The 2015 Louisville City FC season was the club's first season playing in Louisville, Kentucky in the United Soccer League (USL), in the third tier of the United States soccer league system.
| 2015 season | |
|---|---|
| Owner | Wayne Estopinal |
| Manager | James O'Connor |
| Stadium | Louisville Slugger Field |
| USL | 2nd, Eastern |
| USL Playoffs | Conference finals |
| U.S. Open Cup | 4th Round |
| Top goalscorer | League: Matt Fondy (22) All: Matt Fondy (24) |
| Highest home attendance | 8,517 (Oct 3 vs. Charleston) |
| Lowest home attendance | 4,772 (Apr 16 vs. Rochester) |
| Average home league attendance | 6,765 |
Background
editThe club was announced in 2014 when Orlando City relocated to Louisville, led by then-minority owner Wayne Estopinal and played their first season in 2015.[1]
Squad information
editAs of September 2, 2015 [2]
| No. | Position | Player | Nation |
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| 1 | GK | Scott Goodwin |  United States
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| 2 | MF | Bryan Burke | United States
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| 3 | DF | Adam West | United States
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| 4 | MF | Aodhan Quinn | United States
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| 5 | DF | Conor Shanosky | United States
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| 6 | DF | Tarek Morad | United States
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| 7 | MF | Kadeem Dacres | United States
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| 8 | MF | Juan Guzman | United States
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| 9 | FW | Matt Fondy | United States
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| 10 | MF | Magnus Rasmussen |  Denmark
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| 11 | MF | Niall McCabe |  Ireland
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| 13 | GK | Greg Ranjitsingh |  Canada
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| 14 | FW | Ilija Ilic |  Serbia
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| 15 | DF | Sean Reynolds | United States
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| 16 | FW | Nate Polak | United States
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| 17 | MF | Kevin Cossette | Canada
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| 18 | FW | Cameron Lancaster |  England
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| 19 | MF | Guy Abend |  Israel
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| 20 | MF | Enrique Montano | United States
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| 94 | DF | Charlie Adams | England
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Competitions
editFriendlies
editThis section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (February 2015) |
| February 25, 2015 Preseason | Louisville City | Canceled | Evansville Purple Aces | Louisville, Kentucky |
| 7:45 p.m. | Report | Stadium: Assumption High School |
| February 28, 2015 Preseason | Louisville City | Canceled | Young Harris Mountain Lions | Jeffersonville, Indiana |
| 11:00 a.m. | Report | Stadium: Woehrle Athletic Complex |
| March 3, 2015 Preseason | Indiana Hoosiers | 2–3 | Louisville City | Bloomington, Indiana |
| 3:00 p.m. |  25' 49' |
Report | Fondy 30', 37' Lancaster 85' |
Stadium: Mellencamp Pavilion |
| March 11, 2015 Preseason | Louisville Cardinals | 0–3 | Louisville City | Louisville, Kentucky |
| 7:00 p.m. | Report | Rasmussen 25' Fondy 39'Illic 86' |
Stadium: Cardinal Park |
| March 14, 2015 Preseason | Kentucky Wildcats | 0–0 | Louisville City | Lexington, Kentucky |
| 3:00 p.m. | Report | Stadium: Lafayette High School |
| March 17, 2015 Preseason | Louisville City | 5–0 | Lindsey Wilson Blue Raiders | Louisville, Kentucky |
| 7:45 p.m. | Rasmussen 4', 52' Polak 20', 86'Illic 60' |
Report | Stadium: Assumption High School |
| April 9, 2015 Friendly | SIUE Cougars | 1–0 | Louisville City | Edwardsville, Illinois |
| 7:45 p.m. | Hull 86' |
Report | Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium |
| August 25, 2015 Friendly | Louisville City | 3–1 | Orlando City SC | Louisville, Kentucky |
| 7:30pm | Fondy 35' Guzman 50'Adams 78' |
Report | Mwanga 66' |
Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 9,434 |
United Soccer League
edit- All times in regular season on Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-04:00)
Results summary
edit| 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 |
| 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 55 | 34 | +21 | 48 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 12 | +18 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 22 | +3 |
Source: Match reports
Results
edit| March 28, 2015 1 | Louisville City | 2–0 | Saint Louis FC | Louisville, Kentucky |
| 4:00pm | Rasmussen 23' Adams 67' |
Report | Lynch  69' |
Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 6,067 Referee: Brandon Artis |
| April 4, 2015 2 | Richmond Kickers | 1–1 | Louisville City | Richmond, Virginia |
| 5:00pm | Callahan 20' Yomby 33'Robinson 34'Delicâte 51'Davis IV 82' |
Report | Shanosky 4' King 35'Burke 70'King 78' |
Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 4,683 Referee: Matthew Franz |
| April 16, 2015 3 | Louisville City | 1–1 | Rochester Rhinos | Louisville, Kentucky |
| 7:30pm | West 20' Guzman 35' |
Report | Ruggles 40' Dixon 68' |
Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 4,772 Referee: Aaron Hernandez |
| April 19, 2015 4 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 1 - 1 | Louisville City | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| 3:00pm | Okiomah 38' |
Report | Guzman 90' Dacres 92' |
Stadium: Highmark Stadium Attendance: 995 Referee: Tori Penso |
| April 25, 2015 5 | Louisville City | 2 - 0 | Tulsa Roughnecks FC | Louisville, Kentucky |
| 7:30pm | Fondy 22' Burke 53'Adams  54'Price 89' (o.g.) |
Report | TM 56' |
Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 4,877 Referee: Donovan Noocha |
| May 2, 2015 6 | Charlotte Independence | 1 - 0 | Louisville City | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| 7:00pm | DelPiccolo 31' Cox 45'Herrera 57'Slogic 64'Duckett 71'Calvert 90' |
Report | Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex Attendance: 1,987 Referee: Jeremy Smith |
| May 12, 2015 7 | Louisville City | 3 - 0 | Wilmington Hammerheads | Louisville, Kentucky |
| 7:30pm | Rasmussen 15' Quinn 39'Shanosky 42'Burke 45' |
Report | Fairclough 25' Parratt 45'Arnoux 67'  88' |
Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 4,911 Referee: Joshua Brooks |
| May 16, 2015 8 | Louisville City | 4 - 0 | Toronto FC II | Louisville, Kentucky |
| 7:30pm | Dacres 6' Fondy 14', 55'Shanosky 35' |
Report | Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 6,090 Referee: James Dumstorf |
| May 24, 2015 9 | Saint Louis FC | 3 - 3 | Louisville City | Fenton, Missouri |
| 8:30pm | Lynch 20' Bushue 38'Gasecki 49'Ambersley 60'Gaul 70', 77'Kann 80'Musa 89' |
Report | Fondy 29', 74' Morad 37'Goodwin 75'Polak 82'Rivera 89' |
Stadium: St. Louis Soccer Park Attendance: 4,783 Referee: Brandon Artis |
| May 30, 2015 10 | Louisville City | 1 - 1 | Saint Louis FC | Louisville, Kentucky |
| 7:30pm | Dacres 49' Montano 80' |
Report | Renken 69', 83' |
Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 7,185 Referee: Andrew Musashe |
| June 10, 2015 11 | FC Montreal | 0 - 2 | Louisville City | Montreal, Quebec |
| 6:30pm | Report | Morad 15' Fondy 27'Guzman 68'Quinn 90+1' |
Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 308 Referee: Chris Grabas |
| June 13, 2015 12 | Rochester Rhinos | 2 - 0 | Louisville City | Rochester, New York |
| 7:05pm | Walls 23' Forbes 43'Duba 67' |
Report | Rivera 61' |
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 6,896 Referee: Jaroslav Werel |
| June 20, 2015 13 | Louisville City | 0 - 2 | New York Red Bulls II | Louisville, Kentucky |
| 7:30pm | Montano 45' Fernandez 68' |
Report | Plewa 3' Jean-Baptiste 43'Etienne 49'Adams 53'Bedoya 62'Akinyode 76'Castano 88'da Fonte 90' |
Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 7,454 Referee: Esteban Rosano |
| June 27, 2015 14 | Louisville City | 6 - 2 | Oklahoma City Energy FC | Louisville, Kentucky |
| 7:30pm | Rasmussen 25', 59' (pen.) Fondy 38', 56', 86' 51'Quinn 49'Dacres 66' |
Report | Dalgaard 16' 81' Gonzalez 44'König 50' (pen.) 61'VanCompernolle 61' |
Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 6,646 Referee: Tony Crush |
| July 4, 2015 15 | Louisville City | 3 - 0 | Richmond Kickers | Louisville, Kentucky |
| 7:30pm | Fondy 16' Morad 50'Rasmussen 59'Dacres 72' |
Report | Sekyere 79' |
Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 8,254 Referee: Vito Testa Jr |
| July 11, 2015 16 | Louisville City | 1 - 0 | Charlotte Independence | Louisville, Kentucky |
| 7:30pm | Rasmussen 32' (pen.) Morad 40'Quinn 87' |
Report | Martínez 3' |
Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 7,649 Referee: Aaron Hernandez |
| July 18, 2015 17 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 1 - 2 | Louisville City | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| 7:00pm | Vincent 16' Kerr 19' |
Report | Rasmussen 14' Fondy 65' |
Stadium: Highmark Stadium Attendance: 3,638 Referee: John Douglas |
| July 25, 2015 18 | Wilmington Hammerheads | 1 - 3 | Louisville City | Wilmington, North Carolina |
| 7:00pm | Ackley 23' (pen.) 87' Parratt 45' |
Report | Montano 17' Fondy 45+1' Shanosky 51' Adams 56' Guzman 87' |
Stadium: Legion Stadium Attendance: 3,373 Referee: Russell Davis |
| August 1, 2015 19 | Toronto FC II | 2 - 3 | Louisville City | Vaughan, Ontario |
| 3:00pm | Babouli 20' Roberts 67' Hamilton 80' |
Report | Quinn 32' Dacres 57' McCabe 66' Burke 72' Guzman 90' |
Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre Attendance: 303 Referee: Alexis Vaughan |
| August 5, 2015 20 | Louisville City | 0 - 4 | FC Montreal | Louisville, Kentucky |
| 7:30pm | Morad 51' |
Report | Riggi 3', 18' Haman 20' Crépeau 73' N'Diaye 80' Morelli 88' |
Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 6,836 Referee: Chris Ruska |
| August 12, 2015 21 | Harrisburg City Islanders | 1 - 5 | Louisville City | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
| 7:00pm | Barril 55' |
Report | Fondy 1', 12', 43' (pen.), 73' Dacres 21' |
Stadium: Skyline Sports Complex Attendance: 2,846 Referee: Mark Treilman |
| August 15, 2015 22 | Tulsa Roughnecks FC | 2 - 2 | Louisville City | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| 8:30pm | Venter 34' Black 35'Mata 75' |
Report | Cossette 11' Quinn 18'Dacres 33'McCabe 79' |
Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 4,519 Referee: Brook Weiss |
| August 22, 2015 23 | Louisville City | 3 - 1 | Charleston Battery | Louisville, Kentucky |
| 7:30pm | Fondy 44', 82' Rasmussen 74' 77' |
Report | Kelly 48' Chang 84' |
Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 7,850 Referee: Adam Behrens |
| August 29, 2015 24 | Louisville City | 0 - 1 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | Louisville, Kentucky |
| 7:30pm | Guzman 29' Rasmussen 60' |
Report | Vincent 17' 44' (pen.) Hunt 42' |
Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 8,414 Referee: Marco Antonio Vega |
| September 2, 2015 25 | Louisville City | 4 - 0 | Harrisburg City Islanders | Louisville, Kentucky |
| 7:30pm | Fondy 19', 21', 39' Quinn 77'Morad 83'Ilic 90' |
Report | Ekra 35' Dyer 88' |
Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 7,702 Referee: Hilario Grajeda |
| September 5, 2015 26 | New York Red Bulls II | 3 - 2 | Louisville City | New York City, New York |
| 8:30pm | Sanchez 25' Stolz 55'Bedoya 70'Akinyode 85' |
Report | McCabe 18' 30' Fondy 39'Polak 90' |
Stadium: Rocco B. Commisso Soccer Stadium Attendance: 576 Referee: Hilario Grajeda |
| September 12, 2015 27 | Charleston Battery | 2 - 0 | Louisville City | Charleston, South Carolina |
| 7:30pm | Portillo 63' vanSchaik 78'Kelly 80'Marini 89' |
Report | Quinn 56' Shanosky 62' |
Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 3,978 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez |
| September 19, 2015 28 | Saint Louis FC | 2 - 1 | Louisville City | Fenton, Missouri |
| 8:30pm | Hardware 41' Bryce 76'Maher 90' |
Report | McCabe 10' Guzman 85'Montano 90' |
Stadium: St. Louis Soccer Park Attendance: 5,662 Referee: Matthew Kreitzer |
Standings
edit- Eastern Conference
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Rochester Rhinos (C, X) | 28 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 40 | 15 | +25 | 61 | Conference semi-finals |
| 2 | Louisville City FC | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 55 | 34 | +21 | 48 | |
| 3 | Charleston Battery | 28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 43 | 28 | +15 | 46 | First round |
| 4 | New York Red Bulls II | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 46 | 45 | +1 | 42 | |
| 5 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 53 | 42 | +11 | 41 |
Source: 2015 USL schedule
Rules for classification: 1) head-to-head; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots
(C) Champions; (X) Regular Season League Champion
Rules for classification: 1) head-to-head; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots
(C) Champions; (X) Regular Season League Champion
- Western Conference
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Orange County Blues | 28 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 47 | Conference semi-finals |
| 2 | Oklahoma City Energy | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 47 | |
| 3 | Colorado Springs Switchbacks | 28 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 53 | 35 | +18 | 46 | First round |
| 4 | Sacramento Republic | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 43 | 31 | +12 | 46 | |
| 5 | LA Galaxy II | 28 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 39 | 31 | +8 | 45 | |
| 6 | Seattle Sounders 2 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 42 | |
| 7 | Tulsa Roughnecks | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 39 | |
| 8 | Portland Timbers 2 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 15 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 35 | |
| 9 | Austin Aztex | 28 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 33 | |
| 10 | Arizona United | 28 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 31 | 55 | −24 | 32 | |
| 11 | Vancouver Whitecaps 2 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 39 | 53 | −14 | 30 | |
| 12 | Real Monarchs | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 42 | −10 | 29 |
Source: 2015 USL schedule
Rules for classification: 1) head-to-head; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots
Rules for classification: 1) head-to-head; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots
USL Playoffs
edit| First round | Conference Semifinals | Conference Finals | USL Championship | |||||||||||
| October 3 | ||||||||||||||
| #1 Rochester Rhinos | 2 | |||||||||||||
| September 26 | ||||||||||||||
| #4 New York Red Bulls II | 0 | |||||||||||||
| #4 New York Red Bulls II (a.e.t.) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| October 10 | ||||||||||||||
| #5 Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 2 | |||||||||||||
| #1 Rochester Rhinos | 1 | |||||||||||||
| September 26 | ||||||||||||||
| #2 Louisville City FC | 0 | |||||||||||||
| #3 Charleston Battery (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| October 3 | ||||||||||||||
| #6 Richmond Kickers | 1 | |||||||||||||
| #2 Louisville City FC (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| #3 Charleston Battery | 0 | |||||||||||||
| October 16 | ||||||||||||||
| #1 Rochester Rhinos (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| #5 LA Galaxy II | 1 | |||||||||||||
| October 3 | ||||||||||||||
| #1 Orange County Blues FC | 0 | |||||||||||||
| September 26 | ||||||||||||||
| #5 LA Galaxy II | 2 | |||||||||||||
| #4 Sacramento Republic FC | 0 | |||||||||||||
| October 11 | ||||||||||||||
| #5 LA Galaxy II | 1 | |||||||||||||
| #5 LA Galaxy II | 2 | |||||||||||||
| September 25 | ||||||||||||||
| #2 Oklahoma City Energy FC | 1 | |||||||||||||
| #3 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC | 2 | |||||||||||||
| October 4 | ||||||||||||||
| #6 Seattle Sounders FC 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| #2 Oklahoma City Energy FC (p) | 2 (4) | |||||||||||||
| #3 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC | 2 (3) | |||||||||||||
Results
edit| Oct 3, 2015 Conference Semi-finals | Louisville City | 2 - 0 (a.e.t.) | Charleston Battery | Louisville, Kentucky |
| 7:30pm EST | Burke 41' Fondy 106', 116' |
Report | Kelly 47' |
Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 8,517 Referee: Luis Guardia |
| Oct 10, 2015 Conference finals | Rochester Rhinos | 1 - 0 (a.e.t.) | Louisville City | Rochester, New York |
| 7:05pm EST | Apostolopolous 22' McMahon 28'Forbes 48'Walls 59'Dixon 73'Dos Santos 54' |
Report | Quinn 48' |
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 5,561 Referee: Matthew Kreitzer |
U.S. Open Cup
editLouisville City entered the 2015 U.S. Open Cup with the rest of the United Soccer League in the second round.[3]
| May 20, 2015 2R | Lansing United  | 0–1 |  Louisville City | East Lansing, Michigan |
| 7:00pm EST | DeCosemo 76' |
Report | Quinn 32' Adams 48'Reynolds 79' |
Stadium: East Lansing Soccer Complex Attendance: 647 Referee: John Douglas |
| May 27, 2015 3R | Indy Eleven  | 0–2 (a.e.t.) | Louisville City | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| 7:30pm EST | Janicki 58' Wojcik 84' |
Report | King 17' Polak 115'Rivera 119', 119' |
Stadium: Carroll Stadium Attendance: 7,134 Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic |
| June 16, 2015 4R | Chicago Fire  | 1 - 0 (a.e.t.) | Louisville City | Bridgeview, Illinois |
| 7:30pm CST | Watson 20' Ritter 71'Amarikwa 116' |
Report | Montano 53' Guzman 90+4' |
Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 3,544 Referee: Nima Saghafi |
Media
editAs with the rest of the USL, all of Louisville City FC's USL matches will appear on YouTube.
See also
edit- 2015 in American soccer
- 2015 USL season
- Louisville City FC
- Orlando City SC, Louisville City's Major League Soccer affiliate
References
edit- ^ Lintner, Jonathan (June 3, 2014). "Louisville pro soccer club to be unveiled Wednesday". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
- ^ "Roster Louisville City Football Club". Louisville City Football Club. Archived from the original on July 2, 2016. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
- ^ "102nd U.S. Open Cup Unveils Format, Record Number of Teams". ussoccer.com.