Battery Fires Volley, Sinks Chivas 3-1!!

For starters our local USL side delighted a big crowd
at Blackbaud Park with goals from Randi Patterson inside ten minutes and just before the half-time whistle for a 2-1 score line.

Yoshi netted from 25yrd off with nearly the last kick of the game. Fans were ridding the wave of a pandemic of world cup fever that is sweeping the nation in sync with the release of a book that blows the Beckham ear out of the water!


Who knew that when writing a non-fiction article assignment in 2006, the words maybe Beckham's arrival will change our sport's fan base, would become ironic. Our fan base has changed while Beckham's foray backfired in the worst way considering the reception he will receive returning to the Galaxy.

Second just spotlighting some emails to the World Soccer Daily show that I have gotten on twice in two weeks. Check the podcasts yesterday at the hour mark. My intuition was a bit off for the second half of that memorable match. As US fans my brother and I were on the phone at the half ecstatic, considering that the day after his wedding we were stunned into a depressed silence from an infamous Czech drubbing.

Sent the day of Confederations Cup Final:
Hey Stephen and Kenny, Dempsey scores off a bike and Landon converts a penalty: 2-1 win for USA, silences the boo boys. I was a first time caller on your show last week and I'd like to fact-check my comments on Ricardo Clark.

Clark, like Dempsey, went to Furman not Mercer as I said. Today at the pub I'll sort the details out with our school's coach and get back to you. This upcoming Tuesday the Battery play Chivas USA in the Open Cup just up the road at Blackbaud Stadium, SC. A group from our pick-up team will be going with me so be prepared for a match report on Monday. Alright, thanks again for taking my call and enjoy today's game, vuvuzelas and all.
Cheers,
James

Yesterday:
Hey Steven and Kenny thanks for taking my call, as a college student your show is integral during the work week. I had called in last week as well and I have fact-checked my Ricardo Clark comments, he didn't go to Mercer and went to Furman but before college he played through ODP. Our coach here at SCAD, Tom Melville, coached him at that level before he found his man-strength and grew.

Ok, so there's the editing now onto the emerging wave of World Cup Fever that is threatening to sweep this country. Blackbaud Park is more than a landmark on Daniel Island, home to the Charleston Battery who play in the first soccer specific stadium in the US.

The first placed USL side upset Chivas USA and their local Mexican fans in a 3-1 win with goals coming inside ten minutes, before the half and final whistle. Randi Patterson netted a first-half brace and Yoshi smashed a 25yrd volley into the top right corner for the biggest roar of noise ever heard by this local supporter. Be prepared for another match report next week, enjoy the weekend and fight the good fight.