April 27, 2024 – United Soccer League Championship (USL)
Louisville City FC News Release
Louisville City FC celebrates win
(Louisville City FC, Credit: Chris Humphrey)
Louisville City FC’s making once-in-a-season type of victories a fairly routine occasion as part of an impressive start to 2024, adding to the list a 6-0 victory Saturday over the Hartford Athletic.
The boys in purple buried Lynn Family Stadium’s visitors under a familiar attack having now scored at least five goals in a game for a third time this season. They’ve also already registered four clean sheets.
It all adds up to a 6-1-0 record, marking the club’s best-ever record through seven games.
“I’m really proud of how guys came into the game,” said coach Danny Cruz. “They did their jobs and performed well from a mentality standpoint. We talked a ton about, and I know I’ve said it before, that the zero is just as important as the six.”
A dominating LouCity performance Saturday came in front of a crowd of 10,887 fans – and the 285 dogs – as part of LouCity’s annual Pups at the Pitch game, which fundraises for and brings awareness to the Kentucky Humane Society.
Six City players scored a goal, second-most in a single game in club history behind an 8-3 victory back on October 12, 2019, when seven players in purple hit the back of the net.
“It’s so fun when everyone gets to score and everybody gets a piece of the dub,” said forward Adrien Perez. “It’s an amazing feeling, and you can see it from the fans to the players, just the atmosphere. Our group had a fun time.”
Elijah Wynder netted the first goal in the fifth minute, Perez doubled the lead with his first club goal in the 12th, and Aiden McFadden ended the early onslaught in the 32nd.
Cruz was short on negatives regarding his team’s performance but wished for a stronger start to the second half. After the coach substituted, Jorge Gonzalez (67th minute), Ray Serrano (83rd) and Tola Shownumi (stoppage time) rounded out the scoring.
“We always talk about coming out on the front foot, pinning them back in and getting early shots off,” Wynder said. “An early goal always helps the momentum. If you get scored on in six, seven minutes in, you know it’s going to be a long night. Six different goal scorers – everybody was a part of it.”
Defensively, two efforts from Wes Charpie stood out. He slid to block Hartford’s only first half shot, a look from Mamadou Dieng in the box. And when goalkeeper Damian Las ran far off his line in the 43rd minute, Charpie tracked…