Charleston Reporter

The Charleston Battery soccer club fell 5-1 to Charlotte Independence on Saturday, Oct. 16 at the American Legion Memorial Stadium.

According to a press release, this defeat now ends any hopes of Charleston reaching the playoffs.

“We’ve been in this situation before, but the guys picked up the goal at the end of the first half,” Battery Head Coach Michael Anhaeuser said, according to the press release. “I thought the guys battled and we could come back, but Charlotte seems to catch us on the counter. We tried to open it up, the guys did a great job towards the second half."

Romario Pigott scored the sole goal for Charleston just before the end of the first half and and Sylvain Marveaux (12’), Dane Kelly (24’ and 80’), Enzo Martinez (61’) and Gabriel Obertan (89’) scored for Charlotte.

The Battery returned on Wednesday, Oct. 20 at Patriots Point for Breast Cancer Awareness Night to defeat LA Galaxy II 3-1.

“No matter where we sit in the standings, no matter what our playoff chances are, we represent Charleston and we’re proud to do it,” Battery goalkeeper Paul Lewis said, according to the press release. “We play for experience, we play for pride. We still have pride on the line, so we’re going to keep going out and make sure we finish the season out strong. We want to make sure that we play out there to the best of our abilities every time we can with these games left.”