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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 (8-3-2; 26 pts) 7 North Carolina FC W 1-0 vs. JULY Memphis 901 FC (2-6-4; 10 pts) 12 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC L 3-1 Saturday, September 19, 2020 - 7:30 p.m. ET 18 Saint Louis FC L 1-0 Lynn Family Stadium - Louisville, KY 25 Sporting Kansas City II W 1-0 WBKI/TheCW 1080 WKJK 29 Sporting Kansas City II L 2-1 LOCAL TV: LOCAL RADIO: 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: TBA ARs: TBA 29 Saint Louis FC D 1-1 4th Official: TBA SEPTEMBER 5 Indy Eleven W 3-1 HEAD-TO-HEAD 12 Saint Louis FC W 3-0 LAST 3 MEETINGS 16 Indy Eleven W 2-0 October 19, 2019 FT LOU 2 - MEM 1 19 Memphis 901 FC 7:30 p.m. April 30, 2019 FT LOU 2 - MEM 1 26 Saint Louis FC 8 p.m. February 20, 2019 FT LOU 4 - MEM 2 OCTOBER ALL-TIME OVERALL (3-0-0) 3 Sporting Kansas City II 7:30 p.m. ALL-TIME HOME (1-0-0) HOME MATCHES IN BOLD ALL-TIME AWAY (2-0-0) WWW.LOUCITY.COM TOP OF THE TABLE BY THE NUMBERS An eight-game unbeaten streak — half of Exiting Wednesday’s Indy win, a foursome of those against rival Indy Eleven — has vaulted LouCity’s 2020 statistical leaders continued the boys in purple from the bottom of the USL moving up the ranks. Goalkeeper Ben Lundt Championship’s Group E standings to the posted his sixth shutout (tied for the USL lead); top. Wednesday’s 2-0 victory over the Eleven forward Antoine Hoppenot registered his fifth improved LouCity to 8-3-2, with its 26 points assist (tied for fourth in the league); midfielder four better than Indy Eleven. Saint Louis FC, Devon “Speedy” Williams ran his pass attempts at 18 points, is in third and trying to work itself total to 763 (fifth); and striker Cameron off the playoff bubble. The first two from each Lancaster netted his seventh goal (tied for group advance to the postseason. ninth). MAGIC NUMBER BONE’S BIG BIRTHDAY It’s time to do some scoreboard watching. Midfielder Corben Bone said Wednesday’s As things stand, LouCity needs five points to exclamation point of a goal in the 76th minute mathematically separate itself from Saint Louis at Indy wasn’t the first time he’s scored a goal FC and clinch a playoff spot. Should the good as a professional on his birthday. But the newly guys prevail against Memphis 901 FC, paired turned 32-year-old did more than just hit the with a Saint Louis FC loss Saturday against back of the net in a 2-0 rivalry win. According Sporting KC II, that would do the trick. Saint to Opta stats, Bone led LouCity with three key Louis FC kicks off at 8 p.m., 30 minutes after passes as he completed 71% of his 28 such the boys in purple. chances in the opponent’s half. TRACKING GROUP F BACK IN THE TEAM No. 1 and No. 2 seeds from the USL’s Group Just one player in LouCity’s lineup Wednesday E and Group F will converge to open the night had fully fresh legs. Pat McMahon single-elimination playoffs. Pittsburgh certainly made the most of them. Away from Riverhounds SC (9-3-1, 28 points) was the first the team last weekend to celebrate marriage USL Eastern Conference club to guarantee with his wife, Brianna, McMahon hopped itself a postseason bid while trending toward right back in to lead his side in passes (50), top-seeded status. Hartford Athletic (7-3-1, 22 completed passes (39) and passes in the points) posted a midweek victory to move 10 opponent’s half of the pitch (34) as the boys in points ahead of New York Red Bulls II in third. purple defeated rival Indy Eleven. WWW.LOUCITY.COM LEGEND IN THE LINEUP FAMILIAR FACES Along with serving as Memphis 901 FC’s Head coach John Hackworth kept the core of the roster, minority owner and sporting director, returning 16 players from the 2019 LouCity team which goalkeeper Tim Howard also exited retirement won the Eastern Conference Title. Ten of the 11 starters earlier this year to join the club’s roster. from LouCity’s 2019 USL Championship Final team Howard has started six games this season, returned for the 2020 season. splitting time between the posts with Jimmy Returning (18) Newcomers (8) Hague. The former U.S. National Team star GK Chris Hubbard D Jimmy Ockford previously featured for the English Premier GK Ben Lundt D Jonathan Gomez League’s Everton, Manchester United and GK Muamer Ugarak* D Wes Charpie Major League Soccer’s Colorado Rapids. D Oscar Jimenez MF Corben Bone D Pat McMahon MF Damir Beganovic* COACHING CAROUSEL D Alexis Souahy F Cameron Lancaster D Sean Totsch F Jason Johnson This week, Howard also took part in a tough D Akil Watts F Arda Bulut decision for Memphis 901 FC, which dismissed MF Paolo DelPiccolo its first-ever coach, Tim Mulqueen. The club MF Napo Matsoso went 11-11-24 during Mulqueen’s tenure. MF Niall McCabe Assistant coach Ben Pirmann will take charge MF Devon ‘Speedy’ Williams in the interim after spending six seasons as MF Elijah Wynder* MF head coach of Detroit City FC and eight years George Davis IV MF/F Antoine Hoppenot at his alma mater, Michigan State. MF/F Brian Ownby F Luke Spencer *Academy POSTSEASON OUTLOOK PRONUNCIATION GUIDE There isn’t much of one for Saturday’s 3 - Alexis Souahy (ah-LEX-ee Soo-WAH-hee) visitors with Memphis 901 FC at 2-6-4 on 4 - Totsch (TOE-sh) the season, good for 10 points. Group G’s 5 - Ockford (AHK-ford) leaders, Birmingham Legion FC (22 points) and 6 - Charpie (Sharpie) Charlotte Independence (21 points), are well 8 - Akil (ah-KEEL) 14 - Abdou Thiam (ab-DOO JH-ahm, French JH) ahead, giving Memphis less than 1 percent 19 - Jimenez (hi-MEN-ez) of a chance of qualifying for the postseason, 27 - Napo Matsoso (NAH-poe Mah-SO-so) according to FiveThirtyEight.com. Elimination 29 - Antoine Hoppenot (AN-twan O-pen-oh) could be official without a result at Lynn Family 36 - Paolo DelPiccolo (POW-low del-PIC-oh-lo) Stadium. 38 - Bulut (Buh-loot) 39 - Lundt (Loont) 61 - Elijah Wynder (e-LIE-juh WINE-dur) A STREAKING SIDE 91 - Muamer Ugarak (Moo-a-mar OO-gar-ack) LouCity’s run of eight games without a loss 2020 INDIVIDUAL ACCOLADES is hardly unprecedented in club history. Last season, coach John Hackworth’s team went USL Save of the Week: from August to early October unbeaten, GK Ben Lundt - Week 1 USL Team of the Week: totaling 10 games. A 10-game unbeaten streak MF Corben Bone - Week 9, Week 11 also closed out the 2018 championship run. MF/F Antoine Hoppenot - Week 12 And going back to 2016, then under James O’Connor, the club went 17 straight games UNAVAILABLE FOR SELECTION undefeated from April to mid-July. MF Niall McCabe WWW.LOUCITY.COM TEAM MATCHUP LOUISVILLE CITY FC PROFILES MEMPHIS 901 FC JOHN HACKWORTH HEAD COACH BEN PIRMANN 8-3-2 USL RECORD 2-6-4 1st GROUP E GROUP POSITION 4th GROUP G 21 GOALS SCORED 25 10 GOALS CONCEDED 19 19 CAUTIONS 27 - EJECTIONS 2 TEAM LEADERS CAMERON LANCASTER (7) GOALS MARSH-BROWN,JENNINGS,ALLEN,MENTZINGEN (3) ANTOINE HOPPENOT (5) ASSISTS GONZALEZ,MCCABE,BURCH,SEGBERS (2) CORBEN BONE (31) CHANCES CREATED KEANU MARSH-BROWN (11) BEN LUNDT (25) SAVES TIM HOWARD (14) EASTERN CONFERENCE GROUP STANDINGS GROUP E GROUP G TEAM GP RECORD PTS GD TEAM GP RECORD PTS GD LOUISVILLE CITY FC 13 8-3-2 26 +11 BIRMINGHAM 14 7-3-4 25 +13 INDY ELEVEN 13 7-5-1 22 +4 CHARLOTTE 12 6-3-3 21 +2 SAINT LOUIS FC 12 5-4-3 18 0 NORTH CAROLINA 11 4-6-1 13 -6 SPORTING KC II 12 4-7-1 13 -4 MEMPHIS 901 FC 12 2-6-4 10 -8 GROUP F GROUP H TEAM GP RECORD PTS GD TEAM GP RECORD PTS GD PITTSBURGH 13 9-3-1 28 +28 TAMPA BAY 14 9-2-3 30 +14 HARTFORD 11 7-3-1 22 0 CHARLESTON 12 7-2-3 24 +9 NY RED BULLS II 12 4-8-0 12 -1 ATLANTA UNITED II 14 2-9-3 9 -10 PHILADELPHIA 11 2-7-2 8 -19 THE MIAMI FC 11 2-6-3 9 -14 LOUDOUN UNITED 12 1-8-2 6 -17 Standings as of 9/17 Top two teams in each group advance to postseason WWW.LOUCITY.COM 2020 REGULAR SEASON STATS GOALS TOTAL GOALS CONCEDED TOTAL LOU 21 LOU 10 USL Rank: T-10 USL Rank: T-32 PASSES TOTAL FOULS CONCEDED TOTAL LOU 5,978 LOU 158 USL Rank: 5 USL Rank: T-18 SHOTS TOTAL CAUTIONS TOTAL LOU 196 LOU 19 USL Rank: T-196 USL Rank: T-28 CLEAN SHEETS TOTAL EJECTIONS TOTAL LOU 6 LOU 0 USL Rank: T-20 USL Rank: T-2 Stats as of 9/17 LOUISVILLE CITY FC 2020 LINEUPS at North Carolina FC (W 1-0) PITTSBURGH RIVERHOUNDS SC (L 3-1) SAINT LOUIS FC (L 1-0) SPORTING KANSAS CITY II (W 1-0) Saturday, March 7, 2020 Saturday, July 12, 2020 Saturday, July 18, 2020 Saturday, July 25, 2020 GK Lundt MF Bone GK Lundt MF Bone GK Hubbard MF Williams GK Lundt MF Bone D Jimenez MF Williams D Souahy MF Williams D Jimenez MF Matsoso D McMahon MF Matsoso D Ockford F Ownby D Watts F DelPiccolo D Charpie MF Bone D Jimenez MF Williams D McMahon MF Matsoso D Ockford MF Thiam D McMahon MF Owbny D Totsch F Owbny D Charpie MF McCabe D Jimenez MF Ownby D Totsch MF Hoppenot D Charpie MF McCabe F Lancaster F Lancaster F Lancaster F Lancaster Substitutes: Souahy, Thiam, Watts, Spencer, Hubbard, Substitutes: Totsch, Spencer, Gomez, Matsoso, Substitutes: Ockford, McCabe, Davis, Souahy, Watts, Substitutes: Gomez, Souahy, Hoppenot, Thiam, Ockford, DelPiccolo, Hoppenot Hoppenot, Hubbard, McCabe Thiam, Lundy Hubbard, Spencer SPORTING KANSAS CITY II (L 2-1) INDY ELEVEN (D 1-1) LOUDOUN UNITED FC (W 2-0) SPORTING KANSAS CITY II (W 4-1) Wednesday, July 29, 2020 Saturday, August 8,