April 28, 2022 – United Soccer League Championship (USL) – Birmingham Legion FC News Release
BIRMINGHAM, AL – Birmingham Legion FC earned its second consecutive victory in league play with a 2-1 victory over the visiting Charleston Battery. It was midfielder Prosper Kasim who propelled his side to victory, bagging both goals for the Black & Gold on the night.
Legion FC kicked off the festivities at Protective Stadium just 11 minutes into the match. A swift throw in down the line to forward Enzo Martinez from midfielder Bruno Lapa allowed the former to quickly play the ball across the box to an onrushing Kasim, who neatly placed his finish into the bottom left corner of the goal.
“Prosper has been pretty good the last few games,” said Legion FC Head Coach Tommy Soehn. “His ability to find the open space with his passing, that’s always been there, but today he showed his other side with his finishing. That’s the side that I want to see more of.”
Charleston answered twenty minutes later via an Aidan Apodaca goal that was assisted by Augi Williams. Williams got on the ball down the right side of the box and sent his cross just out of the reach of Legion FC goalkeeper Matt VanOekel to the head of Apodaca to send both teams into the locker room tied up at the break.
“We were good the first 20 minutes, up until a bit after our goal,” said Soehn. “Then I felt we stopped doing all the things that got to that point and handed the game over to them. The message was clear, we need to get back to how we started the game. I think that message translated, because we went back to how we were, possessed better, and started being better with our play.”
The home side came out as the aggressors again to start the second half, and effectively limited the visitors chance while searching for the game winner. That search ended abruptly in the 72nd minute as Kasim got on the ball at the top of the box and unleashed an absolute missile of a shot that hit the left upper 90 to give Legion…
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