Birmingham Legion FC vs Oakland Roots, 2025 USL Championship, Regular Season

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54': Kai Greene (P)

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

Match Timeline

1': Edwin Laszo (Birmingham Legion FC) Yellow Card at 1'
54': Kai Greene (Oakland Roots) Penalty - Scored at 54'
58': Daniel Trejo (Birmingham Legion FC) Yellow Card at 58'
60': Tyler Pasher (Birmingham Legion FC) Substitution at 60'
60': Preston Tabortetaka (Birmingham Legion FC) Substitution at 60'
69': Panos Armenakas (Oakland Roots) Substitution at 69'
72': Sebastian Tregarthen (Birmingham Legion FC) Substitution at 72'
75': Sebastian Saucedo (Birmingham Legion FC) Substitution at 75'
76': Samuel McIllhatton (Birmingham Legion FC) Substitution at 76'
80': Julian Bravo (Oakland Roots) Substitution at 80'
85': Ilya Alekseev (Oakland Roots) Substitution at 85'
85': Daniel Gomez (Oakland Roots) Substitution at 85'

Statistics

OAK		BRM
11	Fouls	14
0	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
5	Corner Kicks	8
2	Saves	2
47.3	Possession	52.7
9	SHOTS	6
3	ON GOAL	2
0.3	On Target %	0.3
2	Penalty Goals	0
1	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
2	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: Protective Stadium
Location: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Attendance: 4,725

USL Championship Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	0	0	0
2	El Paso Locomotive FC	0	0	0
3	FC Tulsa	0	0	0
4	Las Vegas Lights FC	0	0	0

Full Table

Line-Ups

Birmingham Legion FC (5-4-1)

No.	Name
1	Matt Van Oekel (GK)
3	Phanuel Kavita
20	A.J. Paterson
13	Jacob Rufe
33	Moses Mensah
2	Stephen Turnbull
17	Edwin Laszo
8	Kobe Hernandez-Foster
7	Daniel Trejo
19	Enzo Martinez
9	Ronaldo Damus

Birmingham Legion FC Substitutes:

Sebastian Tregarthen, Preston Tabortetaka, Tyler Pasher, Santiago Suarez, Samuel McIllhatton, Sebastian Saucedo, Fernando Delgado.

Oakland Roots (3-4-3)

No.	Name
1	Kendall McIntosh (GK)
4	Gagi Margvelashvili
15	Neveal Hackshaw
33	Kai Greene
12	Tyler Gibson
45	Ali Elmasnaouy
25	Jürgen Damm
30	Morey Doner
11	José Luis Sinisterra
7	Wolfgang Prentice
9	Peter Wilson

Oakland Roots Substitutes:

Panos Armenakas, Ilya Alekseev, Julian Bravo, Emmanuel Johnson, Camden Riley, Raphael Spiegel, Daniel Gomez.

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