Racing Louisville
2022 season
OwnerJohn Neace
ManagerKim Björkegren
StadiumLynn Family Stadium
NWSL9th
NWSL PlayoffsDNQ
Challenge CupGroup stage
The Women's CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Nadia Nadim (6)
All: Nadia Nadim (6)
Highest home attendance8,729
(Aug. 27 vs. CHI)
Lowest home attendance5,107
(Aug. 2 vs. SEA)
Average home league attendance6,048
Biggest win2 goals
(2–0 Sept. 16 vs. ORL)
(3–1 Sept. 25 vs. LA)
Biggest defeat4 goals
(0–4 Aug. 27 vs. CHI)
(1–5 Sept. 10 vs. NC)

The 2022 Racing Louisville FC season was 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. The club finished 9th in the 12-team league's regular season and failed to qualify for the playoffs, was eliminated during the group stage of the 2022 NWSL Challenge Cup, and were runners-up in the 2022 The Women's Cup hosted by the club.

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.[1]

The club's greatest success in the first year was as host of an inaugural international competition called The Women's Cup, a 4-team mid-season competition won by Racing Louisville with a defeat of FC Bayern Munich on penalties.[2]

In the middle of the season on August 31, 2021, the club fired Holly for cause and installed Mario Sanchez as interim head coach.[3][4] On December 9, after the season concluded, the club announced the hiring of Kim Björkegren as the second permanent head coach of Racing Louisville.[5]

The 2021 NWSL Championship, originally planned to be played in Portland, Oregon, was moved by the league on October 13, 2022, to Racing Louisville's home ground of Lynn Family Stadium following player complaints regarding the artificial turf at Providence Park and the 9 a.m. local kickoff time required to meet television obligations.[6][7][8] The match, played on November 20, 2021, was won by the Washington Spirit over the Chicago Red Stars before 10,300 attending fans, a record for a women's soccer match in the venue.[9][10][11]

Current squad

Several players departed from Racing Louisville's 2021 squad after the season ended. Aside from free transfers, Racing traded Savannah McCaskill to Angel City FC,[12][13] Julia Ashley was sent to Houston Dash,[14][15] Yuki Nagasato was traded back to Chicago Red Stars,[14][16] and Kaleigh Riehl was selected by San Diego Wave FC in the 2022 NWSL Expansion Draft.[14][17] Louisville traded Cece Kizer and Addisyn Merrick to their hometown club of Kansas City,[18][14][19] and Ebony Salmon to Houston Dash,[18][14][20] while also waiving Erin Simon, who was subsequently signed by Leicester City W.F.C. on a free transfer.[18][21]

Racing Louisville traded the rights to Christen Press to Angel City FC in exchange for expansion draft protection,[22] the rights to Janine Beckie to Portland Thorns FC in exchange for allocation money,[23] and the rights to Tobin Heath to OL Reign for allocation money and draft picks.[18][14][24]

Racing Louisville reloaded primarily through the 2022 NWSL Draft, bringing Jaelin Howell, Savannah DeMelo,[25] and Jordyn Bloomer into the squad. Louisville acquired Jess McDonald through a trade with North Carolina Courage, signed 2021 draftees Kirsten Davis and Parker Goins, and signed free agents Hillary Beall, Taylor Malham, Julia Lester, Rebecca Holloway, Alex Chidiac, Satara Murray, and Thembi Kgatlana to pro contracts.[14][18] 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.[14]

On July 27, 2022, Racing announced that Gordon and Taylor Otto had mutually terminated their contracts with the club to pursue playing opportunities in Europe, and that National Team Replacement player Zaneta Wyne had signed a contract through 2023. The club did not offer permanent contracts to its other National Team Replacement players — Hannah Adler, Isabella Beletic, and Allison Whitfield.[18]

On August 1, 2022, Racing traded $30,000 of allocation money and a fourth-round pick in the 2023 NWSL Draft to OL Reign for the discovery rights to sign China women's national football team forward Wang Shuang to an NWSL contract.[26][27] On August 10, after Wang received her visa, the club announced that it had signed Wang to a contract through the 2023 season.[28][29]

On August 15, 2022, Racing announced the transfer of goalkeeper Kelsey Daugherty from Djurgårdens IF. Per a club statement, Björkegren said the signing would allow the club to loan out backup goalkeepers Beall and Bloomer.[30][31]

On September 7, 2022, Racing announced the transfer of midfielder Freja Olofsson to Real Madrid four months into her three-year contract with Racing, in exchange for an undisclosed transfer fee.[32]

Racing announced the loan of goalkeeper Hillary Beall to Adelaide United FC, from the end of the NWSL season to the end of the A-League Women season in April, on September 27, 2022.[33]

As of September 7, 2022[34]

No. Position Nation Player
1 GK United States USA Katie Lund
2 MF United States USA Lauren Milliet
4 DF England ENG Gemma Bonner
6 MF United States USA Jaelin Howell
7 MF United States USA Savannah DeMelo
10 FW Denmark DEN Nadia Nadim
11 DF United States USA Emily Fox
12 MF United States USA Taylor Malham
13 FW United States USA Emina Ekic
14 FW United States USA Jess McDonald
15 DF United States USA Julia Lester
16 FW South Africa RSA Thembi Kgatlana
17 DF United States USA Nealy Martin
18 GK United States USA Hillary Beall
20 FW Jamaica JAM Cheyna Matthews
21 FW United States USA Parker Goins
22 FW United States USA Kirsten Davis
24 GK United States USA Jordyn Bloomer
25 DF Northern Ireland NIR Rebecca Holloway
27 MF Australia AUS Alex Chidiac
30 DF United States USA Zaneta Wyne
31 GK United States USA Kelsey Daugherty
44 DF Jamaica JAM Satara Murray
77 FW China CHN Wang Shuang

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 Yellow card 60'
Report McCain 78', Yellow card 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
Report
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
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
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Referee: Alyssa Nichols
16 April 5 Racing Louisville 1–1 Chicago Red Stars Louisville, Kentucky
7:30 PM ET
Report
Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium
Attendance: 4,409
Referee: Laura Rodriguez
24 April 6 Houston Dash 2-1 Racing Louisville FC Houston, Texas
4:00 PM CT/5:00 PM ET
Report
Stadium: PNC Stadium
Attendance: 3,073
Referee: Brad Jensen

NWSL Regular Season

Following their loss to the North Carolina Courage on September 10, Racing were eliminated from NWSL playoff contention.[35]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 OL Reign 22 11 7 4 32 19 +13 40 NWSL Shield, Playoffs – semi-finals
2 Portland Thorns FC (C) 22 10 9 3 49 24 +25 39 Playoffs – semi-finals
3 San Diego Wave FC 22 10 6 6 32 21 +11 36 Playoffs – first round
4 Houston Dash 22 10 6 6 35 27 +8 36
5 Kansas City Current 22 10 6 6 29 29 0 36
6 Chicago Red Stars 22 9 6 7 34 28 +6 33
7 North Carolina Courage 22 9 5 8 46 33 +13 32
8 Angel City FC 22 8 5 9 23 27 4 29
9 Racing Louisville FC 22 5 8 9 23 35 12 23
10 Orlando Pride 22 5 7 10 22 45 23 22
11 Washington Spirit 22 3 10 9 26 33 7 19
12 NJ/NY Gotham FC 22 4 1 17 16 46 30 13
Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champions

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
22 5 8 9 21 37  −16 23 3 4 5 11 17  −6 2 4 4 10 20  −10

Last updated: October 1, 2022.
Source: Match reports

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
StadiumAAHHAAHHAAHAHHHAHAHAAH
ResultLDDWWLLLDDLDLDDDLLWLWW
Position109953589981010111111910111011109
Updated to match(es) played on October 1, 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
19:00 CDT
Report
Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium
Attendance: 3,028
Referee: Jeremy Scheer
May 8 2 OL Reign 2–2 Racing Louisville FC Seattle, Washington
15:00 PDT
Report
Stadium: Lumen Field
Attendance: 4,396
Referee: Karen Callado
May 14 3 Racing Louisville FC 1–1 Houston Dash Louisville, Kentucky
20:00 EDT
Report
Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium
Attendance: 5,271
Referee: Samantha Martinez
May 18 4 Racing Louisville FC 1–0 San Diego Wave FC Louisville, Kentucky
19:30 EDT
Report
Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium
Attendance: 5,302
Referee: Joshua Encarnación
May 22 5 NJ/NY Gotham FC 0–1 Racing Louisville FC Harrison, New Jersey
17:00 EDT
Report
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 2,672
Referee: Thomas Snyder
May 30 6 Kansas City Current 1–0 Racing Louisville FC Kansas City, Kansas
14:00 CDT
Report Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 6,484
Referee: Danielle Chesky
June 4 7 Racing Louisville FC 0–3 North Carolina Courage Louisville, Kentucky
20:00 EDT
Report
Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium
Attendance: 5,738
Referee: Eric Tattersall
June 11 8 Racing Louisville FC 2–3 Angel City FC Louisville, Kentucky
20:00 EDT
Report
Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium
Attendance: 6,139
Referee: Matthew Thompson
June 17 9 Washington Spirit 2–2 Racing Louisville FC Washington, D.C.
19:30 EDT
Report
Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 2,790
Referee: Matthew Franz
July 3 10 Orlando Pride 2–2 Racing Louisville FC Daytona Beach, Florida
20:00 EDT
Report
Stadium: Daytona International Speedway
Attendance: 7,573
Referee: Alex Billeter
July 8 11 Racing Louisville FC 1–2 NJ/NY Gotham FC Louisville, Kentucky
20:00 EDT
Report
Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium
Attendance: 5,771
Referee: Danielle Chesky
July 15 12 San Diego Wave FC 0–0 Racing Louisville FC San Diego, California
19:00 PDT
Report
Stadium: Torero Stadium
Attendance: 4,747
Referee: Karen Callado
July 29 13 Racing Louisville FC 1–2 Portland Thorns FC Louisville, Kentucky
20:00 EDT
Report
Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium
Attendance: 7,089
Referee: Alyssa Nichols
August 2 14 Racing Louisville FC 1–1 OL Reign Louisville, Kentucky
20:00 EDT
Report
Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium
Attendance: 5,107
Referee: Laura Rodriguez[36]
August 5 15 Racing Louisville FC 1–1 Washington Spirit Louisville, Kentucky
20:00 EDT
Report
Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium
Attendance: 5,364
Referee: Rebecca Pagan
August 12 16 Houston Dash 0–0 Racing Louisville FC Houston, Texas
19:30 CDT
Report
Stadium: PNC Stadium
Attendance: 5,279
Referee: Katja Koroleva[37]
August 27 17 Racing Louisville FC 0–4 Chicago Red Stars Louisville, Kentucky
19:30 EDT
Report
Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium
Attendance: 8,729
Referee: Alex Billeter[38]
September 10 18 North Carolina Courage 5–1 Racing Louisville FC Cary, North Carolina
19:00 EDT
Report
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Referee: Samantha Martinez
September 16 19 Racing Louisville FC 2–0 Orlando Pride Louisville, Kentucky
19:30 EDT
Report Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium
Attendance: 5,397
Referee: Anya Voigt[39]
September 21 20 Portland Thorns FC 3–0 Racing Louisville FC Portland, Oregon
19:00 PDT
Report
Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 15,652
September 25 21 Angel City FC 1–3 Racing Louisville FC Los Angeles, California
17:00 PDT
Report
Stadium: Banc of California Stadium
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Adorae Monroy
Assistant referees: Katarzyna Wasiak, Melissa Beck
Fourth official: Joseph Salinas
October 1 22 Racing Louisville FC 1–0 Kansas City Current Louisville, Kentucky
19:30 EDT
Report
Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium
Attendance: 6,622
Referee: Danielle Chesky

The Women's Cup

August 17 Semifinal Racing Louisville FC United States 2–0 Italy AC Milan Louisville, Kentucky
20:00 EDT
Report
Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium
August 20 Championship Racing Louisville FC United States 1–2 United States OL Reign Louisville, Kentucky
19:00 EDT
Report
Story
Highlights
Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium

NWSL Playoffs

Racing Louisville FC finished 9th in the regular season and did not qualify for the 2022 NWSL Playoffs.

Player statistics

Source: NWSLsoccer.com

Goals

Matches as of October 1, 2022.

Place Pos. No. Name CC NWSL NWSL Playoffs Total
1 FW10Denmark Nadia Nadim0606
2 MF16United States Savannah DeMelo0404
FW14United States Jess McDonald1304
4 FW22United States Kirsten Davis1203
FW13United States Emina Ekic1203
6 DF4England Gemma Bonner1102
MF27Australia Alex Chidiac0202
MF2United States Lauren Milliet1102
N/A-Opponent Own Goals1102
10 DF11United States Emily Fox0101
FW5United States Cece Kizer1001
Total723030

Assists

Matches as of October 1, 2022.

Place Pos. No. Name CC NWSL NWSL Playoffs Total
1FW14United States Jess McDonald1405
2MF16United States Savannah DeMelo0303
3FW5United States CeCe Kizer0202
4 FW13United States Emina Ekic1001
FW22United States Kirsten Davis0101
MF6United States Jaelin Howell0101
MF2United States Lauren Milliet0101
MF77China Wang Shuang0101
DF11United States Emily Fox0101
Total213015

Clean sheets

Matches as of October 1, 2022.

PlacePos.No.NameCCNWSLNWSL PlayoffsTotal
1GK1United States Katie Lund2608
Total2608

Disciplinary

Matches as of October 1, 2022.

Place Pos. No. Name CC NWSL NWSL Playoffs Total
Yellow cardYellow cardRed cardYellow cardYellow cardRed card
1 DF30Jamaica Satara Murray041041
2 DF4England Gemma Bonner130040
MF7United States Savannah DeMelo130040
MF6United States Jaelin Howell040040
MF8Sweden Freja Olofsson220040
6 DF15United States Julia Lester040040
GK1United States Katie Lund030030
DF17United States Nealy Martin120030
FW10Denmark Nadia Nadim030030
10 FW22United States Kirsten Davis020020
DF11United States Emily Fox020020
MF2United States Lauren Milliet110020
DF3United States Erin Simon110020
DF30United States Zaneta Wyne020020
15 FW13United States Emina Ekic010010
FW14United States Jess McDonald010010
Total73810451

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