Louisville City FC fell 1-0 to NYRB II Sunday afternoon in a battle of two of the top clubs in the USL Championship.
For much of the match it was a battle of dueling goalkeepers, with both LouCity’s Chris Hubbard and New York Red Bulls’ Evan Louro making save after dramatic save.
Hubbard, the Louisville native who has returned from an injury that sidelined him for much of the preseason and early part of the season, was spectacular in replacement of previous starter Ben Lundt. The Red Bulls had 15 shots in the first half with Hubbard making six saves.
Louisville City had its chances as well, forcing Louro into two saves in the first half. In the 9′, Louisville City had a goal negated by an offsides call. During a two-on-one break for LouCity, Magnus Rasmussen passed to Luke Spencer for the chip-in goal, but Spencer was called for offsides.
Tied 0-0 at half, Louisville City came out with a renewed vigor in the second half and controlled the run of play for much of the early part of the half. George Davis IV had a shot blocked in the 49′, Rasmussen had a shot saved in the 51′, and a header by Alexis Souahy sailed just left of the goal in the 53′. A chance for Davis in the 55′ just missed the frame to the right, and the score remained tied 0-0.
Louisville City brought on fresh legs in the 62′ with Sean Totsch and Niall McCabe and both tested NYRBII right away. The score remained knotted at 0-0 until the 83′ when Mathias Jorgenson took advantage of LouCity being a man down due to injury to score the game’s lone goal.
Down a goal with time running out, Louisville City pushed everyone forward in the final10 minutes of play, but couldn’t find the equalizer.
NYRBII rose to 2nd in the Eastern Conference table with three points. Louisville City is currently in sixth place.
LouCity returns to action Saturday, hosting the Charlotte Independence at 7 p.m. at Slugger Field in downtown Louisville.
Post-Match Recap: New York Red Bulls II 1 , Louisville City FC 0
MSU Soccer Park | Montclair, NJ
Attendance: 815
Scoring Summary:
NY – Mathias Jørgensen 5 83′
Discipline Summary:
LOU – Napo Matsoso (caution) 18′
LOU – Paolo DelPiccolo (caution) 18′
LOU – Paco Craig (caution) 45′
NY – Evan Louro (caution) 45′
New York Red Bulls II: Evan Louro; Jordan Scarlett, Janos Loebe, Sean Nealis, Edgardo Rito; Kyle Zajec, Christopher Lema, Vincent Bezecourt (Sebastian Elney 73′); Marcus Epps (Ben Mines 73′), Jared Stroud, Mathias Jørgensen (Preston Kilwien 87′)
TOTAL SHOTS: 22; SHOTS ON GOAL: 10; FOULS: 18 OFFSIDE: 0; CORNER KICKS: 7; SAVES: 6
Louisville City FC: Chris Hubbard; Oscar Jimenez, Paco Craig, Alexis Souahy, Taylor Peay; Paolo DelPiccolo (Sean Totsch 62′), Napo Matsoso (Geoff Dee 79′), Magnus Rasmussen; George Davis IV, Luke Spencer (Niall McCabe 62′), Lucky Mkosana
TOTAL SHOTS: 13; SHOTS ON GOAL: 6; FOULS: 10; OFFSIDE: 3; CORNER KICKS: 2; SAVES: 9
