CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Carolina Challenge Cup will return to Charleston in February 2017 as the USL’s Charleston Battery will welcome Major League Soccer’s Seattle Sounders FC, Columbus Crew SC, and Atlanta United FC to MUSC Health Stadium for the traditional preseason tournament.

“We are thrilled to bring Major League Soccer back to Charleston, South Carolina for the 2017 Carolina Challenge Cup,” said Andrew Bell, Charleston Battery President. “We always enjoy the level of excitement that these games bring and we look forward to our local soccer fans being able to see some of the very best players in the U.S. right here in the Lowcountry.”

The 2017 Carolina Challenge Cup will be the 13th staging of the tournament. The Charleston Battery first hosted the CCC in 2004, as the club became one of the first lower-division American soccer clubs to host multiple MLS teams for preseason. The tournament has offered soccer fans in South Carolina the opportunity to see international superstars play in Charleston for more than a decade.