2018 Charlotte Independence Roster

United Soccer League Championship (USL)
Team Record: 10-12-12 - 42 points
Finishing 11th in the USL's Eastern Conference
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
2018 Charlotte Independence Statistics

The Charlotte Independence of the United Soccer League Championship ended the 2018 season with a record of 10 wins and 12 losses and 12 ties for 42 points finishing eleventh in the USL's Eastern Conference.

Charlotte chalked up 44 goals and conceded 57. Jorge Herrera Suarez scored 13 goals for the Independence, while Cordell Cato and Eamon Zayed netted five or more as well. Alex Martinez contributed 5 assists. Andrew Dykstra topped the squad with 6 wins. Brandon Miller registered a 1.11 goals against average, best among qualifying goalkeepers.

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Player Pos. Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
Jake AremanMMarch 9, 19965'0"
Caleb CalvertFOctober 22, 19966'2"160Wrightwood, CA
Cordell CatoFJuly 15, 19925'9"150Carenage, Trinidad and Tobago
Bilal DuckettDJanuary 9, 19896'2"165Macon, GA
Andrew DykstraGJanuary 2, 19866'4"205Woodbridge, VA
Yann EkraFDecember 10, 19905'11"155, Ivory Coast
Derek GebhardFOctober 15, 19956'0"160Severna Park, MD Spain
Kevan GeorgeMJanuary 30, 19906'2"170Roxborough, Trinidad and Tobago
Jorge Herrera SuarezMSeptember 11, 19805'9"150Bogota, Colombia
Joel Johnson AlajarinDSeptember 20, 19925'11"174Torrent, Spain
Greg JordanMApril 5, 19906'0"165Naperville, IL
Lee Jung-sooDJanuary 8, 19806'0"Kimhae-gun, South Korea
Henry KalungiDNovember 25, 19876'2"175Kampala, Uganda
James KiffeDJanuary 24, 19895'11"181Santa Barbara, USA
Alex MartinezMAugust 25, 19915'8"145Montevideo, Uruguay
Brandon MillerGDecember 26, 19896'1"185Toledo, OH USA
Mutaya MwapeMJune 19, 19965'6"Lusaka, Zambia
Conor O'BrienMOctober 20, 19885'0"New York City, NY
Ricardo PerezMMay 30, 19955'8"160Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
Donnie SmithMDecember 7, 19905'11"158Matthews, NC
Daniel SteedmanMJanuary 31, 2000
Sam VinesDMay 31, 19995'10"150Colorado Springs, CO
Kay VoserDJanuary 4, 19875'0"152Baden, Switzerland
Je-Vaughn WatsonMOctober 22, 19836'1"175St. Catherine, Jamaica
Eamon ZayedFOctober 4, 19836'2"200Dublin, Ireland


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