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By Erik Harris, sports editor BIRMINGHAM — Two days shy of the start of the 2021 USL Championship season, Birmingham’s professional soccer franchise hosted a media day event. Reporters and fans gathered at BBVA Field on Thursday morning for an open practice session followed by a press conference with Legion FC players, coaches and ownership.  Birmingham is scheduled to open up its third season at home on Saturday, May 1 when Indy Eleven travels in. Kickoff from BBVA Field is set for 6:30 p.m. Saturday. Coming off back-to-back playoff appearances, the club expects nothing less in 2021.  ...

4th: Matthew Thompson Weather: 62 degrees and clear Scoring Summary: Misconduct Summary: NE – Arnór Traustason (Yellow Card – Bad Foul) 32’ DC – Júnior Moreno (Yellow Card – Bad Foul) 58’ NE – Wilfrid Kaptoum (Yellow Card – Bad Foul) 60’ NE – Andrew Farrell (Yellow Card – Bad Foul) 80’ NE – Adam Buksa (Yellow Card – Time Wasting) 89’ DC – Brendan Hines-Ike (Yellow Card – Bad Foul) 90’+4 New England Revolution: Matt Turner; Christian Mafla (A.J. DeLaGarza 54’), Andrew Farrell, Henry Kessler, Brandon Bye; Matt Polster, Wilfrid Kaptoum (Tommy McNamara 63�...

National striker Junior Flemmings has signed for Birmingham Legion FC in the United Soccer League (USL).  The 24-year-old Flemming, one of the USL’s top goal-scorers, won’t be in the lineup for the team’s first two matches of the 2021 season. Instead, the USL Championship’s 2020 Golden Boot winner will be completing a league-mandated suspension. The USL imposed a six-game suspension on the Jamaican for directing “foul and abusive language in the form of a homophobic slur” toward an opponent (Collin Martin) during the Phoenix Rising FC-San Diego Loyal match on September 30. Afte...