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Louisville City
2015 season
Owner	Wayne Estopinal
Manager	James O'Connor
Stadium	Louisville Slugger Field
USL	2nd, Eastern
USL Playoffs	Conference finals
U.S. Open Cup	4th Round
Top goalscorer	League: Matt Fondy (22) All: Matt Fondy (24)
Highest home attendance	8,517 (Oct 3 vs. Charleston)
Lowest home attendance	4,772 (Apr 16 vs. Rochester)
Average home league attendance	6,765
← Orlando City (USL) 2016 →

The 2015 Louisville City FC season was the club's first season playing in Louisville, Kentucky in the United Soccer League (USL), in the third tier of the United States soccer league system.

Background

The club was announced in 2014 when Orlando City relocated to Louisville, led by then-minority owner Wayne Estopinal and played their first season in 2015.^[1]

Squad information

As of September 2, 2015 ^[2]

No.	Position	Player	Nation
1	GK	Scott Goodwin	United States
2	MF	Bryan Burke	United States
3	DF	Adam West	United States
4	MF	Aodhan Quinn	United States
5	DF	Conor Shanosky	United States
6	DF	Tarek Morad	United States
7	MF	Kadeem Dacres	United States
8	MF	Juan Guzman	United States
9	FW	Matt Fondy	United States
10	MF	Magnus Rasmussen	Denmark
11	MF	Niall McCabe	Ireland
13	GK	Greg Ranjitsingh	Canada
14	FW	Ilija Ilic	Serbia
15	DF	Sean Reynolds	United States
16	FW	Nate Polak	United States
17	MF	Kevin Cossette	Canada
18	FW	Cameron Lancaster	England
19	MF	Guy Abend	Israel
20	MF	Enrique Montano	United States
94	DF	Charlie Adams	England

Competitions

Friendlies

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February 25, 2015 Preseason	Louisville City	Canceled	Evansville Purple Aces	Louisville, Kentucky
7:45 p.m.		Report		Stadium: Assumption High School

February 28, 2015 Preseason	Louisville City	Canceled	Young Harris Mountain Lions	Jeffersonville, Indiana
11:00 a.m.		Report		Stadium: Woehrle Athletic Complex

March 3, 2015 Preseason	Indiana Hoosiers	2–3	Louisville City	Bloomington, Indiana
3:00 p.m.	25' 49'	Report	Fondy 30', 37' Lancaster 85'	Stadium: Mellencamp Pavilion

March 11, 2015 Preseason	Louisville Cardinals	0–3	Louisville City	Louisville, Kentucky
7:00 p.m.		Report	Rasmussen 25' Fondy 39' Illic 86'	Stadium: Cardinal Park

March 14, 2015 Preseason	Kentucky Wildcats	0–0	Louisville City	Lexington, Kentucky
3:00 p.m.		Report		Stadium: Lafayette High School

March 17, 2015 Preseason	Louisville City	5–0	Lindsey Wilson Blue Raiders	Louisville, Kentucky
7:45 p.m.	Rasmussen 4', 52' Polak 20', 86' Illic 60'	Report		Stadium: Assumption High School

April 9, 2015 Friendly	SIUE Cougars	1–0	Louisville City	Edwardsville, Illinois
7:45 p.m.	Hull 86'	Report		Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium

August 25, 2015 Friendly	Louisville City	3–1	Orlando City SC	Louisville, Kentucky
7:30pm	Fondy 35' Guzman 50' Adams 78'	Report	Mwanga 66'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 9,434

United Soccer League

All times in regular season on Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-04:00)

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
28	14	6	8	55	34	+21	48	9	2	3	30	12	+18	5	4	5	25	22	+3

Source: Match reports

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Stadium	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	A
Result	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	L

Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

March 28, 2015 1	Louisville City	2–0	Saint Louis FC	Louisville, Kentucky
4:00pm	Rasmussen 23' Adams 67'	Report	Lynch 69'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 6,067 Referee: Brandon Artis

April 4, 2015 2	Richmond Kickers	1–1	Louisville City	Richmond, Virginia
5:00pm	Callahan 20' Yomby 33' Robinson 34' Delicâte 51' Davis IV 82'	Report	Shanosky 4' King 35' Burke 70' King 78'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 4,683 Referee: Matthew Franz

April 16, 2015 3	Louisville City	1–1	Rochester Rhinos	Louisville, Kentucky
7:30pm	West 20' Guzman 35'	Report	Ruggles 40' Dixon 68'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 4,772 Referee: Aaron Hernandez

April 19, 2015 4	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	1 - 1	Louisville City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
3:00pm	Okiomah 38'	Report	Guzman 90' Dacres 92'	Stadium: Highmark Stadium Attendance: 995 Referee: Tori Penso

April 25, 2015 5	Louisville City	2 - 0	Tulsa Roughnecks FC	Louisville, Kentucky
7:30pm	Fondy 22' Burke 53' Adams 54' Price 89' (o.g.)	Report	TM 56'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 4,877 Referee: Donovan Noocha

May 2, 2015 6	Charlotte Independence	1 - 0	Louisville City	Charlotte, North Carolina
7:00pm	DelPiccolo 31' Cox 45' Herrera 57' Slogic 64' Duckett 71' Calvert 90'	Report		Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex Attendance: 1,987 Referee: Jeremy Smith

May 12, 2015 7	Louisville City	3 - 0	Wilmington Hammerheads	Louisville, Kentucky
7:30pm	Rasmussen 15' Quinn 39' Shanosky 42' Burke 45'	Report	Fairclough 25' Parratt 45' Arnoux 67' 88'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 4,911 Referee: Joshua Brooks

May 16, 2015 8	Louisville City	4 - 0	Toronto FC II	Louisville, Kentucky
7:30pm	Dacres 6' Fondy 14', 55' Shanosky 35'	Report		Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 6,090 Referee: James Dumstorf

May 24, 2015 9	Saint Louis FC	3 - 3	Louisville City	Fenton, Missouri
8:30pm	Lynch 20' Bushue 38' Gasecki 49' Ambersley 60' Gaul 70', 77' Kann 80' Musa 89'	Report	Fondy 29', 74' Morad 37' Goodwin 75' Polak 82' Rivera 89'	Stadium: St. Louis Soccer Park Attendance: 4,783 Referee: Brandon Artis

May 30, 2015 10	Louisville City	1 - 1	Saint Louis FC	Louisville, Kentucky
7:30pm	Dacres 49' Montano 80'	Report	Renken 69', 83'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 7,185 Referee: Andrew Musashe

June 10, 2015 11	FC Montreal	0 - 2	Louisville City	Montreal, Quebec
6:30pm		Report	Morad 15' Fondy 27' Guzman 68' Quinn 90+1'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 308 Referee: Chris Grabas

June 13, 2015 12	Rochester Rhinos	2 - 0	Louisville City	Rochester, New York
7:05pm	Walls 23' Forbes 43' Duba 67'	Report	Rivera 61'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 6,896 Referee: Jaroslav Werel

June 20, 2015 13	Louisville City	0 - 2	New York Red Bulls II	Louisville, Kentucky
7:30pm	Montano 45' Fernandez 68'	Report	Plewa 3' Jean-Baptiste 43' Etienne 49' Adams 53' Bedoya 62' Akinyode 76' Castano 88' da Fonte 90'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 7,454 Referee: Esteban Rosano

June 27, 2015 14	Louisville City	6 - 2	Oklahoma City Energy FC	Louisville, Kentucky
7:30pm	Rasmussen 25', 59' (pen.) Fondy 38', 56', 86' 51' Quinn 49' Dacres 66'	Report	Dalgaard 16' 81' Gonzalez 44' König 50' (pen.) 61' VanCompernolle 61'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 6,646 Referee: Tony Crush

July 4, 2015 15	Louisville City	3 - 0	Richmond Kickers	Louisville, Kentucky
7:30pm	Fondy 16' Morad 50' Rasmussen 59' Dacres 72'	Report	Sekyere 79'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 8,254 Referee: Vito Testa Jr

July 11, 2015 16	Louisville City	1 - 0	Charlotte Independence	Louisville, Kentucky
7:30pm	Rasmussen 32' (pen.) Morad 40' Quinn 87'	Report	Martínez 3'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 7,649 Referee: Aaron Hernandez

July 18, 2015 17	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	1 - 2	Louisville City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
7:00pm	Vincent 16' Kerr 19'	Report	Rasmussen 14' Fondy 65'	Stadium: Highmark Stadium Attendance: 3,638 Referee: John Douglas

July 25, 2015 18	Wilmington Hammerheads	1 - 3	Louisville City	Wilmington, North Carolina
7:00pm	Ackley 23' (pen.) 87' Parratt 45'	Report	Montano 17' Fondy 45+1' Shanosky 51' Adams 56' Guzman 87'	Stadium: Legion Stadium Attendance: 3,373 Referee: Russell Davis

August 1, 2015 19	Toronto FC II	2 - 3	Louisville City	Vaughan, Ontario
3:00pm	Babouli 20' Roberts 67' Hamilton 80'	Report	Quinn 32' Dacres 57' McCabe 66' Burke 72' Guzman 90'	Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre Attendance: 303 Referee: Alexis Vaughan

August 5, 2015 20	Louisville City	0 - 4	FC Montreal	Louisville, Kentucky
7:30pm	Morad 51'	Report	Riggi 3', 18' Haman 20' Crépeau 73' N'Diaye 80' Morelli 88'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 6,836 Referee: Chris Ruska

August 12, 2015 21	Harrisburg City Islanders	1 - 5	Louisville City	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
7:00pm	Barril 55'	Report	Fondy 1', 12', 43' (pen.), 73' Dacres 21'	Stadium: Skyline Sports Complex Attendance: 2,846 Referee: Mark Treilman

August 15, 2015 22	Tulsa Roughnecks FC	2 - 2	Louisville City	Tulsa, Oklahoma
8:30pm	Venter 34' Black 35' Mata 75'	Report	Cossette 11' Quinn 18' Dacres 33' McCabe 79'	Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 4,519 Referee: Brook Weiss

August 22, 2015 23	Louisville City	3 - 1	Charleston Battery	Louisville, Kentucky
7:30pm	Fondy 44', 82' Rasmussen 74' 77'	Report	Kelly 48' Chang 84'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 7,850 Referee: Adam Behrens

August 29, 2015 24	Louisville City	0 - 1	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Louisville, Kentucky
7:30pm	Guzman 29' Rasmussen 60'	Report	Vincent 17' 44' (pen.) Hunt 42'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 8,414 Referee: Marco Antonio Vega

September 2, 2015 25	Louisville City	4 - 0	Harrisburg City Islanders	Louisville, Kentucky
7:30pm	Fondy 19', 21', 39' Quinn 77' Morad 83' Ilic 90'	Report	Ekra 35' Dyer 88'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 7,702 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

September 5, 2015 26	New York Red Bulls II	3 - 2	Louisville City	New York City, New York
8:30pm	Sanchez 25' Stolz 55' Bedoya 70' Akinyode 85'	Report	McCabe 18' 30' Fondy 39' Polak 90'	Stadium: Rocco B. Commisso Soccer Stadium Attendance: 576 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

September 12, 2015 27	Charleston Battery	2 - 0	Louisville City	Charleston, South Carolina
7:30pm	Portillo 63' vanSchaik 78' Kelly 80' Marini 89'	Report	Quinn 56' Shanosky 62'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 3,978 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

September 19, 2015 28	Saint Louis FC	2 - 1	Louisville City	Fenton, Missouri
8:30pm	Hardware 41' Bryce 76' Maher 90'	Report	McCabe 10' Guzman 85' Montano 90'	Stadium: St. Louis Soccer Park Attendance: 5,662 Referee: Matthew Kreitzer

Standings

Eastern Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rochester Rhinos (C, X)	28	17	10	1	40	15	+25	61	Conference semi-finals
2	Louisville City FC	28	14	6	8	55	34	+21	48	Conference semi-finals
3	Charleston Battery	28	12	10	6	43	28	+15	46	First round
4	New York Red Bulls II	28	12	6	10	46	45	+1	42
5	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	28	11	8	9	53	42	+11	41

Source: 2015 USL schedule
Rules for classification: 1) head-to-head; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots
(C) Champions; (X) Regular Season League Champion

Western Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Orange County Blues	28	14	5	9	38	34	+4	47	Conference semi-finals
2	Oklahoma City Energy	28	13	8	7	44	36	+8	47	Conference semi-finals
3	Colorado Springs Switchbacks	28	14	4	10	53	35	+18	46	First round
4	Sacramento Republic	28	13	7	8	43	31	+12	46
5	LA Galaxy II	28	14	3	11	39	31	+8	45
6	Seattle Sounders 2	28	13	3	12	45	42	+3	42
7	Tulsa Roughnecks	28	11	6	11	49	46	+3	39
8	Portland Timbers 2	28	11	2	15	38	45	−7	35
9	Austin Aztex	28	10	3	15	32	41	−9	33
10	Arizona United	28	10	2	16	31	55	−24	32
11	Vancouver Whitecaps 2	28	8	6	14	39	53	−14	30
12	Real Monarchs	28	7	8	13	32	42	−10	29

USL Playoffs

First round

Conference Semifinals

Conference Finals

USL Championship

October 3

#1 Rochester Rhinos

September 26

#4 New York Red Bulls II

#4 New York Red Bulls II (a.e.t.)

October 10

#5 Pittsburgh Riverhounds

#1 Rochester Rhinos

September 26

#2 Louisville City FC

#3 Charleston Battery (a.e.t.)

October 3

#6 Richmond Kickers

#2 Louisville City FC (a.e.t.)

#3 Charleston Battery

October 16

#1 Rochester Rhinos (a.e.t.)

#5 LA Galaxy II

October 3

#1 Orange County Blues FC

September 26

#5 LA Galaxy II

#4 Sacramento Republic FC

October 11

#5 LA Galaxy II

September 25

#2 Oklahoma City Energy FC

#3 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC

October 4

#6 Seattle Sounders FC 2

#2 Oklahoma City Energy FC (p)

2 (4)

#3 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC

2 (3)

Results

Oct 3, 2015 Conference Semi-finals	Louisville City	2 - 0 (a.e.t.)	Charleston Battery	Louisville, Kentucky
7:30pm EST	Burke 41' Fondy 106', 116'	Report	Kelly 47'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 8,517 Referee: Luis Guardia

Oct 10, 2015 Conference finals	Rochester Rhinos	1 - 0 (a.e.t.)	Louisville City	Rochester, New York
7:05pm EST	Apostolopolous 22' McMahon 28' Forbes 48' Walls 59' Dixon 73' Dos Santos 54'	Report	Quinn 48'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 5,561 Referee: Matthew Kreitzer

U.S. Open Cup

Louisville City entered the 2015 U.S. Open Cup with the rest of the United Soccer League in the second round.^[3]

May 20, 2015 2R	Lansing United	0–1	Louisville City	East Lansing, Michigan
7:00pm EST	DeCosemo 76'	Report	Quinn 32' Adams 48' Reynolds 79'	Stadium: East Lansing Soccer Complex Attendance: 647 Referee: John Douglas

May 27, 2015 3R	Indy Eleven	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Louisville City	Indianapolis, Indiana
7:30pm EST	Janicki 58' Wojcik 84'	Report	King 17' Polak 115' Rivera 119', 119'	Stadium: Carroll Stadium Attendance: 7,134 Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic

June 16, 2015 4R	Chicago Fire	1 - 0 (a.e.t.)	Louisville City	Bridgeview, Illinois
7:30pm CST	Watson 20' Ritter 71' Amarikwa 116'	Report	Montano 53' Guzman 90+4'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 3,544 Referee: Nima Saghafi

Media

As with the rest of the USL, all of Louisville City FC's USL matches will appear on YouTube.

References

^ Lintner, Jonathan (June 3, 2014). "Louisville pro soccer club to be unveiled Wednesday". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
^ "Roster Louisville City Football Club". Louisville City Football Club. Archived from the original on July 2, 2016. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
^ "102nd U.S. Open Cup Unveils Format, Record Number of Teams". ussoccer.com.

v t e Louisville City FC
Founded 2014 Based in Louisville, Kentucky
Club	History Players Coaches Seasons
Stadiums	Louisville Slugger Field (2015–2019) Lynn Family Stadium (2020–present)
Rivalries	River Cities Cup (FC Cincinnati) LIPAFC (Indy Eleven) Kings' Cup (Saint Louis FC)
Affiliated teams	Racing Louisville FC Louisville City U-23
Seasons	2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

v t e 2015 USL season by team
Playoffs Transfers
East	Charleston Battery Charlotte Independence Harrisburg City Islanders Louisville City New York Red Bulls II FC Montreal Pittsburgh Riverhounds Richmond Kickers Rochester Rhinos Saint Louis FC Toronto FC II Wilmington Hammerheads
West	Arizona United Austin Aztex Colorado Springs Switchbacks LA Galaxy II Oklahoma City Energy Orange County Blues Portland Timbers 2 Real Monarchs Sacramento Republic Seattle Sounders 2 Tulsa Roughnecks Whitecaps FC 2

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Leagues

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Cups

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International

Club competitions

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USL	Arizona United Austin Aztex Charleston Battery Charlotte Independence Colorado Springs Switchbacks Harrisburg City Islanders LA Galaxy II Louisville City FC Montréal New York Red Bulls II Oklahoma City Energy Orange County Blues Pittsburgh Riverhounds Portland Timbers 2 Real Monarchs Richmond Kickers Rochester Rhinos Sacramento Republic Seattle Sounders FC 2 Saint Louis FC Toronto FC II Tulsa Roughnecks Whitecaps FC 2 Wilmington Hammerheads

Women

NWSL	Boston Breakers Chicago Red Stars FC Kansas City Houston Dash Portland Thorns Seattle Reign Sky Blue FC Washington Spirit Western New York Flash

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
28	14	6	8	55	34	+21	48	9	2	3	30	12	+18	5	4	5	25	22	+3

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
28	14	6	8	55	34	+21	48	9	2	3	30	12	+18	5	4	5	25	22	+3

Background

Squad information

Competitions

Friendlies

United Soccer League

Results summary

Results

Standings

USL Playoffs

Results

U.S. Open Cup

Media

See also

References

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
28	14	6	8	55	34	+21	48	9	2	3	30	12	+18	5	4	5	25	22	+3