African Ballerz

USL Championship · 1

Birmingham Legion FC

1 - 4 FT

Hartford Athletic

Player of the match

Mamadou DiengHartford Athletic

8.9Rating

Match events

8' Maliek Howell

27' Mamadou Dieng (Penalty)

29' Mamadou Dieng · assist Michee Ngalina

30' Sebastian Saucedo

45 + 3' Phanuel Kavita

HT · 0 - 2

46' Stephen Turnbull Dawson McCartney

46' Jake Rufe Phanuel Kavita

48' Edwin Laszo

62'

65' Beverly Makangila Marlon Hairston

65' Adewale Abdulgafar Obalola Jonathan Jimenez

71' Kyle Edwards Mamadou Dieng

73' Emmanuel Samadia

75' Jake Rufe

78' Sebastian Saucedo Samuel Shashoua

78' Tabort Etaka Preston Edwin Laszo

78' Samuel McIllhatton Maliek Howell

80' Samuel Careaga Junior Moreira

80' Jordan Scarlett Adrian Diz

90 + 1' Kyle Edwards · assist Adewale Abdulgafar Obalola

90 + 3' Adewale Abdulgafar Obalola · assist Samuel Careaga

90 + 5' Enzo Martinez · assist Sebastian Tregarthen

FT · 1 - 4

Match info

Protective StadiumStadium

Birmingham, Alabama, United StatesLocation

Servando Berna RicoReferee

5007Attendance

Top stats

61 Ball possession 39

17 Total shots 12

5 Shots on target 9

20 Touches in opposition box 30

2 Big chances 5

1 Big chances missed 1

337 (82%) Accurate passes 183 (71%)

5 Yellow cards 1

7 Corners 8

Shots

17 Total shots 12

3 Shots off target 3

5 Shots on target 9

9 Blocked shots 0

2 Hit woodwork 0

9 Shots inside box 12

8 Shots outside box 0

Passes

410 Passes 259

337 (82%) Accurate passes 183 (71%)

176 Own half 105

161 Opposition half 78

18 (38%) Accurate long balls 18 (31%)

3 (12%) Accurate crosses 3 (17%)

19 Throws 15

20 Touches in opposition box 30

1 Offsides 2

Defence

6 Tackles 16

7 Interceptions 12

0 Blocks 9

26 Clearances 34

5 Keeper saves 4

Duels

37 Duels won 40

23 (43%) Ground duels won 30 (57%)

14 (58%) Aerial duels won 10 (42%)

7 (47%) Successful dribbles 5 (45%)

Discipline

5 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

11 Fouls committed 12

Birmingham Legion FC · 5-3-2

Coach: Mark Briggs

Starting XI

1 Matt Van Oekel 6.7 3 Phanuel Kavita 6.0 24 Maliek Howell 6.8 20 AJ Paterson 5.5 21 Sebastian Tregarthen 7.5 11 Dawson McCartney 6.2 19 Enzo Martinez 7.3 17 Edwin Laszo 6.1 15 Tyler Pasher 7.1 9 Ronaldo Damus 5.8 14 Samuel Shashoua 6.5

Substitutes used

13 Jake Rufe on 46' · 6.6 2 Stephen Turnbull on 46' · 6.7 6 Samuel McIllhatton on 78' · 6.0 23 Sebastian Saucedo on 78' · 6.2 10 Tabort Etaka Preston on 78' · 6.2

Hartford Athletic · 3-4-3

Coach: Brendan Burke

Starting XI

77 Antony Siaha 8.7 30 Adrian Diz 7.4 15 Joseph Farrell 6.9 22 TJ Presthus 6.6 2 Sebastian Anderson 7.6 94 Marlon Hairston 6.7 17 Jonathan Jimenez 7.1 19 Emmanuel Samadia 7.5 8 Junior Moreira 7.6 9 Mamadou Dieng 8.9 11 Michee Ngalina 8.0

Substitutes used

6 Beverly Makangila on 65' · 6.3 81 Adewale Abdulgafar Obalola on 65' · 8.3 71 Kyle Edwards on 71' · 7.6 4 Jordan Scarlett on 80' · 6.0 10 Samuel Careaga on 80' · 7.2