USL San Diego Loyal

SD Loyal Rallies Late But Falls in Loss to Louisville City FC

April 17, 2022 - United Soccer League Championship (USL)
San Diego Loyal News Release


SAN DIEGO - Kyle Vassell clapped his hands over his head as he walked away from the opponent's goal Saturday night. He applauded another close call in a busy night for his club that fell short. Instead, it was San Diego Loyal SC suffering its first defeat at home this season with a 5-2 loss against Louisville City FC. Coach Landon Donovan's team now shifts focus to the U.S. Open Cup in a historic match at LA Galaxy Tuesday.

But before facing the Galaxy, Vassell and teammates had to play a Week 6 USL Championship match against Louisville City, the top team in the Eastern Conference that came in allowing one goal this season.

SD Loyal added two more to that stat. Andrew Carleton (14th minute) and Vassell (52nd minute) scored for SD Loyal but it was not enough against a Louisville City team that has been in the last seven Eastern Conference finals.

It was Louisville City who took the 1-0 lead and never trailed at Torero Stadium Saturday. Wilson Harris scored off a mistake by the SD Loyal back line four minutes into the interconference match. Harris only had SD Loyal goalkeeper Austin Guerrero to beat, made a move and then sent in a shot to the empty net. SD Loyal captain Grant Stoneman tried to feed the ball back to his teammate Nikko Boxall but he wasn't able to connect. Harris took the ball instead and scored.

SD Loyal (5-2-1, 16 points) answered that score with a penalty kick converted by Carleton to tie the match 1-1. The midfielder converted his PK into the upper left corner beating Kyle Morton for his first goal with the club. Louisville City's Sean Totsch was whistled for bringing down Thomas Amang. The striker from Cameroon took a through pass by Carleton and dribbled up field with it before he was fouled.

Louisville City (5-0-2, 17 points) responded with a near goal a few seconds later when Brian Ownby sped into the penalty area and fired a low shot. But Guerrero was in place to block the attempt.

Guerrero wasn't so lucky when the visitor's scored again.

Louisville City took a 2-1 lead five minutes into stoppage time in the first half when Wes Charpie sent in a left-footed shot from near the penalty spot. He took a loose bouncing ball that came off the hands of Guerrero on a corner kick. Guerrero crashed into a teammate as he got his hands on the corner kick but couldn't hold on.

Louisville City went on to hold onto the lead for good. It added another score after Kyle Adams was whistled for a PK as the referee called a handball in the penalty area on a free kick. The official ruled Adams extended his arm and made contact as the defender stood at the end of a defensive wall line. Totsch, who was later sent off for a second yellow, went on to convert the penalty kick to give Louisville City a 3-1 lead.

Vassell eventually got his goal when he scored to cut the lead to 3-2. The striker beat a defender to a long ball sent in by Morgan Hackworth outside the left side of the penalty box. The physical forward who came on at the start of the second half used his body to get to the ball and volleyed a shot across the area into the side net. It was Vassell's fifth goal of the season.

Louisville City scored again in the 83rd minute, making it 4-2. Niall McCabe converted a penalty kick. SD Loyal's Stoneman was shown a red card for fouling Ownby on another breakaway in the penalty area.

Ownby went on to close out the scoring after he beat Guerrero to a ball right at the start of the penalty box. Guerrero couldn't get control of the ball and Ownby dribbled past him and sent his shot.

SD Loyal now moves on to the U.S. Open Cup match against LA Galaxy at Dignity Health Sports Park. Donovan's team will resume league play Saturday April 30 at Eastern Conference champion Tampa Bay Rowdies.

GOAL SCORING RUNDOWN

Louisville City FC - Wilso Harris, 4th minute: Harris beat SD Loyal goalkeeper Austin Guerrero after taking a loose ball off a defensive mistake. SD 0, LOU 1

San Diego Loyal SC - Andrew Carleton, 14th minute: Carleton converts the PK to the right of Louisville City FC goalkeeper Kyle Morton. SD 1, LOU 1

Louisville City FC - Wes Charpie, 45+5: Charpie took a loose ball and sent in a left-footed shot past Guerrero. SD 1, LOU 2

Louisville City FC - Sean Totsch, 51st minute: Totsch converts a penalty kick past Guerrero to extend the visitor's lead. SD 1, LOU 3

San Diego Loyal SC - Kyle Vassell (Grant Stoneman), 52nd minute: Vassell sends a shot into the right wall of the net off a pass by Morgan Hackworth. SD 2, LOU 3

Louisville City FC - Niall McCabe, 83rd minute: McCabe converted another penalty kick for the visitors. SD 2, LOU 4

Louisville City FC - Brian Ownby (Kyle Morton), 90+4: Ownby took a bounce from near the start of the penalty box and dribbled past Guerrero and sent a shot into the open net to seal the scoring. SD 2, LOU 5

ADDITIONAL NOTES

Andrew Carleton scored his first goal of the season for SD Loyal.

Grant Stoneman recorded his first assist of the season for SD Loyal.

Kyle Vassel continues to lead SD Loyal in goals after scoring his fifth of the USL Championship season.

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-SAN DIEGO LOYAL SC MATCH REPORT-

Match: San Diego Loyal SC vs. Louisville City FC

Date: April 16, 2022

Competition: USL Championship

Venue: Torero Stadium; San Diego, California

Kickoff: 7 p.m. PT

Weather: 61 degrees, partly cloudy

Scoring Summary: 1 2 F

San Diego Loyal SC 1 1 2

Louisville City FC 2 3 5

Louisville City FC - Wilson Harris 4th minute

San Diego Loyal SC - Andrew Carleton (Penalty) 15

Louisville City FC - Wes Charpie 45+4

Louisville City FC - Totsch (Penalty) 51

San Diego Loyal SC - Kyle Vassell (Grant Stoneman) 52

Louisville City FC - Niall McCabe (Penalty) 83

Louisville City FC - Brian Ownby (Kyle Morton) 90+4

LINEUPS

San Diego Loyal SC: 1-Austin Guerrero; 4-Jack Metcalf (20-Nick Moon, 60), 5-Grant Stoneman (Capt.), 15-Nikko Boxall, 32-Kyle Adams (3-Elijah Martin, 73); 2-Morgan Hackworth, 13-Camden Riley, 11-Tumi Moshobane 17-Collin Martin, 46), 40-Calvin Fodrey (14-Evan Conway, 46); 30-Andrew Carleton, 23-Thomas Amang (9-Kyle Vassell, 46)

Substitutes not used: 19-Taylor Crull, 25-Koke Vegas

Manager: Landon Donovan

Louisville City FC: 1-Kyle Morton; 15-Manny Perez, 4-Sean Totsch, 66-Josh Wynder, 6-Wes Charpie; 36-Paolo DelPiccolo (Capt.) (30-Jan-Erik Leinhos, 61), 12-Tyler Gibson, 13-Corben Bone (11-Niall McCabe, 63); 10-Brian Ownby, 14-Wilson Harris (32-Ian Soler, 73), 9-Jorge Gonzalez (7-Napo Matsoso, 73)

Substitutes not used: 21-Ray Serrano, 24-Parker Siegfried, 77-Enoch Mushagalusa

Manager: Danny Cruz

Stats Summary: San Diego Loyal SC / Louisville City FC

Shots: 14 / 16

Shots on Goal: 5 / 7

Saves: 4 / 4

Corner Kicks: 2 / 6

Fouls: 16 / 9

Offside: 4 / 1

Misconduct Summary

Louisville City FC - Sean Totsch (Caution) 14th minute

San Diego Loyal SC - Calvin Fodrey (Caution) 45+1

San Diego Loyal SC - Kyle Adams (Caution) 49

San Diego Loyal SC - Andrew Carleton (Caution) 54

Louisville City FC - Sean Totsch (Second caution, sent off) 56

San Diego Loyal SC - Grant Stoneman (Sent off) 82

San Diego Loyal SC - Kyle Vassell (Caution) 89

Chosen Foods Man of the Match: Andrew Carleton

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