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LouCity's First Loss of 2022 a Wild One at LA Galaxy II

May 14, 2022 - United Soccer League Championship (USL)
Louisville City FC News Release


After opening 2022 unbeaten through its first 10 USL Championship games, Louisville City FC wound up on the wrong side of a back-and-forth, late Friday night tilt at LA Galaxy II.

The boys in purple were consistent victims of a the hosts' counter attack at Dignity Health Sports Park, going on to lose by a 4-3 score. LouCity had conceded four goals all season entering the evening.

Travel might have caught up with the club after Tuesday's penalty shootout win over Detroit City FC in the U.S. Open Cup's Round of 32. From there it was straight to Los Angeles, where coach Danny Cruz elected for seven changes in his starting lineup.

That included a first appearance in goal by Parker Siegfried and a start at outside back by 18-year-old defender Owen Damm, who was recalled from his USL League One loan to Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC for the occasion.

LouCity nearly made it work, jumping out to a lead only 61 seconds into the match when Ray Serrano scored on a rebounded Jorge Gonzalez shot. The boys in purple answered LA Galaxy II's initial counter-attacking goal to level things at the break with a 50th-minute converted Niall McCabe free kick, marking the Irishman's second goal in as many league games.

The hosts took control from there, however, with Preston Judd connecting on an assist to Cameron Dunbar for the second time of the night to equalize. LA Galaxy II took the lead fon a 63rd-minute penalty kick - the official ruled hand ball when Ian Soler went to ground on a tackle in the box - and nearly slammed the door shut when Michael Salazar thwarted a LouCity high line on yet another counter in the 76th minute.

City did offer an answer seconds later, when halftime substitute Wilson Harris stabbed in an Oscar Jimenez cross from out wide. But that's when the scoring flurry stopped, handing LouCity - the United States' final unbeaten professional soccer club this year - its first defeat.

While the LA Galaxy II only just jumped into the Western Conference's top eight with a victory, Los Dos have performed much better at home, where they improved to 5-1 this year.

The victors numbered just 6 shots, converting on 4 of them, and LouCity controlled the vast majority of possession as the clock ticked past midnight following a 10:30 p.m. ET kickoff. This marked City's second-ever game in the Pacific Time Zone. The first was also action-packed, with the boys in purple prevailing by a 5-2 score April 16 at San Diego Loyal in a game where both sides were shown red cards.

Despite the loss, which moved LouCity to 7-1-3, the boys in purple remain four points clear of Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC at the top of the Eastern Conference table entering the weekend. They'll get a week to recover before hosting Monterey Bay FC on May 21 at Lynn Family Stadium.

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