Charleston Battery vs Birmingham Legion FC · USL Championship
Charleston Battery
19-5-6
2 – 1
FT
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Birmingham Legion FC
5-12-13
Patriots Point · Mount Pleasant, South Carolina · USA
From one goals down, Charleston Battery went on to beat Birmingham Legion FC 2-1 at Patriots Point (crowd 4,737). Preston Tabortetaka scored first for Birmingham at the 6-minute mark and the equaliser came from Houssou Landry after 34 minutes; Cal Jennings scored the winner at the 55-minute mark with a penalty. Phanuel Kavita was shown a red card at the 53-minute mark Charleston had 67% of the ball and 14 shots to 5. 4 of the 14 shots by Charleston were on target.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- USL Championship USA
- Campaign
- 2025 USL Championship, Regular Season
- Ground
- Patriots Point · Mount Pleasant, South Carolina · USA
- Crowd
- 4,737
- Referee
- Drew Klemp
- Charleston form
- WLDWD
- Birmingham form
- LWDWD
On TV
Channels named for United States. The feed names none elsewhere.
- USESPN+Streaming · National
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charleston | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Birmingham | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Side by side
16Fouls8
2Yellow Cards1
0Red Cards1
0Offsides0
2Corner Kicks3
3Saves2
66.7%Possession33.3%
14Shots5
4On Goal4
30%On Target %80%
2Penalty Goals0
1Penalty Kicks Taken0
0Accurate Passes0
0Passes0
0%Pass Completion %0%
0Accurate Crosses0
0Crosses0
0%Cross %0%
0Long Balls0
0Accurate Long Balls0
0%Long Balls %0%
2Blocked Shots0
0Effective Tackles0
0Tackles0
0%Tackle %0%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
0Clearances0
Timeline
Full time · 2-1
🔁Michael Edwardsreplacing Cal Jennings
90'+3'
🟨Cal Jennings
88'
🔁Nathan Dossantosreplacing Langston Blackstock
87'
79'
🟨Sebastian Saucedo
75'
🔁Maliek Howellreplacing Dawson McCartney
75'
🔁Sebastian Saucedoreplacing Ronaldo Damus
🟨Rubio Rubín
72'
🔁Mark Segbresreplacing Douglas Martínez
69'
⚽Cal JenningsPenalty
55'2 - 1
53'
🟥Phanuel Kavita
🔁Rubio Rubínreplacing Joey Akpunonu
45'
45'
🔁Erik Centenoreplacing Amir Daley
🔁Graham Smithreplacing Jeremy Kelly
45'
Half-time · 1-1
⚽Houssou Landry
34'1 - 1
20'
🔁Enzo Martinezreplacing Samuel Shashoua
6'0 - 1
⚽Preston Tabortetaka
Kick-off
Teams
Charleston Battery4-2-3-1
26⚽🟨↓Jennings
29↓Kelly
9Myers
10Rodriguez
91⚽Landry
6Molloy
7↓Blackstock
22↓Akpunonu
42↓Martínez
5Archer
56Zamudio
Bench
- 12Diego Rodriguez
- 14Rubio Rubínon for Joey Akpunonu, 45' 🟨
- 16Graham Smithon for Jeremy Kelly, 45'
- 2Mark Segbreson for Douglas Martínez, 69'
- 15Wesley Leggett
- 34Michael Edwardson for Cal Jennings, 90'+3'
- 11Viggo Ortiz
- 62Nathan Dossantoson for Langston Blackstock, 87'
- 1Christian Garner
Birmingham Legion FC3-5-2
10⚽Tabortetaka
9↓Damus
49Travis
14↓Shashoua
26↓Daley
11↓McCartney
6McIllhatton
20Paterson
3🟥Kavita
13Rufe
12Mcmullen
Bench
- 24Maliek Howellon for Dawson McCartney, 75'
- 23Sebastian Saucedoon for Ronaldo Damus, 75' 🟨
- 19Enzo Martinezon for Samuel Shashoua, 20'
- 1Matt Van Oekel
- 43Santiago Suarez
- 27Erik Centenoon for Amir Daley, 45'
- 2Stephen Turnbull
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Tampa Bay Rowdies | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | +26 | 61 |
| 2 |  Charleston Battery | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | +21 | 53 |
| 3 |  Detroit City FC | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | +13 | 51 |
| 4 |  Louisville City FC | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | +8 | 47 |
| 5 |  Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | +3 | 45 |
| 6 |  Hartford Athletic | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | +2 | 43 |
| 7 |  Rhode Island FC | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | +9 | 42 |
| 8 |  Miami FC | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | -10 | 36 |
| 9 |  Indy Eleven | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 34 |
| 10 |  Loudoun United FC | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | -10 | 31 |
| 11 |  Birmingham Legion FC | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | -6 | 30 |
| 12 |  Brooklyn FC | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | -29 | 21 |
| 13 |  Sporting JAX | 30 | 3 | 5 | 22 | -46 | 14 |
Meetings
4Charleston wins
1Level
0Birmingham wins
Last times they met
FT
Birmingham
0–0
Charleston · 2025 USL Championship
FT
Charleston
2–0
Birmingham · 2024 USL Championship
FT
Birmingham
0–1
Charleston · 2024 USL Championship
FT
Charleston
2–1
Birmingham · 2023 USL Championship
FT
Charleston
1–0
Birmingham · 2023 USL Championship
Form
Last games: Charleston
W2-0D2-2W5-0D1-1L1-0
Last games: Birmingham
L2-1D0-0D1-1W1-0L3-2
