The Charleston Battery coaching staff announced the team’s preseason match schedule following the release of the USL regular season schedule earlier this week.
The preseason schedule includes ten matches, eight of which will be played at MUSC Health Stadium. All preseason matches are free and open to the public apart from the Carolina Challenge Cup.
The 13th iteration of the MLS tournament highlights the preseason schedule. The Battery opens the tournament against current MLS Champions, Seattle Sounders on February 18th and follows up with Columbus Crew SC on February 22nd and Atlanta United on February 25th.
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“Our preseason schedule has a good mix of teams from various levels. Obviously, the Carolina Challenge Cup enhances it quite a bit with the MLS teams coming here, but the other games will help us prepare for the regular season before and after Challenge Cup.”
Prior to CCC, the Battery will play the College of Charleston, as they have done in years past. Other college teams on the preseason schedule include Coastal Carolina University, Clemson University, University of South Carolina, and University of North Florida. Coastal Carolina, Clemson, and South Carolina all appeared in the NCAA Tournament in 2016.
Anhaeuser will test his squad against an NASL opponent on March 4th when the Battery travel to Cary to play the newly rebranded North Carolina FC. Formally known as the Carolina Railhawks, NCFC finished in seventh and did not qualify for the playoffs last season. The match between the former Southern Derby rivals will be the first time the Battery meets an NASL opponent since the USSF granted the USL Division II status earlier this year.
Full Preseason Schedule:
HOME – February 11 vs. College of Charleston (Time: TBD)
HOME – February 15 vs. University of South Carolina (7:00 pm)
HOME – February 18 vs. Seattle Sounders (7:00 pm) – GET TICKETS
HOME – February 22 vs. Columbus Crew SC (5:00 pm) – GET TICKETS
HOME – February 25 vs. Atlanta United (7:00 pm) – GET TICKETS
HOME – March 1 vs. Coastal Carolina University (7:00 pm)
AWAY – March 4 at North Carolina FC (4:00 pm)
AWAY – March 10 at Clemson University (4:00 pm)
HOME – March 12 vs. University of North Florida (2:00 pm)
HOME – March 15 vs. Coastal Carolina University (7:00 pm)
