On Saturday the Legion finished up its preseason with a convincing 3-0 victory over Chattanooga FC. That followed a tight 1-2 home loss to Atlanta United, a 2-3 loss at Nashville SC and a 2-1 win at H...
While we wait for the Legion to give us some information on what the offseason is going to look like – which hopefully will be in the next few days if history is anything to go by – I thou...
Just a quick post to let you all know that the Football Forge will be a bit quiet, if not completely silent, until June 1st. Mrs. Forge and I will be taking a cruise from Athens (Greece, not Georgia) ...
The Birmingham Legion has advanced to the Round of 32 in the US Open Cup for the first time. Admittedly it’s only the team’s third attempt. The Three Sparks lost in the third round on both...
The Three Sparks are now 2-0-0 in Tuscaloosa. Just saying. While you chew on that, here are our player ratings for the game: GK: TREVOR SPANGENBERG – 9. Make it three straight Man of the Match a...
With a midweek Open Cup game looming, posts this week’s posts are going to come fast and furious and in a potentially crazy order. First up, though, here’s what’s coming in the Cup. ...
Late Friday the Legion announced the signing of defender Ben Reveno on loan from the New England Revolution of MLS. Reveno joined the Revs in 2022 after being selectred 52nd in that year’s Super...
The two conference finals were an exercise in not shooting very well, with just 3 goals and 11 shots on target in the 2 games. Let’s hope next week is a tad more electric. Louisville City 1-0 Ta...
More craziness ensued in the playoffs this week. Three of the four games were decided in part by penalties, and not in the way you might expect. 3 of the 4 games went to the higher seed, but only one ...
This game was a hard one to take for a lot of reasons. Let’s start off with the easy part. The second Pittsburgh goal should obviously never have happened. That center referee Eric Tattersall al...