The 2021 Louisville City FC season will be the club's seventh season of existence. City will be playing in the USL Championship, the second tier of soccer in the United States.
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.
Updated to match(es) played on August 29, 2021. Source: USL
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
19
12
4
3
39
21
+18
40
9
2
1
27
11
+16
3
2
2
12
10
+2
Last updated: August 22, 2021.
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
29
30
31
32
Ground
H
H
H
H
A
H
H
A
H
A
A
H
H
A
A
H
H
H
A
A
H
A
A
A
A
A
H
H
A
A
H
A
Result
W
D
W
L
L
W
W
W
D
W
L
W
W
D
W
W
W
W
D
Updated to match(es) played on August 22, 2021. Source: Match reports A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Match results[]
For the 2021 USL Championship season, Louisville City was placed in the Central Division. The club is scheduled to play four matches against each divisional opponent (two home, two away), and four other matches against teams outside the division. As a result, Louisville City will face San Diego Loyal SC, Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC, and New Mexico United for the first time in their history. [2]
Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium Attendance: 835 Referee: Chris Ruska Assistant referees: Jeremy Smith Assistant referees: Ben Rigel Fourth official: Madzid Coric
Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium Attendance: 10,032 Referee: Thomas Snyder Assistant referees: Tom Felice Assistant referees: Mike Nickerson Fourth official: Chris Schurfranz
Stadium: Weidner Field Attendance: 6,488 Referee: Jeremy Scheer Assistant referees: Eric Wood Assistant referees: Matthew Seem Fourth official: Laura Rodriguez
Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium Attendance: 10,675 Referee: Malik Badawi Assistant referees: Ben Pilgrim Assistant referees: John Krill Fourth official: Chris Schurfranz
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.[3]
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.[4]
On July 20, 2021, in conjunction with announcing a tentative schedule for the , the U.S. Soccer Federation also declared that the 2021 edition of the competition was officially cancelled.[5]
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