LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville City FC dominated a struggling Miami FC team on Wednesday night at Lynn Family Stadium.
The boys in purple registered a 3-0 victory, which sent the team within one win of cinching their first Players' Shield.
This was LouCity’s 14th home victory of the season — a new USL Championship single-season record. The Louisville soccer team also improved to 22-6-2, matching the most wins for a campaign in club history.
“When you look at the support that we have in the stands week in and week out, I’ve said it before, but our players feed off it,” LouCity Coach Danny Cruz said. “I also challenged the players at the beginning of the season to do everything they could to make this a fortress.
“It’s a credit to the players as well. They enjoy being here. They enjoy playing on this field. They enjoy representing the community and playing in front of our fans."
LouCity will play Indy Eleven this Saturday, where they will have the opportunity to earn another three points to clinch the Players' Shield, the regular season title that guarantees home field advantage throughout the playoffs.
The Players' Shield is the only piece of USL Championship silverware not yet in LouCity’s trophy case after the club won back-to-back league titles in 2017 and 2018.
“We’ve focused since preseason knowing that every game matters,” LouCity player Ray Serrano said, “and every game, we’re going to get one step closer to achieving that goal — winning the (Players’) Shield and then hopefully the Eastern Conference championship and USL final.”
On a run of 10 wins from its last 12 games, LouCity will travel to Indy Eleven’s Carroll Stadium for a 7 p.m. Saturday kickoff.
