August 31, 2022 – United Soccer League Championship (USL) – Louisville City FC News Release
A pair of errors at the back Wednesday night led to Louisville City FC’s second consecutive loss, a 2-1 defeat to rival Indy Eleven at Carroll Stadium.
Indy Eleven striker Stefano Pinho scored twice as a result, helping the host side rally from an early deficit in the final game of this year’s Louisville Indianapolis Proximity Association Football Contest series.
Paired with Saturday’s defeat at Miami FC, LouCity lost back-to-back games for just the second time this season. Coincidentally, both of those stumbles followed 10-game unbeaten streaks – one to open the season and another stretching from June 18 through last weekend.
“Obviously, it’s a really disappointing night,” said coach Danny Cruz. “We gave up two goals that I felt like we gifted the opponent, so that’s not good enough. I thought we created enough chances to win the game, but we have to be better. I’m confident that we’ll turn this around on Saturday night. It’ll be good to finally be back at home, but for me, obviously, it’s another missed opportunity and not good enough on the night.”
City (17-5-4, 55 points) maintained its first-place standing in the USL Championship’s Eastern Conference, but the result marked a setback on other fronts. The boys in purple remain a point earned away from clinching their 2022 playoff spot, and they didn’t capitalize on an opportunity to surpass Western Conference leader San Antonio FC for the league’s best overall record.
Indy Eleven (8-14-4, 28 points) may have revived its own hopes of qualifying for the playoffs. The club was winless from early June until Saturday. In consecutive games, the Eleven defeated San Antonio and then LouCity, both at the top of their respective conferences.
“I don’t think it’s a time to question anything,” said midfielder Corben Bone. “If anything, it’s good that it happened now so we can address it, know where we can get better and move on. We still have it in our hands as far as finishing at the top of the league and our division. We know what we need to get better at, and we can bounce back with this group and the confidence we have – the type of players we have.”
Going back to March, City and Indy played to a 1-1 draw in their other meeting.
The boys in purple started on the front foot in Wednesday’s rematch when Amadou Dia’s eighth-minute cross landed to Ray Serrano, who flicked a header in at the far post. It marked Serrano’s third…
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