You have to give the Legion credit: they are keeping those of us in the analysis business busy. Three games in and we have seen three entirely different game plans. Well, not entirely, but certainly d...
So the Legion has now come back from a losing position to win a game 3-2 3 times in its history. This was the first time at home as well as the first since 2019. Those who follow us on Twitter already...
Everyone has of course been talking about the elephant in the room last Saturday. Of course, elephants are not in short supply in Alabama, and in fact it may be more accurate to note that there were t...
There was a lot that went right for the Legion Wednesday evening. About the only thing that didn’t was not winning the tiebreak advantage over Pittsburgh. Except, of course, in some altern...
To be brutally honest, there isn’t a lot to be said about this game tactically. In fact, this graphic pretty much sums it up: On the left are shots, on the right is the heatmap. The Legion is at...
OK, it’s only 3 hours till the next game starts but better late than never, right? Fortunately, as it turns out, despite the fact that the Loyal was probably the toughest opponent the Legion has...
Obviously, last Saturday’s game was about as lopsided as you can get. The only wider scoring margin this year was New Mexico United’s 7-0 beatdown of Phoenix Rising, but that was a Rising ...
I’m not sure if 30 shots is the most the Legion have attempted in a game. If not, then it’s damn close. I do know this though: that’s not the most shots by a USL Championship team th...
Sometimes the best game plan is to just park the bus. Sometimes a bus isn’t big enough, so you roll in an 18-wheeler. The Legion didn’t go with either of those options. Instead, they went ...
As previously noted, we have been pretty snowed under with work lately. As a result, we (and yes, this a royal we) haven’t gotten around to the regular Diving Deep columns the last couple of gam...