Position: Goalkeeper
Birthdate: 3/9/2000
Hometown: Orleans, Massachusetts
Previous Club: Greenville Triumph SC
College: Boston College/Northwestern University
Height: 6-0
Christian Garner enters his second campaign with the Black and Yellow after previously spending a portion of the 2024 season with the Battery on a short-term loan from Greenville Triumph SC. He signed with Charleston as a free agent in February 2025.
Garner recorded a clean sheet in his lone Battery appearance, making three saves and one punch in the 5-0 victory over Indy Eleven on August 2. With Greenville, Garner split time as the No. 1 in 2024, posting four clean sheets in 15 matches in the USL League One regular season and Jägermeister Cup.
Garner competed for Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC in his rookie campaign in 2023, helping them win the Players’ Shield alongside former Hounds teammate and current Battery defender Nathan Dossantos.
A native of Orleans, Mass., Garner played collegiately at Boston College and Northwestern University, along with USL League Two side Seacoast United Phantoms.
