Shots inside the box 5

9/1182% Tackles 7/1258%

431 Total passes 335

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