May 24, 2024 – United Soccer League Championship (USL)
Louisville City FC News Release
Louisville City FC will continue a well-traveled month at 4 p.m. Saturday when kicking off for the first time against USL Championship expansion club Rhode Island FC.
LouCity already visited the Pacific Time Zone twice in May, making the roughly 4,600-mile round trip to Seattle for U.S. Open Cup play before last weekend’s 3,800-mile jaunt to and from Las Vegas for a league game.
It will be another 1,900 or so miles there and back, this time to the East Coast. Rhode Island hosts its home games at Beirne Stadium, originally built as the home of Bryant University’s football team.
To complicate matters for coach Danny Cruz, there’s a quick turnaround to consider. Following Saturday’s game, LouCity hosts Detroit City FC on Wednesday night at Lynn Family Stadium. Then it’s back on the road for a weekend trip to play Miami FC.
City (7-1-1, 22 points) holds second on the Eastern Conference table, five points back of the Charleston Battery. However, Charleston has played two more games than the boys in purple.
Rhode Island (1-3-6, 9 points) is getting results early in its first season, including a scoreless tie with the Battery. But a high number of draws has the club 11th of 12 in the East.
Rhode Island’s lone win came back on April 20 at, coincidentally, Las Vegas Lights FC, which LouCity played to a 2-2 draw last out. RIFC is still in search of its first home victory.
Follow along
– The game will air live locally on WBKI/The CW and ESPN Louisville’s AM 680/FM 105.7.
– If streaming, download the free WDRB+ app to watch the local feed in Louisville. ESPN+ or Golazo Network also streams the home feed of all USL Championship games not selected for national TV.
– For Starting XI and in-game updates, follow @loucityfc on Twitter. Also find the club at louisvillecityfc on Instagram and Louisville City FC on Facebook.
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Story lines…
Potent offense: With another pair of goals at Las Vegas, LouCity pushed its season total to a USL Championship-leading 28. City is also one of three clubs around the league to have hit the back of the net in each of its games this year along with the Indy Eleven and Sacramento Republic FC.
Shutout streak ends: LouCity went more than three games – 384 minutes – without conceding a goal before Las Vegas’ Valentin Noel scored 16 minutes into last weekend’s game. The boys in purple have allowed just nine goals…
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