Match Report
14 points and 8 places separated them: Birmingham Legion 12th with 27, El Paso Locomotive 4th with 41. Recent form told a different story for Birmingham Legion: only 16th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 12th. Per game in the league, Birmingham Legion were scoring 1.2 and conceding 1.67, El Paso Locomotive 1.57 and 1.5, against a competition average of 1.35 goals per team per game.
Birmingham Legion had gone 5 games without a win. El Paso Locomotive entered with three wins in a row. Recent form was uneven: 2/15 points for Birmingham Legion, 12/15 for El Paso Locomotive.
The match was played at BBVA Compass Field in Birmingham (capacity 5,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 3-1.
Goal scorers
Birmingham Legion: Ronaldo Damus (30'), Ronaldo Damus (61'), Dawson McCartney (90') · El Paso Locomotive: Wilmer Cabrera (26')