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Charleston Battery Will Host NASL Champions NY Cosmos on March 19

January 14, 2016 - United Soccer League Championship (USL)
Charleston Battery News Release


CHARLESTON - The Charleston Battery will close out the 2016 preseason with the club's first-ever friendly with defending NASL Champions New York Cosmos on Saturday, March 19, at MUSC Health Stadium.

Tickets for the event start at $15 and go on sale on Feb. 1. To order online, visit charlestonbattery.com, or phone the Battery ticket staff at 843.971.GOAL (4625).

Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m., with Charleston Battery season ticket holders receiving complimentary tickets to the exhibition.

"The Cosmos are an iconic brand in American soccer, and since their reboot they have been one of the most successful teams in the country," said Andrew Bell, Battery club president. "We've got our own claim to history, so there was certainly a sense among the staff that in attracting the Cosmos to Charleston for the first time, we were creating a classic matchup."

The New York Cosmos are reigning champions of the North American Soccer League (NASL), having captured their second league title in three seasons and seventh overall.

The Cosmos began play in 1971, spending 14 seasons in the NASL, winning five Soccer Bowl trophies and bringing some of the biggest names in world soccer to the USA. This included Pelé, Franz Beckenbauer, Giorgio Chinaglia and Carlos Alberto. It had been nearly 30 years since the Cosmos, an iconic global soccer club, played in a professional league. Yet throughout their absence, the club maintained a loyal and dedicated fan following.

Raúl and Marcos Senna, legends at famed Spanish sides Real Madrid and Villarreal CF, each suited up in Cosmos colors for modern era championship runs, adding their names to the impressive list of global soccer stars to feature at the club.

The Battery helped begin soccer's American comeback. Founded in 1992 and beginning play in 1993, the Battery and rivals Richmond Kickers share the distinction of being in continuous operation longer than any other American professional soccer club.

Charleston, which competes in the USL, has four league championships to its credit and finished third in the Eastern Conference last season, smashing its all-time attendance record along the way. The team has qualified for the playoffs in every season of the modern USL era, winning its most recent title in 2012.

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