USL Championship · USA · Round 1

Miami FC
1 - 2 Full time
Birmingham Legion FC

South Dade Kia Field at Pitbull Stadium · Miami, Florida

Lineups

Miami FC4-4-2
BH28Hamid
JR2Ricketts
DK13Knutson
BA21Akinyode
NC4↓77'Cardona
CV30↓53'Vazquez
MR8Romero
DM5↓63'Mercado
LS26↓63'Melano
SB10Blanco
FB9⚽Bonfiglio
MV1Van Oekel
EC27Centeno
PK3Kavita
SS43Suarez
MM33↓12'Mensah
EL17Laszo
EM19Martinez
KH8↓68'Hernandez-Foster
DT7Trejo
RD9⚽↓82'Damus
TP15⚽↓82'Pasher
Birmingham Legion FC4-3-3

Miami FC substitutes

7 Allen Gavilanes 6.5 ↑53'
11 Deian Veron 6.2 ↑63'
19 Michael Lawrence 6.0 ↑63'
22 Francesco Celeste 6.2 ↑77'
31 Felipe Rodriguez
3 Alejandro Mitrano
34 Victor Arana
16 Gerald Diaz
17 Ricardo Rivera

Coach: Gaston Maddoni

Birmingham Legion FC substitutes

11 Dawson McCartney 7.1 ↓67'↑12'
13 Jake Rufe 6.5 ↑67'
21 Sebastian Tregarthen 6.1 ↑68'
6 Samuel McIllhatton ↑82'
10 Tabort Etaka Preston ↑82'
57 Fernando Delgado
77 Kameron Lacey

Coach: Mark Briggs

Match events

12'↑ Dawson McCartney ↓ Moses Mensah⇄
39'Francisco Bonfiglio assist: Cristian Vazquez 1 - 0⚽
45+1'Lucas Santiago Melano
Second half
48'Tyler Pasher assist: Dawson McCartney 1 - 1⚽
53'↑ Allen Gavilanes ↓ Cristian Vazquez⇄
63'↑ Deian Veron ↓ Diego Mercado⇄
63'↑ Michael Lawrence ↓ Lucas Santiago Melano⇄
67'↑ Jake Rufe ↓ Dawson McCartney⇄
68'↑ Sebastian Tregarthen ↓ Kobe Hernandez-Foster⇄
70'Francisco Bonfiglio
74'Ronaldo Damus 1 - 2⚽
77'↑ Francesco Celeste ↓ Nicolas Cardona⇄
82'↑ Samuel McIllhatton ↓ Tyler Pasher⇄
82'↑ Tabort Etaka Preston ↓ Ronaldo Damus⇄
85'Santiago Suarez
90+7'Matt Van Oekel

Where to watch

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Match details

CompetitionUSL Championship
Kick-off (UTC)Saturday, 24 May 2025, 23:00 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

3Miami FC wins2Draws4Birmingham Legion FC wins

9 past meetings on record. Biggest Miami FC win: Miami FC 3–1 Birmingham Legion FC (2023). Biggest Birmingham Legion FC win: Miami FC 0–4 Birmingham Legion FC (2020).

19 Oct 2025Birmingham Legion FC 2 - 3 Miami FCUSL Championship
22 Sep 2024Birmingham Legion FC 1 - 0 Miami FCUSL Championship
20 Apr 2024Miami FC 0 - 1 Birmingham Legion FCUSL Championship
24 Sep 2023Birmingham Legion FC 0 - 2 Miami FCUSL Championship
3 May 2023Miami FC 3 - 1 Birmingham Legion FCUSL Championship
3 Sep 2022Miami FC 1 - 1 Birmingham Legion FCUSL Championship
5 May 2022Birmingham Legion FC 0 - 0 Miami FCUSL Championship
24 Jun 2021Miami FC 0 - 1 Birmingham Legion FCUSL Championship
16 Sep 2020Miami FC 0 - 4 Birmingham Legion FCUSL Championship