LOUISVILLE CITY FC
LouCity Poised For Another
Historic Playoff Run
Can They Go One Better This Year?
BY KEVIN KERNEN | PHOTOS BY JONATHAN LINTNER OF LOUISVILLE CITY FC
As the calendar turns the page to October,
Louisville City and the United Soccer League
enter the home stretch of the regular season
calendar, the most consequential time of the
season for teams whose playoff destiny is in
doubt. Luckily, the only thing Louisville City
has to concern themselves with is securing top
seed for the playoffs and home field advantage
that comes with it.
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The team has established itself as one of the
most formidable outfits in the league, boasting
a dangerous rotation of strikers, a flexible group
of midfielders and a staunch cadre of defenders
that together have given LouCity the tools they
need to improve on their last two seasons’ playoff
exits, both in the conference finals. success is hard to replicate and nearly impossible
to maintain, especially for the almost three
seasons that Louisville City has. This almost
unparalleled success can be laid at the feet of
the coaching staff and Coach James O’Connor,
who is a great recruiter of players and an even
better scout.
For a second division soccer team in America, The team was lucky to hold onto as many