Mount Pleasant, S.C. – Indy Eleven fought valiantly with a strategic attack at USL Championship Eastern Conference runner-up Charleston Battery, but the Boys in Blue had their playoff hopes end with a 1-0 setback.
Indy Eleven had 1.48 expected goals in the match with 13 shots, including 11 inside the box.
In the 31st minute, captain Aodhan Quinn started a good scoring chance with a free kick from near midfield. At the edge of the 18 with his back to the goal, defender Makel Rasheed flipped the ball up to head it inside the area to Nabi Kibunguchy, who created space and fired a shot low and hard toward the far post, but Charleston keeper Luis Zamudio punched it away.
In the first minute of first-half stoppage time, Kibunguchy intercepted a pass and played it forward to Bruno Rendon, who made a long run and fired a hard shot that Zamudio stopped. The rebound came back to Rendon, who played it across to Quinn, but his shot was also saved.
The Boys in Blue had nine shots in the first half, including three on target, with 0.81 expected goals in the opening 45 minutes.
In the 56th minute, Joe Hafferty played a long cross into the corner of the six that Zamudio tried to punch out, but it deflected to Paco Craig, with his left-footed shot cleared off the line by Joey Akpunonu.
Indy Eleven had another scoring chance in the 64th minute off a Reice Charles-Cook goal kick. Rendon won an aerial duel to head it to Hafferty who played it quickly to Josh O’Brien. He chipped it to the left side back to Rendon for a shot from outside the six.
15-year-old Tyler Lowden became the youngest player in Boys in Blue franchise history to play in a USL-C match six days ahead of his 16th birthday.
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- USL Championship
Indy Eleven 0:1 Charleston Battery - Sat., Oct. 24, 2026 – 6:00 p.m.
- Patriots Point | Mount Pleasant, S.C.
- Weather: Partly sunny, 69 degrees
- Attendance: 5,621
USL Championship Records
Indy Eleven: 9-14-7 (-6), 34 pts, #9 in Eastern Conference
Charleston Battery: 16-9-5 (21), 53 pts, #2 in Eastern Conference
| Score | 1 | 2 | F |
| Indy Eleven | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charleston Battery | 0 | 1 | 1 |
- Scoring Summary
- CHS – Colton Swan (Langston Blackstock) 78’
- Discipline Summary
- None
Indy Eleven Lineup: Reice Charles-Cook, Hesron Barry (Malik Henry-Scott 87’), Paco Craig, Anthony Herbert, Makel Rasheed (Tyler Lowden 87’), Aodhan Quinn (captain), Nabi Kibunguchy, Josh O’Brien, Joe Hafferty (Dylan Sing 81’), Loïc Mesanvi (Edward Kizza 77’), Bruno Rendón.
Indy Eleven Sub not used: Eric Dick.
Charleston Battery Lineup: Luis Zamudio, Nathan Messer (Nanan Houssou 72’), Joey Akpunonu, Graham Smith, Douglas Martínez, Chris Allan (Sean Suber 86’), Emilio Ycaza (captain), Jeremy Kelly, Miguel Berry (Alec Hughes 86’), Maalique Foster (Langston Blackstock 71’), Colton Swan (Laurent Kissiedou 81’).
Charleston Battery Subs not used: John Berner, Wilmer Cabrera.
