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Edward Mass posted:I'll just point out Louisville City are defending USL Cup winners  Hi y'all, it's Louisville City FC! Louisville City FC originated in late 2014 when Orlando City SC went to MLS and had to find something to do with their USL franchise, which I think technically means Louisville City used to be the Austin Aztex. The affiliation part of that deal didn't work out and ended at the end of the 2015 season. They currently play at Louisville Slugger Field, which sounds like a baseball stadium because it is. A soccer specific stadium is expected to be complete in time for the 2020 season. They've appeared in every Eastern Conference Final since they started, and won two USL Cups. Rivalries: Nashville SC (going to MLS) Saint Louis FC (maybe going to MLS someday?) Indy Eleven Jefferson County Sheriffs 2018: Things were looking pretty good at the start of the year. Almost all of the championship squad from the previous season returned plus a few promising newcomers, resulting in a strong if a little lean team. Things started looking a little more grim in late June when original head coach James O'Connor announced he was departing with the rest of the coaching squad to have a fun time coaching Orlando City (2-3-13, welp). This also coincided with the 2nd worst 5-game form in club history (0-4-1). But it all turned out ok! He was replaced by a Triumvirate of player-coaches who did very well for themselves (4-1-1) until relieved by new head coach John Hackworth, who closed out the regular season with an 8-3-2 record. Other than leading scorer Cameron Lancaster going down with a hamstring injury in the Eastern Conference finals, the playoffs were a fun romp, ending with a 1-0 win over Phoneix Rising. Highlights: Winning the season series vs Cincinnati in May after taking both away games. Specifically this goal. Lancaster winning the Golden Boot with a record breaking 25 goals, blowing past the previous record of 22 set by Louisville's Matt Fondy in 2015. Winning the cup again was pretty cool too even though they didn't let us rush the field this time. Lowlights: Losing 1-4 to Toronto FC II, the worst team in the league. 2019: Lancaster to Nashville SC by way of Nashville MLS. Starting goalkeeper Greg Ranjitsingh and team accountant Kyle Smith to Orlando City, 2nd in goals and assists (and bicycling enthusiast) Ilija Ilić to Indy Eleven. Again almost all of a championship squad returning, plus some good signings to give the roster some actual depth for the first time in a while. The departures are more worrying this year since Lancaster and Ilić accounted for a little under half of last year's goals, and they're both going to teams that have made a lot of big moves in the offseason. We haven't seen a lot of Hackworth's influence yet since he didn't change a whole lot at the end of last season, but the moves he has made were pretty successful and he's got just about everything you could ask for as a new head coach. Minimum eight-peat.
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Bentai posted:Odds to win the 2019 USL Championship, as offered by William Hill:
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New fly through render of Louisville City's stadium currently under construction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGCtMv6Rjk4 Also tag yourselves I'm Burger Char.
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ElwoodCuse posted:Also, goddamn is Hartford wretched
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Tampa Bay and New York both poo poo the bed against teams that aren't even in playoff contention tonight and Louisville took care of business, so it looks like we weren't done with Slugger Field after all!
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Aardvark Barber posted:The east hosts the final no matter what now? Barring any venue issues, I believe so. Louisville is the lowest seed left in the East, and the only Western teams above them on the table were Reno and Phoenix. A truly puzzling conference they've got going out there.
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Do over Ham posted:Yes, finally, but the Cosmos waited right up until the deadline to do that; Miami FC had already joined NISA back in August. https://www.uslchampionship.com/news_article/show/1070305
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