November 12, 2022 – United Soccer League Championship (USL) – Louisville City FC News Release
Louisville City FC midfielder Paolo DelPiccolo with possession vs. the Tampa Bay Rowdies
(Louisville City FC, Credit: James Tinnell)
Louisville City FC is on the precipice of securing its coveted third star, with a much-anticipated 8:30 p.m. Sunday meeting against San Antonio FC in the USL Championship Final at Toyota Field in southeast Texas.
The game will cap off a memorable season for City after the boys in purple set a new club record in amassing 72 points and winning more than 20 games in the regular season. They can end it with a new mark: A victory Sunday would make LouCity the first team in league history to win three titles.
To get there, City must go through San Antonio, the top seed in the USL Championship playoffs that rang up 77 points in the 34-game regular season. The Western Conference champions tied league records with 24 wins and 17 shutouts.
Sunday’s USL Championship matchup will be a first for the league: No previous title game featured the No. 1 seeds from the Eastern and Western conferences.
Both teams secured clean sheets in their conference final wins, with City topping Eastern Conference rival Tampa Bay Rowdies, 1-0, this past Saturday before San Antonio beat Colorado Springs, 2-0, last Sunday night.
City is no stranger to the USL Championship Final. Sunday’s game is the club’s fourth appearance in the title match. LouCity won trophies the first two times it reached the league’s biggest stage, in 2017 and 2018, but fell short in the 2019 edition.
Follow along
The game will air live nationally on ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and Sirius XM FC, with local radio coverage on ESPN Louisville’s 680/105.7.
For Starting XI and in-game updates, follow @loucityfc on Twitter and Louisville City FC on Facebook. Also find the club at louisvillecityfc on Instagram.
Availability report
Corben Bone (Out)
Jorge Gonzalez (Out)
Jan-Erik Leinhos (Out)
Cameron Lancaster (Questionable)
Niall McCabe (Out)
Kyle Morton (Questionable)
Brian Ownby (Questionable)
Ian Soler (Out)
Story lines…
Postseason dominance: LouCity is the best postseason team in USL Championship history, winning 18 matches over the past eight playoffs. With a record of 18-4-3 in its 25 prior postseason matches, LouCity has a 72 percent winning percentage.
Conference consistency: LouCity’s introduction into the USL Championship also coincided with the adoption of conferences, and the boys in purple have advanced…