2015 Louisville City FC season

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.

Louisville City
2015 season
OwnerWayne Estopinal
ManagerJames O'Connor
StadiumLouisville Slugger Field
USL2nd, Eastern
USL PlayoffsConference finals
U.S. Open Cup4th Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Matt Fondy (22)
All: Matt Fondy (24)
Highest home attendance8,517
(Oct 3 vs. Charleston)
Lowest home attendance4,772
(Apr 16 vs. Rochester)
Average home league attendance6,765

Background

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The 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

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As of September 2, 2015 [2]

No. Position Player Nation
1 GK Scott Goodwin   United States
2 MF Bryan Burke   United States
3 DF Adam West   United States
4 MF Aodhan Quinn   United States
5 DF Conor Shanosky   United States
6 DF Tarek Morad   United States
7 MF Kadeem Dacres   United States
8 MF Juan Guzman   United States
9 FW Matt Fondy   United States
10 MF Magnus Rasmussen   Denmark
11 MF Niall McCabe   Ireland
13 GK Greg Ranjitsingh   Canada
14 FW Ilija Ilic   Serbia
15 DF Sean Reynolds   United States
16 FW Nate Polak   United States
17 MF Kevin Cossette   Canada
18 FW Cameron Lancaster   England
19 MF Guy Abend   Israel
20 MF Enrique Montano   United States
94 DF Charlie Adams   England

Competitions

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Friendlies

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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

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All times in regular season on Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-04:00)

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
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

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728
StadiumHAHAHAHHAHAAHHHHAAAHAAHHHAAA
ResultWDDDWLWWDDWLLWWWWWWLWDWLWLLL
Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

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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

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Eastern Conference
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Western Conference
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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

USL Playoffs

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First roundConference SemifinalsConference FinalsUSL Championship
 
              
 
 
 
 
October 3
 
 
#1 Rochester Rhinos2
 
September 26
 
#4 New York Red Bulls II0
 
#4 New York Red Bulls II (a.e.t.)4
 
October 10
 
#5 Pittsburgh Riverhounds2
 
#1 Rochester Rhinos1
 
September 26
 
#2 Louisville City FC0
 
#3 Charleston Battery (a.e.t.)2
 
October 3
 
#6 Richmond Kickers1
 
#2 Louisville City FC (a.e.t.)2
 
 
#3 Charleston Battery0
 
 
October 16
 
 
#1 Rochester Rhinos (a.e.t.)2
 
 
#5 LA Galaxy II1
 
 
October 3
 
 
#1 Orange County Blues FC0
 
September 26
 
#5 LA Galaxy II2
 
#4 Sacramento Republic FC0
 
October 11
 
#5 LA Galaxy II1
 
#5 LA Galaxy II2
 
September 25
 
#2 Oklahoma City Energy FC1
 
#3 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC2
 
October 4
 
#6 Seattle Sounders FC 20
 
#2 Oklahoma City Energy FC (p)2 (4)
 
 
#3 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC2 (3)
 
 
 
 

Results

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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

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Louisville 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

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As with the rest of the USL, all of Louisville City FC's USL matches will appear on YouTube.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Lintner, Jonathan (June 3, 2014). "Louisville pro soccer club to be unveiled Wednesday". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
  2. ^ "Roster Louisville City Football Club". Louisville City Football Club. Archived from the original on July 2, 2016. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
  3. ^ "102nd U.S. Open Cup Unveils Format, Record Number of Teams". ussoccer.com.