Louisville City Football Club is training at IMG Academy in Florida for the next week before heading to Utah for the Wasatch Cup. LouCity coach John Hackworth spoke about the team’s first training.
“Really good first training session here at IMG,” Hackworth said. “The boys were spirited. I think they recovered well from a hard first phase of training in Louisville. It is exciting to be down here and have the ability to workout in these fantastic facilities. I thought the quality of what we did this morning was really good.”
Hackworth said he was not surprised by how strong the first session was at IMG Academy. In fact, he expected it.
“We expect that,” Hackworth said. “When we push the guys as hard as we did during those six days in Louisville and then give them a day to recover, we expect that next day to be at a high-level.”
Louisville City is the defending Eastern Conference Title Winners and is expected to challenge for the USL Championship Title again this season. The club returned 17 players from last season’s team including 13 of 14 players who saw action in the USL Championship Final.
“We have the ability to come down here and build on a really good first phase, his second phase is really important,” Hackworth said. “We want to hold each other accountable in all aspects and especially on the field.”
Louisville City will take on DC United Thursday in Clearwater, Fla., at the Joe DiMaggio Sports Complex. Then on Sunday, Feb. 9, Louisville City will close its run at IMG Academy by playing Nashville SC.
