| Clubname: | Racing Louisville FC |
| Fullname: | Racing Louisville Football Club |
| Stadium: | Lynn Family Sports Vision & Training Center Louisville, Kentucky |
| Owner: | Soccer Holdings, LLC |
| Chairman: | John Neace |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Manager: | Callie McKinney |
| League: | USL W League |
| Season: | 2023 |
| Position: | 2nd of 8 Valley Division |
| Current: | 2023 USL W League season |
| American: | true |
| Website: | https://www.racingloufc.com/ |
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Racing Louisville FC is an amateur women's soccer team that plays in the USL W League. It is affiliated and shares ownership with the eponymous professional team Racing Louisville FC, which competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).
In January 2022, NWSL club Racing Louisville FC added an amateur team to compete in the newly formed USL W League,[1] becoming the first NWSL club to do so. This followed the club's academy opening in 2020 and completed its developmental pathway from youth soccer to top-division professional play.[2] The club hired an all-female technical staff to lead the team, with Kincaid Schmidt as its inaugural head coach and former NWSL player Libby Stout as assistant coach.
In the 2023 USL W League season, Racing finished in a tie on points for first place in the Valley division with eventual national championship finalists Indy Eleven with a greater goal differential, but second due to the first tiebreaker being head-to-head record and did not advance to the conference playoffs. The team's only loss and draw on its season record were against Indy.[3] [4]
Racing Louisville FC has played its USL W League matches at the Lynn Family Sports Vision & Training Center,[5] which also serves as the parent club's training facility,[6] since its inception.[1]
Most of Racing's W League squad are drawn from colleges and Racing's youth academy.[7] The professional Racing Louisville club has signed players from its W League club, including Isabella Beletic[8] and Allison Whitfield[9] in 2022. Racing Academy and W League player Ella Sanchez was a non-roster invitee to the professional team's 2023 preseason.[10] Racing's Emily Madril was one of 19 W League players to sign a professional contract, with Orlando Pride, after the league's inaugural season.[11]
| Season | League | Division | Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Lakes | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 15 | +11 | 21 | 3rd | Did not qualify | ||
| Valley | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 4 | +38 | 25 | 2nd | Did not qualify | ||