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2016 Louisville City FC season

The 2016 Louisville City FC season was 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
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2017 →

Background edit

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 edit

As of October 1, 2016[1]

No. Position Player Nation
2 DF Ben Newnam   United States
4 MF Aodhan Quinn   United States
6 DF Tarek Morad   United States
7 MF Kadeem Dacres   United States
8 MF Guy Abend   Israel
9 FW Cameron Lancaster   England
10 FW Magnus Rasmussen   Denmark
11 MF Niall McCabe   Ireland
12 MF Mark-Anthony Kaye   Canada
13 GK Greg Ranjitsingh   Trinidad and Tobago
14 FW Ilija Ilic   Serbia
15 DF Sean Reynolds   United States
17 FW Chandler Hoffman   United States
18 DF Paco Craig   England
19 DF Jonghyun Son   South Korea
20 DF Enrique Montano   United States
22 MF George Davis IV   United States
24 MF Kyle Smith   United States
28 GK Tim Dobrowolski   United States
31 FW Kenny Doublette   Haiti
36 MF Paolo DelPiccolo   United States
77 DF Andrew Lubahn   United States

Competitions edit

Friendlies edit

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 edit

Further information: 2016 USL season
All times in regular season on Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-04:00)

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 17 9 4 52 27  +25 60 6 7 2 24 14  +10 11 2 2 28 13  +15

Source: Match reports

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

Results edit

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 edit

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) Champions; (X) Regular Season League Champion

USL playoffs edit

Further information: 2016 USL playoffs
 
First roundConference SemifinalsConference 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 (p)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 (p)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 (p)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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Top scorers edit

Place Position Number Name USL U.S. Open Cup USL Cup Total
1 FW 17   Chandler Hoffman 14 1 1 16
2 MF 22   George Davis IV 5 0 1 6
3 MF 8   Guy Abend 5 0 0 5
4 FW 9   Cameron Lancaster 4 0 0 4
5 FW 14   Ilija Ilić 2 1 0 3
5 MF 4   Aodhan Quinn 3 0 0 3
5 MF 13   Kadeem Dacres 2 0 1 3
5 MF 10   Magnus Rasmussen 3 0 0 3
5 DF 77   Andrew Lubahn 3 0 0 3
10 MF 11   Niall McCabe 2 0 0 2
10 DF 5   Paco Craig 1 0 1 2
10 MF 12   Mark Anthony Kaye 2 0 0 2
13 MF 36   Paolo DelPiccolo 1 0 0 1
13 MF 24   Kyle Smith 1 0 0 1
13 DF 2   Ben Newnam 1 0 0 1
13 DF 6   Tarek Morad 1 0 0 1
13 DF 5   Conor Shanosky 1 0 0 1
Total 51 2 4 57

Assist leaders edit

Place Position Number Name USL U.S. Open Cup USL Cup Total
1 MF 24   Kyle Smith 6 0 0 6
1 MF 36   Paolo DelPiccolo 5 1 0 6
3 MF 4   Aodhan Quinn 3 0 2 5
4 MF 11   Niall McCabe 4 0 0 4
5 MF 22   George Davis IV 2 0 1 3
5 FW 9   Cameron Lancaster 3 0 0 3
5 MF 13   Kadeem Dacres 2 0 1 3
5 DF 2   Ben Newnam 3 0 0 3
9 MF 12   Mark Anthony Kaye 2 0 0 2
9 DF 6   Tarek Morad 2 0 0 2
10 DF 5   Paco Craig 1 0 0 1
10 MF 8   Guy Abend 1 0 0 1
10 DF 77   Andrew Lubahn 1 0 0 1
10 DF 15   Sean Reynolds 0 0 1 1
Total 35 2 4 41

Clean sheets edit

Place Position Number Name USL U.S. Open Cup USL Cup Total
1 GK 13   Greg Ranjitsingh 10 0 3 13
2 GK 1   Scott Goodwin 2 0 0 2
2 GK 28   Tim Dobrowolski 1 0 0 1
Total 13 0 3 16

Disciplinary edit

No. Pos. Name USL U.S. Open Cup USL Cup Total
               
15 DF   Sean Reynolds 6 1 0 0 2 0 8 1
24 MF   Kyle Smith 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
2 DF   Ben Newnam 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
4 MF   Aodhan Quinn 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
8 MF   Guy Abend 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
36 MF   Paolo DelPiccolo 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
5 DF   Paco Craig 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
13 MF   Kadeem Dacres 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
9 FW   Cameron Lancaster 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
12 MF   Mark Anthony Kaye 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
77 DF   Andrew Lubahn 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
11 MF   Niall McCabe 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
6 DF   Tarek Morad 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1 GK   Scott Goodwin 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
20 DF   Enrique Montano 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
22 MF   George Davis IV 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
5 DF   Conor Shanosky 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 45 3 0 0 3 1 48 4

Media edit

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 edit

References edit

  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. Archived from the original on June 17, 2016. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
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