The Three Sparks are coming off an excellent game against the Pittsburgh Riverhounds. A win would have been great but that’s always hard to get against the Hounds; a brief moment of defensive in...
The weekend off didn’t help the Legion any; the Jägermeister Cup run comes to an early end with a less than scintillating performance in Rhode Island. Everything looked good for 15 minutes; then...
The Legion has never progressed beyond the conference semifinals in league play (twice) and the quarterfinals of the US Open Cup (once). This game, then, already equals the deepest playoff runs in tea...
The most important part I’ve steered clear of last week’s debacle against Hartford Athletic; the less said about that the better. This weekend the Three Sparks do not have an opportunity to get back o...
The Legion desperately needed 3 points last week. The battle for the playoffs has become far too competitive to drop points against arguably weaker teams, especially teams in the other conference. The...
(If you’re wondering who that is in the picture, read on for a quick history lesson!) After a record-breaking year in League One, Birmingham City is back in the EFL Championship and ready to sta...
After the wild and wacky world of the Jägermeister Cup group finale we return to more normal league play. It’s heating up though; the West is just 11 points top to bottom and the East, after the...
It comes down to this. The final round of Jägermeister Cup group games is this weekend. For the Legion it’s simple: win or go home. Preferably in regulation rather than in a shootout, which woul...
For decades North American sports leagues have droned on incessantly about parity while singularly failing to achieve it, whether by draft systems, salary caps or other means. That was also true of th...
So, we missed 5 Legion games while we were out running around Europe. In those 5 games the Legion allowed just 3 goals (not including the PK shootout). Which is good, of course, and a significant impr...