A Louisville City FC blog

Dear Louisville City, Over the past several weeks, I have had many ideas for the club to come across my mind. Lou City has a passionate fan base with many of these fans eager to consume as much Lou City soccer as possible. These ideas span a variety of topics. They would cater to the regular supporter and could help to capture the interest of new fans. Some may be money-makers while others are more focused on goodwill. Some may be works in progress or plans derailed by COVID.

Coming off a BIG win against Indy Eleven on Wednesday, Louisville City hit the road for the first time since March (before ‘rona kicked into high gear) to take on our favorite frenemies, St Louis FC. Having had the luxury of staying put since the restart, an away test appeared as if it could cause a little disruption in the positive momentum Lou City had been building up. St Louis, who was lucky to not play on Wednesday, was just bumped to third in Group E with City’s win and

Louisville City is hitting the road this weekend for the first time since March to take on Saint Louis FC in another high-stakes Group E contest. While St Louis got the best of Morados in the first encounter earlier this season with a 1 – 0 win, Lou City is 6-2-4 in the previous 12 match ups. City has come alive as of late having won three of their previous four matches. The Louisville squad has been known to have favorable August performances and they will be looking to cont

While this may have only been a regular season match, it very much had a playoff-like feel to it. Just over the half-way point of the season, Louisville City’s next few games would greatly determine their postseason fate. To help increase their playoff odds, City was in need of a win against Indy Eleven. The first Louisville Indianapolis Proximity Association Football Contest of 2020 ended in a 1 -1 draw. That even affair was just the start of Lou City’s resurgence this seaso

Capitalizing on the weird and wild collegiate landscape brought about due to the ‘rona, Louisville City have suddenly signed Arda Bulut. Bulut was set to take to the pitch for his senior season at Stanford but decided to forgo his collegiate eligibility to pursue a professional career. He does, however, plan to continue his coursework online. The Los Gatos, CA native was part of Stanford’s 2017 National Championship as well as their semifinal appearance in the 2019 College Cu

Word has, officially, come out that 2020 will be Saint Louis FC’s final season. Between COVID-19 and the imminent arrival of Saint Louis City SC in 2023, the ownership group decided to shut down shop. Our rivals began play in 2015 and compiled a record of 50-60-48. They also happened to be our very first opponent in league play (I wrote about that games Lou City starting eleven here). This is a very tough day for those who work with the club, the supporter groups such as the

This Wednesday, Louisville City will take on first place Indy Eleven in the second Louisville-Indianapolis Proximity Association Football Contest of 2020. Unlike round one, City is entering this match confident. Coming off two big wins against Loudoun United and Sporting Kansas City 2, Lou City can make a real statement with a rivalry win. Indy, on the other hand, will be looking to keep themselves comfortably in first. With the season half over, every point matters. Expect t

Where has time gone? We have already reached the halfway point of this strange 2020 season and there is a lot to digest. Louisville City began the season in their beautiful new home but lacked the swagger and dominant play that fans expect. Since these early woes, the team has rebounded and find themselves narrowly in front of St Louis in the standings at second place. The squad has had many ups and downs. As we enter the second half of the season, let’s take a look back and

It was back to Group E play as Louisville City took on Sporting KC 2 for the third time in this strange 2020 season. This midweek match was postponed seven days due to a positive COVID-19 test. Between the originally scheduled date and last night’s match up, City found a needed win while SKC drop points to St Louis. The two sides came into the match 1-1-0 against each other on the year and both needed a win to get back on track to fight for a postseason spot. While Lou City e

Coming off a confidence-boosting win against Loudoun United, Louisville City is back in action to take on Sporting Kansas City 2 for the third time this season at Lynn Family Stadium. This match up was initially scheduled for 08/12/2020, however, it was pushed back due to a positive COVID-19 test (the original match preview can be found here). It was a short rest period for both teams as each squad participated in a match on Saturday. City got their much needed win while SKC2

Last night’s match provided fans a refreshing respite from Group E action. Loudoun United is a relatively unfamiliar foe who only joined the league in 2019. Having only played the D.C. United affiliate twice, Lou City entered the match with one win and one (ugly three-nill) loss against this squad last year. Although Loudoun’s prospects of making it out of Group F are all but a dream (a lowly 6% chance according to FiveThirtyEight), City has been growing more and more despera

With the unexpected delay of the mid-week Sporting Kansas City 2 match due to a positive COVID-19 test, Lou City's next opponent will be Loudoun United. The DC United affiliate has had a tough start to the season. They’ve had a draw and two consecutive losses to Hartford Athletic. They managed to secure their first win of the season against the Baby Bulls (NY Redbulls 2) on Wednesday 08/12/2020. A red card for NY’s Wallis Lapsley only 15’ into the match aided them in securing

Today is a big day for Racing Louisville! The club has announced the first head coach will be Christy Holly! Holly had a playing career in his home nation of Ireland playing for Limavady United. He has served as an assistant coach at Georgian Court University in Lakewood, NJ and at NWSL side Sky Blue FC in various coaching capacities, most notably as head coach. After his time at Sky Blue, Holly joined the USWNT as an opposition analyst where he helped to compile 200 pages an

I enjoy statistics (which you may be able to tell from the content of my tweets) so digging into player stats has been something I’ve been wanting to do. I’ve recently gotten ahold of a data set which I used to put together a few visuals I thought I’d share along with a few of my thoughts on them. Hope you enjoy! A few notes on these stats; these are the numbers according to FBRef.com for the 2015 – 2019 regular seasons (no playoff, Open Cup, etc. data). While there is (more

Louisville City will only get a few days rest before welcoming back Sporting Kansas City 2 for round 3 at Lynn Family Stadium. Both clubs have won one a piece in 2020 as each side looks to claw their way up the Group E standings with identical records of 2-1-3. After 2 early losses, SKC2 have found a rhythm beating City in the 2nd encounter, beating Indy Eleven at Lucas Oil Stadium, and drawing late at St Louis FC. Their most recent match up was scheduled for 08/08 but was po

It’s not often that Louisville City enters a match as the underdog but that was the case last night with the latest LIPAFC match up. Indy had all of the momentum sitting atop of Group E with a record of 5-0-2 and a dominate scorer in Tyler Pasher who has been one of the league’s leading scorers with 6 goals. City, on the other hand, has struggled to convert shots into goals and accumulate wins finding themselves uncharacteristically at the bottom of the group. Indy was lookin

March 28th, 2015 is a notable day in Louisville City history. For the first time, a team was fielded for regular season USL play. The match up against regional rivals, St Louis FC, ended up being a 2-0 win setting the tone for the success the club would have for the next several years. You can catch the match online here. The starting eleven that Coach James O’Conner selected is quite a bit different than the team we have today (although not entirely). I wanted to take a look

Tomorrow is a big day for both Louisville City and Racing Louisville! At 1:00 PM, Soccer Holdings LLC will have the ground breaking for the new training facility at Champions Park. This facility will be within 2 miles of Lynn Family Stadium and will boast 3 natural grass fields and 4 turf fields with stadium lighting. It will also have additional locker space for the pro teams, a gym, kitchen, dining hall, media room, and space for the front office staff to work. In June, Joh

Louisville City’s struggling form in the new Lynn Family Stadium has come as a surprise to the fans accustomed to winning after having to witness losses to the likes of the Pittsburgh Riverhounds, St Louis FC, and Sporting Kansas City II (why did they drop the Swope Park Ranger name!?). The situation could go from bad to worse as our boys in purple welcome Indy Eleven to the new venue. While Louisville enters the matchup with a record of 4-2-3 against their northern neighbors