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Charleston vs Hartford: match report

Charleston Battery hosted Hartford Athletic at Ralph Lundy Field at Patriots Point on Wednesday 2 September 2026, in the USL Championship (round 1). Erick Lezama is the referee.

Result and scorers

Charleston 1-2 Hartford. Goals: Kirill Pakhomov 29' for Charleston; Michee Ngalina 75' (pen) for Hartford; Barry Coffey 90'+7' for Hartford. Attendance: 2,816.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 18' Yellow card: Nathan Messer (Charleston)
  • 19' Yellow card: Beverly Makangila (Hartford)
  • 19' Yellow card: Emilio Ycaza (Charleston)
  • 29' Goal: Kirill Pakhomov (Charleston)
  • 60' Red card: Nathan Messer (Charleston)
  • 75' Penalty: Michee Ngalina (Hartford)
  • 81' Yellow card: Jordan Scarlett (Hartford)
  • 90'+7' Goal: Barry Coffey (Hartford)
  • 90'+8' Yellow card: Baboucarr Njie (Hartford)
Match stats (contains the result)
50.7%Possession49.3%
17Shots12
7Shots on target3
7Corners5
9Fouls20
0Offsides2
1Saves6
1Yellow cards3
1Red cards0

Line-ups

Charleston 4-2-3-1

Coach: Ben Pirmann

  1. 1 John Berner GK
  2. 42 Douglas Martínez DEF
  3. 16 Graham Smith DEF
  4. 22 Joey Akpunonu DEF
  5. 3 Nathan Messer DEF
  6. 88 Kirill Pakhomov MID
  7. 8 Emilio Ycaza MID
  8. 99 Maalique Foster FWD
  9. 90 Miguel Berry FWD
  10. 29 Jeremy Kelly FWD
  11. 13 Wilmer Cabrera FWD

Bench

  • 91 Nanan Houssou MID
  • 7 Langston Blackstock DEF
  • 10 Laurent Kissiedou MID
  • 12 Alec Hughes FWD
  • 30 Colton Swan FWD
  • 56 Luis Zamudio GK
  • 4 Chris Allan MID

Hartford 3-4-1-2

Coach: Brendan Burke

  1. 77 Antony Siaha GK
  2. 15 Adrián Diz DEF
  3. 4 Jordan Scarlett DEF
  4. 25 Britton Fischer DEF
  5. 2 Sebastian Anderson MID
  6. 6 Beverly Makangila MID
  7. 8 Junior Moreira MID
  8. 19 Emmanuel Samadia MID
  9. 16 Barry Coffey MID
  10. 11 Michee Ngalina FWD
  11. 9 Augustine Williams FWD

Bench

  • 22 TJ Presthus DEF
  • 5 Baboucarr Njie MID
  • 7 Michael Adedokun FWD
  • 17 Sadat Anaku FWD
  • 3 Matthew Real DEF
  • 1 Enzo Carvalho GK
  • 23 Arturo Ordóñez DEF
Previous meetings
  • Saturday 14 June 2025: Hartford Athletic 1-2 Charleston Battery
  • Saturday 3 May 2025: Charleston Battery 4-2 Hartford Athletic
  • Friday 12 July 2024: Hartford Athletic 2-2 Charleston Battery
  • Saturday 4 May 2024: Charleston Battery 1-0 Hartford Athletic
  • Saturday 17 June 2023: Hartford Athletic 3-4 Charleston Battery