Detroit City FC defeated Birmingham Legion FC 1-0 at Keyworth Stadium on Saturday night. Le Rouge held off a late effort from Birmingham, with Detroit City FC’s defense holding strong in the closing moments of the match.
Le Rouge came out with a strong offensive push to begin the match, breaking through when Aedan Stanley drew a penalty off of Birmingham’s Seth Antwi in the 20th minute. Kobe Hernandez-Foster converted the penalty kick two minutes later.
Detroit City FC Goalkeeper Carlos Herrera recorded his league-leading 13th clean sheet of the USL Championship season. He recorded his 200th career save early in the second half, his only stop of the night, with a save on Birmingham’s Peter Vassell.
Birmingham Legion led overall possession at 57.1%, but were not able to do much offensively, being held to only five shots, their lowest number of attempts all season.
Both teams were shown three yellow cards, Alex Dalou, Maxi Rodriguez and Darren Smith were booked for Le Rouge.
Detroit City FC Starting XI
Carlos Herrera; Aedan Stanley; Callum Montgomery; Darren Smith; Abdoulaye Diop; Haruki Yamazaki; Maxi Rodriguez; Kobe Hernandez-Foster; Kian Williams; Devon Amoo-Mensah; Ates Diouf
Detroit City FC Substitutions
Ryan Williams (66’); Jeciel Cedeno (66’); Alex Dalou (76’); Cheikhou Niang (87’)
Up Next
Le Rouge looks to solidify their playoff position next weekend, hosting Rhode Island FC on Saturday, October 10th for the final regular season home match of the year. Tickets are still available.
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