2016 Louisville City FC season
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2016 season | |
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Owner | Wayne Estopinal |
Manager | James O'Connor |
Stadium | Louisville Slugger Field |
USL | 2nd, Eastern |
USL Playoffs | Conference Finals |
U.S. Open Cup | 3rd Round |
Top goalscorer | League: Chandler Hoffman (14) All: Chandler Hoffman (16) |
Highest home attendance | 10,062 (Jun 25 vs. Cincinnati) |
Lowest home attendance | 5,298 (Apr 2 vs. Orlando) |
Average home league attendance | 7,218 |
The 2016 Louisville City FC season is the club's second season playing in Louisville, Kentucky in the United Soccer League (USL), in the third tier of the United States soccer league system.
Background
The club was formed in 2014 when its United Soccer League license was acquired from Orlando City by minority owner Wayne Estopinal. Louisville City is treated as a unique and new team, with the previous team's history claimed by its Major League Soccer successor, Orlando City SC.
Squad information
As of October 1, 2016[1]
No. | Position | Player | Nation |
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2 | DF | Ben Newnam | United States |
4 | MF | Aodhan Quinn | United States |
6 | DF | Tarek Morad | United States |
7 | MF | Kadeem Dacres | United States |
8 | MF | Guy Abend | Israel |
9 | FW | Cameron Lancaster | England |
10 | FW | Magnus Rasmussen | Denmark |
11 | MF | Niall McCabe | Ireland |
12 | MF | Mark-Anthony Kaye | Canada |
13 | GK | Greg Ranjitsingh | Trinidad and Tobago |
14 | FW | Ilija Ilic | Serbia |
15 | DF | Sean Reynolds | United States |
17 | FW | Chandler Hoffman | United States |
18 | DF | Paco Craig | England |
19 | DF | Jonghyun Son | South Korea |
20 | DF | Enrique Montano | United States |
22 | MF | George Davis IV | United States |
24 | MF | Kyle Smith | United States |
28 | GK | Tim Dobrowolski | United States |
31 | FW | Kenny Doublette | Haiti |
36 | MF | Paolo DelPiccolo | United States |
77 | DF | Andrew Lubahn | United States |
Competitions
Friendlies
March 5, 2016 Preseason | Louisville City | 4–0 | SIUE Cougars | Louisville, Kentucky |
7:45pm EST | Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field |
March 10, 2016 Preseason | Louisville Cardinals | 0–1 | Louisville City | Louisville, Kentucky |
7:30pm EST | Dacres 79' | Report | Stadium: Cardinal Park Attendance: 1,168 |
March 16, 2016 Preseason | Kentucky Wildcats | 0–3 | Louisville City | Lexington, Kentucky |
3:00pm EDT | Stadium: Lafayette High School |
March 19, 2016 Friendly | Louisville City | 1–0 | Indy Eleven | Louisville, Kentucky |
2:00pm EDT | Lubahn 71' | Report | Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: Closed |
United Soccer League
- All times in regular season on Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-04:00)
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 52 | 27 | +25 | 60 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 14 | +10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 13 | +15 |
Source: Match reports
Results
March 26, 2016 1 | Charlotte Independence | 0–1 | Louisville City FC | Charlotte, North Carolina |
7:00pm | Metcalf Herrera Duckett Martínez |
Report | Lancaster 90+4' Shanosky Kaye |
Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex Attendance: 1,724 Referee: Marcos Deoliveira |
April 2, 2016 2 | Louisville City FC | 0–2 | New York Red Bulls II | Louisville, Kentucky |
3:00pm | Davis IV 45' Del Piccolo 60' Lancaster 90+1' |
Report | Powder 11' Flemmings 28' Allen 79' |
Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 7,522 Referee: Sorin Stoica |
April 2, 2016 3 | Louisville City FC | 4–1 | Orlando City B | Louisville, Kentucky |
7:30pm | Hoffman 25' Reynolds 36' Lubahn 47' Quinn 59' Dacres 65' 74' Ilic 90+1' |
Report | Cox 5' Mendoza 23' |
Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 5,298 Referee: Joshua Brooks |
April 16, 2016 4 | FC Cincinnati | 2–3 | Louisville City FC | Cincinnati, Ohio |
7:00pm | Berry 6' Okoli 10' Delbridge 32' McMahon 90+3' |
Report | Hoffman 17', 24', 35' Reynolds 28' 41' Montano |
Stadium: Nippert Stadium Attendance: 20,497 Referee: Brandon Artis |
April 22, 2016 5 | Harrisburg City Islanders | 2–3 | Louisville City FC | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
7:30pm | Foster 57' Wilson 45+1' Jankouskas 86' |
Report | Hoffman 21' (pen.), 44' Abend 62' Lancaster 78' Kaye 79' 89' |
Stadium: FNB Field Attendance: 2,316 Referee: Corson Fidler |
April 27, 2016 6 | Louisville City FC | 2–2 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | Louisville, Kentucky |
7:30pm | Hoffman 55' Newnam 73' Goodwin 73' Shanosky 86' |
Report | Parkes 9' Branson 23' Hertzog 74' (pen.) Murrell 83' |
Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 5,751 Referee: Marcos Deoliveira |
May 1, 2016 7 | Bethlehem Steel FC | 0–0 | Louisville City FC | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
3:00pm | Conceição 22' Jones 45' Chambers 90+1' |
Report | Quinn 12' Smith 64' Davis IV 80' |
Stadium: Goodman Stadium Attendance: 2,018 Referee: Rosario Candela |
May 4, 2016 8 | Toronto FC II | 0–2 | Louisville City FC | Vaughan, Ontario |
7:30pm | Edwards 69' Bloom 86' |
Report | Shanosky 5' McCabe 65' Kaye 66' |
Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre Attendance: 672 Referee: Alexis Vaughan |
May 14, 2016 9 | Louisville City FC | 2–0 | Saint Louis FC | Louisville, Kentucky |
7:30pm | Davis 76' Lancaster 88' (pen.) |
Report | Conner 67' Pais 89' |
Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 7,859 Referee: Aaron Hernandez |
May 21, 2016 10 | Richmond Kickers | 0–0 | Louisville City FC | Richmond, Virginia |
7:00pm | Alex Lee 54' 63' Asante 90' |
Report | Reynolds 32' DelPiccolo 55' |
Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 3,411 Referee: Danielle Chesky |
May 28, 2016 11 | Charleston Battery | 0–2 | Louisville City FC | Charleston, South Carolina |
7:30pm | Portillo 48' Williams 51' |
Report | Davis 20' Smith 38' Newnam 59' McCabe 90' |
Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium Referee: Marcos Deoliveira |
June 5, 2016 12 | Orlando City B | 3–4 | Louisville City FC | Melbourne, Florida |
7:30pm | Heath 29' Turner 37' Barry 51' Laryea 60' Cox 90+1' |
Report | Hoffman 12' Davis 15' 39' Newman 60' Lubahn 64' Quinn 68' Smith 80' |
Stadium: Titan Soccer Complex Attendance: 781 Referee: Kevin Terry, Jr |
June 11, 2016 13 | Louisville City FC | 2–2 | Wilmington Hammerheads FC | Louisville, Kentucky |
7:30pm | Hoffman 41', 48' | Report | Parker 17' Lawal 76' Fairclough 90+2' |
Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 7,761 Referee: Greg Dopka |
June 18, 2016 14 | Rochester Rhinos | 0–1 | Louisville City FC | Rochester, New York |
6:00pm | Kamdem 80' | Report | Lubahn 28' Del Piccolo 45' |
Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium Referee: Patrick Rosas |
June 21, 2016 15 | Louisville City FC | 4–1 | Toronto FC II | Louisville, Kentucky |
7:30pm | Abend 11', 24' McCabe 26' Morad 65' |
Report | Daniels 29' Furlano 64' Hundal 79' |
Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 7,066 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza |
June 25, 2016 16 | Louisville City FC | 0–0 | FC Cincinnati | Louisville, Kentucky |
7:50pm | Reynolds 45' | Report | Delbridge 39' Polak 41' McMahon 61' |
Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 10,062 Referee: Brandon Artis |
July 4, 2016 17 | Louisville City FC | 2–0 | FC Montreal | Louisville, Kentucky |
7:30pm | Davis 11' Hoffman 12' Quinn 15' |
Report | Gagnon-Laparé 37' | Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 6,686 Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr. |
July 9, 2016 18 | Louisville City FC | 1–1 | Charleston Battery | Louisville, Kentucky |
7:30pm | Hoffman 62' Newnam 69' |
Report | Cordovés 59' Williams 74' Prince 78' Tsonis 84' |
Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 7,526 Referee: Michael Lavergne |
July 17, 2016 19 | Wilmington Hammerheads FC | 1–4 | Louisville City FC | Wilmington, North Carolina |
6:00pm | Perone 88' (pen.) | Report | Abend 12' Hoffman 64' (pen.), 80' Quinn 69' |
Stadium: Legion Stadium Attendance: 2,927 Referee: Caleb Mendez |
July 23, 2016 20 | FC Cincinnati | 2–0 | Louisville City FC | Cincinnati, Ohio |
4:00pm | Wiedeman 39' Berry 45' Okoli 59' Bone 72' |
Report | Lubahn 13' Abend 30' Quinn 50' |
Stadium: Nippert Stadium Attendance: 20,151 Referee: Alex Chilowicz |
July 30, 2016 21 | Louisville City FC | 1–2 | Orlando City B | Louisville, Kentucky |
7:30pm | Abend 13' Reynolds 43' Davis 72' |
Report | Cox 70' Turner 90+3' (pen.) Smith 90+6' 90+6' |
Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 8,351 Referee: Jon Freemon |
August 5, 2016 22 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 1–2 | Louisville City FC | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
7:00pm | Hertzog 21' Green 73' Moloto 80' |
Report | Quinn 21' Davis IV 56', 81' 84' Reynolds 75' |
Stadium: Highmark Stadium Attendance: 1,560 Referee: Henrik Karlsson |
August 10, 2016 23 | Louisville City FC | 1–1 | Harrisburg City Islanders | Louisville, Kentucky |
7:30pm | Smith 30' Del Piccolo 55' |
Report | Barril 20' Thomas 23' Dabo 90' Broome 90' |
Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 5,563 Referee: Georgios Zervos |
August 13, 2016 24 | Louisville City FC | 1–1 | Rochester Rhinos | Louisville, Kentucky |
7:30pm | Newman 84' Craig 85' |
Report | Volesky 13' Fall 40' Apostolopoulos 73' Farrell 84' |
Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 6,373 Referee: Artur Sibiga |
August 19, 2016 25 | New York Red Bulls II | 1–0 | Louisville City FC | Harrison, New Jersey |
7:00pm | Powder 63' Allen 74' (pen.) |
Report | Powder 51' Quinn 90+1' |
Stadium: Red Bull Arena Referee: Hilario Grajeda |
August 27, 2016 26 | Louisville City FC | 1–0 | Bethlehem Steel FC | Louisville, Kentucky |
7:30pm | Abend 16' Lancaster 50' Smith 88' DelPiccolo 90' |
Report | Conceição 15' Burke 47' Richter 66' |
Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 6,788 Referee: Tony Crush |
September 3, 2016 27 | FC Montreal | 0–1 | Louisville City FC | Montreal, Quebec |
3:00pm | Temguia 34' Riggi 64' |
Report | Quinn 49' Dacres 58' Lancaster 89' Lubahn 90+2' |
Stadium: Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard |
September 10, 2016 28 | Louisville City FC | 2–0 | Richmond Kickers | Louisville, Kentucky |
7:30pm | Lancaster 18' 89' Craig 45' Rasmussen 50' Smith 90' |
Report | Asante 67' | Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 7,362 Referee: Brandon Artis |
September 17, 2016 29 | Saint Louis FC | 1–5 | Louisville City FC | Fenton, Missouri |
8:30pm | Roberts 17' Dixon 25' Musa 35' Ambersley 69' David 75' |
Report | Dacres 38' Lancaster 40' (pen.) Rasmussen 51', 56' Ilic 76' |
Stadium: Marshall Wireless Stadium Referee: Andrew Musashe |
September 24, 2016 30 | Louisville City FC | 1–1 | Charlotte Independence | Louisville, Kentucky |
7:30pm | Quinn 66' Kalungi 74' (o.g.) |
Report | Davidson 37' Brown 44' Martínez 90' |
Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 8,301 Referee: Danielle Chesky |
Standings
- Eastern Conference
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | New York Red Bulls II (C, X) | 30 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 61 | 21 | +40 | 69 | Conference Playoffs |
2 | Louisville City FC | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 52 | 27 | +25 | 60 | |
3 | FC Cincinnati | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 41 | 27 | +14 | 56 | |
4 | Rochester Rhinos | 30 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 38 | 25 | +13 | 51 | |
5 | Charlotte Independence | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 48 | 29 | +19 | 50 |
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots
(C) Champions; (X) Regular Season League Champion
USL Playoffs
Results
Oct 2, 2016 First Round | Louisville City | 2 - 0 (a.e.t.) | Richmond Kickers | Louisville, Kentucky |
7:00pm EDT | Davis IV 92' Hoffman 102' |
Report | Asante 6' Lee 21' Yeisley 34' Yomby 40' Troyer 42' |
Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 5,467 Referee: Andrew Musashe |
October 8, 2016 Conference Semi-finals | Louisville City | 1–0 | Charleston Battery | Louisville, Kentucky |
7:30 pm | Smith 45+1' Dacres 53' Reynolds 90+4' |
Report | Tsonis 24' Marini 62' Adjetey 67' Woodbine 90+4' |
Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 6,581 Referee: Mark Kadlecik |
October 16, 2016 Conference Finals | New York Red Bulls II | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p) | Louisville City | Harrison, New Jersey |
6:00 PM | Valot 74' Williams 118' |
USL Report | Craig 11' 102' 120+' Reynolds 104' |
Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 2,709 Referee: Robert Sibiga |
Penalties | ||||
Etienne Long Allen Bezecourt |
Lancaster Smith Quinn Kaye Newnam |
U.S. Open Cup
Louisville City entered the 2016 U.S. Open Cup with the rest of the United Soccer League in the second round.
May 18, 2016 2R | Louisville City | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p) | Detroit City FC | Louisville, Kentucky |
7:00pm EDT | Ilić 115' 79' | Report | Harris 104' | Stadium: Owsley B. Frazier Stadium |
June 1, 2016 3R | Indy Eleven | 2–1 | Louisville City | Indianapolis, Indiana |
7:30pm EDT | Gordon 58' Zayed 68' 81' Keller 84' |
Hoffman 21' Lancaster 26' |
Stadium: Carroll Stadium Attendance: 2,145 Referee: Brandon Artis |
Player statistics
Top scorers
Place | Position | Number | Name | USL | U.S. Open Cup | USL Cup | Total |
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1 | FW | 17 | Chandler Hoffman | 14 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
2 | MF | 22 | George Davis IV | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
3 | MF | 8 | Guy Abend | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
4 | FW | 9 | Cameron Lancaster | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
5 | FW | 14 | Ilija Ilić | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
5 | MF | 4 | Aodhan Quinn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
5 | MF | 13 | Kadeem Dacres | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
5 | MF | 10 | Magnus Rasmussen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
5 | DF | 77 | Andrew Lubahn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
10 | MF | 11 | Niall McCabe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
10 | DF | 5 | Paco Craig | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
10 | MF | 12 | Mark Anthony Kaye | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
13 | MF | 36 | Paolo DelPiccolo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
13 | MF | 24 | Kyle Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
13 | DF | 2 | Ben Newnam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
13 | DF | 6 | Tarek Morad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
13 | DF | 5 | Conor Shanosky | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 51 | 2 | 4 | 57 |
Assist leaders
Place | Position | Number | Name | USL | U.S. Open Cup | USL Cup | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | MF | 24 | Kyle Smith | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
1 | MF | 36 | Paolo DelPiccolo | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
3 | MF | 4 | Aodhan Quinn | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
4 | MF | 11 | Niall McCabe | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
5 | MF | 22 | George Davis IV | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
5 | FW | 9 | Cameron Lancaster | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
5 | MF | 13 | Kadeem Dacres | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
5 | DF | 2 | Ben Newnam | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
9 | MF | 12 | Mark Anthony Kaye | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
9 | DF | 6 | Tarek Morad | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
10 | DF | 5 | Paco Craig | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
10 | MF | 8 | Guy Abend | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
10 | DF | 77 | Andrew Lubahn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
10 | DF | 15 | Sean Reynolds | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 35 | 2 | 4 | 41 |
Clean sheets
Place | Position | Number | Name | USL | U.S. Open Cup | USL Cup | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | GK | 13 | Greg Ranjitsingh | 10 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
2 | GK | 1 | Scott Goodwin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2 | GK | 28 | Tim Dobrowolski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 13 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
Disciplinary
No. | Pos. | Name | USL | U.S. Open Cup | USL Cup | Total | ||||
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15 | DF | Sean Reynolds | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
24 | MF | Kyle Smith | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
2 | DF | Ben Newnam | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
4 | MF | Aodhan Quinn | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
8 | MF | Guy Abend | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
36 | MF | Paolo DelPiccolo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
5 | DF | Paco Craig | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
13 | MF | Kadeem Dacres | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
9 | FW | Cameron Lancaster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
12 | MF | Mark Anthony Kaye | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
77 | DF | Andrew Lubahn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
11 | MF | Niall McCabe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
6 | DF | Tarek Morad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1 | GK | Scott Goodwin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
20 | DF | Enrique Montano | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
22 | MF | George Davis IV | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
5 | DF | Conor Shanosky | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 48 | 4 |
Media
As with the rest of the USL, all of Louisville City FC's USL matches will appear on YouTube. There is also a weekly Radio show on 790 WKRD.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Roster Louisville City Football Club". Louisville City Football Club. Archived from the original on July 2, 2016. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
- ^ "Soccer City Radio Show". Louisville City Football Club. Retrieved July 6, 2016.