Birmingham Legion 2–3 Sporting JAX

USL Championship 2026 Group Stage · 23 Aug 2026

Birmingham Legion vs Sporting JAX in the USL Championship 2026.

At Protective Stadium.

Referee: D. Kulasinac.

Sporting JAX beat Birmingham Legion 3–2. R. Damus opened the scoring for Birmingham Legion after 55 minutes. D. Wilson made it 2–3 after 90+11 minutes, and that was the winner.

Goalscorers

• Birmingham Legion: R. Damus 55', R. Williams 90+3'
• Sporting JAX: E. Jaaskelainen 58', W. Kuzain 76', D. Wilson 90+11'

Birmingham Legion starting lineup

• 12 T. McMullen
• 26 A. Daley
• 27 B. Washington
• 20 Paterson AJ
• 11 D. McCartney
• 18 S. Antwi
• 10 S. Shashoua
• 81 S. Ngoma
• 21 S. Tregarthen
• 19 G. Diarbian
• 9 R. Damus

Sporting JAX starting lineup

• 1 J. McGuire
• 12 E. Rito
• 15 R. Edwards
• 13 V. Alvarado
• 21 M. Godinho
• 6 J. Rossiter
• 2 H. Neville
• 10 K. Sadlier
• 14 Jean Mota
• 11 A. Al Qaq
• 16 E. Jaaskelainen

Match events

• 46′ Birmingham Legion: Substitution, P. Kavita, Paterson AJ
• 54′ Sporting JAX: Substitution, W. Kuzain, M. Godinho
• 55′ Birmingham Legion: Normal Goal, R. Damus, D. McCartney
• 58′ Sporting JAX: Normal Goal, E. Jaaskelainen, Jean Mota
• 64′ Sporting JAX: Yellow Card, W. Kuzain
• 68′ Birmingham Legion: Substitution, S. McIllhatton, A. Daley
• 68′ Birmingham Legion: Substitution, T. Pasher, S. Ngoma
• 74′ Sporting JAX: Substitution, R. Pedder, K. Sadlier
• 76′ Sporting JAX: Normal Goal, W. Kuzain
• 80′ Birmingham Legion: Substitution, P. Vassell, G. Diarbian
• 80′ Birmingham Legion: Substitution, R. Williams, R. Damus
• 83′ Sporting JAX: Substitution, A. Gomez, V. Alvarado
• 84′ Sporting JAX: Substitution, D. Wilson, Jean Mota
• 85′ Birmingham Legion: Yellow Card, S. Antwi
• 90′ Birmingham Legion: Normal Goal, R. Williams, S. Shashoua
• 90′ Sporting JAX: Normal Goal, D. Wilson, A. Al Qaq

Birmingham Legion before this match

• at Colorado Springs 2–3 (Colorado Springs) · Group Stage, 16 Aug 2026
• vs Rhode Island 1–0 (Rhode Island) · Group Stage, 2 Aug 2026
• at Louisville City 1–2 (Louisville City) · Group Stage, 29 Jul 2026
• at Miami FC 1–1 (Miami FC) · Group Stage, 5 Jul 2026
• vs Detroit City 1–2 (Detroit City) · Group Stage, 3 Jul 2026

Sporting JAX before this match

• vs Indy Eleven 0–1 (Indy Eleven) · Group Stage, 15 Aug 2026
• at Sacramento Republic 0–5 (Sacramento Republic) · Group Stage, 2 Aug 2026
• at El Paso Locomotive 0–2 (El Paso Locomotive) · Group Stage, 26 Jul 2026
• vs Brooklyn 2–2 (Brooklyn) · Group Stage, 18 Jul 2026
• vs Pittsburgh Riverhounds 2–1 (Pittsburgh Riverhounds) · Group Stage, 15 Jul 2026