2016 Charlotte Independence season
| 2016 season | |||
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| President | Jim McPhilliamy | ||
| Head coach | Mike Jeffries | ||
| Stadium | Ramblewood Soccer Complex | ||
| USL | Conference: TBD | ||
| USL Playoffs | TBD | ||
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The 2016 Charlotte Independence season was the club's second year of existence, and their second season in the third tier of the United States Soccer Pyramid. It was their second season in the United Soccer League as part of the Eastern Conference.
Roster
[edit]| No. | Position | Player | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Cody Mizell |  United States
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| 2 | MF | Jack Metcalf |  England
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| 3 | DF | Bilal Duckett | United States
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| 4 | DF | Patrick Slogic | United States
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| 5 | MF | Paul Clowes | England
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| 6 | MF | Jun Marques Davidson |  Japan
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| 7 | FW | Yann Ekra |  France
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| 8 | FW | Caleb Calvert (on loan from Colorado Rapids) | United States
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| 9 | FW | Brian Brown (on loan from Harbour View) |  Jamaica
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| 10 | MF | Jorge Herrera |  Colombia
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| 11 | FW | David Estrada | United States
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| 12 | GK | John Berner (on loan from Colorado Rapids) | United States
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| 13 | DF | Austin Yearwood | United States
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| 14 | MF | Lewis Hilton | England
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| 15 | DF | Alec Bartlett | United States
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| 16 | MF | Emmanuel Appiah (on loan from Colorado Rapids) |  Ghana
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| 19 | MF | Enzo Martínez |  Uruguay
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| 20 | FW | Christopher Hellmann |  Germany
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| 21 | FW | Asa Kryst | United States
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| 22 | DF | Joel Johnson |  Spain
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| 23 | MF | Alex Martínez | Uruguay
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| 24 | FW | Norberto Ochoa | United States
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| 25 | DF | Henry Kalungi |  Uganda
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| 26 | GK | Kyle Renfro | United States
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| 27 | MF | Zach Pfeffer (on loan from Colorado Rapids) | United States
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Competitions
[edit]USL Regular season
[edit]Standings
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | FC Cincinnati | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 41 | 27 | +14 | 56 | Conference Playoffs |
| 4 | Rochester Rhinos | 30 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 38 | 25 | +13 | 51 | |
| 5 | Charlotte Independence | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 48 | 29 | +19 | 50 | |
| 6 | Charleston Battery | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 33 | +5 | 48 | |
| 7 | Richmond Kickers | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 26 | +7 | 45 |
Source: 2016 USL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots
Matches
[edit] | This section needs to be updated. (June 2023) |
- All times in regular season on Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-04:00)
Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture
| March 26, 2016 1 | Charlotte Independence | 0–1 | Louisville City FC | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| 7:00pm | Metcalf  Herrera Duckett Martínez |
http://www.uslsoccer.com/game/show/13218092?subseason=280291&referrer=2356900 Report | Lancaster  90+4'Shanosky Kaye |
Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex Attendance: 1,724 Referee: Marcos Deoliveira |
| April 2, 2016 2 | Charlotte Independence | 2–1 | Harrisburg City Islanders | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| 7:00pm | Calvert 22' Estrada 34' |
Report | Foster 3' Johnson 55' Wheeler 59' Barril 84' |
Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex |
| April 9, 2016 3 | FC Cincinnati | 2–1 | Charlotte Independence | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| 7:00pm | Okoli 5' Berry 53'Hildebrandt 90+3' |
Report | Estrada 53' Ekra 82' |
Stadium: Nippert Stadium Attendance: 14,658 Referee: Nima Saghafi |
| April 16, 2016 4 | Charlotte Independence | 3–2 | Charleston Battery | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| 7:00pm | Martínez 26' 28' Brian Brown 31' Herrera 70' |
Report | Hackshaw 56' Ferguson 73' Williams 77' 88' Prince  83' Portillo 87' |
Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex |
| April 22, 2016 5 | Charlotte Independence | 3–2 | Richmond Kickers | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| 7:00pm | Calvert 43' Alajarín 54'Brown 61'Mizell 90'Herrera 90+2' (pen.) |
Report | Jane 20' Sekyere 26'Yeisley 86'Delicâte 89' |
Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex Attendance: 1,239 Referee: David Erbacher |
| May 1, 2016 6 | New York Red Bulls II | 0–2 | Charlotte Independence | Harrison, New Jersey |
| 4:00pm | Report | Martínez 13' Slogic 29' 34' Pfeffer 90' |
Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 134 |
| May 7, 2016 7 | Charlotte Independence | 1–0 | FC Montreal | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| 7:00pm | Calvert 10' Slogic 51' Ekra 89' |
Report | Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex Attendance: 1,235 |
| May 10, 2016 8 | Wilmington Hammerheads FC | 1–1 | Charlotte Independence | Wilmington, North Carolina |
| 7:00pm | Perone 15' (pen.) |
Report | Brown 42' |
Stadium: Legion Field Attendance: 2,776 |
| May 14, 2016 9 | Rochester Rhinos | 0–0 | Charlotte Independence | Rochester, New York |
| 6:00pm | Fall 14' Samuel 62' |
Report | Ekra 42' |
Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium Attendance: 2,142 |
| May 28, 2016 10 | Orlando City B | 2–1 | Charlotte Independence | Melbourne, Florida |
| 7:30pm | Turner 18' da Silva 53', 71' |
Report | Alajarín 16' Slogic 20' Brown 33' Kalungi 70' |
Stadium: Titan Soccer Complex |
| June 4, 2016 11 | Charlotte Independence | 2–2 | Toronto FC II | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| 7:00pm | Castillo 31' Herrera 47', 56'Brown 61' |
Report | Hundal 19' Johnson 36' (pen.)James 67' |
Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,801 Referee: Brandon Artis |
| Note: Match ended in 73rd minute due to weather. | ||||
| June 10, 2016 12 | Charlotte Independence | 0–1 | Bethlehem Steel FC | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| 7:00pm | Duckett 70' Calvert 78' |
Report | Burke 11' 69' |
Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex Attendance: 1,319 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez |
| June 18, 2016 13 | Charlotte Independence | 1–0 | Richmond Kickers | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| 7:00pm | Calvert 30' Martinez 35' |
Report | Callahan 40' Paulini 73' |
Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex Attendance: 1,564 Referee: Marco Vega |
| June 25, 2016 14 | Harrisburg City Islanders | 1–3 | Charlotte Independence | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
| 7:00pm | Foster 10' Johnson 27'Dabo 40'Thomas |
Report | Kalungi 5' Martinez 53' (pen.)Brown 54'Johnson 75'Hilton 86' |
Stadium: FNB Field Attendance: 421 |
| July 2, 2016 15 | Orlando City B | 1–1 | Charlotte Independence | Melbourne, Florida |
| 7:30pm | Ambrose 40' Cox 47' Rocha 67' |
Report | Brown 24' Martínez 51' Hilton 54' Clowes 72' |
Stadium: Titan Soccer Complex Attendance: 731 |
| July 9, 2016 16 | Charlotte Independence | 1–2 | Wilmington Hammerheads FC | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| 7:00pm | Hilton 45+1' |
Report | Perone 20' Fairclough 24' Townsend 43' Martz 65' |
Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex Attendance: 1,595 |
| July 16, 2016 17 | Charlotte Independence | 1–2 | New York Red Bulls II | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| 7:00pm | Davidson 48' Brown 60' Duckett 90+1' |
Report | Allen 13' Bonomo 15' Metzger 63' Schmoll 80' Long 88' |
Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex Attendance: 1,288 |
| July 23, 2016 18 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 0–3 | Charlotte Independence | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| 7:00pm | Earls 1' Campbell 63' |
Report | Calvert 31' Hilton 44' Herrera 90+4' |
Stadium: Highmark Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Greg Dopka |
| July 30, 2016 19 | FC Montreal | 0–1 | Charlotte Independence | Montreal, Quebec |
| 3:00pm | Mkungilwa 29' Gagnon-Laparé 33' Choinière 90+1' |
Report | Martínez 49' |
Stadium: Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard Attendance: 134 |
| August 3, 2016 20 | Charleston Battery | 1–1 | Charlotte Independence | Charleston, South Carolina |
| 7:30pm | Williams 8' Woodbine 48' |
Report | Kalungi 28' Davidson 58' Calvert 65' Martínez 86' |
Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium |
| August 7, 2016 21 | Bethlehem Steel FC | 2–2 | Charlotte Independence | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
| 4:00pm | Conneh 22' Chambers 25'Trusty 35'Rchter 88' (pen.) |
Summary | Slogic 44' Martínez 46'Davidson 62'Berner 86' |
Stadium: Goodman Stadium |
| August 13, 2016 22 | Charlotte Independence | 1–0 | Wilmington Hammerheads FC | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| 7:00pm | Brown 65' |
Summary | Taublieb 26' Binns 42'Lynch 68'Mecham 88' |
Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex |
| August 17, 2016 23 | Charlotte Independence | 4–0 | Orlando City B | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| 7:00pm | Slogic 4' Brown 6' 71'Martínez 64'Duckett 67' |
Summary | García 11' Neal 49'Heath 82'Ellis-Hayden 84' |
Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex |
| August 27, 2016 24 | Charleston Battery | 1–0 | Charlotte Independence | Charleston, South Carolina |
| 7:30pm | Chang 50' Tsonis 90+1' |
Summary | Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium |
| August 31, 2016 25 | Charlotte Independence | 3–2 | FC Cincinnati | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| 7:00pm | Martínez 11' 19' 65' Martínez 56'Duckett 79'Herrera 85'Hassan 90+2' |
Summary | Wiedeman 15' Antón Ripoll 31'Bone 35'Berry 54'Okoli 60'Walker 69' |
Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex |
| September 4, 2016 26 | Toronto FC II | v | Charlotte Independence | Vaughan, Ontario |
| 4:00pm | Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre |
| September 10, 2016 27 | Charlotte Independence | v | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| 7:00pm | Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex |
| September 14, 2016 28 | Richmond Kickers | v | Charlotte Independence | Richmond |
| 4:00pm | Stadium: City Stadium |
| September 17, 2016 29 | Charlotte Independence | v | Rochester Rhinos | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| 7:00pm | Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex |
| September 24, 2016 30 | Louisville City FC | v | Charlotte Independence | Louisville, Kentucky |
| 7:30pm | Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field |
U.S. Open Cup
[edit]| May 18, 2016 Second Round | Charlotte Eagles | 0–2 | Charlotte Independence | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| 7:00pm | Report | Hellmann 44' Herrera 50' |
Stadium: Charlotte Christian School Referee: Gustavo Solorio |
| June 1, 2016 Third Round | Carolina RailHawks | 5–0 (a.e.t.) | Charlotte Independence | Cary, North Carolina |
| 7:30pm | Schuler 92', 115' Albadawi 96' Shriver 99' Orlando 109' |
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Referee: Neil Barbulescu |
Friendlies
[edit]| July 13, 2016 International friendly | Charlotte Independence | 0–4 |  Swansea City A.F.C. | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| 7:30pm | Report | McBurnie 27' Routledge 52' Routledge 73' Gorre 81' |
Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex |
References
[edit]- ^ "Independence Announce First Signings". United Soccer Leagues (USL). January 8, 2015. Archived from the original on January 15, 2015. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
- ^ "Charlotte Independence Roster". Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2016.