May 19, 2022 – United Soccer League Championship (USL) – Birmingham Legion FC News Release
BIRMINGHAM, AL – Birmingham Legion FC and Las Vegas Lights FC played out a 0-0 draw that was full of strong defensive plays and scoring opportunities for the home side. The Three Sparks peppered the opposition goal with 18 total shots, but none were able to find the back of the net.
The first half saw Legion FC come out on the front foot, testing Las Vegas goalkeeper Abraham Romero on multiple occasions. Birmingham forward Enzo Martinez was the closest to opening the scoring for the good guys after deftly beating his defender to create space to shoot, but Romero managed to come up with the stop.
Legion FC came out of the break with ramped up intensity and a continued attacking mindset, bringing on forwards Juan Agudelo and Edi Horvat in the hopes of breaking the deadlock. A slew of corner kicks at the start of second half, three shots by Agudelo after coming on, and five total on the night from midfielder Prosper Kasim led the way for a Birmingham side continuing to create quality chances.
“First and foremost, it’s being able to create chances,” said defender Jonny Dean. “In all fault, we have differing guys up top, besides me and Peezy [Kasim], and the chemistry there, but once we start to get the goals coming it’ll be a different story. We score one early, get two, and it turns into three goals. As long as we keep performing and creating those chances, especially now, hopefully by the end of the season we’ll be hot.
Midfielder Prosper Kasim seemed poised to capitalize on his side’s increased pressure in the 80th minute, but his attempt cannoned off the crossbar. BHM would continue to apply pressure going forward, and was unable to find a winner, but secured a second straight shutout at home.
“There’s a few games where we lost, and we knew our performance was not good enough,” said Dean. “Especially for the standard we hold ourselves to, we talked about the last ten…
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