Birmingham Legion FC vs Detroit City FC, 2026 USL Championship, Regular Season

· USL Championship
Birmingham Legion FC
  • 24': Tyler Pasher (P)
FT
1 - 2
Detroit City FC
  • 2': Rio Hope-Gund
  • 90'+2': Ben Morris

About

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

Match Timeline

  • 2': Rio Hope-Gund (Detroit City FC) Goal at 2'
  • 24': Tyler Pasher (Birmingham Legion FC) Penalty - Scored at 24'
  • 31': Derrick Silva (Detroit City FC) Yellow Card at 31'
  • 37': Seth Antwi (Birmingham Legion FC) Yellow Card at 37'
  • 45'+5': Ronaldo Damus (Birmingham Legion FC) Penalty - Missed at 45'+5'
  • 45'+5': Carlos Herrera (Detroit City FC) Penalty - Saved at 45'+5'
  • 45'+6': Kobe Hernandez-Foster (Detroit City FC) Yellow Card at 45'+6'
  • 45': Ben Morris (Detroit City FC) Substitution at 45'
  • 52': Sebastian Tregarthen (Birmingham Legion FC) Yellow Card at 52'
  • 69': Sebastian Saucedo (Birmingham Legion FC) Substitution at 69'
  • 69': Dawson McCartney (Birmingham Legion FC) Substitution at 69'
  • 69': Samuel McIllhatton (Birmingham Legion FC) Substitution at 69'
  • 70': Samuel McIllhatton (Birmingham Legion FC) Substitution at 70'
  • 70': Alex Dalou (Detroit City FC) Substitution at 70'
  • 70': Maxi Rodriguez (Detroit City FC) Substitution at 70'
  • 84': Nico Brown (Birmingham Legion FC) Yellow Card at 84'
  • 86': Romario Williams (Birmingham Legion FC) Substitution at 86'
  • 86': Serge Ngoma (Birmingham Legion FC) Substitution at 86'
  • 88': Aeden Stanley (Detroit City FC) Yellow Card at 88'
  • 88': Serge Ngoma (Birmingham Legion FC) Yellow Card at 88'
  • 90'+2': Ben Morris (Detroit City FC) Goal at 90'+2'
  • 90'+3': Callum Montgomery (Detroit City FC) Substitution at 90'+3'
  • 90'+9': Sebastian Saucedo (Birmingham Legion FC) Yellow Card at 90'+9'

Statistics

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14 Fouls 11
3 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 2
6 Corner Kicks 5
3 Saves 5
51 Possession 49
21 SHOTS 14
7 ON GOAL 4
0.3 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
299 Accurate Passes 299
364 Passes 361
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
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
6 Blocked Shots 3
10 Effective Tackles 5
16 Tackles 10
0.6 Tackle % 0.5
0 Interceptions 0
0 Effective Clearances 0
23 Clearances 24

Game Information

Competition: USL Championship

Venue: Protective Stadium
Location: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Attendance: 3,615

USL Championship Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Tampa Bay Rowdies 17 +13 35
2 Charleston Battery 17 +8 27
3 Detroit City FC 16 +8 27
4 Louisville City FC 16 +1 24
Full Table

Line-Ups

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

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

DET Detroit City FC (4-4-2)

No. Name
1 Carlos Herrera (GK)
30 Devon Amoo-Mensah
20 Rio Hope-Gund
33 Derrick Silva Yellow Card
14 Haruki Yamazaki
3 Aeden Stanley Yellow Card
22 Kobe Hernandez-Foster Yellow Card
32 Alasanne Ates Diouf
17 Rafael Duizit Mentzingen
7 Darren Smith
8 Abdoulaye Diop
Detroit City FC Substitutes:
Ben Morris, Connor Rutz, Carlos Saldaña, Callum Montgomery, Alex Dalou, Ryan Williams, Maxi Rodriguez.

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