Yesterday afternoon at a ceremony held at Vulcan Park on Red Mountain, the Birmingham Legion unveiled its newest kit. The kit will be first seen in action tomorrow in the game against Memphis 901. The...
When looking at the way the Legion played last Saturday we see, as is to be expected, a tactical shift at half-time. A fairly radical one at that. Hardly unusual, of course; that’s what managers...
Two wins in one week? Nice. And this one didn’t take 120 minutes, thankfully. Just an all-round dominant performance. Here are the individual ratings. GK: FERNANDO DELGADO – 8. Signs Friday, p...
Week 7 finally allows us to bring the Forge Factor into play, with all 24 teams now having played at least five games. No changes in the top three, though, but a few significant shifts elsewhere after...
The Legion’s first double-game week of the season is on us and it wraps up with a trip to south Florida. Here’s what to expect. The most important part The Three Sparks will be spending a ...
Last night’s game was, well, epic. 120 minutes of all-out entertainment. If you weren’t there, you missed out on a doozy. GK: MATT VAN OEKEL – 7. Poor defending on big man Leo Folla caused t...
Tonight at 7pm the Birmingham Legion enters the 2024 US Open Cup. This will be the third round of the Cup, in which 16 of the 24 USL Championship clubs enter the competition. Five of the teams p...
Six weeks in and we still have 3 teams on only 4 games played. that will be fixed this upcoming week and so the Forge Factor will come into play. For now, here are our expert judgment rankings: Rank T...
Busting the dam, that is, not just of opposing defenses, but of the lock on the Legion’s own ability to score. First, yes, this is a tad on the late side, for which our apologies. We were waitin...
We did not post any player ratings or tactical analysis the past two weeks, partly because of moving house, but also because the games were frankly so dismal that the ratings would have been totally d...