Louisville City FC

Louisville City FC
Basic data
Surname	Louisville City Football Club
Seat	Louisville, Kentucky
founding	2014
owner	Wayne Estopinal
Website	loucity.com
First soccer team
Head coach	John Hackworth
Venue	Lynn Family Stadium
Places	14,000
league	USL Championship
2019	4th place, Eastern Play-offs: Final
home Away Alternatively

The Louisville City Football Club is an American football franchise the USL Championship in Louisville , Kentucky .

history

founding

After the owners of the USL Pro team Orlando City SC announced their move to Major League Soccer , Wayne Estopinal, President and founder of the architecture company TEG Architects, took over the license for the USL Pro and founded Louisville City FC together with other investors . The team takes on both the Orlando City license and team colors. A former player and assistant coach of the Cities was signed as the first coach. Irishman James O'Connor was introduced as Louisville City's new and first coach.

First season

After three wins in four preparation games, City FC started their first USL season on March 28, 2015. The team won 2-0 against Saint Louis FC . The first goalscorer in the history of the franchise was the Dane Magnus Rasmussen. The regular season ended the team in 2nd place in the Eastern Conference. In the play-offs, the team failed in the semifinals against the eventual USL Championship winner Rochester Rhinos.

The 2016 season ended just like the previous one. Again, Louisville City FC came to the semi-finals of the play-offs.

USL Championship 2017 and 2018

In 2017 Louisville took first place in the Eastern Conference. In the subsequent play-offs, the team made it to the final of the USL Championship. There they won 1-0 against the Swope Park Rangers. The winning goal scorer was the English footballer Cameron Lancaster.

In 2018, Louisville City FC finished second in the Eastern Conference and again won the USL Championship. During the season, coach James O'Connor moved to Orlando City . A little later John Hackworth took over the team.

Stadion

• Louisville Slugger Field; Louisville, Kentucky (2015-2019)
• Lynn Family Stadium, Louisville, Kentucky (from 2020)

The home games are played at Louisville Slugger Field. The ballpark holds 13,131 spectators. The Louisville Bats minor league baseball team also plays in this stadium.

The team is building a new 11,000-seat stadium in the Butchertown neighborhood, east of downtown, and plans to open the new stadium for the 2020 season.

Fans

The Louisville Coopers formed the first fan group.

Players and staff

Current professional squad

As of March 19, 2019

No. position Surname 1 TW Tim Dobrowolski 2 FROM Taylor Peay 3 FROM Alexis Souahy 4th FROM Sean Totsch 5 FROM Paco Craig 7th MF Magnus Rasmussen 9 ST Luke Spencer 10 MF Brian Ownby 11 MF Niall McCabe 12 ST Sunny Jane 13 TW Chris Hubbard 14th ST Abdou Mbacke Thiam

No. position Surname 15th FROM Pat McMahon 16 MF Geoffrey Dee 18th TW Ben Lundt (on loan from FC Cincinnati ) 19th MF Oscar Jimenez 21st FROM Shaun Francis 22nd MF George Davis IV 23 ST Richard Ballard 27 MF Napo Matsoso 36 MF Paolo Del Piccolo 77 ST Lucky Mkosana 80 MF Devon Williams MF Elijah Wynder

Coaching staff

As of April 16, 2019

• John Hackworth (trainer)
• Danny Cruz (assistant coach)
• Scott Budnick (assistant coach)

successes

United Soccer League

• USL Cup
  • Winner : 2017 , 2018
  • Finalist : 2019

Web links

• loucity.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ [ A. Mann ]: Meeting the goal - Wayne Estopinal is as intense as the game he loves ( English ) Business First. July 11, 2014. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
2. ↑ James O'Connor appointed manager of Louisville City ( English ) The Emerald Exiles. June 8, 2014. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
3. ^ Louisville City FC roster . Louisville City FC. Archived from the original on January 18, 2017. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 19, 2019. 
4. ^ Louisville City FC Technical Staff . Louisville City FC. Retrieved April 16, 2019.