Birmingham Hammers

Birmingham Hammers was founded in 2013 by John Killian, Morgan Copes, and Phil Amthor. The purpose of Birmingham Hammers is to bring a professional soccer team to Birmingham. Birmingham is a vibrant city that has experienced tremendous growth in recent years and with that growth has come a renewed interest and pride in our beautiful city. With the return of the Barons to the city proper and the many renovations to historic downtown areas, Birmingham is nicely situated to take the next step, which we believe is a top-tier professional sports team. Soccer is increasingly becoming the most played sport in the United States. It is currently played by more children in Alabama than any other sport and the interest and participation in Birmingham and the surrounding areas extends well beyond youth leagues. There are adult leagues, pick-up games, and even organizations who solely gather to watch games together. With the most recent ratings for the US World Cup qualifier match against Mexico, Birmingham demonstrated the highest viewership in the country, at almost twice the national average. Birmingham is already a great sports city but it is very quickly becoming a great soccer city.