April 14, 2023 – United Soccer League Championship (USL) – Louisville City FC News Release
Louisville City FC midfielder Elijah Wynder
(Louisville City FC, Credit: EM Dash Photography)
Louisville City FC hosts San Antonio FC on Saturday in a game widely anticipated across the USL Championship since the schedule was set.
It’s both a rematch of the 2022 league final and meeting between the two 2023 favorites kicking off at 7:30 p.m. at Lynn Family Stadium.
LouCity-San Antonio is expected to be a hot ticket with the National Weather Service forecasting temperatures in the 70s and promotions aplenty. Saturday’s game is a “Purple Out,” as T-shirts will be distributed to the first 1,000 fans. It’s also “College Night” featuring $5 student tickets and a postgame silent disco.
Numbers-driven FiveThirtyEight.com considers Eastern Conference power LouCity the USL Championship pick to win it all this year with a 17% chance. San Antonio FC is next in line with a 12% chance.
The only other time the clubs have met was in that 2022 final won 3-1 by San Antonio over an injury-riddled LouCity side to end last season.
The boys in purple have an opportunity Saturday to exact some revenge, plus continue to distance themselves from a rough patch on Match Days 3 and 4 of the season when defeated by a combined 8-0 score across two games. Since then, LouCity bounced back to win a Second Round Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup game over neighboring Lexington SC before notching a league victory last weekend against Detroit City FC.
Follow along
– Saturday’s game will air live on WBKI and ESPN Louisville’s 680/105.7.
-If streaming, download the free WDRB Now app to watch the local feed in Louisville. ESPN+ 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 and Louisville City FC on Facebook. Also find the club at louisvillecityfc on Instagram.
Player availability report
Wes Charpie (Questionable)
Jorge Gonzalez (Questionable)
Cameron Lancaster (Questionable)
Niall McCabe (Out)
Ray Serrano (Questionable)
Story lines…
Chart toppers: Now eight-plus years into its existence, LouCity reached No. 1 on the USL Championship’s all-time wins last weekend with the Detroit victory. City claims 139 regular season victories, one more than Orange County SC and the Charleston Battery. Of course, the boys in purple have added a number of postseason wins as well on their way to league titles in 2017 and 2018. The…
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