2016 Louisville City FC season

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.

Louisville City
2016 season
OwnerWayne Estopinal
ManagerJames O'Connor
StadiumLouisville Slugger Field
USL2nd, Eastern
USL PlayoffsConference Finals
U.S. Open Cup3rd Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Chandler Hoffman (14)
All: Chandler Hoffman (16)
Highest home attendance10,062
(Jun 25 vs. Cincinnati)
Lowest home attendance5,298
(Apr 2 vs. Orlando)
Average home league attendance7,218

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
2 Defender Ben Newnam  United States
4 Midfielder Aodhan Quinn  United States
6 Defender Tarek Morad  United States
7 Midfielder Kadeem Dacres  United States
8 Midfielder Guy Abend  Israel
9 Forward Cameron Lancaster  England
10 Forward Magnus Rasmussen  Denmark
11 Midfielder Niall McCabe  Ireland
12 Midfielder Mark-Anthony Kaye  Canada
13 Goalkeeper Greg Ranjitsingh  Trinidad and Tobago
14 Forward Ilija Ilic  Serbia
15 Defender Sean Reynolds  United States
17 Forward Chandler Hoffman  United States
18 Defender Paco Craig  England
19 Defender Jonghyun Son  South Korea
20 Defender Enrique Montano  United States
22 Midfielder George Davis IV  United States
24 Midfielder Kyle Smith  United States
28 Goalkeeper Tim Dobrowolski  United States
31 Forward Kenny Doublette  Haiti
36 Midfielder Paolo DelPiccolo  United States
77 Defender 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
Further information: 2016 USL season
All times in regular season on Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-04:00)

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
30 17 9 4 52 27  +25 60 6 7 2 24 14  +10 11 2 2 28 13  +15

Source: Match reports

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHHAAHAAHAAAHAHHHHAAHAHHAHAHAH
ResultWLWWWDDWWDWWDWWDWDWLLWDDLWWWWD
Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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

Schedule source

Standings
Eastern Conference
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: 2016 USL Standings
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) Champion; (X) Regular Season League Champion.

USL Playoffs
Further information: 2016 USL Playoffs
 
First RoundConference Semi-FinalsConference FinalsUSL Championship
 
              
 
October 2 – Red Bull Arena
 
 
#1 New York Red Bulls II 4
 
October 7 – Red Bull Arena
 
#8 Orlando City B 0
 
 #1 New York Red Bulls II (pen.)3 (5)
 
October 1 – Rochester Rhinos Stadium
 
 #4 Rochester Rhinos3 (4)
 
#4 Rochester Rhinos 3
 
October 16 - Red Bull Arena
 
#5 Charlotte Independence 1
 
 #1 New York Red Bulls II (pen.)1 (4)
 
October 2 – Nippert Stadium
 
 #2 Louisville City FC1 (3)
 
#3 FC Cincinnati 1
 
October 8 – Louisville Slugger Field
 
#6 Charleston Battery 2
 
 #6 Charleston Battery0
 
October 2 – Louisville Slugger Field
 
 #2 Louisville City FC1
 
#2 Louisville City FC (a.e.t.)2
 
October 23 - Red Bull Arena
 
#7 Richmond Kickers 0
 
#1 New York Red Bulls II 5
 
October 1 – Bonney Field
 
#4 Swope Park Rangers1
 
#1 Sacramento Republic FC 0 (4)
 
October 9 – Swope Soccer Village
 
#8 Orange County Blues FC (pen.)0 (5)
 
 #8 Orange County Blues FC1
 
September 30 – Swope Soccer Village
 
#4 Swope Park Rangers (a.e.t.) 2
 
#4 Swope Park Rangers 3
 
October 15 - Swope Soccer Village
 
#5 LA Galaxy II 0
 
#4 Swope Park Rangers3
 
September 30 – Switchbacks Stadium
 
 #6 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 20
 
#3 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC1
 
October 8 – Thunderbird Stadium
 
#6 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 2
 
 #6 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 23
 
October 1 – H-E-B Park
 
 #7 Oklahoma City Energy FC2
 
#2 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 2
 
 
#7 Oklahoma City Energy FC 3
 

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 (2016-10-08) 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 (2016-10-16) 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
Further information: 2016 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
PlacePositionNumberNameUSLU.S. Open CupUSL CupTotal
1FW17 Chandler Hoffman141116
2MF22 George Davis IV5016
3MF8 Guy Abend5005
4FW9 Cameron Lancaster4004
5FW14 Ilija Ilić2103
5MF4 Aodhan Quinn3003
5MF13 Kadeem Dacres2013
5MF10 Magnus Rasmussen3003
5DF77 Andrew Lubahn3003
10MF11 Niall McCabe2002
10DF5 Paco Craig1012
10MF12 Mark Anthony Kaye2002
13MF36 Paolo DelPiccolo1001
13MF24 Kyle Smith1001
13DF2 Ben Newnam1001
13DF6 Tarek Morad1001
13DF5 Conor Shanosky1001
Total512457

Assist leaders
PlacePositionNumberNameUSLU.S. Open CupUSL CupTotal
1MF24 Kyle Smith6006
1MF36 Paolo DelPiccolo5106
3MF4 Aodhan Quinn3025
4MF11 Niall McCabe4004
5MF22 George Davis IV2013
5FW9 Cameron Lancaster3003
5MF13 Kadeem Dacres2013
5DF2 Ben Newnam3003
9MF12 Mark Anthony Kaye2002
9DF6 Tarek Morad2002
10DF5 Paco Craig1001
10MF8 Guy Abend1001
10DF77 Andrew Lubahn1001
10DF15 Sean Reynolds0011
Total352441

Clean sheets
PlacePositionNumberNameUSLU.S. Open CupUSL CupTotal
1 GK13 Greg Ranjitsingh100313
2 GK1 Scott Goodwin2002
2 GK28 Tim Dobrowolski1001
Total130316

Disciplinary
No. Pos. Name USL U.S. Open Cup USL Cup Total
15DF Sean Reynolds61002081
24MF Kyle Smith50001060
2DF Ben Newnam40000040
4MF Aodhan Quinn60000060
8MF Guy Abend30000030
36MF Paolo DelPiccolo40000040
5DF Paco Craig10000111
13MF Kadeem Dacres20000020
9FW Cameron Lancaster10000010
12MF Mark Anthony Kaye20000020
77DF Andrew Lubahn20000020
11MF Niall McCabe10000010
6DF Tarek Morad10000010
1GK Scott Goodwin01000001
20DF Enrique Montano20000020
22MF George Davis IV41000041
5DF Conor Shanosky10000010
Total4530031484

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
  1. "Roster Louisville City Football Club". Louisville City Football Club. Archived from the original on July 2, 2016. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  2. "Soccer City Radio Show". Louisville City Football Club. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
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