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LouCity Hosts Nashville Saturday Night

July 5, 2019 - United Soccer League Championship (USL)
Louisville City FC News Release


From one rivalry to the next, Louisville City returns to Slugger Field Saturday to host rival Nashville SC, a week after battling Indy Eleven to a 1-1 draw in Lucas Oil Stadium.

"These games you don't have to really motivate for," Louisville City coach John Hackworth said. "Everybody knows it, inherently. Everybody's up for it. The challenge is that we still need to go in search of three points, regardless of who we play. It doesn't matter, and we feel confident in ourselves that we'll go out there and do that."

Louisville City is still in the thick of the Eastern Conference playoff hunt, currently sitting in seventh place with 26 points, but the Boys in Purple are not satisfied with their recent performances.

"We felt like we played well later in the game, but we aren't happy with a point," Louisville City forward Brian Ownby said. "This is a championship club and we know we need to start getting results."

Louisville trails fifth-place Nashville by four points, but could pull within a point with a win Saturday night. Nashville's lineup boasts former LouCity goal-scorer Cameron Lancaster, who was signed to an MLS deal by Nashville SC in the off-season. Lancaster has five goals through 11 appearances this season.

"Nashville's a different kind of tactical opponent, and we obviously need to give them full respect," Hackworth said. "They're a fantastic team that is, again, higher in the table than us, with players that we know real well, a.k.a. Cam. So we know they have players capable of hurting us. But if we can improve on the little things we did there, especially in that second half, we're going to be alright."

Louisville City currently leads the Eastern Conference in shots with 289, but are ninth in goals with 25. Nashville has 30 goals on the season from 247 shots. LouCity added striker Antoine Hoppenot last week, and the Parisian dynamo immediately had a pair of chances in his first match.

"I have been thinking about that one all week already," Hoppenot said. "I should have put it on frame and had a goal there, that would have been nice. But you look at film, and you try to take advantage of those chances the next time they come around."

Kickoff is at 7:06 p.m. The game will be televised on WBKI locally and streamed online through ESPN+. The local radio broadcast is on 840 WHAS with Kevin Kernen and Jeff Greer.

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