USL Louisville City FC

Louisville City FC Opens Playoffs against Richmond; 2016

September 25, 2016 - United Soccer League Championship (USL)
Louisville City FC News Release


Louisville City FC, which closed Saturday with a 1-1 draw against the Charlotte Independence, previously clinched the Eastern Conference's No. 2 seed and at least two home playoff games should the club advance past the quarterfinals. LouCity will open the playoffs at 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2, against the seventh-seeded Richmond Kickers. Slugger Field could also serve as the site of an Eastern Conference semifinal on Saturday, Oct. 8.

After the conference finals played from Oct. 14-16, the 2016 USL Cup will air live on ESPNU on Sunday, Oct. 23, at 8 p.m. ET. Every other game of the 2016 USL Cup Playoffs will be available on the league's website, with the boys in purple also live-streamed at LouCity.com.

The defending USL champion Rochester Rhinos will kick off a tripleheader of action on Saturday night in the opening game of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals as the No. 4-seed Rhinos welcome the No. 5-seed Charlotte Independence to Rhinos Stadium for a 6:05 p.m. ET kickoff.

Action then switches to the Western Conference as No. 2-seed Rio Grande Valley FC hosts No. 7-seed OKC Energy FC for a regional rivalry clash at 8:30 p.m. ET in its first postseason contest. The night concludes as No. 1-seed Sacramento Republic FC hosts No. 8-seed Orange County Blues FC at Bonney Field at 10:30 p.m. ET after the Blues jumped past the Portland Timbers 2 on goal differential to clinch the final playoff berth in the West on Saturday.

The focus switches back to the Eastern Conference on Sunday, as the No. 1-seed New York Red Bulls II play host to No. 8-seed Wilmington Hammerheads FC/Orlando City B at 4 p.m. ET, and No. 3-seed FC Cincinnati welcomes the No. 6-seed Charleston Battery to what is expected to be a raucous Nippert Stadium. The weekend's action concludes that night with LouCity-Richmond.

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