Saturday 29-Apr Virginia Beach Mariners @ Charleston Battery 7:30 PM Blackbaud Stadium

Sunday 7-May Miami FC @ Charleston Battery 6:00 PM Blackbaud Stadium

Saturday 13-May Montreal Impact @ Charleston Battery 7:30 PM Blackbaud Stadium

Saturday 20-May Puerto Rico Islanders @ Charleston Battery 7:30 PM Blackbaud Stadium

Saturday 27-May Atlanta Silverbacks @ Charleston Battery 7:30 PM Blackbaud Stadium

Saturday 3-Jun Charleston Battery @ Atlanta Silverbacks 7:30 PM Silverbacks Stadium

Thursday 8-Jun Seattle Sounders @ Charleston Battery 7:30 PM Blackbaud Stadium

Saturday 10-Jun Charleston Battery @ Puerto Rico Islanders 8:00 PM Juan Ramon Loubriel Stadium

Sunday 11-Jun Charleston Battery @ Puerto Rico Islanders 5:00 PM Juan Ramon Loubriel Stadium

Sunday 18-Jun Vancouver Whitecaps @ Charleston Battery 6:00 PM Blackbaud Stadium

Friday 23-Jun Atlanta Silverbacks @ Charleston Battery 8:00 PM Blackbaud Stadium (SOUTHERN DERBY)

Friday 30-Jun Charleston Battery @ Atlanta Silverbacks 7:30 PM Silverbacks Stadium (SOUTHERN DERBY)

Saturday 1-Jul Minnesota Thunder @ Charleston Battery 7:30 PM Blackbaud Stadium

Tuesday 4-Jul Charleston Battery @ Miami FC 6:00 PM TBA

Saturday 8-Jul Charleston Battery @ Rochester Raging Rhinos 7:35 PM PAETEC Park

Sunday 9-Jul Charleston Battery @ Toronto Lynx 6:00 PM Centennial Stadium

Friday 14-Jul Portland Timbers @ Charleston Battery 8:00 PM Blackbaud Stadium

Saturday 22-Jul Miami FC @ Charleston Battery 7:30 PM Blackbaud Stadium

Thursday 27-Jul Charleston Battery @ Minnesota Thunder 8:05 PM National Sports Center

Saturday 29-Jul Charleston Battery @ Virginia Beach Mariners 7:30 PM Virginia Beach Sportsplex

Saturday 5-Aug Toronto Lynx @ Charleston Battery 7:30 PM Blackbaud Stadium

Wednesday 9-Aug Puerto Rico Islanders @ Charleston Battery 7:30 PM Blackbaud Stadium

Sunday 13-Aug Charleston Battery @ Miami FC 4:00 PM TBA

Wednesday 16-Aug Charleston Battery @ Montreal Impact 7:30 PM Claude Robillard Sports Complex

Thursday 31-Aug Charleston Battery @ Vancouver Whitecaps 10:00 PM Swangard Stadium

Saturday 2-Sep Charleston Battery @ Seattle Sounders 10:00 PM Qwest Field

Sunday 3-Sep Charleston Battery @ Portland Timbers 9:00 PM PGE Park

Sunday 10-Sep Rochester Raging Rhinos @ Charleston Battery 6:00 PM Blackbaud Stadium

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As usual, a mixed bag of good news and bad news.

Longest Homestand: First 5 at the beginning of the season
Longest Awaystand: 5 near the end of the season
Back 2 Backs: 6/10 & 11 in PR....7/8 & 9 in Roch. and Toronto....9/2 & 3 in Seattle and Port. (+ Vanc. 2 days before on 8/31)
Road Bumps: Thurs. 6/8 in Charleston - Sat. 6/10 in PR....Thurs. 7/27 in Minn. - Sat. 7/29 in VB

Overall, probably about what every other team has. The long homestand at the beginning of the season is good for a team trying to jell. Hopefully, we can capitalize with some 3 point matches. The long away trip at the end of the season including the dreaded northwest Lewis and Clark trip isn't good if you're trying to make up ground or hold onto your spot. And for good measure, let's precede that swing with a short hop to Miami and then up to Montreal to complete the transcontinental triangle.

In any event, only 136 shopping days till the season opener. Thank God 2006 isn't a leap year.

Crap on a crap cracker.... I have to miss the Derby this year because I'll be in Germany and won't even be back in S.C. until the 1st of July or so.

Your telling me that the World Cup is more important than the Battery.

Im gonna miss you guys !

Looking foward to a good year.

Maimi FC will be a bit of unkown for the second match. First year team susually don't start to well but tend to raise the bar by mid season.

The away swing at the end of the season is daunting. Three tough teams hopefully we wont' suffer teh injury bug too much at that point cause we finsih the year with the Rhinos wheich look to be building a hell of a team.

I think if can keep our player turnover rate to a minimum, add a proven foward and a veteran player or two, we should do well.

And now that Auggies rookie season is over, how much pressure do you think he will have this year to at least make the playoffs?

It depends... if the Battery HQ spend serious $$$ to bring in impact players I would say there would be tremendous pressure on Auggie. On the other hand, if we have another fairly young, inexperienced team -- there's still pressure, but the expectations will be on par with the expenditures (probably somewhere mid-table).

Lewis and Clark ....LOL I like that moniker hope that makes it into something official somehow

Briliant schedule by Battery F/O - about the time the kids go back to school in August the team hits the road - I wonder where the Open Cup Matches will dovetail in?

I agree that's a great looking schedule for the Battery.

Since we finished in the bottom four of the first division we will again be placed into the second round of the US Open Cup. I'd put some serious money on having that match right inbetween the Derby Cup Series with Atlanta. June is seemingly already bursting at the seems with a ton of juicy matches.

Also the end of the schedule is looking pretty solid as well. We are squaring off against tob of the table talent, who should be clinched or within a hangnail of being in the playoffs. That's good because you know the "A" teams will be replaced with some softer friendly "B" side starters.

Well, looking at last year, the USL1 teams entered the 2nd round on Wed, 6/15. If we assume the same setup for 2006, looking at a Wed, 6/14 USOC match, we play the preceeding Sunday in PR and the following Sunday at home against Vancouver. Hopefully, no cross country midweek trip a la Des Moines gets thrown in there. A matchup against a local team like Wilmington or Charlotte would be nice. Even if we have to play away, that's not too bad. Could even manage a little road trip for either of those teams.