Louisville City FC has earned home-field advantage to open the 2026 USL Championship Playoffs! Kickoff vs. Pittsburugh Riverhounds SC is set for 6:30 p.m. Friday, October 30, at Lynn Family Stadium!
Tickets are on sale now by clicking below. Season ticket members can also check their inboxes to get 25% off their regular seats.
LouCity Playoff Promotions
🍺 Gates open at 5 p.m. for happy hour specials on beer, Pepsi products and Fireball.
🧣 The first 2,000 fans can pick up a complimentary LouCity scarf thanks to Pepsi.
🎃 Kids ages 14 and under in their Halloween costumes receive free admission.
🍬 Trick-or-treating on the concourse starts at 5:30 p.m. — bags will be provided.
🌭 Check out the $19.99 family pack — 4 hot dogs, 4 Pepsi products, popcorn and pretzel bites — at the value cart behind Section 228.
💥 Arrive to your seat early for Zambelli Fireworks at player walkout!
USL Championship Playoffs Info
LouCity will be making its unprecedented 12th consecutive appearance in the USL Championship Playoffs. The Top 8 clubs from the Eastern and Western conferences qualified for the single-elimination bracketed tournament, with the Top 4 earning the right to host in the Conference Quarterfinal round.
LouCity enters the postseason as the Eastern Conference’s No. 4 seed, with Pittsburgh No. 5. Should LouCity advance, home-field advantage will continue to be awarded to the better-seeded team on a round-by-round basis.
LouCity’s looking to add to a decorated playoffs history that includes consecutive league titles in 2017 and 2018, plus Eastern Conference crowns in 2019 and 2022. City also won the Players’ Shield — the Championship’s regular season title — in 2024 and 2025. The club added its first USL Cup to the trophy case earlier this season.
October 30 – Conference Quarterfinal
November 6-8 – Conference Semifinals
November 13-15 – Conference Finals
November 21 – USL Championship Final
USL Championship Final Hosting Priority
1. Tampa Bay Rowdies (61pts)
2. Charleston Battery (53pts)
3. New Mexico United (52pts)
4. Detroit City FC (51pts / 52% In-Conference Win Pct.)
5. Sacramento Republic FC (51pts / 41.7% In-Conference Win Pct.)
6. El Paso Locomotive FC (50pts)
7. Lexington SC (48pts)
8. Louisville City FC (47pts / 40% In-Conference Win Pct.)
9. Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC (47pts / 37.5% In-Conference Win Pct.)
10. Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC (45pts / 12 In-Conference Wins)
11. San Antonio FC (45pts / 9 In-Conference Wins)
12. Hartford Athletic (43pts / 10 In-Conference Wins)
13. FC Tulsa (43pts / 8 In-Conference Wins)
14. Rhode Island FC (42pts)
15. Phoenix Rising FC (40pts)
16. Miami FC (39pts)
