Birmingham Legion FC vs Tampa Bay Rowdies, 2026 USL Championship, Regular Season

· USL Championship
Birmingham Legion FC
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    0 - 1
    Tampa Bay Rowdies
    • 57': Marco Micaletto

    About

    Birmingham Legion FC are hosting Tampa Bay Rowdies at Protective Stadium, Birmingham, Alabama, USA, starting on . The match is a part of the USL Championship.

    Match Commentary

    • 42': Lewis Hilton (Tampa Bay Rowdies) Yellow Card at 42'
    • 45': Marco Micaletto (Tampa Bay Rowdies) Substitution at 45'
    • 57': Marco Micaletto (Tampa Bay Rowdies) Goal at 57'
    • 58': Nico Brown (Birmingham Legion FC) Substitution at 58'
    • 64': Louis Pérez (Tampa Bay Rowdies) Substitution at 64'
    • 65': Kadeem Cole (Birmingham Legion FC) Substitution at 65'
    • 72': Sebastian Saucedo (Birmingham Legion FC) Substitution at 72'
    • 72': Ramiz Hamouda (Birmingham Legion FC) Substitution at 72'
    • 75': Dion Acoff (Tampa Bay Rowdies) Yellow Card at 75'
    • 77': Louis Pérez (Tampa Bay Rowdies) Yellow Card at 77'
    • 79': Pedro Dolabella (Tampa Bay Rowdies) Yellow Card at 79'
    • 82': Charlie Ostrem (Tampa Bay Rowdies) Yellow Card at 82'
    • 82': Gevork Diarbian (Birmingham Legion FC) Yellow Card at 82'
    • 82': Jahmali Waite (Tampa Bay Rowdies) Yellow Card at 82'
    • 90'+1': Laurence Wyke (Tampa Bay Rowdies) Substitution at 91'

    Statistics

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    18 Fouls 8
    6 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 0
    2 Corner Kicks 4
    2 Saves 1
    49.3 Possession 50.7
    14 SHOTS 8
    2 ON GOAL 2
    0.1 On Target % 0.3
    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
    4 Blocked Shots 1
    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: Protective Stadium
    Location: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
    Attendance: 4,787

    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

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

    No. Name
    1 Jassem Koleilat (GK)
    20 A.J. Paterson
    27 Bryce Washington
    18 Seth Antwi
    11 Dawson McCartney
    2 Leo Duru
    10 Samuel Shashoua
    15 Tyler Pasher
    19 Gevork Diarbian Yellow Card
    21 Sebastian Tregarthen
    17 Romario Williams
    Birmingham Legion FC Substitutes:
    Kadeem Cole, Amir Daley, Samuel McIllhatton, Sebastian Saucedo, Trevor Mcmullen, Serge Ngoma, Ramiz Hamouda, Nico Brown.

    TBR Tampa Bay Rowdies (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Jahmali Waite (GK) Yellow Card
    62 Nathan Dossantos
    3 Brian Schaefer
    20 Charlie Ostrem Yellow Card
    26 Dion Acoff Yellow Card
    8 Pedro Dolabella Yellow Card
    23 Max Schneider
    4 Lewis Hilton Yellow Card
    14 Karsen Henderlong
    30 Sebastian Cruz
    10 Russell Cicerone
    Tampa Bay Rowdies Substitutes:
    Laurence Wyke, Austin Pack, Alexander Rodriguez, Gino Vivi, Marco Micaletto, Louis Pérez, Jesse Tita.

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