Well, let’s start off by saying that as an Englishman resident in Birmingham, Alabama, this was not a good weekend. England losing in a penalty shootout was not a surprise. The Legion losing at ...
This one was an exercise in proving statistics can sometimes make absolutely no sense. After completely dominating the game for 8 minutes, getting the penalty that JJ Williams should have been awarded...
The breakthrough was a long time coming, but in the end the ever reliable Neco Brett broke the deadlock and the Legion came home triumphant. Margaritas and piña coladas all around on the plane. In tw...
To start, I don’t believe this one was as bad as the scoreline suggests. Take away an extremely iffy penalty call, JJ Williams angles his header two inches to the left and we have a 1-1 fi...
Yet again, there was an early goal in a Birmingham Legion game. For once though, it was at the right end of the field and the Three Sparks found themselves in a position to defend a lead for 87 minute...
This week Diving Deep was almost literally true. We could have been discussing the finer tactical merits of a water polo match, but the rain gods were somehow appeased and the brooms expertly wielded ...
Tony Annan’s tenure as head coach of Atlanta United 2 came to what must have been a disappointing end Sunday. Annan left the club Monday to take over as head coach of the University of South Car...
On Tuesday the Football Forge had been preparing to publish a post advocating for a dramatic change in formation. On Wednesday coach Tommy Soehn made the post immediately obsolete by doing precisely t...
There are two things that stand out about this game. The first is that the Birmingham Legion has depth. The second is that it is incredible that John Berner had only two professional appearances since...
Let’s start off on a complete tangent. What if I told you that the Legion’s penalty kick drama was not the most contentious PK shenanigans of the weekend? If you watched the Portland Timbe...