Charleston Battery vs Birmingham Legion FC · USL Championship
Charleston Battery
2-0-0
3 – 2
FT
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Birmingham Legion FC
0-1-2
Ralph Lundy Field at Patriots Point · Mount Pleasant, South Carolina · USA
Charleston Battery fought back to win 3-2 against Birmingham Legion FC at Ralph Lundy Field at Patriots Point (crowd 3,945); Charleston have now won 3 straight. The first goal went to Romario Williams at the 25-minute mark and Samuel Shashoua widened the gap just two minutes after that; a goal from Colton Swan at the 58-minute mark cut it to 1-2 and the equaliser came from Emilio Ycaza after 80 minutes with a penalty. Emilio Ycaza scored the winner late on, at 90 minutes. Charleston led the shot count 28-12 and held 57% possession. 10 of the 28 shots by Charleston were on target.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- USL Championship USA
- Campaign
- 2026 USL Championship, Regular Season
- Ground
- Ralph Lundy Field at Patriots Point · Mount Pleasant, South Carolina · USA
- Crowd
- 3,945
- Referee
- Muhammad Kaleia
- 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 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Birmingham | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Side by side
19Fouls6
1Yellow Cards2
0Red Cards0
0Offsides0
8Corner Kicks4
3Saves7
56.7%Possession43.3%
28Shots12
10On Goal5
40%On Target %40%
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%
14Blocked Shots1
0Effective Tackles0
0Tackles0
0%Tackle %0%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
0Clearances0
Timeline
Full time · 3-2
🔁Kruz Heldreplacing Jeremy Kelly
90'+7'
⚽Emilio Ycaza
90'+3'3 - 2
88'
🔁Peter Vassellreplacing Tyler Pasher
88'
🔁Sebastian Saucedoreplacing Gevork Diarbian
84'
🔁Sebastian Tregarthenreplacing Seth Antwi
⚽Emilio YcazaPenalty
80'2 - 2
78'
🟨Phanuel Kavita
61'
🔁Samuel McIllhattonreplacing Romario Williams
🔁Maalique Fosterreplacing Wilmer Cabrera
59'
⚽Colton Swan
58'1 - 2
🔁Langston Blackstockreplacing Houssou Landry
53'
45'
🔁Kadeem Colereplacing Serge Ngoma
🔁Colton Swanreplacing Graham Smith
45'
🔁Emilio Ycazareplacing Laurent Kissiedou
45'
Half-time · 0-2
41'
🟨Serge Ngoma
🔁Kirill Pakhomovreplacing Douglas Martínez
37'
36'
🔁Phanuel Kavitareplacing Bryce Washington
27'0 - 2
⚽Samuel Shashoua
25'0 - 1
⚽Romario Williams
🟨Graham Smith
14'
Kick-off
Teams
Charleston Battery4-2-3-1
90Berry
29↓Kelly
10↓Kissiedou
13↓Cabrera
91↓Landry
5Suber
3Messer
16🟨↓Smith
42↓Martínez
22Akpunonu
56Zamudio
Bench
- 1John Berner
- 88Kirill Pakhomovon for Douglas Martínez, 37'
- 7Langston Blackstockon for Houssou Landry, 53'
- 30Colton Swanon for Graham Smith, 45' ⚽
- 8Emilio Ycazaon for Laurent Kissiedou, 45' ⚽⚽
- 2Kruz Heldon for Jeremy Kelly, 90'+7'
- 17Jack Wayne
- 24Daniel Kuzemka
- 99Maalique Fosteron for Wilmer Cabrera, 59'
Birmingham Legion FC4-2-3-1
17⚽↓Williams
19↓Diarbian
15↓Pasher
81🟨↓Ngoma
10⚽Shashoua
18↓Antwi
11McCartney
4Hamouda
26Daley
27↓Washington
1Koleilat
Bench
- 3Phanuel Kavitaon for Bryce Washington, 36' 🟨
- 12Trevor Mcmullen
- 7Sebastian Saucedoon for Gevork Diarbian, 88'
- 8Kadeem Coleon for Serge Ngoma, 45'
- 6Samuel McIllhattonon for Romario Williams, 61'
- 16Peter Vassellon for Tyler Pasher, 88'
- 21Sebastian Tregarthenon for Seth Antwi, 84'
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
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Birmingham · 2024 USL Championship
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0–1
Charleston · 2024 USL Championship
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Charleston
2–1
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Form
Last games: Charleston
L1-0W2-1L0-0W2-1W2-1
Last games: Birmingham
W1-0L3-2L2-1L1-0D0-0
