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This article is about the association football rivalry in the United States. For other uses, see King's Cup (disambiguation).
Kings' Cup
Louisville City FC
Saint Louis FC
LocationCentral United States
Interstate 64
First meetingLouCity 2-0 STLFC
2015 USL
(March 23, 2015 (2015-03-23))
Latest meetingLouCity 0–1 STLFC
2020 USL
(Jul7 18, 2020)
Statistics
Meetings total12
Most winsLouCity (6)
Top scorerRasmussen (4)
Largest victorySTFLC 1–5 LouCity
2016 USL
(September 17, 2016)

The Kings' Cup is a rivalry between Lou City and Saint Louis FC, members of the USL Championship. Both teams joined the second-tier league (then known as the United Soccer League) in 2015. Like the cities of both clubs, the rivalry takes its name from King Louis of France, (though not the same one - Louisville is named after Louis XVI while St. Louis after Louis IX,) which also explains the presence of the fleur-de-lis in both city flags and both teams' crests. While both teams are currently members of the USLC Eastern Conference, Saint Louis has often been a member of the USLC Western Conference instead, due to its presence near the very center of the country.[1]

The rivalry officially began in both clubs' inaugural match as STLFC traveled to Louisville for their opening match in the 2015 USL season. LouCity won the match 2-0, setting the tone for the rivalry, with STLFC only winning twice as of July 18th, 2020, and only earning one USL Playoffs appearance against LouCity's two USL titles. Their second match a month and a half later in St. Louis cemented the rivalry status with a 3-3 shootout that included eight yellow cards.

All-Time Game Results

  Lou City Win   STLFC Win   Draw

Overall Statistics

There have been a total of 12 competitive games and 1 friendly between Louisville City FC and Saint Louis FC. LouCity has won 6 competitive matches and drawn 4, with 2 wins for STLFC.

The largest victory in the series was a 5-1 victory for LouCity at STLFC's World Wide Technology Soccer Park. This also tied for the highest-scoring game in the series with a 3-3 draw also in St. Louis. STLFC's two victories have both been by one goal.

As of July 19, 2020
Competition Matches LouCity wins Draws STLFC wins Lou City goals STLFC goals At Louisville At St. Louis
USL/USL Champ. 11 5 4 2 19 9 2-3-1 (5-2) 3-1-1 (14-7)
U.S. Open Cup 1 1 0 0 1 0 1-0-0 (1-0) 0-0-0 (0-0)
Total 12 6 4 2 20 9 3-3-1 (6-2) 3-1-1 (14-7)

Winners by season

The team with the most points from regular season matches between the two wins the Cup. Goal difference will serve as the first tiebreaker if the teams are tied on points, and away goals will be the second tiebreaker. If the teams are still tied after that, then the holder from the prior season keeps the Cup.[2]

Year Winner Score
2015 LouCity 5-5
(agg. 7-6)
2016 LouCity 6-0
2017 LouCity 4-1
2018 LouCity 3-0*
2019 LouCity 4-1
2020 TBD 0-3

* 2018 Kings' Cup decided as the winner of the USOC match[3]

Honors

Team USL Playoffs USL Regular Season U.S. Open Cup Total honors Major honors / Champion­ships
Winner Runner-up Winner Runner-up Winner Furthest USL Entry
Louisville City FC 2 1 0 3 0 1 7 2
Saint Louis FC 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Combined 2 1 0 3 0 2 8 2

Player records

Goal scorers

As of June 12, 2019. Does not include own goals.
Position Name Team Goals
1 Denmark Magnus Rasmussen Louisville City FC 4
2 England Cameron Lancaster 3
3 United States Kadeem Dacres 2
United States Matt Fondy
5 18 players 1

Played for both clubs

Supporters

Main article: Louisville City FC § Supporters
Main article: Saint Louis FC § Supporters

The supporters' groups for both clubs predate their respective clubs by over a year. The Coopers of Louisville helped convince Orlando City owners that Louisville would be a worthy landing spot for Orlando's USL franchise when the main Orlando team moved to MLS. The Louligans of St. Louis formed to support AC St. Louis and have supported a large number of professional and amateur St. Louis-area soccer teams. The two SGs decided to form the "rivalry" as their inaugural season in USL began as a way to make things fun between expansion partners that happened to be in relatively close geographic proximity,[4][5] granting the rivalry a "frenemy" status.[6] The two SGs have worked together to raise money for charity as well.[7]

References

  1. ^ https://www.uslchampionship.com/news_article/show/1021797
  2. ^ https://stlouligans.com/archives/959
  3. ^ http://reallifestl.com/2018/05/saint-louis-fc-louisville-city-fc-open-cup/
  4. ^ https://stlouligans.com/archives/1312
  5. ^ https://stlouligans.com/archives/1317
  6. ^ https://www.uslchampionship.com/news_article/show/1021797
  7. ^ http://reallifestl.com/2018/05/saint-louis-fc-louisville-city-fc-open-cup/
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