The Legion Courier
Match19 Aug 2026
Legion through in the cup
A 3‑0 win over Druzhba, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Denis Davydov stands alone
8 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Both of them James Rodrigues's — 8.74
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.74, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
A brace, and Maxim Abakumov takes the afternoon — 8.71
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Maxim Abakumov provided it, and the 8.71 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Stepan Burganov, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 8.32
A mark of 8.32 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Market24 Aug 2026
Ivan Ovsyankin arrives at Legion in a $9.0K statement of intent
There comes a point where a club either backs its own ambition or admits it does not have any. Legion have paid $9.0K for Ivan Ovsyankin, which is the loudest way there is of saying which one it chose.
Match22 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Legion against Dinamo Stavropol
3‑4 to Dinamo Stavropol, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Legion
James Rodrigues and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Match22 Aug 2026
James Rodrigues among the goals in a wild afternoon
7 goals in one match, James Rodrigues on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Legion and Dinamo Stavropol.
In brief
- Player ratings Jamaludin Ipaev runs at them all day
- Transfer targets Door shut on Artem Karpekin
- The terraces The crowd has taken to Denis Davydov