Sporting JAX 2–5 Charleston Battery

USL Championship 2026 Group Stage · 20 Jun 2026

Sporting JAX vs Charleston Battery in the USL Championship 2026.

At Hodges Stadium.

Referee: M. Hassan.

Charleston Battery beat Sporting JAX 5–2. M. Foster opened the scoring for Charleston Battery after 12 minutes. M. Berry made it 0–3 after 19 minutes, and that was the winner.

Goalscorers

• Sporting JAX: W. Kuzain 44', W. Kuzain 47'
• Charleston Battery: M. Foster 12', J. Kelly 14', M. Berry 19', M. Berry 53', A. Hughes 82'

Charleston Battery starting lineup

• 56 L. Zamudio
• 5 S. Suber
• 16 G. Smith
• 22 J. Akpunonu
• 3 N. Messer
• 8 E. Ycaza
• 88 K. Pakhomov
• 99 M. Foster
• 90 M. Berry
• 29 J. Kelly
• 30 C. Swan

Sporting JAX starting lineup

• 31 C. Olivares
• 2 H. Neville
• 15 R. Edwards
• 22 A. Gomez
• 3 T. Rose
• 6 J. Rossiter
• 44 R. Somersall
• 8 W. Kuzain
• 19 R. Pedder
• 10 K. Sadlier
• 16 E. Jaaskelainen

Match events

• 12′ Charleston Battery: Normal Goal, M. Foster
• 14′ Charleston Battery: Normal Goal, J. Kelly, M. Berry
• 19′ Charleston Battery: Normal Goal, M. Berry, C. Swan
• 44′ Sporting JAX: Normal Goal, W. Kuzain, T. Rose
• 46′ Charleston Battery: Substitution, A. Cabrera, M. Foster
• 47′ Sporting JAX: Normal Goal, W. Kuzain, E. Jaaskelainen
• 50′ Charleston Battery: Yellow Card, K. Pakhomov
• 53′ Charleston Battery: Normal Goal, M. Berry, A. Cabrera
• 54′ Charleston Battery: Substitution, C. Allan, K. Pakhomov
• 58′ Sporting JAX: Yellow Card, J. Rossiter
• 59′ Sporting JAX: Yellow Card, R. Edwards
• 64′ Sporting JAX: Substitution, E. Rito, R. Somersall
• 71′ Sporting JAX: Yellow Card, E. Jaaskelainen
• 71′ Charleston Battery: Substitution, L. Kissiedou, J. Kelly
• 71′ Charleston Battery: Substitution, A. Hughes, C. Swan
• 81′ Sporting JAX: Yellow Card, R. Edwards
• 81′ Sporting JAX: Red Card, R. Edwards
• 82′ Charleston Battery: Normal Goal, A. Hughes
• 83′ Sporting JAX: Substitution, W. Ackwei, K. Sadlier
• 83′ Charleston Battery: Substitution, J. Wayne, M. Berry
• 86′ Sporting JAX: Substitution, J. Evans, W. Kuzain

Sporting JAX before this match

• vs Detroit City 2–6 (Detroit City) · Group Stage, 13 Jun 2026
• at Monterey Bay 1–2 (Monterey Bay) · Group Stage, 11 Jun 2026
• vs Brooklyn 2–2 (Brooklyn) · Group Stage, 31 May 2026
• vs San Antonio 4–4 (San Antonio) · Group Stage, 27 May 2026
• at Indy Eleven 1–2 (Indy Eleven) · Group Stage, 9 May 2026

Charleston Battery before this match

• vs FC Tulsa 5–1 (FC Tulsa) · Group Stage, 13 Jun 2026
• at Tampa Bay Rowdies 2–2 (Tampa Bay Rowdies) · Group Stage, 10 Jun 2026
• vs Detroit City 2–0 (Detroit City) · Group Stage, 30 May 2026
• at New Mexico United 0–1 (New Mexico United) · Group Stage, 24 May 2026
• vs Sporting JAX 4–0 (Sporting JAX) · Group Stage, 2 May 2026