2008 Carolina Challenge Cup

Discussion in 'Charleston Battery' started by Mikey mouse, Oct 4, 2007.

  1. narko

    narko New Member

    Jul 16, 2007
    North Carolina
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    also... what are some cheaper solutions on places to stay the night
     
  2. Mikey mouse

    Mikey mouse Member

    Jul 27, 1999
    Charleston, SC
    Club:
    Charleston
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    There are several place that are cheap off the I26 at Ashley phosphate road, Montague and (last choice) Dorchester road. they are within about 15 minutes of the stadium

    there is also a hostel closer to downtown
    http://www.notsohostel.com/

    I heard good things about them so it might be worth a look.
     
  3. abw

    abw Member+

    Nov 10, 1999
    Athens, GA
    We're staying at cottages at James Island Park for the Easter weekend matches. We stayed there last year. They sleep 8, so the price is pretty decent ($138/night).

    Info at http://www.ccprc.com/index.asp?NID=276
     
  4. fatbastard

    fatbastard Member+

    Aug 1, 2003
    Lincoln (ish), Va
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    You really should have a Pre-Match thread by now, so feel free to move this post there when you do :D

    Go Battery, Kick some Metro ass!!! :cool:
     
  5. narko

    narko New Member

    Jul 16, 2007
    North Carolina
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    So ... opportunities for autographs?
     
  6. Mikey mouse

    Mikey mouse Member

    Jul 27, 1999
    Charleston, SC
    Club:
    Charleston
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    pleanty, they guys usually will sign them after games. they will usually do them before entering the locker room but Ive seen them doing it along the pitch as well.

    mikey
     
  7. Brook

    Brook BigSoccer Supporter

    Sep 13, 2001
    Cleveland
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Mikey and Bribe Taker-- please accept my sincerest best wishes for this year's Cup, wish I could have made it. Please send my best to Mrs Buytas, Mrs, Bribe Taker, Jeff, and Yogi! Wear the banana hat with Pride, Jim!
    And the autographed match Puma ball is still displayed on the mantel! CMON THE CREW! Invite us back you bastards!
     
  8. cobi13

    cobi13 Member

    Aug 16, 2004
    NY
    To The Regiment and all Battery fans:

    Thank you for all of the hospitality. Charleston is a beautiful, classy city, as is Blackbaud. The Battery seem to be a pretty strong side and it is good to see a committed group of fans. Hopefully I will be seeing you soon.

    Jeff

    http://www.soccer-training-info.com/charleston_a_gem_for_USL.asp
     
  9. Mikey mouse

    Mikey mouse Member

    Jul 27, 1999
    Charleston, SC
    Club:
    Charleston
    Nat'l Team:
    United States

    glad you enjoyed your trip. let us know if you ever come back down. Nice article by the way im going to cross post it over on the Charleston board on www.usldiscussions.com
     
  10. henryo

    henryo Member+

    Jun 26, 2007
    All-time Table at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_Challenge_Cup#All-time_Table

    # Team----------------- Pts P W L T GF GA GD PPG
    1 San Jose Earthquakes-- 16 6 5 0 1 10 02 +8 2.667
    2 D.C. United----------- 16 9 4 1 4 11 07 +4 1.778
    3 Houston Dynamo-------- 14 6 4 0 2 10 03 +7 2.333
    4 Columbus Crew--------- 11 6 3 1 2 07 05 +2 1.833
    5 Charleston Battery--- 11 15 2 8 5 12 20 -8 0.733
    6 Toronto FC------------ 07 6 2 3 1 06 07 -1 1.167
    7 New York Red Bulls---- 05 9 1 6 2 05 14 -9 0.556
    8 Wilmington Hammerheads 01 3 0 2 1 01 04 -3 0.333
     
  11. cobi13

    cobi13 Member

    Aug 16, 2004
    NY
    Thanks Mikey. I enjoyed the trip. I will certainly be watching some of the games online, and envying the weather for the time being (back to chilly times up here in NY).
     
  12. Mikey mouse

    Mikey mouse Member

    Jul 27, 1999
    Charleston, SC
    Club:
    Charleston
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    nice job updateing the wiki page. seem like you did a lot of work not just on the table but on researching the past CCC as well

    Mikey
     
  13. JBG - Bribe Taker

    Mar 17, 2000
    Mt. Pleasant, SC
    Club:
    Charleston
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Let the record show that even though we've been in 2 more CCC's than the Red Pony's, we have a better GD. Good work Henry.

    And also to Cobi, very nice article. Hope you can visit again sometime in the near future.
     
  14. don gagliardi

    don gagliardi Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    Feb 28, 2004
    san jose
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
  15. henryo

    henryo Member+

    Jun 26, 2007
    Thanks, it did take me quite a while to get the match results for 2004 & 2005 in particular, by digging up the past news reports one-by-one. Fortunately the Charleston site still kept all the archive, :)

    By the way, SJE/HOU have played exceptionally well in this tournament (both won all editions contested by them & still remained unbeaten so far), it'd be great to see them play each other in future, ;)
     
  16. henryo

    henryo Member+

    Jun 26, 2007
  17. RevHammerBat

    RevHammerBat Member+

    Jul 1, 2008
    London
    Club:
    Charleston

    i think now theres going to be a new streak going....the team who does the worst in the CCC will make the Finals of MLS. Red Bulls were just as bad in the CCC as they were in the regular season...lol. But none the less made it to the finals so kudos to them
     
  18. Sandlapper

    Sandlapper New Member

    Jan 30, 2007
    South Carolina
    Club:
    Charleston
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    What's the rumor mill spitting out about next years CCC?
     
  19. garnet&blackattack

    garnet&blackattack New Member

    Jan 14, 2007
    Columbia, SC
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States

    Yeah. I'm really interested to see who'll be playing in it, myself.
     
  20. JBG - Bribe Taker

    Mar 17, 2000
    Mt. Pleasant, SC
    Club:
    Charleston
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    G&B, you need to get on your front office stat and get DCU plugged in. We could have quite the time with DCU & Toronto's fans.

    The Regiment is kicking around trying to organize a fan CCC competition with games played between the supporter's groups during the week. Might be the first of its kind....a supporter's group cup competition. We played Sunderland's supporters when they visited us several years ago, it was a blast & they had a great time. Would be pretty cool if the logistics come together. But first, we need some teams with large groups of traveling fans.
     
  21. RevHammerBat

    RevHammerBat Member+

    Jul 1, 2008
    London
    Club:
    Charleston
    that ought to be interesting...im sure if Red Bulls came back our fans could take their team on and win...lol
     
  22. fatbastard

    fatbastard Member+

    Aug 1, 2003
    Lincoln (ish), Va
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I asked Steven Goff about whether DC might come down on The Soccer Insider™. He said he hadn't heard anything (didn't expect him to have) but it may be a bit early yet. Hopefully it put a little something in the back of his mind and he'll ask the team sometime soon :)
     
  23. Mikey mouse

    Mikey mouse Member

    Jul 27, 1999
    Charleston, SC
    Club:
    Charleston
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Fornt office said they are hammering out the details (they didnt hint to any teams though) and the announcemnet should be out in the next week or so.
     

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