April 30, 2022 – United Soccer League Championship (USL) – Louisville City FC News Release
Louisville City FC forward Wilson Harris in front of a big home crowd
(Louisville City FC, Credit: EM Dash Photography)
Nearly two months into Louisville City FC’s season, temperatures finally rose, and attendance followed. In those situations, the boys in purple almost never lose.
The trend continued Saturday as LouCity raced out to an early lead and 2-0 victory over Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC, upping the club’s unbeaten streak to 11 games across all competitions to open 2022.
On what was also LouCity’s first “Pups at the Pitch” night, 11,093 fans were joined by 307 dogs at Lynn Family Stadium. There, LouCity has suffered just one defeat since COVID-19 restrictions lifted in June of 2021.
“I wanted the players to give the crowd something they wanted to come back for, and hopefully they did that,” Cruz said. “I felt they did that. When this place is rocking that way, it is tough for opposing teams, there’s no doubt about it.
“There were stretches there where Pittsburgh wasn’t able to get a sniff out of anything, and it was because of the work the players were doing on the field but also the environment they were having to do it in. So I felt the players gave it everything they could tonight for myself, the fans, the club. This is something we are really happy with.”
Leading scorer Wilson Harris had a role in both goals, sliding into a grounded Amadou Dia cross in the 20th minute before flicking a pass in behind to Enoch “Matiti” Mushagalusa, whose hard-driven shot deflected in to double the lead in the 39th minute.
Harris – an offseason signing from Sporting KC II – upped his USL Championship goals total to 5 on the season. Mushagalusa made it his second goal in as many weeks having scored the equalizer last Saturday in a 1-1 away draw with the Charleston Battery.
“It was a great press from the front five,” Dia said of the opener. “One of the biggest things we worked on this…