2022 Racing Louisville FC season
The 2022 Racing Louisville FC season is the club's second season of play. Racing Louisville competes in the National Women's Soccer League, the top flight of professional women's soccer in the United States.
| 2022 season | |
|---|---|
| Owner | John Neace |
| Manager | Kim Björkegren |
| Stadium | Lynn Family Stadium |
Background
In its inaugural season, Racing Louisville built a squad from the 2020 NWSL Expansion Draft, the 2021 NWSL Draft, a series of free agent signings, and international transfers after the opening of the season under first head coach Christy Holly. After two losses and two draws to open the campaign in the 2021 NWSL Challenge Cup, Racing Louisville experienced an up-and-down 2021 NWSL season which saw the club finish 9th in the 10-team league and miss the playoffs. The club's greatest success in the first year was as host of the inaugural International Women's Cup, a 4-team mid-season competition won by Racing Louisville with a defeat of FC Bayern Munich on penalties.
In the middle of the season, the club parted ways with Holly and installed Mario Sanchez as interim head coach. After the season concluded, Kim Björkegren was installed as the second permanent head coach of Racing Louisville.
Lynn Family Stadium, Racing Louisville's home ground, was selected to host the 2021 NWSL Championship, won by Washington Spirit.
Current squad
Several players departed from Racing Louisville's 2021 squad after the season ended. Aside from free transfers, Savannah McCaskill was traded to Angel City FC, Julia Ashley was sent to Houston Dash, Yuki Nagasato was traded back to Chicago Red Stars, and Kaleigh Riehl was selected by San Diego Wave FC in the 2022 NWSL Expansion Draft. Racing Louisville's rights to Christen Press were traded to Angel City FC for expansion draft protection.
Racing Louisville reloaded primarily through the 2022 NWSL Draft, bringing Jaelin Howell, Savannah Demelo, and Jordyn Bloomer into the squad. Jess McDonald was acquired through a trade with North Carolina Courage. 2021 draftees Kirsten Davis and Parker Goins, and free agents Hillary Beall and Taylor Malham were signed to pro contracts. Following FIFA's ruling that foreign player contracts with Russian clubs were voidable in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Sh'Nia Gordon left CSKA Moscow and signed with Racing Louisville.
As of April 4, 2022[1]
| No. | Position | Player | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK |  USA |
Katie Lund |
| 2 | MF | USA |
Lauren Milliet |
| 3 | DF | USA |
Erin Simon |
| 4 | DF |  ENG |
Gemma Bonner |
| 5 | FW | USA |
Cece Kizer |
| 6 | MF | USA |
Jaelin Howell |
| 7 | MF | USA |
Savannah Demelo |
| 8 | MF |  SWE |
Freja Olofsson |
| 9 | FW | ENG |
Ebony Salmon |
| 10 | FW |  DEN |
Nadia Nadim |
| 11 | DF | USA |
Emily Fox |
| 12 | MF | USA |
Taylor Malham |
| 13 | FW | USA |
Emina Ekic |
| 14 | FW | USA |
Jess McDonald |
| 15 | DF | USA |
Julia Lester |
| 17 | DF | USA |
Nealy Martin |
| 18 | GK | USA |
Hillary Beall |
| 19 | MF | USA |
Taylor Otto |
| 20 | FW |  JAM |
Cheyna Matthews |
| 21 | FW | USA |
Parker Goins |
| 22 | FW | USA |
Kirsten Davis |
| 23 | FW | USA |
Sh'Nia Gordon |
| 24 | GK | USA |
Jordyn Bloomer |
| 25 | DF | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} NIR |
Rebecca Holloway |
| 26 | DF | USA |
Addisyn Merrick |
| 27 | MF | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} AUS |
Alex Chidiac |
Competitions
Preseason friendlies
All preseason friendlies for this Racing Louisville season were closed to the public with results not published.
| February 18, 2022 | Racing Louisville | v | Louisville Cardinals | Louisville, Kentucky |
| Stadium: Lynn Family Sports Vision & Training Center |
| February 21, 2022 | Florida State Seminoles | v | Racing Louisville | Tallahassee, Florida |
| Stadium: Seminole Soccer Complex |
| February 24, 2022 | Florida State Seminoles | v | Racing Louisville | Tallahassee, Florida |
| Stadium: Seminole Soccer Complex |
| March 5, 2022 | Racing Louisville | v | Tennessee Volunteers | Louisville, Kentucky |
| Stadium: Lynn Family Sports Vision & Training Center |
| March 12, 2022 | Racing Louisville | v | Murray State Racers | Louisville, Kentucky |
| Stadium: Lynn Family Sports Vision & Training Center |
NWSL Challenge Cup
Match results
| 18 March 1 | Racing Louisville | 1–1 | Kansas City Current | Louisville, Kentucky |
| 7:30 PM ET | Kizer  20' Bonner  60' |
Report | McCain 78', 83' |
Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium Attendance: 5,332 Referee: Danielle Cheskey |
| 25 March 2 | Racing Louisville | 2–3 | Houston Dash | Louisville, Kentucky |
| 7:30 PM ET | Davis 16' McDonald 40' Olofsson 61' |
Report | Viggiano 4', 58' Chapman 20' Hedge 45' Sánchez 56' Daly 65' (pen.) Prince 72' |
Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Sergii Demianchuk |
| 30 March 3 | Chicago Red Stars | 0–0 | Racing Louisville | Bridgeview, Illinois |
| 6:30 PM CT/7:30 PM ET | Nagasato 21' |
Report | Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium Referee: Calin Radosav |
| 2 April 4 | Kansas City Current | 0–3 | Racing Louisville | Kansas City, Kansas |
| 2:00 PM CT/3:00 PM ET | Report | Mace 9' (o.g.) DeMelo 50' Milliet 60' Bonner 65' Simon 90+6' |
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Referee: Alyssa Nichols |
| 16 April 5 | Racing Louisville | 1–1 | Chicago Red Stars | Louisville, Kentucky |
| 7:30 PM ET | Olofsson 27' Ekic 76' |
Report | Kowalski 7' Colaprico 51' DiBernardo 75' Cook 84' |
Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium Attendance: 4,409 Referee: Laura Rodriguez |
| 24 April 6 | Houston Dash | v | Racing Louisville | Houston, Texas |
| 4:00 PM CT/5:00 PM ET | Stadium: PNC Stadium |
NWSL Regular Season
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NJ/NY Gotham FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 3 | NWSL Shield |
| 2 | Portland Thorns FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 3 | Playoffs – Semi-Finals |
| 3 | Chicago Red Stars | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | Playoffs – First Round |
| 4 | Washington Spirit | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | |
| 5 | Angel City FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | |
| 6 | San Diego Wave FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 | |
| 7 | North Carolina Courage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0 | |
| 8 | OL Reign | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0 | |
| 9 | Racing Louisville FC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0 | |
| 10 | Houston Dash | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 | |
| 11 | Orlando Pride | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 | |
| 12 | Kansas City Current | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 |
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 |
Last updated: 2022.
Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Match results
The 2022 NWSL Season will feature 12 teams with the addition of expansion sides Angel City FC and San Diego Wave FC. All clubs will play a balanced schedule with one home match and one away match against all others.
| April 30 1 | Chicago Red Stars | 2–1 | Racing Louisville FC | Bridgeview, Illinois |
| 7:00 PM CT |
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Report | Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium Attendance: 3,028 Referee: Jeremy Scheer |
| 8 May 2 | OL Reign | v | Racing Louisville | Seattle, Washington |
| 3:00 PM PT/6:00 PM ET | Stadium: Lumen Field |
| 14 May 3 | Racing Louisville | v | Houston Dash | Louisville, Kentucky |
| 8:00 PM ET | Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium |
| 18 May 4 | Racing Louisville | v | San Diego Wave | Louisville, Kentucky |
| 7:30 PM ET | Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium |
| 22 May 5 | NJ/NY Gotham FC | v | Racing Louisville | Harrison, New Jersey |
| 5:00 PM ET | Stadium: Red Bull Arena |
| 30 May 6 | Kansas City Current | v | Racing Louisville | Kansas City, Kansas |
| 2:00 PM CT/3:00 PM ET | Stadium: Children's Mercy Park |
| 4 June 7 | Racing Louisville | v | North Carolina Courage | Louisville, Kentucky |
| 8:00 PM ET | Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium |
| 11 June 8 | Racing Louisville | v | Angel City FC | Louisville, Kentucky |
| 8:00 PM ET | Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium |
| 17 June 9 | Washington Spirit | v | Racing Louisville | Washington, D.C. |
| 7:30 PM ET | Stadium: Audi Field |
| 2 July 10 | Orlando Pride | v | Racing Louisville | Orlando, Florida |
| 8:00 PM ET | Stadium: Exploria Stadium |
| 8 July 11 | Racing Louisville | v | NJ/NY Gotham FC | Louisville, Kentucky |
| 8:00 PM ET | Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium |
| 15 July 12 | San Diego Wave | v | Racing Louisville | San Diego, California |
| 7:00 PM PT/10:00 PM ET | Stadium: Torero Stadium |
| 29 July 13 | Racing Louisville | v | Portland Thorns | Louisville, Kentucky |
| 8:00 PM ET | Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium |
| 2 August 14 | Racing Louisville | v | OL Reign | Louisville, Kentucky |
| 8:00 PM ET | Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium |
| 5 August 15 | Racing Louisville | v | Washington Spirit | Louisville, Kentucky |
| 8:00 PM ET | Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium |
| 12 August 16 | Houston Dash | v | Racing Louisville | Houston, Texas |
| 7:30 PM CT/8:30 PM ET | Stadium: PNC Stadium |
| 27 August 17 | Racing Louisville | v | Chicago Red Stars | Louisville, Kentucky |
| 7:30 PM ET | Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium |
| 10 September 18 | North Carolina Courage | v | Racing Louisville | Cary, North Carolina |
| 7:00 PM ET | Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park |
| 16 September 19 | Racing Louisville | v | Orlando Pride | Louisville, Kentucky |
| 7:30 PM ET | Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium |
| 21 September 20 | Portland Thorns | v | Racing Louisville | Portland, Oregon |
| 7:00 PM PT/10:00 PM ET | Stadium: Providence Park |
| 25 September 21 | Angel City FC | v | Racing Louisville | Los Angeles, California |
| 5:00 PM PT/8:00 PM ET | Stadium: Banc of California Stadium |
| 1 October 22 | Racing Louisville | v | Kansas City Current | Louisville, Kentucky |
| 7:30 PM ET | Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium |
International Women's Cup
| 17 August Semifinal | Racing Louisville | v | TBD | Louisville, Kentucky |
| Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium |
| 20 August 3rd Place or Championship | Racing Louisville | v | TBD | Louisville, Kentucky |
| Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium |
NWSL Playoffs
The top six clubs in the regular season standings will qualify for the 2022 NWSL Playoffs.
Player statistics
Goals
| Place | Pos. | No. | Name | CC | NWSL | NWSL Playoffs | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW | 5 | Cece Kizer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | FW | 22 | Kirsten Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | FW | 14 | Jess McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | MF | 2 | Lauren Milliet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | DF | 4 | Gemma Bonner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | FW | 13 | Emina Ekic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| - | OG | - | Opponent Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
Assists
| Place | Pos. | No. | Name | CC | NWSL | NWSL Playoffs | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW | 14 | Jess McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | FW | 13 | Emina Ekic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Clean sheets
| Place | Pos. | No. | Name | CC | NWSL | NWSL Playoffs | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | 1 | Katie Lund | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
Disciplinary
| Pos. | No. | Name | CC | NWSL | NWSL Playoffs | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |  | | | | |||
| MF | 8 | Freja Olofsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | 4 | Gemma Bonner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | 7 | Savannah DeMelo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | 3 | Erin Simon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
References
- "Roster". racingloufc.com. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
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