American football team

Birmingham Legion

Club · United States · USL Championship

«Three Sparks»

226 Matches

86 wins

53 draws

87 losses

334–317 Goals

+17 Difference

1.5 Scored per game

Form L L L D D D

On 24 May 2023, in the round of 16 of the US Open Cup, Legion beat Charlotte FC 1-0. The run went on to the quarter-finals, where Inter Miami CF ended it in front of 18,418 spectators.

The franchise was awarded by the United Soccer League on 9 August 2017, with play to begin in 2019. Birmingham had a lower-league side before that, the Birmingham Hammers, and the two are sometimes conflated; Birmingham Legion FC dates from 2017.

The Three Sparks nickname arrived the way modern nicknames tend to — supporters used it on Twitter, and the club adopted it afterwards.

Its capacity is 47,100. The Inter Miami quarter-final, the best-attended match in the club's history, filled a little over a third of it.

Playing in black and gold, Legion have reached the USL Championship play-offs repeatedly: semi-finals in 2021 and 2023, a quarter-final in 2022.

The ownership group has picked up recognisable names.

Latest results

All matches

17 Sep	USL Championship	New Mexico United H	4:4	D
13 Sep	USL Championship	Charleston Battery H	2:2	D
6 Sep	USL Championship	Indy Eleven A	2:2	D
30 Aug	USL Championship	Hartford Athletic A	2:3	L
23 Aug	USL Championship	Sporting JAX H	2:3	L
16 Aug	USL Championship	Colorado Springs A	2:3	L