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

· USL Championship

60': Riley Bidois
78': Eduardo Blancas

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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 Timeline

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

BRM		MTB
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 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

Monterey Bay (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Fernando Delgado (GK)
32	Zackery Farnsworth
5	Nico Gordon
17	Omari Glasgow
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.

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

No.	Name
1	Jassem Koleilat (GK)
5	Keegan Hughes
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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