Birmingham Legion FC vs Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC, 2025 USL Championship, Regular Season

· USL Championship
Birmingham Legion FC
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    Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC
    • 83': Marco Micaletto

    About

    Birmingham Legion FC are hosting Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC at Protective Stadium, Birmingham, Alabama, USA, starting on . The match is a part of the USL Championship.

    Match Commentary

    • 9': Akeem Ward (Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC) Yellow Card at 9'
    • 32': Enzo Martinez (Birmingham Legion FC) Yellow Card at 32'
    • 45': Duke Lacroix (Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC) Substitution at 45'
    • 50': Sebastian Tregarthen (Birmingham Legion FC) Substitution at 50'
    • 62': Quenzi Huerman (Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC) Substitution at 62'
    • 67': Yosuke Hanya (Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC) Substitution at 67'
    • 68': Juan Tejada (Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC) Substitution at 68'
    • 71': Preston Tabortetaka (Birmingham Legion FC) Substitution at 71'
    • 73': Charlie Adams (Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC) Substitution at 73'
    • 83': Marco Micaletto (Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC) Goal at 83'
    • 84': Kobe Hernandez-Foster (Birmingham Legion FC) Substitution at 84'
    • 84': Erik Centeno (Birmingham Legion FC) Substitution at 84'
    • 89': Edwin Laszo (Birmingham Legion FC) Yellow Card at 89'
    • 90'+1': Erik Centeno (Birmingham Legion FC) Yellow Card at 91'

    Statistics

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    9 Fouls 17
    1 Yellow Cards 3
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 0
    3 Corner Kicks 6
    2 Saves 1
    45.2 Possession 54.8
    8 SHOTS 11
    3 ON GOAL 2
    0.4 On Target % 0.2
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    0 Accurate Passes 0
    0 Passes 0
    0.0 Pass Completion % 0.0
    0 Accurate Crosses 0
    0 Crosses 0
    0.0 Cross % 0.0
    0 Long Balls 0
    0 Accurate Long Balls 0
    0.0 Long Balls % 0.0
    2 Blocked Shots 1
    0 Effective Tackles 0
    0 Tackles 0
    0.0 Tackle % 0.0
    0 Interceptions 0
    0 Effective Clearances 0
    0 Clearances 0

    Game Information

    Competition: USL Championship

    Venue: Protective Stadium
    Location: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
    Attendance: 5,007

    USL Championship Standings

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 FC Tulsa 30 +20 57
    2 Sacramento Republic FC 30 +17 48
    3 New Mexico United 30 +4 48
    4 El Paso Locomotive FC 30 +2 41
    Full Standings

    Line-Ups

    BRM Birmingham Legion FC (3-4-2-1)

    No. Name
    57 Fernando Delgado (GK)
    13 Jacob Rufe
    20 A.J. Paterson
    43 Santiago Suarez
    19 Enzo Martinez Yellow Card
    17 Edwin Laszo Yellow Card
    33 Moses Mensah
    2 Stephen Turnbull
    9 Ronaldo Damus
    14 Samuel Shashoua
    15 Tyler Pasher
    Birmingham Legion FC Substitutes:
    Kobe Hernandez-Foster, Samuel McIllhatton, Sebastian Tregarthen, Preston Tabortetaka, Roman Torres, Matt Van Oekel, Erik Centeno.

    COS Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    16 Adam Beaudry (GK)
    23 Garven Metusala
    5 Mathew Mahoney
    3 Akeem Ward Yellow Card
    18 Aidan Rocha
    22 Marco Micaletto
    10 Zachary Zandi
    13 Steven Echevarria
    21 Anthony Fontana
    7 Jonas Fjellberg
    9 Levonte Johnson
    Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC Substitutes:
    Yosuke Hanya, Charlie Adams, Quenzi Huerman, Jonathan Burke, Isaiah Foster, Juan Tejada, Duke Lacroix.

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