The goal marked Swan\u2019s fourth of the year across all competitions, and the assist was Houssou\u2019s first.<\/p>\n
Charleston maintained the momentum and did not have to wait long to add to its lead. This time, Foster fired a shot past goalkeeper Christian Olivares to put the Battery ahead 2-0 in the 32nd minute. It was a well-worked team goal that included touches from roughly half the squad in the build-up, before Kelly connected with Foster for the tally.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe wanted to be aggressive. We wanted to use our counter press to keep them back. The second goal was a perfect example of that. We try the through ball, gets blocked, Nate Messer steps in, and then we keep the ball high for the second finish,\u201d Battery coach Ben Pirmann said. \u201cSo, that comes down to the willingness to run, the communication, the aggression, the anticipation at home. We have to be like that. We have to be really assertive and push on teams. So, the goals and the outcome at 4-0 are the result of the hard work. And the boys did that, especially in transition.\u201d<\/p>\n
Foster\u2019s goal was his second of the year across all competitions in Battery colors, and Kelly\u2019s assist was his fourth of the year, the most on the team.<\/p>\n
Pakhomov added his name to the scoresheet just 10 minutes later to elevate the Battery\u2019s lead to 3-0 in the 42nd minute. Pakhomov put on a strong display to retain possession just outside the 18-yard box, and then unleashed a curler that banked off the post and went into the net. It was the second goal of the season for the Russian rookie.<\/p>\n
Charleston took the 3-0 lead into the break after taking full advantage of the one-man advantage. In the first half, the Battery outshot Jacksonville 7-1, and held roughly 71 percent possession.<\/p>\n
Play resumed in the second half with the Battery looking to maintain their momentum from the first stanza.<\/p>\n
Swan notched his second goal of the night in the 64th minute, extending Charleston\u2019s lead to 4-0. Nathan Messer delivered a pinpoint corner kick into the box to Swan, and the striker rose above the defense to send the header inside the near post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The goal marked Swan\u2019s fourth of the year across all competitions, and the assist was Houssou\u2019s first. Charleston…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":770120,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,288951,315762,3188,723,7310,221,315761,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,23093],"class_list":{"0":"post-770119","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-charleston-battery","10":"tag-colton-swan","11":"tag-fl","12":"tag-florida","13":"tag-jacksonville","14":"tag-soccer","15":"tag-sporting-club-jacksonville","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa","22":"tag-usl-championship"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116509913215894170","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=770119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/770120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=770119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=770119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=770119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}