Monterey Bay vs Birmingham Legion FC, 2026 USL Championship, Regular Season

· USL Championship
Monterey Bay
  • 60': Riley Bidois
  • 78': Eduardo Blancas
FT
2 - 0
Birmingham Legion FC

    About

    Monterey Bay are hosting Birmingham Legion FC at Cardinale Stadium, Seaside, California, USA, starting on . The match is a part of the USL Championship.

    Match Commentary

    • 37': Keegan Hughes (Birmingham Legion FC) Yellow Card at 37'
    • 45': Sebastian Lletget (Monterey Bay) Substitution at 45'
    • 58': Eduardo Blancas (Monterey Bay) Substitution at 58'
    • 60': Riley Bidois (Monterey Bay) Goal at 60'
    • 64': Samuel Shashoua (Birmingham Legion FC) Substitution at 64'
    • 72': Giorgi Lomtadze (Monterey Bay) Substitution at 72'
    • 74': Romario Williams (Birmingham Legion FC) Substitution at 74'
    • 74': Leo Duru (Birmingham Legion FC) Substitution at 74'
    • 78': Eduardo Blancas (Monterey Bay) Goal at 78'
    • 80': Nico Brown (Birmingham Legion FC) Substitution at 80'
    • 80': Sebastian Saucedo (Birmingham Legion FC) Substitution at 80'
    • 83': Omari Glasgow (Monterey Bay) Yellow Card at 83'
    • 85': Romario Williams (Birmingham Legion FC) Yellow Card at 85'
    • 88': Fernando Delgado (Monterey Bay) Yellow Card at 88'
    • 90'+5': Luka Malesevic (Monterey Bay) Substitution at 95'
    • 90'+5': Kelsey Egwu (Monterey Bay) Substitution at 95'

    Statistics

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    15 Fouls 24
    2 Yellow Cards 2
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 0
    4 Corner Kicks 4
    3 Saves 1
    45.4 Possession 54.6
    8 SHOTS 9
    2 ON GOAL 5
    0.3 On Target % 0.6
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    0 Accurate Passes 0
    0 Passes 0
    0.0 Pass Completion % 0.0
    0 Accurate Crosses 0
    0 Crosses 0
    0.0 Cross % 0.0
    0 Long Balls 0
    0 Accurate Long Balls 0
    0.0 Long Balls % 0.0
    3 Blocked Shots 2
    0 Effective Tackles 0
    0 Tackles 0
    0.0 Tackle % 0.0
    0 Interceptions 0
    0 Effective Clearances 0
    0 Clearances 0

    Game Information

    Competition: USL Championship

    Venue: Cardinale Stadium
    Location: Seaside, California, USA

    USL Championship Standings

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Tampa Bay Rowdies 11 +14 27
    2 Indy Eleven 10 +5 18
    3 Detroit City FC 11 +2 17
    4 Louisville City FC 12 0 17
    Full Standings

    Line-Ups

    MTB Monterey Bay (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    1 Fernando Delgado (GK) Yellow Card
    32 Zackery Farnsworth
    5 Nico Gordon
    17 Omari Glasgow Yellow Card
    22 Joel Garcia Jr.
    14 Ryuga Nakamura
    4 Nick Ross
    19 Chris-Kevin Nadje
    11 Wesley Leggett
    20 Paul Gindiri
    9 Riley Bidois
    Monterey Bay Substitutes:
    Belmar Joseph, Giorgi Lomtadze, Sebastian Lletget, Kelsey Egwu, Eduardo Blancas, Luka Malesevic, Diego Carbajal, Ciaran Dalton.

    BRM Birmingham Legion FC (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Jassem Koleilat (GK)
    5 Keegan Hughes Yellow Card
    3 Phanuel Kavita
    11 Dawson McCartney
    21 Sebastian Tregarthen
    15 Tyler Pasher
    8 Kadeem Cole
    18 Seth Antwi
    9 Ronaldo Damus
    19 Gevork Diarbian
    16 Peter Vassell
    Birmingham Legion FC Substitutes:
    Leo Duru, Romario Williams, Nico Brown, Trevor Mcmullen, Samuel Shashoua, Sebastian Saucedo, Bryce Washington.

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