Charleston Battery vs Birmingham Legion FC, 2026 USL Championship, Regular Season

· USL Championship
Charleston Battery
  • 58': Colton Swan
  • 80': Emilio Ycaza (P)
  • 90'+3': Emilio Ycaza
FT
3 - 2
Birmingham Legion FC
  • 25': Romario Williams
  • 27': Samuel Shashoua

About

Charleston Battery are hosting Birmingham Legion FC at Ralph Lundy Field at Patriots Point, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, USA, starting on . The match is a part of the USL Championship.

Match Timeline

  • 14': Graham Smith (Charleston Battery) Yellow Card at 14'
  • 25': Romario Williams (Birmingham Legion FC) Goal at 25'
  • 27': Samuel Shashoua (Birmingham Legion FC) Goal at 27'
  • 36': Phanuel Kavita (Birmingham Legion FC) Substitution at 36'
  • 37': Kirill Pakhomov (Charleston Battery) Substitution at 37'
  • 41': Serge Ngoma (Birmingham Legion FC) Yellow Card at 41'
  • 45': Emilio Ycaza (Charleston Battery) Substitution at 45'
  • 45': Colton Swan (Charleston Battery) Substitution at 45'
  • 45': Kadeem Cole (Birmingham Legion FC) Substitution at 45'
  • 53': Langston Blackstock (Charleston Battery) Substitution at 53'
  • 58': Colton Swan (Charleston Battery) Goal at 58'
  • 59': Maalique Foster (Charleston Battery) Substitution at 59'
  • 61': Samuel McIllhatton (Birmingham Legion FC) Substitution at 61'
  • 78': Phanuel Kavita (Birmingham Legion FC) Yellow Card at 78'
  • 80': Emilio Ycaza (Charleston Battery) Penalty - Scored at 80'
  • 84': Sebastian Tregarthen (Birmingham Legion FC) Substitution at 84'
  • 88': Sebastian Saucedo (Birmingham Legion FC) Substitution at 88'
  • 88': Peter Vassell (Birmingham Legion FC) Substitution at 88'
  • 90'+3': Emilio Ycaza (Charleston Battery) Goal at 93'
  • 90'+7': Kruz Held (Charleston Battery) Substitution at 97'

Statistics

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6 Fouls 19
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 0
4 Corner Kicks 8
7 Saves 3
43.3 Possession 56.7
12 SHOTS 28
5 ON GOAL 10
0.4 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 2
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
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
1 Blocked Shots 14
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: Ralph Lundy Field at Patriots Point
Location: Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, USA
Attendance: 3,945

USL Championship Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Tampa Bay Rowdies 23 +20 48
2 Charleston Battery 23 +18 39
3 Detroit City FC 22 +10 37
4 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 24 +2 35
Full Table

Line-Ups

CHS Charleston Battery (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
56 Luis Zamudio (GK)
16 Graham Smith Yellow Card
22 Joey Akpunonu
3 Nathan Messer
42 Douglas Martínez
10 Laurent Kissiedou
91 Houssou Landry
5 Sean Suber
90 Miguel Berry
29 Jeremy Kelly
13 Wilmer Cabrera
Charleston Battery Substitutes:
John Berner, Kirill Pakhomov, Langston Blackstock, Colton Swan, Emilio Ycaza, Kruz Held, Jack Wayne, Daniel Kuzemka, Maalique Foster.

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

No. Name
1 Jassem Koleilat (GK)
4 Ramiz Hamouda
27 Bryce Washington
11 Dawson McCartney
26 Amir Daley
15 Tyler Pasher
10 Samuel Shashoua
18 Seth Antwi
17 Romario Williams
19 Gevork Diarbian
81 Serge Ngoma Yellow Card
Birmingham Legion FC Substitutes:
Phanuel Kavita, Trevor Mcmullen, Sebastian Saucedo, Kadeem Cole, Samuel McIllhatton, Peter Vassell, Sebastian Tregarthen.

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