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Sporting JAX
USL Championship
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Birmingham
Sporting JAX vs Birmingham: match report
Sporting JAX hosted Birmingham Legion FC at Hodges Stadium on Wednesday 14 October 2026, in the USL Championship (round 1).
Result and scorers
Sporting JAX 0-1 Birmingham. Goals: A.J. Paterson 37' for Birmingham.
Key moments (contains the result)
- 26' Yellow card: Harvey Neville (Sporting JAX)
- 27' Yellow card: Ventura Alvarado (Sporting JAX)
- 37' Goal: A.J. Paterson (Birmingham)
- 60' Yellow card: Edgardo Rito (Sporting JAX)
- 75' Yellow card: Nico Brown (Birmingham)
- 88' Yellow card: Antonio Gomez (Sporting JAX)
Match stats (contains the result)
| 47.4% | Possession | 52.6% |
| 10 | Shots | 14 |
| 2 | Shots on target | 7 |
| 6 | Corners | 6 |
| 19 | Fouls | 11 |
| 0 | Offsides | 3 |
| 6 | Saves | 2 |
| 4 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
Line-ups
Sporting JAX 4-3-3
Coach: Liam Fox
- 1 Jake McGuire GK
- 12 Edgardo Rito MID
- 22 Antonio Gomez DEF
- 13 Ventura Alvarado DEF
- 2 Harvey Neville DEF
- 8 Wan Kuzain MID
- 6 Jordan Rossiter MID
- 24 Thomas Roberts MID
- 14 Jean Mota MID
- 9 Adam Luckhurst FWD
- 11 Ahmad Al-Qaq FWD
Bench
- 10 Kieran Sadlier FWD
- 16 Emil Jääskeläinen FWD
- 19 Rafferty Pedder MID
- 44 Raheem Sommersall MID
- 42 Esteban Casas GK
- 21 Marcus Godinho DEF
- 18 Wahab Ackwei DEF
- 28 Ethan Underwood MID
Birmingham 4-2-3-1
Coach: Jay Heaps
- 1 Jassem Koleilat GK
- 77 Nico Brown DEF
- 27 Bryce Washington DEF
- 20 AJ Paterson DEF
- 11 Dawson McCartney DEF
- 6 Samuel McIllhatton MID
- 18 Seth Antwi MID
- 16 Peter-Lee Vassell MID
- 10 Samuel Shashoua MID
- 19 Gevork Diarbian FWD
- 9 Ronaldo Damus FWD
Bench
- 21 Sebastian Tregarthen FWD
- 7 Sebastián Saucedo FWD
- 17 Romario Williams FWD
- 3 Phanuel Kavita DEF
- 12 Trevor McMullen GK
- 26 Amir Daley DEF
- 15 Tyler Pasher MID
Previous meetings
- Sunday 23 August 2026: Birmingham Legion FC 2-3 Sporting JAX