Charleston Battery vs Tampa Bay Rowdies, 2023 USL Championship, Regular Season

· USL Championship

3': Fidel Barajas
11': Augustine Williams (P)
58': Nicholas Markanich
66':

FT
3 - 0

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Charleston Battery are hosting Tampa Bay Rowdies at Patriots Point, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, USA, starting on . The match is a part of the USL Championship.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
3': Goal! Charleston Battery 1, Tampa Bay Rowdies 0. Fidel Barajas (Charleston Battery) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Nicholas Markanich following a fast break.
7': Foul by Yann Ekra (Tampa Bay Rowdies).
7': Robbie Crawford (Charleston Battery) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
8': Attempt saved. Tristan Trager (Charleston Battery) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
9': Foul by Aarón Guillén (Tampa Bay Rowdies).
9': Nicholas Markanich (Charleston Battery) wins a free kick on the right wing.
10': Attempt blocked. Derek Dodson (Charleston Battery) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dante Polvara.
10': Penalty Charleston Battery. Derek Dodson draws a foul in the penalty area.
10': Penalty conceded by Forrest Lasso (Tampa Bay Rowdies) after a foul in the penalty area.
11': Goal! Charleston Battery 2, Tampa Bay Rowdies 0. Augustine Williams (Charleston Battery) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
12': Augustine Williams (Charleston Battery) wins a free kick on the right wing.
12': Foul by Forrest Lasso (Tampa Bay Rowdies).
13': Corner, Tampa Bay Rowdies. Conceded by A.J. Cochran.
13': Attempt saved. Frederik Kleemann (Tampa Bay Rowdies) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Charlie Dennis with a cross.
14': Charlie Dennis (Tampa Bay Rowdies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
14': Foul by Fidel Barajas (Charleston Battery).
16': Dante Polvara (Charleston Battery) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
16': Foul by Yann Ekra (Tampa Bay Rowdies).
16': Yann Ekra (Tampa Bay Rowdies) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
36': Attempt missed. Yann Ekra (Tampa Bay Rowdies) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Jake Areman with a cross.
37': Foul by Derek Dodson (Charleston Battery).
37': Jake Areman (Tampa Bay Rowdies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
39': Fidel Barajas (Charleston Battery) wins a free kick on the right wing.
39': Foul by Aarón Guillén (Tampa Bay Rowdies).
40': Corner, Charleston Battery. Conceded by Jordan Doherty.
43': Aarón Guillén (Tampa Bay Rowdies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
43': Foul by Augustine Williams (Charleston Battery).
44': Attempt blocked. Charlie Dennis (Tampa Bay Rowdies) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Aarón Guillén.
44': Corner, Tampa Bay Rowdies. Conceded by Sebastian Palma.
45': Corner, Tampa Bay Rowdies. Conceded by Derek Dodson.
45': Offside, Tampa Bay Rowdies. Jordan Doherty tries a through ball, but Cal Jennings is caught offside.
45'+2': First Half ends, Charleston Battery 2, Tampa Bay Rowdies 0.
45': Second Half begins Charleston Battery 2, Tampa Bay Rowdies 0.
46': Charlie Dennis (Tampa Bay Rowdies) wins a free kick on the right wing.
46': Foul by A.J. Cochran (Charleston Battery).
46': A.J. Cochran (Charleston Battery) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
47': Attempt blocked. Yann Ekra (Tampa Bay Rowdies) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Charlie Dennis.
47': Corner, Tampa Bay Rowdies. Conceded by Nicholas Markanich.
50': Attempt missed. Cal Jennings (Tampa Bay Rowdies) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Yann Ekra.
54': Attempt blocked. Cal Jennings (Tampa Bay Rowdies) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jake Areman with a cross.
56': Substitution, Tampa Bay Rowdies. Ariel Martínez replaces Charlie Dennis.
57': Attempt blocked. Yann Ekra (Tampa Bay Rowdies) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
57': Corner, Tampa Bay Rowdies. Conceded by Dante Polvara.
58': Attempt saved. Cal Jennings (Tampa Bay Rowdies) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Jake Areman.
58': Goal! Charleston Battery 3, Tampa Bay Rowdies 0. Nicholas Markanich (Charleston Battery) left footed shot from outside the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Fidel Barajas.
61': Delay in match (Tampa Bay Rowdies).
62': Substitution, Charleston Battery. Andrew Booth replaces Dante Polvara.
63': Substitution, Charleston Battery. Aidan Apodaca replaces Tristan Trager because of an injury.
63': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
63': Offside, Tampa Bay Rowdies. Forrest Lasso tries a through ball, but Dayonn Harris is caught offside.
65': Foul by Nicholas Markanich (Charleston Battery).
65': Jordan Doherty (Tampa Bay Rowdies) wins a free kick on the right wing.
65': Cal Jennings (Tampa Bay Rowdies) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
65': Foul by Sebastian Palma (Charleston Battery).
67': Foul by Nicholas Markanich (Charleston Battery).
67': Yann Ekra (Tampa Bay Rowdies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
70': Substitution, Tampa Bay Rowdies. Conner Antley replaces Frederik Kleemann.
70': Substitution, Tampa Bay Rowdies. Felix Schröter replaces Yann Ekra.
70': Substitution, Tampa Bay Rowdies. Sebastian Dalgaard replaces Jake Areman.
71': Attempt saved. Fidel Barajas (Charleston Battery) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aidan Apodaca.
72': Corner, Charleston Battery. Conceded by Forrest Lasso.
73': Attempt blocked. Fidel Barajas (Charleston Battery) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Chris Allan.
73': Corner, Charleston Battery. Conceded by Jordan Doherty.
74': Attempt missed. Sebastian Palma (Charleston Battery) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Fidel Barajas with a cross following a corner.
75': Attempt missed. Cal Jennings (Tampa Bay Rowdies) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Zachary Herivaux.
77': Corner, Tampa Bay Rowdies. Conceded by Sebastian Palma.
77': Attempt missed. Forrest Lasso (Tampa Bay Rowdies) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ariel Martínez with a cross following a corner.
79': Attempt blocked. Sebastian Dalgaard (Tampa Bay Rowdies) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
79': Attempt missed. Ariel Martínez (Tampa Bay Rowdies) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Zachary Herivaux.
80': Substitution, Tampa Bay Rowdies. Lucky Mkosana replaces Cal Jennings.
80': Delay in match because of an injury Nicholas Markanich (Charleston Battery).
81': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
81': Aidan Apodaca (Charleston Battery) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
81': Foul by Dayonn Harris (Tampa Bay Rowdies).
82': Corner, Tampa Bay Rowdies. Conceded by Robbie Crawford.
83': Substitution, Charleston Battery. Joseph Schmidt replaces Fidel Barajas.
84': Foul by Felix Schröter (Tampa Bay Rowdies).
84': Trey Muse (Charleston Battery) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
85': Forrest Lasso (Tampa Bay Rowdies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
85': Foul by Augustine Williams (Charleston Battery).
85': Augustine Williams (Charleston Battery) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
86': Andrew Booth (Charleston Battery) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
86': Foul by Jordan Doherty (Tampa Bay Rowdies).
86': Jordan Doherty (Tampa Bay Rowdies) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
88': Augustine Williams (Charleston Battery) wins a free kick on the left wing.
88': Foul by Forrest Lasso (Tampa Bay Rowdies).
89': Hand ball by Jordan Doherty (Tampa Bay Rowdies).
90': Conner Antley (Tampa Bay Rowdies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90': Foul by Aidan Apodaca (Charleston Battery).
90': Conner Antley (Tampa Bay Rowdies) is shown the yellow card.
90': Derek Dodson (Charleston Battery) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90': Foul by Ariel Martínez (Tampa Bay Rowdies).
90'+2': Foul by Zachary Herivaux (Tampa Bay Rowdies).
90'+2': Nicholas Markanich (Charleston Battery) wins a free kick on the right wing.
90'+3': Aarón Guillén (Tampa Bay Rowdies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+3': Foul by Nicholas Markanich (Charleston Battery).
90'+3': Nicholas Markanich (Charleston Battery) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+4': Substitution, Charleston Battery. Arturo Rodríguez replaces Nicholas Markanich.
90'+6': Second Half ends, Charleston Battery 3, Tampa Bay Rowdies 0.
0': Match ends, Charleston Battery 3, Tampa Bay Rowdies 0.
0': Match ends, Charleston Battery 3, Tampa Bay Rowdies 0.

Statistics

TBR		CHS
13	Fouls	10
3	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	0
7	Corner Kicks	3
2	Saves	2
60.1	Possession	39.9
12	SHOTS	8
2	ON GOAL	5
0.2	On Target %	0.6
0	Penalty Goals	1
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
295	Accurate Passes	185
357	Passes	245
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
5	Accurate Crosses	1
23	Crosses	7
0.2	Cross %	0.1
40	Long Balls	62
20	Accurate Long Balls	26
0.5	Long Balls %	0.4
5	Blocked Shots	2
8	Effective Tackles	5
13	Tackles	12
0.6	Tackle %	0.4
4	Interceptions	11
10	Effective Clearances	16
10	Clearances	16

Game Information

Competition: USL Championship

Venue: Patriots Point
Location: Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, USA
Attendance: 3,138

USL Championship Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Louisville City FC	4	+7	12
2	Tampa Bay Rowdies	3	+6	9
3	Hartford Athletic	4	+4	8
4	Miami FC	4	0	7

Full Table

Line-Ups

Charleston Battery (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
25	Trey Muse (GK)
3	A.J. Cochran
23	Juan Palma
19	Robbie Crawford
14	Derek Dodson
13	Nicholas Markanich
4	Chris Allan
6	Dante Polvara
9	Augustine Williams
21	Tristan Trager
11	Fidel Barajas

Charleston Battery Substitutes:

Emilio Ycaza, Daniel Kuzemka, Aidan Apodaca, Joseph Schmidt, Arturo Rodriguez, Andrew Booth, Charlie Dennis.

Tampa Bay Rowdies (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
15	Phil Breno (GK)
3	Forrest Lasso
19	Frederik Kleemann
33	Aaron Guillen
20	Zachary Herivaux
7	Yann Ekra
14	Charlie Dennis
22	Jordan Doherty
26	Cal Jennings
8	Jake Areman
21	Dayonn Harris

Tampa Bay Rowdies Substitutes:

Connor Sparrow, Felix Schröter, Sebastian Dalgaard, Ariel Martinez, Luckymore Mkosana, Conner Antley, Jerome Williams.

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