The Birmingham Legion today announced the signing of defender/midfielder Gabriel Alves. Alves is a 23-year-old Brazilian from Sao Paolo and was a star at Marshall University, where he missed just one ...
Well, I should learn not to make roster predictions, especially when suffering from jet lag. Your faithful correspondent is currently in the UK for family reasons and is 6 hours ahead of Birmingham. T...
In a somewhat unexpected move, the Legion today announced the return of forward Neco Brett. After two solid seasons in Birmingham, Brett left last year to play with New Mexico United, where he had a r...
This past Wednesday, the USL Players Association filed suit in federal court against the owners of Charlotte Independence. As I am sure you will recall, the Independence dropped from the Champio...
The Legion and Chicago Fire of MLS today announced that a transfer deal has been made for defender Jonny Dean. Jonny had been on the Fire’s radar since last summer and will provide some apparent...
The USL Championship today revealed the full season schedule. For the Legion, there were really only two questions: which Western Conference teams will we play at home and will we suffer through a lon...
Today the USL announced the home opener games for all 24 Championship teams. There are a few unexpected dates in there, but the Birmingham Legion gets to play at home in the opening weekend for the 5t...
The USL today released initial details on the Championship format for the 2023 season. There are some changes from last year, and mostly for the better. Obviously, with the remaining MLS 2 teams dropp...
After a couple of weeks of speculation, it now appears to be a done deal – Legion winger Marlon Santos is now with Israeli club Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona (IKS), at least physically. The IKS Ins...
After announcing the release of several players last Friday, it didn’t take the Legion long to start building up the ranks again. Today, after a few cryptic tweets, the team confirmed the signin...