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2020 USL Championship Season LOUISVILLE CITY FC GAME NOTES 2017 & 2018 USL CUP CHAMPIONS LOUISVILLE CITY FC MEDIA INFORMATION Senior Director of PR & Communications Jonathan Lintner e: [email protected] c: 502.930.7271 For deadline photos, video interviews and quote sheets, visit LOUCITY.COM/MEDIA 2020 USL CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON GAME INFORMATION MARCH LOUISVILLE CITY FC (5-3-2; 17 pts) 7 North Carolina FC W 1-0 at JULY Indy Eleven (6-3-1; 19 pts) 12 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC L 3-1 Saturday, September 5, 2020 - 7 p.m. ET 18 Saint Louis FC L 1-0 Lucas Oil Stadium - Indianapolis, IN 25 Sporting Kansas City II W 1-0 29 Sporting Kansas City II L 2-1 LOCAL TV: WBKI/The CW LOCAL RADIO: 790 WKRD AUGUST STREAMING VIDEO: WDRB Now/ESPN+ 8 Indy Eleven D 1-1 LIVE STATS: USLChampionship.com/ 15 Loudoun United FC W 2-0 Match-Center 19 Sporting Kansas City II W 4-1 REFEREES: 26 Indy Eleven W 1-0 Head Official: TBD ARs: TBD 29 Saint Louis FC D 1-1 4th Official: TBD SEPTEMBER 5 Indy Eleven 7 p.m. HEAD-TO-HEAD 12 Saint Louis FC 7:30 p.m. LAST 3 MEETINGS 16 Indy Eleven 7 p.m. August 26, 2020 FT LOU 1 - IND 0 19 Memphis 901 FC 7:30 p.m. August 8, 2020 FT LOU 1 - IND 1 26 Saint Louis FC 8 p.m. November 9, 2019 FT LOU 3 - IND 1 OCTOBER ALL-TIME OVERALL (6-3-5) 3 Sporting Kansas City II 7:30 p.m. ALL-TIME HOME (4-0-3) HOME MATCHES IN BOLD ALL-TIME AWAY (2-2-2) WWW.LOUCITY.COM GROUP E UPDATE THE LIPAFC SERIES Just six points separate first-place Indy Eleven LouCity hasn’t lost to Louisville-Indianapolis and last-place Sporting KC II in the division Proximity Association Football Contest foe standings — the tightest top-to-bottom margin Indy Eleven since May 5, 2018. Coincidentally, of any USL group — with the top-two finishers that was also Kentucky Derby day, with history heading to the playoffs. The boys in purple (5- getting the chance to repeat itself Saturday 3-7, 17 points) would move atop the table with due to the race’s postponement to Sept. a victory Saturday after Indy Eleven (6-3-1, 19 5. This season, the boys in purple are 1-0- points) dropped points in three of its last five 1 against Indy. Those results came at Lynn outings. Family Stadium before the series shifts to Lucas Oil Stadium. SHOW OF DEPTH DIVERSIFIED SCORING It’s not just that Group E clubs are beating LouCity played six games this season before a up on one another within the pod. In limited player other than forward Cameron Lancaster opportunities outside of it, clubs also including or midfielder Devon “Speedy” Williams scored Saint Louis FC are a combined 9-4-1 with a a goal. New threats revealed themselves +12 goal differential. That record includes a during August as midfielders Napo Matsoso, pair of Indy Eleven victories over Pittsburgh Corben Bone and Paolo DelPiccolo found the Riverhounds SC, which leads Group F. To open back of the net before defender Sean Totsch the playoffs, Group E’s No. 1 seed will host registered his first goal on a header Saturday Group F’s No. 2 and vice versa. at Saint Louis FC. SHUTOUT SPREE AN UNBEATEN AUGUST Along with the Tampa Bay Rowdies’ Evan The month has treated John Hackworth well Louro and El Paso Locomotive’s Logan since his hiring was announced Aug. 2, 2018. Ketterer, LouCity goalkeeper Ben Lundt is tied That year, the boys in purple went 3-1-3 en atop the league with four clean sheets this route to winning the USL championship. In season. That’s a credit to his club’s defense 2019, they were 5-0-1 and wound up back in as a whole, as Lundt has been called upon the final. In 2020, they completed a 3-0-2 run to make 17 saves, ranking 26th of 33. Lundt’s through August with last Saturday’s 1-1 away contributions, however, are multifaceted. draw against Saint Louis FC. Hackworth has referred to the FC Cincinnati loanee as LouCity’s “first attacker” on a side that starts its offense at the back rather than lobbing long balls from its own box. WWW.LOUCITY.COM STAT STUFFER FAMILIAR FACES LouCity’s unbeaten run has coincided with Head coach John Hackworth kept the core of a new role for Napo Matsoso, who shifted the roster, returning 16 players from the 2019 from the central midfield to right wing to rave Louisville City team which won the Eastern reviews. The University of Kentucky product Conference Title. Ten of the 11 starters from racked up two goals and just as many assists Louisville City’s 2019 USL Championship Final in August. Squad rotation left him out of the team returned for the 2020 season. lineup on a short turnaround at Saint Louis FC, Returning (18) Newcomers (8) but Matsoso entered as a 69th-minute sub and GK Chris Hubbard D Jimmy Ockford figures to be back in the starting 11 Saturday. GK Ben Lundt D Jonathan Gomez GK Muamer Ugarak* D Wes Charpie D Oscar Jimenez MF Corben Bone D Pat McMahon MF Damir Beganovic* HITTING THE ROAD D Alexis Souahy F Cameron Lancaster D Sean Totsch F Jason Johnson The USL Board of Governors allowed D Akil Watts F Arda Bulut unbalanced scheduling at the USL’s restart, MF Paolo DelPiccolo MF Napo Matsoso and by nature of LouCity’s plan to host fans MF Niall McCabe at Lynn Family Stadium, the club wound up MF Devon ‘Speedy’ Williams opening the new facility with eight straight MF Elijah Wynder* MF George Davis IV home games. Saturday’s Indy Eleven matchup MF/F Antoine Hoppenot marks the only time the boys in purple play MF/F Brian Ownby *Academy consecutive away games with Lucas Oil F Luke Spencer Stadium a unique challenge given the pitch will PRONUNCIATION GUIDE be lined with the Indianapolis Colts’ setup as 3 - Alexis Souahy (ah-LEX-ee Soo-WAH-hee) well. 4 - Totsch (TOE-sh) 5 - Ockford (AHK-ford) JOGO’S A REGULAR 6 - Charpie (Sharpie) 8 - Akil (ah-KEEL) Youth international Jonathan Gomez, who 14 - Abdou Thiam (ab-DOO JH-ahm, French JH) turned 17 earlier this week, did so after making 19 - Jimenez (hi-MEN-ez) 27 - Napo Matsoso (NAH-poe Mah-SO-so) his third start and seventh appearance against 29 - Antoine Hoppenot (AN-twan O-pen-oh) Saint Louis FC. Last weekend, Gomez led 36 - Paolo DelPiccolo (POW-low del-PIC-oh-lo) LouCity with two key passes, four tackles and 38 - Bulut (Buh-loot) 39 - Lundt (Loont) 19 passes in the opponent’s half of the field. 61 - Elijah Wynder (e-LIE-juh WINE-dur) Here on a professional contract, he arrived in 91 - Muamer Ugarak (Moo-a-mar OO-gar-ack) Louisville after earning caps with the U.S. (U-16, 2020 INDIVIDUAL ACCOLADES U-17) and Mexico (U-17) national teams. USL Save of the Week: GK Ben Lundt - Week 1 UNAVAILABLE FOR SELECTION USL Team of the Week: MF Niall McCabe MF Corben Bone - Week 9 WWW.LOUCITY.COM 2020 LOUISVILLE CITY FC ROSTER # NAME POS HT WT HOMETOWN NATIONALITY DoB 1 HUBBARD, CHRIS GK 6’3 203 Louisville, KY USA 11/23/1994 3 SOUAHY, ALEXIS D 6’1 180 Seine-Saint-Denis, FRN France 1/13/1995 4 TOTSCH, SEAN D 6’1 188 Oswego, IL USA 9/16/1991 5 OCKFORD, JIMMY D 6’1 185 Yardley, PA USA 6/10/1992 6 CHARPIE, WES D 6’0 174 Tarpon Springs, FL USA 11/4/1992 8 WATTS, AKIL D 6’0 157 Ft. Wayne, IN USA 2/4/2000 9 SPENCER, LUKE F 6’2 195 Cincinnati, OH USA 11/28/1990 10 OWNBY, BRIAN MF\F 5’11 155 Glen Allen, VA USA 7/16/1990 11 McCABE, NIALL MF 5’8 167 Dublin, Ireland Ireland 10/6/1990 13 BONE, CORBEN MF 5’8 160 Plano, TX USA 9/16/1988 14 THIAM, ABDOU F 6’0 162 Dakar, Senegal Senegal 2/3/1992 15 McMAHON, PAT D 5’11 160 Bolingbrook, IL USA 11/5/1986 17 LANCASTER, CAMERON F 6’0 190 London, England England 11/5/1992 19 JIMENEZ, OSCAR D 5’8 156 Mount Vernon, WA USA 11/3/1989 22 DAVIS IV, GEORGE MF 5’9 160 Lima, OH USA 8/5/1987 27 MATSOSO, NAPO MF 5’6 150 Maseru, Lesotho Lesotho 5/27/1994 29 HOPPENOT, ANTOINE MF\F 5’8 168 Paris, FRN France 11/23/1990 36 DelPICCOLO, PAOLO MF 6’1 169 Wheat Ridge, CO USA 5/28/1991 38 BULUT, ARDA F 6’1 175 Los Gatos, CA USA 9/30/1999 39 LUNDT, BEN GK 6’6 220 Berlin, Germany Germany 9/24/1995 42 GOMEZ, JONATHAN D 5’10 155 Keller, TX USA 9/1/2003 45 BEGANOVIC, DAMIR MF 5’8 145 Bowling Green, KY USA 5/31/2004 61 WYNDER, ELIJAH MF 6’1 170 Louisville, KY USA 3/10/2003 77 JOHNSON, JASON F 6’0 180 Happy News, Jamaica Jamaica 10/9/1990 80 WILLIAMS, DEVON “SPEEDY” MF 5’8 147 Kingston, Jamaica Jamaica 4/8/1992 91 UGARAK, MUAMER GK 6’0 186 Sanski Most, BiH Bosnia & Herzegovina 1/22/02 Head Coach: John Hackworth Equipment Manager: Ben Hulsman Assistant Coach & Technical Director: Danny Cruz Director of Sports Performance: Stuart Wright Goalkeepers Coach: Scott Budnick WWW.LOUCITY.COM 2020 REGULAR SEASON STATS GOALS TOTAL GOALS CONCEDED TOTAL LOU 13 LOU 9 USL Rank: T-17 USL Rank: T-24 PASSES TOTAL FOULS CONCEDED TOTAL LOU 4,586 LOU 108 USL Rank: 5 USL Rank: T-25 SHOTS TOTAL CAUTIONS TOTAL LOU 153 LOU 12 USL Rank: 2 USL Rank: T-31 CLEAN SHEETS TOTAL EJECTIONS TOTAL LOU 4 LOU 0 USL Rank: T-18 USL Rank: T-4 Stats as of 9/2 2020 PLAYER & GOALKEEPING STATS # NAME POS GP GS MIN G A SH KP (incl.