Birmingham Legion FC vs Sporting JAX, 2026 USL Championship, Regular Season

· USL Championship

Birmingham Legion FC

55': Ronaldo Damus
90'+3': Romario Williams

FT
2 - 3

Sporting JAX

58': Emil Jääskeläinen
76': Wan Kuzain
90'+11': Danny Wilson

About

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

Match Timeline

45': Phanuel Kavita (Birmingham Legion FC) Substitution at 45'
54': Wan Kuzain (Sporting JAX) Substitution at 54'
55': Ronaldo Damus (Birmingham Legion FC) Goal at 55'
58': Emil Jääskeläinen (Sporting JAX) Goal at 58'
64': Wan Kuzain (Sporting JAX) Yellow Card at 64'
68': Samuel McIllhatton (Birmingham Legion FC) Substitution at 68'
68': Tyler Pasher (Birmingham Legion FC) Substitution at 68'
74': Rafferty Pedder (Sporting JAX) Substitution at 74'
76': Wan Kuzain (Sporting JAX) Goal at 76'
80': Romario Williams (Birmingham Legion FC) Substitution at 80'
80': Peter Vassell (Birmingham Legion FC) Substitution at 80'
83': Antonio Gomez (Sporting JAX) Substitution at 83'
84': Danny Wilson (Sporting JAX) Substitution at 84'
85': Seth Antwi (Birmingham Legion FC) Yellow Card at 85'
90'+3': Romario Williams (Birmingham Legion FC) Goal at 90'+3'
90'+11': Danny Wilson (Sporting JAX) Goal at 90'+11'

Statistics

JAX		BRM
16	Fouls	10
1	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	9
5	Corner Kicks	5
6	Saves	2
41.6	Possession	58.4
11	SHOTS	18
5	ON GOAL	8
0.5	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
256	Accurate Passes	415
326	Passes	470
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
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	3
8	Effective Tackles	3
11	Tackles	7
0.7	Tackle %	0.4
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
13	Clearances	11

Game Information

Competition: USL Championship

Venue: Protective Stadium
Location: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Attendance: 3,013

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

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

No.	Name
12	Trevor Mcmullen (GK)
20	A.J. Paterson
27	Bryce Washington
11	Dawson McCartney
26	Amir Daley
81	Serge Ngoma
10	Samuel Shashoua
18	Seth Antwi
9	Ronaldo Damus
19	Gevork Diarbian
21	Sebastian Tregarthen

Birmingham Legion FC Substitutes:

Phanuel Kavita, Tyler Pasher, Peter Vassell, Robert Bailey, Samuel McIllhatton, Kadeem Cole, Romario Williams, Jonathan Hernandez.

Sporting JAX (3-4-3)

No.	Name
1	Jake McGuire (GK)
15	Ryan Edwards
21	Marcus Godinho
13	Ventura Alvarado
2	Harvey Neville
6	Jordan Rossiter
12	Edgardo Rito
11	Ahmad Al-Qaq
16	Emil Jääskeläinen
10	Kieran Sadlier
14	Jean Mota

Sporting JAX Substitutes:

Jacob Evans, Antonio Gomez, Christian Olivares, Wan Kuzain, Danny Wilson, Adam Luckhurst, Rafferty Pedder.

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