Detroit City FC vs Charleston Battery · USL Championship
Detroit City FC
2-0-1
1 – 0
FT
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Charleston Battery
2-0-1
Keyworth Stadium · Hamtramck, Michigan · USA
One goal separated them as Detroit City FC beat Charleston Battery 1-0 at Keyworth Stadium (crowd 5,419); Charleston had won 3 in a row before this. Darren Smith scored first for Detroit at the 75-minute mark. The ball split 55% to 45% and the shots 4 to 13. 4 of the 13 shots by Detroit were on target.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- USL Championship USA
- Campaign
- 2026 USL Championship, Regular Season
- Ground
- Keyworth Stadium · Hamtramck, Michigan · USA
- Crowd
- 5,419
- Match officials
- Muhammad Hassan, Greg Dopka
- Detroit form
- WWWLD
- Charleston form
- WLDWD
On TV
Channels named for United States. The feed names none elsewhere.
- USESPN+Streaming · National
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Charleston | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Side by side
16Fouls12
1Yellow Cards2
0Red Cards0
0Offsides0
8Corner Kicks6
1Saves3
45.2%Possession54.8%
13Shots4
4On Goal2
30%On Target %50%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
0Accurate Passes0
0Passes0
0%Pass Completion %0%
0Accurate Crosses0
0Crosses0
0%Cross %0%
0Long Balls0
0Accurate Long Balls0
0%Long Balls %0%
1Blocked Shots1
0Effective Tackles0
0Tackles0
0%Tackle %0%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
0Clearances0
Timeline
Full time · 1-0
86'
🟨Joey Akpunonu
82'
🔁Jack Waynereplacing Sean Suber
🔁Aeden Stanleyreplacing Preston Tabortetaka
80'
⚽Darren Smith
75'1 - 0
🔁Abdoulaye Diopreplacing Ryan Williams
73'
🔁Chisom Egbuchulamreplacing Jeciel Cedeno
73'
70'
🔁Laurent Kissiedoureplacing Langston Blackstock
70'
🔁Wilmer Cabrerareplacing Maalique Foster
🟨Alasanne Ates Diouf
63'
61'
🔁Houssou Landryreplacing Kirill Pakhomov
Half-time
🔁Preston Tabortetakareplacing Maxi Rodriguez
41'
20'
🟨Miguel Berry
Kick-off
Teams
Detroit City FC4-2-3-1
7⚽Smith
32🟨Diouf
21↓Rodriguez
10↓Cedeno
22Hernandez-Foster
6↓Williams
33Silva
4Montgomery
14Yamazaki
30Amoo-Mensah
1Herrera
Bench
- 18Preston Tabortetakaon for Maxi Rodriguez, 41' ↓
- 3Aeden Stanleyon for Preston Tabortetaka, 80'
- 15Alex Dalou
- 26Chisom Egbuchulamon for Jeciel Cedeno, 73'
- 8Abdoulaye Diopon for Ryan Williams, 73'
- 91Carlos Saldaña
- 20Rio Hope-Gund
Charleston Battery4-2-3-1
90🟨Berry
29Kelly
8Ycaza
99↓Foster
5↓Suber
88↓Pakhomov
3Messer
22🟨Akpunonu
7↓Blackstock
16Smith
56Zamudio
Bench
- 10Laurent Kissiedouon for Langston Blackstock, 70'
- 24Daniel Kuzemka
- 2Kruz Held
- 1John Berner
- 17Jack Wayneon for Sean Suber, 82'
- 91Houssou Landryon for Kirill Pakhomov, 61'
- 13Wilmer Cabreraon for Maalique Foster, 70'
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Tampa Bay Rowdies | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | +26 | 61 |
| 2 |  Charleston Battery | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | +21 | 53 |
| 3 |  Detroit City FC | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | +13 | 51 |
| 4 |  Louisville City FC | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | +8 | 47 |
| 5 |  Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | +3 | 45 |
| 6 |  Hartford Athletic | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | +2 | 43 |
| 7 |  Rhode Island FC | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | +9 | 42 |
| 8 |  Miami FC | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | -10 | 36 |
| 9 |  Indy Eleven | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 34 |
| 10 |  Loudoun United FC | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | -10 | 31 |
| 11 |  Birmingham Legion FC | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | -6 | 30 |
| 12 |  Brooklyn FC | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | -29 | 21 |
| 13 |  Sporting JAX | 30 | 3 | 5 | 22 | -46 | 14 |
Meetings
1Detroit wins
2Level
2Charleston wins
Last times they met
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Charleston
1–1
Detroit · 2025 USL Championship
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Detroit
1–3
Charleston · 2025 USL Championship
FT
Charleston
2–2
Detroit · 2024 USL Championship
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Detroit
2–0
Charleston · 2024 USL Championship
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Detroit
0–1
Charleston · 2023 USL Championship
Form
Last games: Detroit
W1-0L0-0W3-0W5-1L2-1
Last games: Charleston
W2-1L0-0W2-1W2-1W3-2
