April 21, 2023 – National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) – Racing Louisville FC News Release
Racing Louisville FC midfielder Wang Shuang
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The second of two games on Racing Louisville FC’s West Coast swing is on tap, with the Louisvillians taking on host Portland Thorns FC at 10:30 p.m. ET Saturday at Providence Park.
For the first time in club history, the game will be broadcast locally. Fans in the Louisville area can watch the match on Circle over the air on WAVE channel 3.3, Spectrum cable channel 193 and Dish Network’s 370. Paramount+ will carry the nationally streamed broadcast.
Fans also have the opportunity to see it on the big screen at Lynn Family Stadium, an official watch site for the Kentucky Derby season’s opening event, Thunder Over Louisville. Prior to the fireworks show is Louisville City FC’s 7:30 p.m. game at Charleston Battery. Visit LynnFamilyStadium.com for tickets and more information.
Racing (0-0-3, 3 points) and Portland (2-0-1, 7 points) are two of the four remaining unbeaten National Women’s Soccer League teams, with this set as the first of two regular-season meetings between the clubs.
Louisville comes to Portland riding its longest run without a loss (five matches) in club history, a stretch that links back to the final two games of last season. Coach Kim Björkegren’s team drew 2-2 this past Saturday at Angel City in Los Angeles, surrendering a 2-0 halftime lead built with a Savannah DeMelo penalty and Kirsten Davis’s first goal of the campaign.
After several changes to its lineup in Los Angeles because of injuries and excused absences, Racing will be much closer to full strength in Oregon, where Louisville lost a back-and-forth 1-0 match against the Thorns last month in Portland’s annual preseason tournament.
Portland will be finishing a busy eight days, with Racing representing its third matchup since last Friday. The Thorns drew Houston, 1-1, in NWSL regular-season action a week ago, then lost, 1-0, at San Diego in a mid-week UKG NWSL Challenge Cup contest.
The reigning champions started the regular season hot, with back-to-back wins and four goals in each, led by 2022 NWSL MVP Sophia Smith.
Racing is aiming to change its series history against Portland, which has won each of the four contests between the teams since Louisville’s expansion franchise started playing in 2021.
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