SUNDAY, FEB. 16, 2020 – After beating Pittsburgh 7-2 in its first-ever Academy Cup match Friday night, Louisville City Football Club’s U17 Academy Cup team fell 1-3 to S. Georgia Tormenta Sunday morning.
LouCity’s youngest future star Josh Wynder put the Boys in Purple on the board first with a screamer in the right off the bat. With a 1-0 lead in the 1′, Louisville City appeared to be on the way to another win, but Tormenta came back.
Tormenta netted goals in the 16′, the 21′ and the 37′ to go into half up 3-1. The score stayed the same throughout the second half as LouCity tried to find a goal to put pressure on Tormenta.
LouCity will play FC Miami City Monday night before returning home to Louisville.
The USL Academy program was founded in 2019 specifically for the 2020 USL Academy Cup. All of the young men on the Academy Cup roster train independently with their club and high school teams and have come together to train weekly as a team for Louisville City as well.
The Louisville City Academy Cup roster consists of 17 young players from all over Kentucky. Louisville City’s first Academy Cup roster features teens from Louisville, Shelbyville, Versailles, and Bowling Green.
LouCity’s Academy Cup team, listed alphabetically by position:
Goalkeepers (2): Clayton Brooks, John Jeffus
Defenders (6): Anthony Cano, Owen Damm, Kuker Nodler, Sebastian Sanchez, Patrick Walz, Josh Wynder
Midfielders (5): Damir Beganovic, Carlos Moguel Jr, Brendan Schonwetter, Nate Traughber, Elijah Wynder
Forwards (4): Dino Hodzic, Eyob McFarland, Zach Schonwetter, Eldin Velic
