2022 Louisville City FC season

Louisville City FC

2022 season
Owner	John Neace
Manager	Danny Cruz
Stadium	Lynn Family Stadium
USL	Eastern Conf.: 1st
2022 U.S. Open Cup	Round of 16
USL Playoffs	Runner-Up
Top goalscorer	League: Harris (15 goals) All: Harris (17 goals)
Highest home attendance	14,673 (8-13 vs. TBR)
Lowest home attendance	8,318 (3-12 vs. ATL)
Average home league attendance	10,465
Biggest win	6–0 (7–9 at NY)
Biggest defeat	0–2 (5-21 vs. MB) 1–3 (11/13 at SA)
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The 2022 Louisville City FC season was the club's eighth season of competition. Louisville City competes in the USL Championship, the second tier of professional soccer in the United States.

Background

The previous season was impacted by COVID-19 pandemic, though to a lesser extent than the 2020 season. The main alteration was to the regular season schedule, which saw Louisville City play seven division opponents four times each to reduce travel distance and frequency. The U.S. Open Cup was also cancelled for the second straight year due to the effects of the pandemic. Louisville City also began the season with Lynn Family Stadium open to limited capacity crowds, before expanding to maximum capacity on June 12, 2021. Louisville City had its highest attendance of the season on that date with 12,115.

The team won the Central Division with a victory at Birmingham Legion FC on the final matchday of the season, and advanced through the playoffs before falling in extra time to Tampa Bay Rowdies in the Eastern Conference final. Standout right back Jonathan Gómez tallied eight assists and a pair goals on the year. After being named the league's Young Player of the Year and to the All-League First Team at the conclusion of the season, Gómez was transferred to Real Sociedad of Spain's La Liga, Louisville City's first direct transfer to a top-flight European club. Cameron Lancaster led Louisville City in scoring with 21 goals in all comps and was named to the All-League Second Team, while Brian Ownby was the team leader in assists with 10. Defender Sean Totsch was named to the All-League First Team for the second consecutive season.

In addition to Jonathan Gómez's transfer, a number of other players departed the club. Louisville City reloaded from a variety of sources, bringing in players from other USL Championship and Major League Soccer clubs, signing Louisville City Academy players, and picking up free agents from the European and collegiate ranks. Prior season loanee Jorge Gonzalez stayed with the team and signed a contract with Louisville City.

Current squad

As of March 1, 2022^[1]

No.	Pos.	Player	Nation
1	GK	Kyle Morton	United States
3	DF	Amadou Dia	United States
4	DF	Sean Totsch	United States
6	DF	Wesley Charpie	United States
7	MF	Napo Matsoso	Lesotho
8	MF	Carlos Moguel Jr.	United States
9	FW	Jorge González	Spain
10	MF	Brian Ownby	United States
11	MF	Niall McCabe	Republic of Ireland
12	MF	Tyler Gibson	United States
13	MF	Corben Bone	United States
14	FW	Wilson Harris	United States
15	MF	Manny Perez	United States
17	FW	Cameron Lancaster	England
19	DF	Oscar Jimenez	United States
21	MF	Ray Serrano	United States
24	GK	Parker Siegfried	United States
30	DF	Jan-Erik Leinhos	Germany
32	DF	Ían Soler	Spain
36	MF	Paolo DelPiccolo	United States
66	DF	Joshua Wynder	United States
68	FW	Hunter Sekelsky	United States
77	FW	Enoch Mushagalusa	DR Congo

Out on loan

No.	Pos.	Player	Nation
18	GK	Danny Faundez (on loan to Northern Colorado Hailstorm)	United States
23	MF	Elijah Wynder (on loan to FC Tucson)	United States
63	DF	Sebastian Sanchez (on loan to South Georgia Tormenta)	United States
67	MF	Owen Damm (on loan to Northern Colorado Hailstorm)	United States

Competitions

Preseason friendlies

USL Championship

Standings — Eastern Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Louisville City FC	34	22	6	6	65	28	+37	72	Qualification for the Conference Semifinals
2	Memphis 901 FC	34	21	8	5	67	33	+34	68	Playoffs
3	Tampa Bay Rowdies	34	20	7	7	73	33	+40	67
4	Birmingham Legion FC	34	17	10	7	56	37	+19	58
5	Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC	34	16	9	9	50	38	+12	57
6	Miami FC	34	15	9	10	47	32	+15	55
7	Detroit City FC	34	14	8	12	44	30	+14	54
8	FC Tulsa	34	12	16	6	48	58	−10	42
9	Indy Eleven	34	12	17	5	41	55	−14	41
10	Hartford Athletic	34	10	18	6	47	57	−10	36
11	Loudoun United FC	34	8	22	4	36	74	−38	28
12	Charleston Battery	34	6	21	7	41	77	−36	25
13	Atlanta United 2	34	6	23	5	39	85	−46	23
14	New York Red Bulls II	34	3	25	6	24	76	−52	15

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	22	6	6	65	28	+37	72	13	2	2	38	14	+24	9	4	4	27	14	+13

Match results

For the 2022 USL Championship season, divisional separation of clubs used in the 2021 season was dropped. Louisville City will compete within the Eastern Conference. They will also face eight cross-conference opponents, most for the first time in competitive matches: LA Galaxy II, Monterey Bay FC, Orange County SC, El Paso Locomotive FC, Sacramento Republic FC, and Rio Grande Valley FC.

USL Cup Playoffs

The top seven teams in each USL Championship conference advanced to the 2022 USL Championship Playoffs, with the conference winners each receiving a bye to the conference semifinals. Louisville City entered the playoffs as the top seed out of the Eastern Conference.

Conference Quarterfinals October 22–23

Conference Semifinals October 28–30

Conference Finals November 5–6

USL Championship Final November 13

E1

Louisville City FC (p)

2 (5)

E5

Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC

2 (3)

E4

Birmingham Legion FC

2 (7)

E5

Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC (p)

2 (8)

E1

Louisville City FC (a.e.t.)

1

Eastern Conference

E3

Tampa Bay Rowdies

0

E2

Memphis 901 FC

3

E7

Detroit City FC

1

E2

Memphis 901 FC

0

E3

Tampa Bay Rowdies

1

E3

Tampa Bay Rowdies

3

E6

Miami FC

1

E1

Louisville City FC

1

W1

San Antonio FC

3

W1

San Antonio FC

3

W7

Oakland Roots SC

0

W2

San Diego Loyal SC

0

W7

Oakland Roots SC

3

W1

San Antonio FC

2

Western Conference

W3

Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC

0

W3

Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC

3

W6

Rio Grande Valley FC

0

W3

Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC (a.e.t.)

2

W4

Sacramento Republic FC

1

W4

Sacramento Republic FC

2

W5

New Mexico United

0

U.S. Open Cup

Player statistics

Goals

Place	Pos.	No.	Name	USL	USOC	USL Playoffs	Total
1	FW	14	Wilson Harris	15	2	0	17
2	MF	10	Brian Ownby	9	1	1	11
3	FW	77	Enoch Mushagalusa	10	0	0	10
4	DF	4	Sean Totsch	9	0	0	9
5	MF	36	Paolo DelPiccolo	4	0	0	4
5	FW	17	Cameron Lancaster	3	0	1	4
7	FW	9	Jorge Gonzalez Asensi	3	0	0	3
7	MF	11	Niall McCabe	3	0	0	3
7	MF	21	Ray Serrano	3	0	0	3
10	DF	66	Joshua Wynder	2	0	0	2
10	MF	23	Elijah Wynder	1	0	1	2
12	MF	7	Napo Matsoso	1	0	0	1
12	DF	6	Wesley Charpie	1	0	0	1
12	MF	15	Manny Perez	0	0	1	1
Total				64	3	4	71

Assists

Place	Pos.	No.	Name	USL	USOC	USL Playoffs	Total
1	DF	2	Amadou Dia	8	1	0	9
2	MF	11	Niall McCabe	5	0	0	5
3	MF	10	Brian Ownby	4	0	0	4
3	MF	13	Corben Bone	3	1	0	4
5	FW	77	Enoch Mushagalusa	3	0	0	3
5	FW	14	Wilson Harris	3	0	0	3
5	MF	21	Ray Serrano	3	0	0	3
8	FW	9	Jorge Gonzalez Asensi	2	0	0	2
8	MF	15	Manny Perez	2	0	0	2
8	MF	36	Paolo DelPiccolo	2	0	0	2
8	DF	6	Wesley Charpie	1	0	1	2
12	GK	1	Kyle Morton	1	0	0	1
12	MF	7	Napo Matsoso	1	0	0	1
12	MF	19	Oscar Jimenez	1	0	0	1
Total				39	2	1	42

Clean sheets

Place	Pos.	No.	Name	USL	USOC	USL Playoffs	Total
1	GK	1	Kyle Morton	13	1	0	14
2	GK	18	Danny Faundez	2	1	1	4
Total				15	2	1	18

Disciplinary

No.	Pos.	Name	USL		U.S. Open Cup		USL Cup		Total
2	DF	Amadou Dia	7	1	0	0	1	0	8	1
9	FW	Jorge Gonzalez Asensi	7	0	1	0	0	0	8	0
36	MF	Paolo DelPiccolo	7	0	1	0	0	0	8	0
66	DF	Joshua Wynder	6	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
4	DF	Sean Totsch	6	1	1	0	1	0	8	1
6	DF	Wesley Charpie	6	1	0	0	1	0	7	1
77	FW	Enoch Mushagalusa	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
10	MF	Brian Ownby	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
11	MF	Niall McCabe	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
12	MF	Tyler Gibson	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
14	FW	Wilson Harris	3	1	2	0	0	0	5	1
32	DF	Ían Pino Soler	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
8	DF	Carlos Moguel	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
17	FW	Cameron Lancaster	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
13	MF	Corben Bone	2	0	1	0	0	1	3	1
1	GK	Kyle Morton	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
7	MF	Napo Matsoso	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
19	MF	Oscar Jimenez	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21	MF	Ray Serrano	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
15	MF	Manny Perez	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
18	GK	Danny Faundez	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Total			70	7	7	0	8	1	85	8

References

External links

• Louisville City