2015 Louisville City FC season

The 2015 Louisville City FC season is 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

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

As of September 2, 2015 [2]

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

Competitions

Friendlies
February 25, 2015 PreseasonLouisville CityCanceledEvansville Purple AcesLouisville, Kentucky
7:45 p.m. Report Stadium: Assumption High School
February 28, 2015 PreseasonLouisville CityCanceledYoung Harris Mountain LionsJeffersonville, Indiana
11:00 a.m. Report Stadium: Woehrle Athletic Complex
March 3, 2015 PreseasonIndiana Hoosiers2–3Louisville CityBloomington, Indiana
3:00 p.m.  25'
 49'		 Report Fondy  30', 37'
Lancaster  85'		 Stadium: Mellencamp Pavilion
March 11, 2015 PreseasonLouisville Cardinals0–3Louisville CityLouisville, Kentucky
7:00 p.m. Report Rasmussen  25'
Fondy  39'
Illic  86'		 Stadium: Cardinal Park
March 14, 2015 PreseasonKentucky Wildcats0–0Louisville CityLexington, Kentucky
3:00 p.m. Report Stadium: Lafayette High School
March 17, 2015 PreseasonLouisville City5–0Lindsey Wilson Blue RaidersLouisville, Kentucky
7:45 p.m. Rasmussen  4', 52'
Polak  20', 86'
Illic  60'		 Report Stadium: Assumption High School
April 9, 2015 FriendlySIUE Cougars1–0Louisville CityEdwardsville, Illinois
7:45 p.m. Hull  86' Report Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium
August 25, 2015 FriendlyLouisville City3–1Orlando City SCLouisville, Kentucky
7:30pm Fondy  35'
Guzman  50'
Adams  78'		 Report Mwanga  66' Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field
Attendance: 9,434

United Soccer League
Further information: 2015 USL season
All times in regular season on Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-04:00)

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
28 14 6 8 55 34  +21 48 9 2 3 30 12  +18 5 4 5 25 22  +3

Source: Match reports

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

Results
March 28, 2015 1Louisville City2–0Saint Louis FCLouisville, Kentucky
4:00pm Rasmussen  23'
Adams  67'		 Report Lynch  69' Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field
Attendance: 6,067
Referee: Brandon Artis
April 4, 2015 2Richmond Kickers1–1Louisville CityRichmond, 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 3Louisville City1–1Rochester RhinosLouisville, 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 4Pittsburgh Riverhounds1 - 1Louisville CityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
3:00pm Okiomah  38' Report Guzman  90'
Dacres  92'		 Stadium: Highmark Stadium
Attendance: 995
Referee: Tori Penso
April 25, 2015 5Louisville City2 - 0Tulsa Roughnecks FCLouisville, 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 6Charlotte Independence1 - 0Louisville CityCharlotte, 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 7Louisville City3 - 0Wilmington HammerheadsLouisville, 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 8Louisville City4 - 0Toronto FC IILouisville, Kentucky
7:30pm Dacres  6'
Fondy  14', 55'
Shanosky  35'		 Report Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field
Attendance: 6,090
Referee: James Dumstorf
May 24, 2015 9Saint Louis FC3 - 3Louisville CityFenton, 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 10Louisville City1 - 1Saint Louis FCLouisville, Kentucky
7:30pm Dacres  49'
Montano  80'		 Report Renken  69',  83' Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field
Attendance: 7,185
Referee: Andrew Musashe
June 10, 2015 11FC Montreal0 - 2Louisville CityMontreal, Quebec
6:30pm Report Morad  15'
Fondy  27'
Guzman  68'
Quinn  90+1'		 Stadium: Saputo Stadium
Attendance: 308
Referee: Chris Grabas
June 13, 2015 12Rochester Rhinos2 - 0Louisville CityRochester, 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 13Louisville City0 - 2New York Red Bulls IILouisville, 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 14Louisville City6 - 2Oklahoma City Energy FCLouisville, 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 15Louisville City3 - 0Richmond KickersLouisville, 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 16Louisville City1 - 0Charlotte IndependenceLouisville, 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 17Pittsburgh Riverhounds1 - 2Louisville CityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
7:00pm Vincent  16'
Kerr  19'		 Report Rasmussen  14'
Fondy  65'		 Stadium: Highmark Stadium
Attendance: 3,638
Referee: John Douglas
July 25, 2015 18Wilmington Hammerheads1 - 3Louisville CityWilmington, 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 19Toronto FC II2 - 3Louisville CityVaughan, 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 20Louisville City0 - 4FC MontrealLouisville, 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 21Harrisburg City Islanders1 - 5Louisville CityHarrisburg, 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 22Tulsa Roughnecks FC2 - 2Louisville CityTulsa, 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 23Louisville City3 - 1Charleston BatteryLouisville, 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 24Louisville City0 - 1Pittsburgh RiverhoundsLouisville, 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 25Louisville City4 - 0Harrisburg City IslandersLouisville, 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 26New York Red Bulls II3 - 2Louisville 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 27Charleston Battery2 - 0Louisville CityCharleston, 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 28Saint Louis FC2 - 1Louisville CityFenton, 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
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
6 Richmond Kickers 28 10 11 7 41 35 +6 41
7 Charlotte Independence 28 10 10 8 38 35 +3 40
8 Harrisburg City Islanders 28 11 6 11 49 53 −4 39
9 Saint Louis FC 28 8 9 11 30 40 −10 33
10 FC Montreal 28 8 4 16 32 46 −14 28
11 Toronto FC II 28 6 5 17 26 52 −26 23
12 Wilmington Hammerheads 28 3 10 15 22 42 −20 19
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) Champion; (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
Main article: 2015 USL Playoffs § Bracket
 
First RoundConference Semi-FinalsConference 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 (pen.)2 (4)
 
 
#3 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC2 (3)
 
 
 
 

Results
Oct 3, 2015 Conference Semi-finalsLouisville City2 - 0 (a.e.t.)Charleston BatteryLouisville, 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 FinalsRochester Rhinos1 - 0 (a.e.t.)Louisville CityRochester, 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
Further information: 2015 U.S. Open Cup

Louisville City will enter the 2015 U.S. Open Cup with the rest of the United Soccer League in the second round.[3]

May 20, 2015 2RLansing United 0–1 Louisville CityEast 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 3RIndy Eleven 0–2 (a.e.t.) Louisville CityIndianapolis, 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 4RChicago Fire 1 - 0 (a.e.t.) Louisville CityBridgeview, 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

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

See also

References
  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.
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