The Battery are home again Friday night as they take on the Antigua Barracuda. this will be the first time Charleston has played antigua so it should be fun affair. Drink special all night in celebration of Cinco Di Mayo including $4 margritas and more Free bus from Mid town Bar and Grill downtown on King Street for those not wanting to drive from downtown area bus leaves around 6:30 and returns after the match. some prematch from the Battery http://www.charlestonbattery.com/matches_previews.asp?cid=515 From No Quarter (a Battery blog) http://www.noquartersoccer.com/2012/05/battery-news-roundup.html Match will be live streaming video on www.uslnation.com and live on radio at 1340AM in the charleston area as well as streaming online via the Battery website.
I thought Antigua was Rum Country? In any event, an icy $4 margarita on a warm evening? Is Blackbaud heaven or what? Love the island teams, always a fiery group of players and usually a rollicking wide open game.....fun to watch. Pittsburg played them the first 2 matches of the season down at their place. Justin Evans was tossed in the very first match of the season....you gotta love that. No report on what he was wearing at the time though.....
Both Sanyang and Cuevas are expected to be ok for the match tonight http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20120504/PC20/120509612/1032&slId=2 thats great news. Also no formal tailgate tonight but I sure a few will have the obligatory pre-match beverage or two.
Battery win 4-0 in front of 3162. Goal from Cuevas, Paterson, Bundu and Kelly. (Paterson with the two Assists as well as the goal) overall good game for the Battery. some really nice goals and solid defense that limited Antigua's normally good offense to 4 shots but nothing that bothered Dykstra (no saves recorded) Look forward to watching the replay on www.uslnation.com Battery post match here http://www.charlestonbattery.com/matches_report.asp?mid=377
video of the match and Cuevas goal from a local TV station http://www.live5news.com/story/18152706/battery-score-four-to-defeat-antigua-barracuda-fc not sure what is up with the Post and Courier, they recently changed to a subscription based online service (sucks) but I cant find an article about last nights match online. I know they did one as I saw both the writer and a photog there.