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2019 SPR SCHEDULE DATE
2019 RECORD: 5-17-7
2019 RECORD: 11-12-6
#SPRvBHM MATCH: DATE:
Rangers vs. Birmingham Legion FC
Monday, Sept. 30, 2019
KICKOFF:
7 PM CT
LOCATION:
Children’s Mercy Park (Kansas City, KS)
WATCH:
ESPN+
MATCH PREVIEW The Swope Park Rangers (5-17-7, 22 points) will take the field Monday at world-class Children’s Mercy Park when they host Birmingham Legion FC (11-12-6, 39 points) in the club’s penultimate home match of the 2019 USL Championship campaign. Under the guidance of second-year head coach and former Sporting midfielder Paulo Nagamura, the Rangers saw a three-game unbeaten run and shutout streak snapped Wednesday night in a 4-1 road loss to Loudoun United FC. Sporting KC Academy product Wilson Harris was on target for the visitors, dispatching a 37th-minute penalty kick for his seventh goal in a torrid eight-game stretch. Loudoun did their damage through hat trick hero Gordon Wild, ending SPR’s season-best three-match run of clean sheets.
OPPONENT
Sat., March 9 Sat., March 23 Sat,. April 6 Mon., April 15 Sat., April 20 Sat., April 27 Mon., May 6 Sat., May 11 Sun., May 19 Wed., May 22 Sat., May 25 Wed., June 5 Sat., June 8 Sat., June 15 Sat., June 22 Sun., June 30 Sun., July 7 Wed., July 17 Sat., July 20 Sat., Aug. 3 Sat., Aug. 10 Fri., Aug. 16 Sat., Aug. 24 Sun., Sept. 1 Sat., Sept. 7 Wed., Sept. 11 Sat., Sept. 14 Sat., Sept. 21 Wed., Sept. 25 Mon., Sept. 30 Sat., Oct. 5 Tue., Oct. 8 Sat., Oct. 12 Wed., Oct. 16
TIME (CT)
at New York Red Bulls II 12:00 PITTSBURGH RIVERHOUNDS FC 4:00 BETHLEHEM STEEL FC 4:00 INDY ELEVEN 7:00 at Birmingham Legion FC 4:00 at Saint Louis FC 7:30 LOUISVILLE CITY FC 7:00 at Nashville SC 7:00 ATLANTA UNITED 2 4:00 MEMPHIS 901 FC 7:00 at Tampa Bay Rowdies 6:30 LOUDOUN UNITED FC 7:00 CHARLOTTE INDEPENDENCE 4:00 at North Carolina FC 4:00 at Charleston Battery 6:30 SAINT LOUIS FC 4:00 TAMPA BAY ROWDIES 4:00 HARTFORD ATHLETIC 7:00 at Ottawa Fury FC 6:00 NASHVILLE SC 7:00 at Pittsburgh Riverhounds FC 6:00 at Atlanta United 2 6:30 NEW YORK RED BULLS II 7:00 at Bethlehem Steel FC 5:00 at Memphis 901 FC 7:00 CHARLESTON BATTERY 7:00 NORTH CAROLINA FC 4:00 at Charlotte Independence 6:00 at Loudoun United FC 6:30 BIRMINGHAM LEGION FC 7:00 at Hartford Athletic 6:00 OTTAWA FURY FC 7:00 at Louisville City FC 6:00 at Indy Eleven 6:00
RESULT
L 1-3 T 2-2 L 3-4 L 1-3 T 0-0 L 1-3 W 3-2 L 1-5 T 1-1 T 2-2 L 0-1 L 2-3 T 0-0 L 0-2 T 1-1 W 2-1 L 1-3 W 4-3 L 0-4 L 0-2 L 2-3 L 1-2 L 1-5 L 0-2 L 2-4 T 0-0 W 1-0 W 3-0 L 1-4
SPR INJURY REPORT
Expansion side Birmingham currently holds the 10th and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference heading into the home stretch of 2019. Head coach Tom Soehn, who previously held coaching positions with the Chicago Fire, D.C. United, Vancouver Whitecaps FC and the New England Revolution, has seen his team go an impressive 8-2-2 since the start of July. Atop the club’s scoring charts are J.J. Williams and Prosper Kasim with eight goals apiece, while former Sporting KC midfielder Mikey Lopez has added three goals of his own.
OUT: M Camilo Benitez (knee) OUT: D Rennico Clarke (calf)
OUT: GK Brooks Thompson (back)
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as of 9/27/19