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LouCity Battles for Playoff Positioning

October 3, 2019 - United Soccer League Championship (USL)
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Louisville City FC clinched a spot in the USL Championship Playoffs with a point vs. the Tampa Bay Rowdies last Saturday. With four games left in the regular season, the back-to-back champion is looking to improve its playoff positioning.

"We never had a doubt about getting there," Louisville City coach John Hackworth said of

The USL Championship Playoffs consist of 10 teams from both the Eastern and Western Conference. Louisville City is currently in 6th in the East and has secured a spot in the playoffs with 51 points.

In the first round of the USL Championship Playoffs, the 7-seed plays the 10-seed and the 8-seed plays the 9-seed. By virtue of being 6th currently, Louisville City would get a bye during that first round. Louisville City is one point ahead of 7th place North Carolina FC and three points ahead of 8th place Ottawa Fury FC.

LouCity has a crucial two-game road trip coming up, facing 9th place Saint Louis FC (42 points) in Saint Louis Saturday before facing 2nd place Nashville SC (58 points) Tuesday night in Nashville.

Wins in both of those matches would put LouCity at 57 points which could move them from 6th place up to as high as 4th place. That would be crucial as the top 4 seeds are guaranteed to host a playoff game in Round 2 of the USL Championship Playoffs.

After Louisville City's two-game road swing, the club returns home for its final regular-season match at Louisville Slugger Field ever on Saturday, Oct. 12 vs. the 17th place Swope Park Rangers. Then, LouCity will head on the road to face 12th place Memphis 901 FC in the final match of the regular season.

With four wins to close out the season (at three points per win), Louisville City could finish the regular season with 63 points. The Pittsburgh Riverhounds currently lead the Eastern Conference with 61 points with three games left.

Given how tight the Eastern Conference points race is, Louisville City's final four matches of the regular-season are crucial for USL Championship Playoff Positioning.

Louisville City squares off against Saint Louis at 8:30 p.m. Eastern Saturday night. The ESPN+ streaming feed is here: STLvLOU

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