2016 Charlotte Independence season

Charlotte Independence
2016 season
PresidentJim McPhilliamy
Head coachMike Jeffries
StadiumRamblewood Soccer Complex
USLConference: TBD
USL PlayoffsTBD

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

As of March 1, 2016 [1][2]

No. Position Nation Player
1 GK  USA Cody Mizell
2 MF  ENG Jack Metcalf
3 DF  USA Bilal Duckett
4 DF  USA Patrick Slogic
5 MF  ENG Paul Clowes
6 MF  JPN Jun Marques Davidson
7 FW  FRA Yann Ekra
8 FW  USA Caleb Calvert (on loan from Colorado Rapids)
9 FW  JAM Brian Brown (on loan from Harbour View)
10 MF  COL Jorge Herrera
11 FW  USA David Estrada
12 GK  USA John Berner (on loan from Colorado Rapids)
13 DF  USA Austin Yearwood
14 MF  ENG Lewis Hilton
15 DF  USA Alec Bartlett
16 MF  GHA Emmanuel Appiah (on loan from Colorado Rapids)
19 MF  URU Enzo Martínez
20 FW  GER Christopher Hellmann
21 FW  USA Asa Kryst
22 DF  ESP Joel Johnson
23 MF  URU Alex Martínez
24 FW  USA Norberto Ochoa
25 DF  UGA Henry Kalungi
26 GK  USA Kyle Renfro
27 MF  USA Zach Pfeffer (on loan from Colorado Rapids)

Competitions

USL Regular season

Main article: 2016 USL season

Standings

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

Matches

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

Schedule source

U.S. Open Cup

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

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

  1. ^ "Independence Announce First Signings". United Soccer Leagues (USL). January 8, 2015. Archived from the original on January 15, 2015. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
  2. ^ "Charlotte Independence Roster". Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
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