Sierra Leone striker Augustine Williams has continued with his brilliant start to the season after he recorded his third of the season in Charleston Battery‘s 3-2 victory over Hartford Athletic in the USL championship on Sunday.

Williams, 25, has continued where he left off last season. He led Charleston’s offence with his most prolific scoring mark, bagging a career-high 16 goals across 32 matches. Williams also registered three assists, 21 chances created, and 116 duels won during the campaign.

Nick Markanich and Augi Williams provided earlier goals for the Battery, but Hartford kept pace until the end.

After the visitor’s equaliser through Conor McGlynn in the 60th minute, Battery was dealt a blow when they were reduced to 10 men following Dante Polvara’s sending-off in the 76th minute.

The visitors thought they had the lead a moment later, but Kye Edwards’ goal was chalked off for offside. 

Both teams continued to work hard for the match-winning goal as the game wore on.

10-man Battery defeated Hartford Athletic 3-2 on Saturday at Patriots Point thanks to late-game heroics from Arturo Rodriguez’s stoppage-time goal.

The victory means Charleston Battery’s extended their early unbeaten run to five games in 2023 across all competitions.  

Scoring Summary

HFD – 13′ Prince Saydee

CHS – 35’ Nick Markanich (Derek Dodson assist)

CHS – 50’ Augi Williams (Fidel Barajas assist)

HFD – 60′ Conor McGlynn 

CHS – 94’ Arturo Rodríguez

Lineups:

CHS: Muse, Wynne, Paterson, Archer, Allan, Polvara, Barajas (Rodríguez, 72′), Dodson, Williams, Markanich (Schmidt, 84′), Trager (Randall, 72′)

HFD: Sánchez, Rad, Hodge (Lapert, 58′), Saydee, Amoh (Edwards, 66′), Barrera, Cedeño, Sheldon, McGlynn, Hoppenot, Logue

Last night was a great example of what this team is all about. Very proud of this team. Moving in the right direction. 🦍🕺🏾⚫️🟡 @Chas_Battery pic.twitter.com/G7RpGWGFnY

— Augustine Williams (@augiwilliams) April 9, 2023

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Major League Soccer veteran Kei Kamara scored a brace to helped sealed Chicago Fire’s first home win of the 2023 season Saturday night.

His 24th and 36th-minute goals secured Fire a 2-1 victory over previously-undefeated Minnesota United FC at Soldier Field.

The 38-old-old first-half brace increased Kamara’s career tally of MLS regular-season goals to 142, remaining third on the league’s all-time scoring list and moving just three behind Landon Donovan (145), according to MLS records.

The league and US men’s national team legend holds second place after last playing for the LA Galaxy in 2016. Even though the 38-year-old Kamara could soon surpass Donovan, he was all about the collective when reflecting postgame.

Playing in his 18th MLS season, Kamara recorded his third of the season in his fifth appearance after a trade from CF Montréal in February.

Read related…MLS Third all-time scorer joins Chicago Fire

love ya @keikamara pic.twitter.com/C73n7lh6js

— Chicago Fire FC (@ChicagoFire) April 9, 2023

Kei Kamara's brace lifts @ChicagoFire over Minnesota. pic.twitter.com/akWdgLwwov

— Major League Soccer (@MLS) April 9, 2023

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Augustine Williams was on target as Charleston Battery defeated Savannah Clovers FC 4-1 at Patriots Point on Tuesday in the Second Round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

Williams, 25, registered his second in four matches in the new campaign.

Robbie Crawford, Augi Williams, Nick Markanich and Tristan Trager scored to advance the Battery to the Third Round of the Open Cup.

Charleston native Charlie Dennis made his professional debut for his hometown team during the victory.

The Battery now turn their focus to Saturday for a home league match against Hartford Athletic. 

Scoring Summary

CHS – 36’ Robbie Crawford

CHS – 50’ Augi Williams (AJ Paterson)

CHS – 62’ Trager (Wynne)

SAV – 75’ Sanchez

CHS – 76’ Markanich (Wynne)

Lineups:

CHS: Apodaca, Booth (Williams, 41’), Cochran, Crawford (Archer, 58’), Kuzemka, Palma, Paterson (Captain) (Wynne, 58’), Polvara (Dennis, 72’), Rodriguez (Markanich, 58’), Schmidt, Trager

SAV: Barrow man, Bunting, Hargreaves, Hunt, Ierides (Quintanilla, 66’), Moyers (Villafrade, 77’), Pondy, Sanchez (Woods, 76’), Tait (Pomozov, 58’), Wichmann (Martinez, 46’), Wright.

The fellas were on fire and not just talkin' about the shirts 🔥#CB93 | #YourTownYourClub pic.twitter.com/0boIQ5YYCH

— Charleston Battery (@Chas_Battery) April 5, 2023

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Sierra Leone left-back Kevin Wright played the full throttle of the game as Oakland Roots defeated El Farolito 3-1 as they advanced to Round Three of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

Johnny Rodriguez scored his second goal in as many games, and Wolfgang Prentice added a brace of goals himself Tuesday night at Pioneer Stadium on the CSU East Bay campus.

The home comfortably defeated El Farolito of the National Premier Soccer League by a final score of 3-1 to advance to Round Three of the U.S. Open Cup.

Oakland Roots opened the scoring at the 12-minute mark when Johnny Rodriguez headed the ball home on a set piece after drawing the initial foul.

Following goals in the 19th and 24th minutes by Oakland Roots winger Wolfgang Prentice, Oakland shifted their playing style to a more defensive-minded effort, allowing only one goal to El Farolito – a penalty kick in the 45th minute of the opening half.

Oakland Roots will return to USL Championship play this weekend as the squad travels to Indianapolis to face Indy Eleven on Saturday, April 8th. Kickoff is scheduled for 4:00 PM PT Pacific time.

In case you missed all three of our goals in the first half.

12' – Johnny Rodriguez
19', 24' – Wolfgang Prentice#KnowYourRoots pic.twitter.com/j41Q6WbVII

— Oakland Roots (@oaklandrootssc) April 5, 2023

Read related ….Kevin Wright pens USL Oakland Roots deal 

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