Tampa Bay Rowdies vs Birmingham Legion FC, 2023 USL Championship, Eastern Conference Playoffs - Quarterfinals

· USL Championship
Tampa Bay Rowdies
    FT
    0 - 3
    Birmingham Legion FC
    • 41': Preston Tabortetaka
    • 57': Diba Nwegbo
    • 77': Kasim Prosper

    About

    Tampa Bay Rowdies are hosting Birmingham Legion FC at Al Lang Stadium, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA, starting on . The match is a part of the USL Championship.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Corner, Tampa Bay Rowdies. Conceded by Jake Rufe.
    • 2': Collin Smith (Birmingham Legion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 2': Foul by Jerome Williams (Tampa Bay Rowdies).
    • 3': Corner, Birmingham Legion. Conceded by Forrest Lasso.
    • 7': Foul by Forrest Lasso (Tampa Bay Rowdies).
    • 7': Tabort Preston (Birmingham Legion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 8': Offside, Birmingham Legion. Tyler Pasher tries a through ball, but Tabort Preston is caught offside.
    • 9': Foul by Enzo Martínez (Birmingham Legion).
    • 9': Jake LaCava (Tampa Bay Rowdies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 9': Enzo Martínez (Birmingham Legion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 14': Attempt saved. Prosper Kasim (Birmingham Legion) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Juan Agudelo.
    • 14': Corner, Birmingham Legion. Conceded by Connor Sparrow.
    • 14': Attempt missed. Juan Agudelo (Birmingham Legion) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Tyler Pasher with a cross following a corner.
    • 15': Charlie Dennis (Tampa Bay Rowdies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 15': Foul by Moses Mensah (Birmingham Legion).
    • 15': Foul by Tyler Pasher (Birmingham Legion).
    • 15': Yann Ekra (Tampa Bay Rowdies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 16': Corner, Birmingham Legion. Conceded by Aarón Guillén.
    • 17': Aarón Guillén (Tampa Bay Rowdies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 17': Foul by Tabort Preston (Birmingham Legion).
    • 20': Corner, Tampa Bay Rowdies. Conceded by Enzo Martínez.
    • 21': Attempt blocked. Jordan Doherty (Tampa Bay Rowdies) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Charlie Dennis.
    • 26': Offside, Tampa Bay Rowdies. Aarón Guillén tries a through ball, but Jerome Williams is caught offside.
    • 29': Conner Antley (Tampa Bay Rowdies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 29': Foul by Diba Nwegbo (Birmingham Legion).
    • 36': Offside, Tampa Bay Rowdies. Forrest Lasso tries a through ball, but Jerome Williams is caught offside.
    • 38': Foul by Forrest Lasso (Tampa Bay Rowdies).
    • 38': Tyler Pasher (Birmingham Legion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 39': Forrest Lasso (Tampa Bay Rowdies) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 39': Attempt missed. Tabort Preston (Birmingham Legion) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Tyler Pasher.
    • 41': Goal! Tampa Bay Rowdies 0, Birmingham Legion 1. Tabort Preston (Birmingham Legion) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Juan Agudelo.
    • 44': Attempt saved. Tabort Preston (Birmingham Legion) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Prosper Kasim.
    • 45': Foul by Cal Jennings (Tampa Bay Rowdies).
    • 45': Matt Van Oekel (Birmingham Legion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+1': Cal Jennings (Tampa Bay Rowdies) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 45'+1': Delay in match because of an injury Matt Van Oekel (Birmingham Legion).
    • 45'+4': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 45'+5': Substitution, Birmingham Legion. Trevor Spangenberg replaces Matt Van Oekel because of an injury.
    • 45'+6': Charlie Dennis (Tampa Bay Rowdies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+6': Foul by Juan Agudelo (Birmingham Legion).
    • 45'+6': Conner Antley (Tampa Bay Rowdies) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 45'+6': Foul by Diba Nwegbo (Birmingham Legion).
    • 45'+8': First Half ends, Tampa Bay Rowdies 0, Birmingham Legion 1.
    • 45': Second Half begins Tampa Bay Rowdies 0, Birmingham Legion 1.
    • 45': Substitution, Tampa Bay Rowdies. Leo Fernandes replaces Jerome Williams.
    • 47': Attempt missed. Tabort Preston (Birmingham Legion) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Enzo Martínez following a fast break.
    • 49': Foul by Leo Fernandes (Tampa Bay Rowdies).
    • 49': Moses Mensah (Birmingham Legion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 49': Foul by Tyler Pasher (Birmingham Legion).
    • 49': Yann Ekra (Tampa Bay Rowdies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 50': Delay in match because of an injury Lewis Hilton (Tampa Bay Rowdies).
    • 51': Substitution, Tampa Bay Rowdies. Joshua Pérez replaces Lewis Hilton because of an injury.
    • 51': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 52': Foul by Tabort Preston (Birmingham Legion).
    • 52': Jordan Doherty (Tampa Bay Rowdies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 57': Goal! Tampa Bay Rowdies 0, Birmingham Legion 2. Diba Nwegbo (Birmingham Legion) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tabort Preston.
    • 58': Hand ball by Leo Fernandes (Tampa Bay Rowdies).
    • 59': Substitution, Tampa Bay Rowdies. Freddy Kleemann replaces Yann Ekra.
    • 60': Attempt blocked. Jake LaCava (Tampa Bay Rowdies) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 60': Attempt saved. Aarón Guillén (Tampa Bay Rowdies) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
    • 61': Corner, Tampa Bay Rowdies. Conceded by Trevor Spangenberg.
    • 62': Corner, Tampa Bay Rowdies. Conceded by Alex Crognale.
    • 64': Attempt blocked. Cal Jennings (Tampa Bay Rowdies) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 65': Attempt missed. Diba Nwegbo (Birmingham Legion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Prosper Kasim.
    • 67': Attempt saved. Tabort Preston (Birmingham Legion) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 67': Corner, Tampa Bay Rowdies. Conceded by Jake Rufe.
    • 67': Attempt missed. Leo Fernandes (Tampa Bay Rowdies) header from the right side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Charlie Dennis with a cross following a corner.
    • 68': Substitution, Birmingham Legion. Neco Brett replaces Tabort Preston.
    • 69': Offside, Tampa Bay Rowdies. Aarón Guillén tries a through ball, but Cal Jennings is caught offside.
    • 69': Corner, Birmingham Legion. Conceded by Freddy Kleemann.
    • 77': Goal! Tampa Bay Rowdies 0, Birmingham Legion 3. Prosper Kasim (Birmingham Legion) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Neco Brett.
    • 79': Substitution, Tampa Bay Rowdies. Lucky Mkosana replaces Charlie Dennis.
    • 79': Substitution, Tampa Bay Rowdies. Ariel Martínez replaces Jake LaCava.
    • 84': Substitution, Birmingham Legion. Matthew Corcoran replaces Tyler Pasher.
    • 84': Substitution, Birmingham Legion. Gabriel Alves replaces Diba Nwegbo.
    • 84': Enzo Martínez (Birmingham Legion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 84': Foul by Leo Fernandes (Tampa Bay Rowdies).
    • 85': Attempt saved. Neco Brett (Birmingham Legion) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Matthew Corcoran.
    • 87': Aarón Guillén (Tampa Bay Rowdies) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 87': Foul by Prosper Kasim (Birmingham Legion).
    • 88': Attempt blocked. Juan Agudelo (Birmingham Legion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Enzo Martínez.
    • 89': Corner, Birmingham Legion. Conceded by Aarón Guillén.
    • 89': Matthew Corcoran (Birmingham Legion) is shown the yellow card.
    • 90'+1': Foul by Joshua Pérez (Tampa Bay Rowdies).
    • 90'+1': Matthew Corcoran (Birmingham Legion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+2': Corner, Birmingham Legion. Conceded by Freddy Kleemann.
    • 90'+3': Attempt saved. Prosper Kasim (Birmingham Legion) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Juan Agudelo.
    • 90'+3': Attempt saved. Lucky Mkosana (Tampa Bay Rowdies) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Leo Fernandes with a cross.
    • 90'+4': Collin Smith (Birmingham Legion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+4': Foul by Leo Fernandes (Tampa Bay Rowdies).
    • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Tampa Bay Rowdies 0, Birmingham Legion 3.
    • 0': Match ends, Tampa Bay Rowdies 0, Birmingham Legion 3.

    Statistics

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    10 Fouls 9
    2 Yellow Cards 2
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 3
    6 Corner Kicks 5
    2 Saves 5
    42.3 Possession 57.7
    13 SHOTS 6
    8 ON GOAL 2
    0.6 On Target % 0.3
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    307 Accurate Passes 429
    380 Passes 517
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
    2 Accurate Crosses 5
    11 Crosses 13
    0.2 Cross % 0.4
    50 Long Balls 58
    22 Accurate Long Balls 31
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.5
    1 Blocked Shots 3
    10 Effective Tackles 15
    12 Tackles 16
    0.8 Tackle % 0.9
    12 Interceptions 9
    16 Effective Clearances 14
    16 Clearances 14

    Game Information

    Competition: USL Championship

    Venue: Al Lang Stadium
    Location: St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
    Attendance: 5,249

    Line-Ups

    TBR Tampa Bay Rowdies (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    1 Connor Sparrow (GK)
    3 Forrest Lasso Yellow Card
    22 Jordan Doherty
    33 Aaron Guillen
    2 Conner Antley
    7 Yann Ekra
    4 Lewis Hilton
    16 Jake LaCava
    14 Charlie Dennis
    26 Cal Jennings Yellow Card
    9 Jerome Williams
    Tampa Bay Rowdies Substitutes:
    Ariel Martinez, Joshua Pérez, Luckymore Mkosana, Frederik Kleemann, Sebastian Dalgaard, Phil Breno, Leo Fernandes.

    BRM Birmingham Legion FC (4-1-4-1)

    No. Name
    1 Matt Van Oekel (GK)
    13 Jacob Rufe
    21 Alex Crognale
    19 Enzo Martinez Yellow Card
    33 Moses Mensah
    4 Collin Smith
    9 Juan Agudelo
    15 Tyler Pasher
    7 Diba Nwegbo
    10 Kasim Prosper
    28 Preston Tabortetaka
    Birmingham Legion FC Substitutes:
    Neco Brett, Gabriel Alves, Mikey Lopez, Trevor Spangenberg, Grayson Dupont, Phanuel Kavita, Matthew Corcoran.

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