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Birmingham Legion FC 1-0 Rhode Island Union · USL Championship

Birmingham Legion FC beat Rhode Island Union 1-0 in the USL Championship. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

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Match report

Birmingham Legion FC and Rhode Island Union met in the USL Championship at Protective Stadium in Birmingham on Sunday, 2 August 2026.

Goalscorers

Birmingham Legion FC: R. Damus 63'. Rhode Island Union did not score.

How the match went

Rhode Island Union saw more of the ball, 58% of it. Birmingham Legion FC had 9 shots with 2 on target, Rhode Island Union 20 with 6 on target. There were 16 corners in total, 3 to Birmingham Legion FC and 13 to Rhode Island Union. Birmingham Legion FC conceded 7 fouls, Rhode Island Union 15. The referee showed 3 yellow cards (1 for Birmingham Legion FC, 2 for Rhode Island Union).

Line-ups

Birmingham Legion FC started in a 3-4-1-2: Jassem Koleilat, Sam McIllhatton, Bryce Washington, Phanuel Kavita, Nico Brown, Samuel Shashoua, Seth Antwi, Sebastian Tregarthen, Peter-Lee Vassell, Ronaldo Damus, Gevork Diarbian.

Rhode Island Union started in a 4-4-2: Koke, Nicholas Scardina, Grant Stoneman, Frank Nodarse, Aldair Sanchez, Jojea Kwizera, Amos Shapiro-Thompson, Hugo Bacharach, Noah Fuson, Agustín Rodríguez, Jerome Williams.

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Minute by minute

  1. 45'Half-time. Birmingham Legion FC 0-0 Rhode Island Union.
  2. 63'Goal! Birmingham Legion FC 1-0 Rhode Island Union. R. Damus (Birmingham Legion FC) scores.
  3. 90'Full-time. Birmingham Legion FC 1-0 Rhode Island Union.
Full commentary (46 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: Birmingham Legion FC vs Rhode Island Union.
  2. 9'Attempt blocked. A. Sanchez (Rhode Island Union), left-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.08.
  3. 14'Attempt missed. P. Vassell (Birmingham Legion FC), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.01.
  4. 17'Attempt missed. J. Williams (Rhode Island Union), header from a corner. xG 0.14.
  5. 17'Attempt missed. N. Scardina (Rhode Island Union), header from a corner. xG 0.06.
  6. 18'Attempt saved. J. Williams (Rhode Island Union), header. xG 0.13.
  7. 19'Attempt blocked. H. Bacharach (Rhode Island Union), header from a corner. xG 0.08.
  8. 24'Attempt missed. J. Kwizera (Rhode Island Union), left-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.03.
  9. 27'Attempt saved. J. Kwizera (Rhode Island Union), left-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.11.
  10. 28'Attempt saved. N. Fuson (Rhode Island Union), left-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.04.
  11. 33'Attempt blocked. A. Shapiro-Thompson (Rhode Island Union), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.03.
  12. 33'Attempt blocked. H. Bacharach (Rhode Island Union), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.51.
  13. 33'Attempt missed. F. Nodarse (Rhode Island Union), header from a corner. xG 0.04.
  14. 33'Attempt saved. N. Fuson (Rhode Island Union), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.04.
  15. 34'Attempt blocked. A. Rodríguez (Rhode Island Union), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.06.
  16. 38'Attempt missed. R. Damus (Birmingham Legion FC), header. xG 0.60.
  17. 43'Attempt blocked. H. Bacharach (Rhode Island Union), right-footed shot. xG 0.05.
  18. 45'Attempt blocked. G. Diarbian (Birmingham Legion FC), right-footed shot. xG 0.06.
  19. 45'Half-time. Birmingham Legion FC 0-0 Rhode Island Union.
  20. 46'The second half is under way.
  21. 49'Attempt saved. A. Rodríguez (Rhode Island Union), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  22. 51'Attempt saved. N. Fuson (Rhode Island Union), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  23. 52'Attempt blocked. G. Diarbian (Birmingham Legion FC), right-footed shot. xG 0.06.
  24. 53'Attempt saved. R. Damus (Birmingham Legion FC), left-footed shot. xG 0.17.
  25. 58'Attempt blocked. G. Diarbian (Birmingham Legion FC), right-footed shot. xG 0.05.
  26. 60'Substitution, Birmingham Legion FC: D. McCartney comes on for G. Diarbian.
  27. 63'Goal! Birmingham Legion FC 1-0 Rhode Island Union. R. Damus (Birmingham Legion FC) scores.
  28. 69'Off the woodwork! S. Shashoua (Birmingham Legion FC), left-footed shot from a set piece. xG 0.03.
  29. 70'Substitution, Rhode Island Union: D. Atkinson comes on for A. Rodríguez.
  30. 70'Substitution, Rhode Island Union: Y. Tsukada comes on for A. Sanchez.
  31. 72'Attempt missed. N. Scardina (Rhode Island Union), right-footed shot. xG 0.07.
  32. 76'Substitution, Birmingham Legion FC: S. Ngoma comes on for P. Vassell.
  33. 79'Substitution, Rhode Island Union: D. Rovira comes on for N. Scardina.
  34. 79'Substitution, Rhode Island Union: H. Diop comes on for A. Shapiro-Thompson.
  35. 80'Attempt blocked. D. McCartney (Birmingham Legion FC), left-footed shot from a set piece. xG 0.04.
  36. 83'Yellow card for D. Rovira (Rhode Island Union) for foul.
  37. 84'Attempt missed. N. Fuson (Rhode Island Union), right-footed shot. xG 0.07.
  38. 84'Attempt blocked. N. Fuson (Rhode Island Union), right-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.08.
  39. 85'Yellow card for J. Koleilat (Birmingham Legion FC) for time wasting.
  40. 87'Attempt missed. H. Bacharach (Rhode Island Union), header from a set piece. xG 0.09.
  41. 88'Substitution, Birmingham Legion FC: A. Daley comes on for N. Brown.
  42. 88'Substitution, Birmingham Legion FC: S. Saucedo comes on for S. Shashoua.
  43. 90'Yellow card for D. Atkinson (Rhode Island Union) for foul.
  44. 90'6 minutes of added time.
  45. 90+1'Substitution, Rhode Island Union: K. Vang comes on for N. Fuson.
  46. 90'Full-time. Birmingham Legion FC 1-0 Rhode Island Union.
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