During the 22nd day of the United Soccer League, Eastern Conference, Birmingham Legion has resumed its success, Wednesday, July 27, 2022, by easily disposing of Loudoun United (6-1) with 3 penalties whistled in his favor. Present on the score sheet, Zachary Hériveaux did not step on the pitch to participate in the festival of his team.
After falling at home last Saturday against Tulsa (0-2), the gold and black club gave on Wednesday a lesson of realism to its opponent of the evening, Loudoun United, that it dominated without forcing on a tennis score (6-1), scoring 3 goals in each half.
22, that’s the number of minutes it took the Brazilian Bruno Lapa to launch the festival of Birmingham Legion (22′, 1-0) before Prosper Kasim on penalty (31′, 2-0) and again Bruno Lapa (43′, 3-0). The first half ended with a score of 3-0.
In the second half, Birmingham Legion showed the same face as in the first half by scoring the same number of goals, including two penalties converted by Bruno Lapa (49′, 4-0) and Mataeo Bunbury (88′, 5-1) and Grayson Dupont (90+3, 6-1). On the other side, Kristian Fletcher, 16 years old, saved the honor for the visiting team in the 54th minute. The goal of 4-1.
After the festival, Birmingham Legion has 35 points and occupies the sixth place in the Eastern Conference. Loudoun United, who played almost the whole second half with 10 against 11, after the expulsion of Houssou Nanan Landry (48′), is 12th in the same conference with 15 points. For the next day, the Birmingham Legion team will be in Hartford to face Athletic on Saturday July 30th at 7pm.