OK, it took us longer than usual to get this out, but the USL didn’t help matters in that until yesterday the match page was missing all stats prior to the 15th minute. It’s a bit hard to rank pla...
The Forge took a week off from the Power Rankings and will do so again for every Jägermeister Cup round, as the algorithm does not allow for the inclusion of League One teams. We’re back for We...
If you ask me, it’s actually Week 8, but the USL is considering last week’s Jägermeister Cup round as part of the overall season, so we’ll go with it. The Cup is replacing some regu...
Birmingham City wrote themselves into soccer history over the past five days. Having beaten Stevenage 1-0 last Thursday the Blues proceeded to add two more clean sheets, shellacking Mansfield Town 4-0...
Today the Birmingham Legion formally presented its new head coach Mark Briggs to the press. The entire press conference can be viewed here, but the questions being posed (especially mine for some reas...
With a brand new head coach coming in this week you may wonder: why bother with an analysis of the tactical approach in the last game? Well, two reasons. First, it takes time for a coach to install hi...
The Birmingham Legion today announced Mark Briggs as the second permanent head coach in team history. The hiring is not a big surprise; Briggs was definitely on the radar as a candidate given his hist...
This was easily the most complete performance by the Legion to date this season, spoiled only by an unfortunate late Chattanooga goal. The Three Sparks dominated pillar to post and got the deserved wi...
It’s time for the USL Jägermeister Cup to kick off. It’s guaranteed that there will be a new champion this season as the 2024 winners, Northern Colorado Hailstorm, were booted from League...
Birmingham City had two games this week: they beat Burton Albion 2-1 on Easter Monday and Stevenage 1-0 on Thursday. Both games were away. The Burton game wasn’t close; the Blues took the lead w...