USL Championship · USA · Round 1

Detroit City FC
2 - 2 Full time
Birmingham Legion FC

Keyworth Stadium · Hamtramck, Michigan

Lineups

Detroit City FC4-2-3-1
CS91Saldana
MB12Bryant
SC5⚽Carroll
SW4Wiedt
AV3Villanueva
JC6↓70'Chapman
MP45Polisi
RW2↓46'Williams
JC10↓87'Cedeno
BM9⚽↓87'Morris
DS7⚽↓70'Smith
MV1Van Oekel
SS43Suarez
JR13Rufe
EK5↓70'Kos
RH4Hamouda
EM19Martinez
TE10Preston
KH8Hernandez-Foster
RT25Torres
DM11↓46'McCartney
RD9⚽Damus
Birmingham Legion FC4-1-4-1

Detroit City FC substitutes

33 Morey Doner 6.1 ↑46'
39 Ryan Williams 6.1 ↑70'
99 Jordan Adebayo-Smith 5.7 ↑70'
11 Connor Rutz ↑87'
23 Sebastian Guenzatti ↑87'
21 Carlos Herrera
30 Devon Amoo-Mensah

Coach: Daniele Dichio

Birmingham Legion FC substitutes

33 Moses Mensah 7.0 ↑46'
21 Sebastian Tregarthen 6.8 ↑70'
57 Fernando Delgado
18 Trevor Spangenberg
32 Ereku Temitayo
47 Finn Calloway
22 Lucca Dourado

Coach: Tom Soehn

Match events

21'Darren Smith assist: Alex Villanueva 1 - 0⚽
27'Ronaldo Damus assist: Kobe Hernandez-Foster 1 - 1⚽
33'Ben Morris 2 - 1⚽
Second half
46'↑ Morey Doner ↓ Rhys Williams⇄
46'↑ Moses Mensah ↓ Dawson McCartney⇄
70'↑ Ryan Williams ↓ Jay Chapman⇄
70'↑ Jordan Adebayo-Smith ↓ Darren Smith⇄
70'↑ Sebastian Tregarthen ↓ Ethan Kos⇄
76'Sebastian Tregarthen
80'Stephen Carroll (own goal) 2 - 2⚽
83'Rhys Williams
87'↑ Sebastian Guenzatti ↓ Ben Morris⇄
87'↑ Connor Rutz ↓ Jeciel Cedeno⇄

Where to watch

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Match details

CompetitionUSL Championship
Kick-off (UTC)Saturday, 22 March 2025, 20:00 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

5Detroit City FC wins1Draws1Birmingham Legion FC wins

7 past meetings on record. Biggest Detroit City FC win: Detroit City FC 1–0 Birmingham Legion FC (2023). Biggest Birmingham Legion FC win: Birmingham Legion FC 0–1 Detroit City FC (2024).

18 May 2025Birmingham Legion FC 1 - 1 Detroit City FCUSL Championship
17 Aug 2024Birmingham Legion FC 0 - 1 Detroit City FCUSL Championship
26 Jun 2024Detroit City FC 1 - 2 Birmingham Legion FCUSL Championship
27 Aug 2023Birmingham Legion FC 2 - 3 Detroit City FCUSL Championship
27 May 2023Detroit City FC 1 - 0 Birmingham Legion FCUSL Championship
18 Aug 2022Birmingham Legion FC 1 - 2 Detroit City FCUSL Championship
15 Apr 2022Detroit City FC 1 - 0 Birmingham Legion FCUSL Championship