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Tampa Bay Rowdies — Birmingham Legion: 4:0, USL Championship

USL Championship
Tampa Bay Rowdies W16 Aug · Home Rhode Island · 2:0L23 Aug · Away Detroit City · 0:1D29 Aug · Away Pittsburgh Riverhounds · 0:0W6 Sep · Home Brooklyn · 2:0L13 Sep · Away Hartford Athletic · 1:3W20 Sep · Home Birmingham Legion · 4:0
4:0
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Kick-off was BST

Birmingham Legion L30 Aug · Away Hartford Athletic · 2:3D6 Sep · Away Indy Eleven · 2:2D13 Sep · Home Charleston Battery · 2:2D17 Sep · Home New Mexico United · 4:4L20 Sep · Away Tampa Bay Rowdies · 0:4W23 Sep · Home Brooklyn · 4:0
Venue: Al Lang Stadium City: St. Petersburg

In the USL Championship game on 20 September 2026, Tampa Bay Rowdies beat Birmingham Legion 4:0. Match numbers: shots on target 6:1, corners 6:7.

Match report

Tampa Bay Rowdies defeated Birmingham Legion 4-0 at Al Lang Stadium on Friday evening in the USL Championship Group Stage. The hosts moved clear at the top of the table with their first victory since a 1-3 defeat to Hartford Athletic last weekend. M. Myers scored three times in the second half after an own goal and a first-half strike had already put Tampa Bay in control.

Paterson AJ turned the ball into his own net in the 30th minute, giving the home side their opening advantage. Myers added another before half-time with a finish in the 39th minute. Birmingham made four changes at the break, bringing on S. Ngoma, S. McIllhatton, L. Hilton and replacing Paterson. By then the visitors looked unsettled, and the momentum had shifted decisively.

Things worsened for Birmingham in the 54th minute when J. Heaps was shown a red card. Heaps was still on the pitch when Myers struck twice more, scoring in the 56th and 60th minutes to complete his hat-trick. Birmingham made four more substitutions in the 61st minute, but the damage was done. The hosts held firm despite Birmingham's attempts to create something from their remaining eleven men.

Birmingham dominated possession at 0.55 to 0.45 and registered more attacks, 81 to 73, but could not convert. They had two big chances created compared to Tampa Bay's one, yet their shots accuracy sat at just 0.06 while the hosts managed 0.43. Birmingham fired seven shots off target and only one on target, while Tampa Bay hit the target six times from nine attempts. It was efficiency over volume that decided the match.

The result keeps Tampa Bay top of the standings with 51 points from 25 matches. Birmingham remain in 10th place with 20 points from 24 games, four points behind safety. The visitors have drawn three of their last five matches and lost only one, but the away form has not translated into results. The Reddies have won four of their last five at home and are building something tangible.

Prepared from match data

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Key numbers

Possession, % 45 – 55.00
Shots on target 6 – 1
Shots off target 3 – 7
Big chances 1 – 2

Match events

  1. 30' Tampa Bay Rowdies Own goal Paterson AJ
  2. 39' Tampa Bay Rowdies Goal M. Myers
  3. 46' Birmingham Legion Substitution Paterson AJ off: H. Diop
  4. 46' Birmingham Legion Substitution S. Ngoma off: G. Diarbian
  5. 46' Birmingham Legion Substitution S. McIllhatton off: T. Pasher
  6. 46' Tampa Bay Rowdies Substitution L. Hilton off: S. Cruz
  7. 54' Birmingham Legion Red card J. Heaps
  8. 56' Tampa Bay Rowdies Goal M. Myers assist: M. Schneider
  9. 60' Tampa Bay Rowdies Goal M. Myers
  10. 61' Tampa Bay Rowdies Substitution R. Cicerone off: M. Micaletto
  11. 61' Tampa Bay Rowdies Substitution M. Schneider off: L. Wyke
  12. 61' Tampa Bay Rowdies Substitution E. Conway off: B. Schaefer
  13. 61' Birmingham Legion Substitution R. Damus off: R. Williams
  14. 64' Tampa Bay Rowdies Yellow card C. Ostrem
  15. 68' Birmingham Legion Yellow card R. Williams
  16. 72' Birmingham Legion Yellow card S. Shashoua
  17. 73' Birmingham Legion Substitution S. Tregarthen off: D. McCartney
  18. 74' Tampa Bay Rowdies Yellow card L. Wyke
  19. 77' Tampa Bay Rowdies Substitution M. Myers off: Pedro Becker

Statistics

45 Possession, % 55.00
6 Shots on target 1
3 Shots off target 7
1 Big chances 2
73 Attacks 81
6 Corners 7
17 Fouls 7
7 Free kicks 16
2 Offsides 8
2 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 0
6 Goal kicks 4
16 Throw-ins 23
All statistics
9/1369% Aerial duels 4/1331%
47 Backward passes 90
5 Blocked shots 9
25 Clearances 22
6/1932% Crosses 2/1414%
3/1225% Dribbles 8/1747%
67 Failed passes 71
1 Goalkeeper saves 3
10 Interceptions 8
12 Key passes 15
34/6057% Long passes 16/3644%
74 Passes into the final third 111
229 Passes in the opposition half 264
151 Passes in own half 204
0.43 Shot accuracy 0.06
8 Shots inside the box 8
14/1688% Tackles 10/1471%
361 Total passes 454

The data source provides no per-player statistics for this match: only team totals are available.

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W16 Aug · Home Rhode Island · 2:0L23 Aug · Away Detroit City · 0:1D29 Aug · Away Pittsburgh Riverhounds · 0:0W6 Sep · Home Brooklyn · 2:0L13 Sep · Away Hartford Athletic · 1:3W20 Sep · Home Birmingham Legion · 4:0

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L30 Aug · Away Hartford Athletic · 2:3D6 Sep · Away Indy Eleven · 2:2D13 Sep · Home Charleston Battery · 2:2D17 Sep · Home New Mexico United · 4:4L20 Sep · Away Tampa Bay Rowdies · 0:4W23 Sep · Home Brooklyn · 4:0

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