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GAME PREVIEW 03
Preview: LouCity meets Birmingham in high-profile matchup at season’s
midpoint
TEAM ROSTERS 04
A look at team rosters for Louisville City FC and Birmingham Legion
LOUCITY STAFF 11
Louisville City's Coaches, Technical Staff and Medical Staff
02
PREVIEW: LOUCITY MEETS BIRMINGHAM IN
HIGH-PROFILE MATCHUP AT SEASON’S MIDPOINT
By LouCity Communications
Louisville City FC hosts Birmingham Legion FC the USL Championship has reverted back to
at 8 p.m. Saturday in a top-five matchup in the the traditional Eastern Conference/Western
Eastern Conference at Lynn Family Stadium. Conference table, meaning a home and home
series against each club.
LouCity (10-3-3, 33 points) returned to form
with back-to-back wins after losing four of five Between the posts: Goalkeeper Danny
through May and into June. The boys in purple Faundez has proven himself worthy of the
began the season on a 13-match unbeaten starting role since stepping in for Kyle Morton,
streak. City is two points out of first place in who’s tied for league’s Golden Glove leader
the Eastern Conference, trailing Memphis 901 and remains in concussion protocol. Faundez,
FC. a preseason trialist turned signee, has two
wins in as many league starts, and he recorded
Birmingham (7-4-4, 25 points) started this his first career clean sheet in City’s 2-0 win at
season with a four-match winless stretch, Hartford Athletic last weekend.
but the Legion has been scorching hot since,
undefeated in its last five and eight of their All the bagels: While Saturday’s clean sheet
last nine. Birmingham is currently fifth in the was Faundez’s first, it was the eighth for
Eastern Conference but has played at least LouCity, which started the season with seven
one fewer games than every team ahead in shutouts in its first 10 games. City leads the
the standings. USL Championship in that category and had
three more clean sheets in its run to the U.S.
Saturday will be the second meeting between Open Cup Round of 16.
the teams this season. They drew, 0-0, on April
2 in Birmingham despite City playing with 10 Attack is back: The boys in purple top the
men after midfielder Napo Matsoso was sent league with a plus-19 goal differential, ranking
off with a red card late in the first half. among the top three in goals (32) and goals
per match (2). City has outpaced its expected
Here’s more of what to watch for on Saturday… goals total (29), a figure that ranks third in the
Story lines... USL Championship.
Halfway there: With Saturday marking the Tucked in, locked in: Saturday’s Man of the
midway point of the season, City’s 10-3-3 Match took care of business on both offense
record has already bested both of the club’s and defense, with defender Sean Totsch
title-winning squads through 17 games (2017: recording his fourth goal on the season and
9-3-5, 2018: 8-4-5. A win Saturday would tie winning six duels and nine possessions.
last year’s team that went 11-3-3- to start the Totsch’s goal served as the game-winner,
year. Only the 2016 boys in purple put together nodding in Amadou Dia’s lofted cross across
a better start through 17 games, boasting an 11- the face of goal.
1-5 start. PdP approved: Captain Paolo DelPiccolo
Familiar foe: City and Legion FC developed a didn’t take long to find the back of the net
bit of a rivalry last season while battling down after coming on as a substitute at Hartford,
to the regular season’s final day for a Central scoring just four minutes after he came on. He
Division title. The boys in purple came out on corralled Jorge Gonzalez’s shot from outside
top with a 1-0 victory on the road and earned the box and slotted home a close-range finish.
a No. 1 playoff seed as a result. This year, It was DelPiccolo’s third goal of the season.
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TEAM ROSTERS
04
KEEP
PLAYING
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The $65 million stadium sits on a 10-acre parcel in the Butchertown
neighborhood east of downtown. Normal capacity is 15,304, and the venue
could range up to 25,000 for concerts. Unique to Lynn is a 72-foot Modelo
bar in the open end, believed to be the longest of its kind in Kentucky. The
jumbotron ranks second in size behind only Churchill Downs’ Big Board.
The natural surface is made up of
Tahoma 31 Bermuda overseeded
with rye, and it can remain green
year round thanks to a sub-air
system that removes excessive
moisture, but can also blow hot or
cold air to keep grass at an ideal
temperature. The lines measure 120
feet by 80, a major upgrade from the
105 by 75 pitch at LouCity’s former LouCity has ensured its late
home, Louisville Slugger Field. founder’s legacy lives on within
the club’s new home. Architect and
philanthropist Wayne Estopinal, who
brought pro soccer to town, is the
namesake behind the closed end of
Lynn Family Stadium, the standing
supporter zone. Estopinal, whose
firm also designed the University
of Louisville’s similarly named Lynn
Stadium, died in a November 2018
plane crash at age 63.
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SIMON BIRD
ASSISTANT COACH
The Lincoln, England, native was a star at the University of Louisville from 2001-04, earning
Conference USA Player of the Year in 2003, and had a six-year professional career in
England before returning as a University of Louisville Assistant Coach from 2009-12. A
fixture on the local soccer scene, Bird has worked as Oldham Soccer Club’s Director of
Coaching and Kentucky Fire Juniors Boys Director. Bird holds an A License from the U.S.
Soccer Federation and is a Qualified Teacher for High School Physical Education and
Sports Science.
SCOTT BUDNICK
GOALKEEPERS COACH
With a steady hand and his keen eye for technical detail, Scott Budnick was brought in by
LouCity coach John Hackworth in August of 2018 as interim goalkeepers coach, helping
lead the boys in purple to winning the club’s second-straight USL Championship title.
Budnick’s role was made permanent after that, with a top accomplishment his tutelage of
FC Cincinnati loanee Ben Lundt, who spent two seasons in purple, capping his stay by
being named the USL Championship’s 2020 Goalkeeper of the Year.
TECHNICAL STAFF
STUART WRIGHT
Director of Sports Performance and
Head Athletic Trainer
BEN HULSMAN
Team Equipment Manager
MEDICAL STAFF
MARK PUCKETT, MD
Team Physician
NICHOLAS KENNEY, MD
Team Orthopedic Surgeon
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GK #1
KYLE MORTON
2021 SEASON: 1 GP | 1 GS | 5 SV | 71.4 SV%
Height: 6'4" | DOB: 3/31/1994 | Hometown: West Chester, PA
D #3
AMADOU DIA
2021 SEASON (Sporting Kansas City): 4 GP | 1 GS | 78.6 PA%
Height: 5'10" | DOB: 6/8/1993 | Hometown: Nantes, France
D #4
SEAN TOTSCH
2021 SEASON: 32 GP | 32 GS | 2,880 MIN | 2,079 P | 93 CL
Height: 6'1" | DOB: 9/16/1991 | Hometown: Oswego, IL
D #6
WES CHARPIE
2021 SEASON: 18 GP | 15 GS | 1,297 MIN | 41 CL | 2 G
Height: 6’0” | DOB: 11/4/1992 | Hometown: Tarpon Springs, FL
MF #7
NAPO MATSOSO
2021 SEASON: 28 GP | 19 GS | 1,614 MIN | 2 G
Height: 5'6" | DOB: 5/27/1994 | Hometown: Maseru, Lesotho
MF #8
CARLOS MOGUEL JR.
2021 SEASON: 1 GP | 11 MIN
Height: 5’6” | DOB: 6/21/2005 | Hometown: Shelbyville, KY
F #9
JORGE GONZALEZ
2020 SEASON: 18 GP | 13 GS | 1,096 MIN | 3 G
Height: 5’11” | DOB: 10/29/1998 | Hometown: Valencia, Spain
F/MF #10
BRIAN OWNBY
2021 SEASON: 26 GP | 20 GS | 1,831 MIN | 4 G | 11 A
Height: 5’11” | DOB: 7/16/1990 | Hometown: Glen Allen, VA.
MF #11
NIALL McCABE
2021 SEASON: 29 GP | 18 GS | 1,772 MIN | 2 A
Height: 5’8” | DOB: 10/6/1990 | Hometown: Dublin, Ireland
MF #12
TYLER GIBSON
2021 SEASON: 25 GP | 19 GS | 1,705 MIN | 86.7% PA
Height: 5’8” | DOB: 12/01/1991 | Hometown: Knoxville, TN
F/MF #13
CORBEN BONE
2021 SEASON: 21 GP | 18 GS | 1,560 MIN | 3 G | 5 A
Height: 5’9” | DOB: 9/16/1988 | Hometown: Fresno, TX
F #14
WILSON HARRIS
2021 SEASON (Sporting Kansas City): 9 GP | 2 GS | 174 MIN
Height: 6’0” | DOB: 11/28/1998 | Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
MF #15
MANNY PEREZ
2021 SEASON: 10 GP | 4 GS | 471 MIN
Height: 6'0” | DOB: 2/19/1991 | Hometown: Garner, NC
F #17
CAMERON LANCASTER
2021 SEASON: 24 GP | 23 GS | 1,852 MIN | 20 G
Height: 5’19” | DOB: 11/5/1992 | Hometown: London, England
GK #18
DANNY FAUNDEZ
2021 SEASON (Orange County SC): N/A
Height: 6’1” | DOB: 2/2/1993 | Hometown: Seattle, WA
D #19
OSCAR JIMENEZ
2021 SEASON: 13 GP | 10 GS | 905 MIN | 3 A | 1 G
Height: 5’8” | DOB: 11/3/1989 | Hometown: Mount Vernon, WA
F #21
RAY SERRANO
2021 SEASON (Tacoma Defiance): 29 GP | 19 GS | 4 G | 6 A
Height: 5’9” | DOB: 5/9/2002 | Hometown: Moses Lake, WA
MF #23
ELIJAH WYNDER
2021 SEASON: 0 GP | 0 MIN
Height: 6’1” | DOB: 3/10/2003 | Hometown: Louisville, KY
GK #24
PARKER SIEGFRIED
2020 SEASON: 9 GP | 9 GS | 57.7 SV% | 14 SV | 11 GA
Height: 6'1" | DOB: 2/7/1997 | Hometown: Granville, OH
D #30
JAN-ERIK LEINHOS
2021 SEASON (Marshall University): 18 GP | 18 GS | 1 G | 3 A
Height: 5’7” | DOB: 5/14/1997 | Hometown: Felsbery, Germany
D #32
IAN SOLER
2021 SEASON (Zagłębie Lubin): 9 GP | 7 GS | 1 A
Height: 6’2” | DOB: 11/23/1990 | Hometown: Prats de Llucanes
MF #36
PAOLO DELPICCOLO
2021 SEASON: 31 GP | 27 GS | 2,235 MIN | 9 G
Height: 6’1” | DOB: 5/28/1991 | Hometown: Wheat Ridge, CO
D #66
JOSH WYNDER
2021 SEASON: 11 GP | 6 GS | 516 MIN
Height: 6'3” | DOB: 5/2/2005 | Hometown: Louisville
D #67
OWEN DAMM
2021 SEASON (Woodford County HS): 19 GP | 48 G
Height: 6’0” | DOB: 8/22/2003 | Hometown: Versailles, KY
F #77
ENOCH "MATITI' MUSHAGALUSA
2021 SEASON (SKC II): 32 GP | 28 GS | 2,552 MIN | 8 G | 4 A
Height: 5’11” | DOB: 11/13/1999 | Hometown: Kinasha, Congo
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