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 (2-3-1; 7 pts) 7 North Carolina FC W 1-0 vs JULY Loudoun United FC (1-2-1; 4 pts) 12 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC L 3-1 Saturday, August 15, 2020 - 8:00 PM ET 18 Saint Louis FC L 1-0 Lynn Family Stadium - Louisville, KY 25 Sporting Kansas City II W 1-0 LOCAL TV: WMYO/My TV LOCAL RADIO: 840 WHAS 29 Sporting Kansas City II L 2-1 STREAMING VIDEO: WDRB Now/ESPN+ AUGUST USLChampionship.com/ 8 Indy Eleven D 1-1 LIVE STATS: 15 Loudoun United FC Match-Center 19 Sporting Kansas City II REFEREES: Head Official: Eric Tattersall 26 Indy Eleven ARs: Eric Wood & Christopher Slane 29 Saint Louis FC 4th Official: Josh Few SEPTEMBER 5 Indy Eleven HEAD-TO-HEAD 12 Saint Louis FC LAST 2 MEETINGS 16 Indy Eleven June 8, 2019 FT LOU 2 - LDN 1 19 Memphis 901 FC July 28, 2019 FT LDN 3 - LOU 0 26 Saint Louis FC ALL-TIME OVERALL (1-1-0) OCTOBER ALL-TIME HOME (1-0-0) 3 Sporting Kansas City II ALL-TIME AWAY (0-1-0) Home Games in bold WWW.LOUCITY.COM GROUP E UPDATE CHANCES APLENTY LouCity has played just once since July 29, LouCity ranks second in the USL but little changed on the table as the USL Championship in shots taken with 103 and fifth Championship’s restart nears its midpoint. Indy in the league with 2,922 passes attempted. Eleven (5-2-1, 16 points) continues to lead the Opportunities are there, but the boys in purple four-team pod, but they’ve dropped points haven’t yet taken advantage of them. With in three of their last four outings. Saint Louis five goals, that’s just a 6 percent conversion FC (3-3-1, 10 points) is without a win in its last rate, 33rd-best of 35 teams in the league. three. That leaves Sporting KC II and LouCity Meanwhile, opponents have capitalized — both 2-3-7 with 7 points — chasing. The top- well on the 46 shots taken against LouCity, two Group E finishers going to the playoffs in converting at a 15 percent clip. October at the end of a 16-game season. THE SCORING LOAD NOT-SO-POSITIVE LouCity has registered five goals in six games LouCity was scheduled to be playing its split between two players. Forward Cameron third game in eight days Saturday, but a Lancaster has scored three, while midfielder positive COVID-19 test for a covered member Devon “Speedy” Williams accounts for two. of Sporting KC II’s organization forced Williams headed in an early cross Saturday postponement of a midweek match for the to give LouCity an early 1-0 lead over Indy boys in purple. SKC II is now scheduled to Eleven before the clubs played to a draw. visit Wednesday, spreading out what originally The Jamaican international also scored the looked like the busiest stretch of the restarted first goal in Lynn Family Stadium history going season. back toa July 12 matchup with Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC. NAPO’S NEW ROLE THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY Napo Matsoso shifted from the defensive In 2019, coach John Hackworth’s first full midfield to the right wing for LouCity last season leading LouCity, the boys in purple Saturday with much success. Matsoso’s third- also limped into August, fighting for a playoff minute cross to Devon “Speedy” Williams spot off consecutive losses to end July. Can marked his first assist of the season, and they similarly turn things around in 2020? the native of Lesotho continued to push the August 2019 began a 10-game unbeaten attach from there, pacing LouCity with three of streak for the club, which earned points in 12 of what Opta statistics termed “good” crosses. its final 13 games. That sparked a run back to He completed 81.8% of his passes as well, LouCity’s third straight USL Championship Final including 77.7 percent of attempts in Indy’s half. appearance. WWW.LOUCITY.COM McCABE SIDELINED JOGO GETS A START LouCity’s Niall McCabe has undergone Youth international Jonathan Gomez, who successful surgery to repair a right foot has represented both the United States and injury, the club announced Monday, with the Mexico, logged 26 minutes across his first two midfielder’s prognosis positive for a return LouCity appearances upon the USL’s restart. to the pitch later this season. McCabe is The 16-year-old left back then found his way no stranger to coming back strong from an into a starting role on July 29, the last time operation. He shut down his 2016 season to Sporting KC II visited. Gomez was unable to proactively repair hip cartilage, then returned clear a ball into the box leading to the visitors’ as a key piece of LouCity’s USL title runs in initial goal but was otherwise solid in his first 2017 and 2018. start on a professional contract, completing 90 percent of his passes from the left back spot. JOHNSON SEES THE FIELD MINUS MAGNUS Forward Jason Johnson, a Jamaican LouCity and its leading scorer from last season, international who most recently suited up for midfielder Magnus Rasmussen, agreed the Western Conference’s Phoenix Rising, effective July 31 to terminate their contract. checked in Saturday for his debut in purple. Rasmussen and his wife, Camilla, last month His 19 minutes off the bench marked his first welcomed new daughter Olivia to their family action since an injury-riddled 2019 campaign. in Denmark, where he will remain amid the But two seasons ago, he tallied nine goals, COVID-19 pandemic. LouCity’s technical staff including a soaring scissor kick that won USL plans to re-sign Rasmussen for 2021 after he Goal of the Month for June of 2018. poured in 13 regular-season goals and four more in the playoffs in 2019. A FEW FIRSTS LYNN FAMILY STADIUM Last Saturday’s Indy Eleven meant new The $65 million stadium sits on a 10-acre ground in 2020 for the boys in purple. They parcel in the Butchertown neighborhood previously hadn’t played an opponent to a east of downtown. Normal capacity is 15,304, draw, nor had they carried a lead into halftime. and the venue could range up to 25,000 for Williams’ third-minute score — tapped in after concerts. Unique to Lynn is a 72-foot Modelo midfielder Napo Matsoso secured possession bar in the open end, believed to be the longest on a sliding challenge — was also the earliest of its kind in Kentucky. The jumbotron ranks LouCity has scored a goal in a game this second in size behind only Churchill Downs’ season. Big Board. WWW.LOUCITY.COM IN THE STANDS FAMILIAR FACES LouCity’s attendance of 4,850 (about 30% of Head coach John Hackworth kept the core of maximum capacity) in its first five games back the roster, returning 16 players from the 2019 have marked the highest number of people Louisville City team which won the Eastern to attend team sporting events in the country Conference Title. Ten of the 11 starters from since the COVID-19 pandemic put sports Louisville City’s 2019 USL Championship Final on pause. Club officials are following local team returned for the 2020 season. government guidance and the Venue Shield Returning (17) Newcomers (9) plan devised by stadium operator ASM Global GK Chris Hubbard D Jimmy Ockford that calls for wearing masks in the building, GK Ben Lundt D Jonathan Gomez* physical distancing and temperature checks, D Oscar Jimenez D Wes Charpie among other measures to keep fans safe. D Pat McMahon MF Corben Bone D Alexis Souahy MF Damir Beganovic* ABOUT THE PITCH D Sean Totsch MF Elijah Wynder D F The natural surface is made up of Tahoma Akil Watts Cameron Lancaster MF Paolo DelPiccolo GK Muamer Ugarak* 31 Bermuda overseeded with rye, and it can MF Napo Matsoso F Jason Johnson remain green year round thanks to a sub-air MF Niall McCabe system that removes excessive moisture, but MF Speedy Williams can also blow hot or cold air to keep grass at F George Davis IV an ideal temperature. The lines measure 120 F Antoine Hoppenot F Brian Ownby feet by 80, a major upgrade from the 105 by F Luke Spencer 75 pitch at LouCity’s former home, Louisville F Devon “Speedy” Williams *Academy Slugger Field. PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 2020 INDIVIDUAL ACCOLADES 3 - Alexis Souahy (ah-LEX-ee Soo-WAH-hee) USL Save of the Week: 4 - Totsch (TOE-sh) GK Ben Lundt - Week 1 5 - Ockford (AHK-ford) 6 - Charpie (Sharpie) 8 - Akil (ah-KEEL) UNAVAILABLE FOR SELECTION (ab-DOO JH-ahm, French JH) 14 - Abdou Thiam MF Niall McCabe 19 - Jimenez (hi-MEN-ez) 27 - Napo Matsoso (NAH-poe Mah-SO-so) 29 - Antoine Hoppenot (AN-twan O-pen-oh) 36 - Paolo DelPiccolo (POW-low del-PIC-oh-lo) SOCIAL MEDIA 39 - Lundt (Loont) FACEBOOK: /LOUISVILLECITYFC 61 - Elijah Wynder (e-LIE-juh WINE-dur) TWITTER: @LOUCITYFC 91 - Muamer Ugarak (Moo-a-mar OO-gar-ack) INSTAGRAM: @LOUISVILLECITYFC 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.