2021 Louisville City FC season explained

Club:Louisville City
Season:2021
Manager:Danny Cruz
Chairman:John Neace
Stadium:Lynn Family Stadium
League:USL
League Result:Division: 1st
Conference: 2nd
Overall: 4th
Cup1:USL Playoffs
Cup1 Result:Eastern Conference Finals
Cup2:U.S. Open Cup
Cup2 Result:Not Held
League Topscorer:Cameron Lancaster (21)
Chrtitle:Owner
Prevseason:2020
Nextseason:2022
Largest Win:LOU 3–0 MEM (6/12)
LOU 4–1 SKC (8/7)
Largest Loss:All by 1 goal
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The 2021 Louisville City FC season was the club's seventh season of competition. City competed in the USL Championship, the second tier of soccer in the United States.

Background

See main article: 2020 Louisville City FC season. The previous season was significantly altered due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Louisville City played one match to start the USL Championship season on March 7, 2020, before the season was suspended on March 12, 2020. Louisville City resumed the season on July 12, 2020, under an abbreviated 16-game season instead of 32. Stadium capacity was capped at 4,900; or about 31% of stadium capacity, to enforce social distancing measures.

Louisville City FC finished the truncated 2020 season with a record of 11–2–3, which was good enough to finish in first in Group E, first in the eastern conference, and second overall in the league. City reached the Eastern Conference Final, or semifinals of the USL Championship Playoffs before losing to the Tampa Bay Rowdies.

Cameron Lancaster led Louisville in scoring with 10 goals across all competitions, good enough for the fifth highest goal scoring tally in the league. Lancaster, along with league Goalkeeper of the Year Ben Lundt, defender Sean Totsch, and midfielder Speedy Williams, were named to the All-League First Team.

Current squad

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Competitions

USL Championship

See main article: 2021 USL Championship season. Louisville City entered the season coached by John Hackworth, who had been at the helm since August 2018. On April 27, 2021, it was announced that Hackworth and Louisville City had mutually terminated Hackworth's contract; Danny Cruz was named the interim head coach.[2] On October 11, 2021, Cruz was named the permanent head coach.[3]

Match results

For the 2021 USL Championship season, Louisville City was placed in the Central Division. The club played four matches against each divisional opponent (two home, two away), and four other matches against teams outside the division. Louisville City faced San Diego Loyal SC, Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC, and New Mexico United for the first time in their history.[4] For the first time in their history, Louisville City completed a full-length regular season without a player being sent off, and without a multi-goal loss, accomplishments the team would sustain through the playoff run.

USL Cup Playoffs

The top four teams in each of the four USL Championship divisions advanced to the 2021 USL Championship Playoffs. Louisville City entered the playoffs as the top seed out of the Central Division, and second overall seed in the Eastern Conference.

U.S. Open Cup

See main article: 2021 U.S. Open Cup.

On March 29, 2021, the U.S. Soccer Federation announced a truncated format for the 2021 U.S. Open Cup. 16 clubs would participate, each entering at the same time in a Round of 16: 8 from MLS to be determined by league table position after three weeks of play; 4 from the USL Championship, specifically each conference finalist from the 2020 USL Championship Playoffs, including Louisville City; Greenville Triumph SC of USL League One; Detroit City FC of the NISA, and Open Division sides FC Golden State Force and Newtown Pride FC. All non-MLS sides would be drawn against an MLS side for the Round of 16. The competition would begin in May and conclude by the end of June.[5]

On April 16, 2021, the U.S. Soccer Federation announced that the competition would not go forward in the spring as planned, and that it would evaluate holding the competition later in the year.[6]

On July 20, 2021, in conjunction with announcing a tentative schedule for the 2022 U.S. Open Cup, the U.S. Soccer Federation also declared that the 2021 edition of the competition was officially cancelled.[7]

Player statistics

Top scorers

width=20Place!width=20Pos.!width=20No.!width=150Name!width=80!width=80!width=80Total
1FW17 Cameron Lancaster20121
2MF36 Paolo DelPiccolo909
3FW21 Kyle Greig505
3MF10 Brian Ownby415
5MF29 Antoine Hoppenot404
5FW9 Jorge Gonzalez314
7MF13 Corben Bone303
7MF20 Jimmy McLaughlin303
9DF42 Jonathan Gomez202
9DF6 Wes Charpie202
9MF7 Napo Matsoso202
12DF15 Pat McMahon101
12DF3 Alexis Souahy101
12MF19 Oscar Jimenez101
---Opponent Own Goals112
Total61465

Assist leaders

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1MF10 Brian Ownby10010
2DF42 Jonathan Gomez808
3MF13 Corben Bone617
4MF29 Antoine Hoppenot404
4MF19 Oscar Jimenez314
6FW21 Kyle Greig202
6MF11 Niall McCabe202
6DF3 Alexis Souahy202
6DF15 Pat McMahon202
10MF22 George Davis IV101
10MF36 Paolo DelPiccolo101
10DF6 Wes Charpie101
10DF8 Akil Watts101
10FW14 Abdou Mbacke Thiam101
Total42244

Clean sheets

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1GK1 Chris Hubbard628
2GK24 Parker Siegfried101
Total729

Disciplinary

The 2021 season was Louisville City's first full-length campaign without having a player sent off. However, the club accumulated more yellow cards than any previous season.

No.Pos.NameTotal
36MF9110
42MF819
10MF729
11MF718
15DF606
29MF606
21FW415
3DF404
7MF303
22MF303
4DF303
66DF303
19MF213
1GK202
8DF202
6DF202
9FW202
17FW112
13MF101
12MF101
20MF101
Total77885

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Roster. loucity.com. May 20, 2021.
  2. Web site: Cruz Assumes Interim Head Coaching Position with LouCity . April 27, 2021.
  3. Web site: LouCity Removes Interim Tag, Taps Cruz as Permanent Head Coach . October 11, 2021.
  4. Web site: Louisville City FC schedule 2021 . May 7, 2021.
  5. Web site: OPEN CUP COMMITTEE DECIDES NOT TO PLAY OPENING ROUND OF U.S. OPEN CUP DUE TO CHALLENGES SURROUNDING COVID PANDEMIC; TEAMS WILL ENTER TOURNAMENT AT ROUND OF 16 . U.S. Soccer Federation . May 7, 2021.
  6. Web site: OPEN CUP COMMITTEE DETERMINES 2021 LAMAR HUNT U.S. OPEN CUP WILL NOT BE HELD THIS SPRING . U.S. Soccer Federation . May 7, 2021.
  7. Web site: SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED FOR NEXT EDITION OF LAMAR HUNT U.S. OPEN CUP IN 2022 . U.S. Soccer Federation . July 20, 2021.

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