October 5, 2018 USL Toronto FC II--Toronto FC II vs Louisville City FC game review (from uslsoccer.com)
Gameday Report: October 5, Week 30 By JOHN ARLIA - john.arlia@uslsoccer.com, 10/05/18, 10:13PM EDT Davis IV, Lancaster make history as Louisville picks up fourth straight win Louisville City FC picked up its fourth straight victory with a 3-1 win over Toronto FC II on Friday at Lamport Stadium. | Photo courtesy Martin Bazyl / Toronto FC II THREE THINGS THAT MATTERED 1. Louisville City FC’s 3-1 victory over Toronto FC II on Friday night at Lamport Stadium kept the side in control of its destiny for a second-place finish in the Eastern Conference. With the win, Louisville jumped three points clear of Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC ahead of the Pennsylvania side’s top-three clash with FC Cincinnati on Saturday at Highland Stadium. Louisville will be hoping to see the Hounds drop points against the 2018 USL Regular Season champion but can secure the second spot – and with it the potential to host two home games in the Eastern Conference playoffs – with victories against North Carolina FC and Indy Eleven next week. 2. Louisville City FC midfielder George Davis IV came off the bench in the 68th minute to make his 200th career USL appearance, becoming the first player to reach that milestone in the league's modern era. Davis IV has scored 54 goals over his eight USL seasons, one of only five players to reach the 50-goal landmark in the league's modern era and has been named to the USL All-League Team on three occasions. Davis IV’s teammate Cameron Lancaster also came off the bench to make some history of his own as he tied the USL’s single-season scoring record with his 22nd goal of the campaign. Lancaster played a one-two with Ilija Ilic before firing a left-footed shot past TFC II goalkeeper Caleb Patterson-Sewell for Louisville’s third goal of the night in the 81st minute. With the tally, Lancaster matched the mark originally set by former Louisville forward Matt Fondy in 2015 as he extended his lead in the race for the USL's Golden Boot. TORONTO FC II (1), LOUISVILLE CITY FC (3) TORONTO – Louisville City FC picked up its fourth win in a row and stayed on pace for a second-place finish in the Eastern Conference with a 3-1 victory over Toronto FC II on Friday night at Lamport Stadium. Louisville opened the scoring in the 11th minute with a bit of direct attacking play as a long ball from the back wasn’t dealt with properly by the TFC II defense and Ilija Ilic was on hand to pounce on a poor clearance attempt before firing a shot that took a deflection on its way past goalkeeper Caleb Patterson-Sewell. The visitors threatened again five minutes later as Ilic played the ball to midfielder Devon Williams, who blazed a right-footed drive just over the crossbar from 30 yards out. Louisville thought it should’ve had a penalty in the 25th minute when Brian Ownby’s cross looked to have struck the arm of Toronto defender Kyle Bjornethun, but referee Pierre-Luc Lauziere waved play on. The visitors tested Patterson-Sewell again in the 39th minute as the goalkeeper tipped Paco Craig’s header over the crossbar, but Louisville doubled the lead on the resulting corner kick as Alex Souahy headed home Oscar Jimenez’s delivery for his third goal of the season. Ayo Akinola tried to cut the deficit in half for the hosts 16 minutes after halftime as he cut inside a Louisville defender but his shot went straight at goalkeeper Tim Dobrowolski. Souahy nearly had his second a minute later as his header from another Jimenez set piece forced Patterson-Sewell into a left-handed save at full stretch. Akinola put the ball in the back of the net for Toronto in the 74th minute, but the goal didn’t stand as the linesman judged the forward to be in an offside position as he gathered Tsubasa Endoh’s through pass. Substitute Cameron Lancaster scored Louisville’s third of the night seven minutes later as he slotted a left-footed shot from the left side of the box into the bottom-right corner for his 22nd goal of the season to match the USL single-season record. Toronto got on the board three minutes from time as Jordan Perruzza’s left-footed shot ended Dobrowolski’s shutout but it was mere consolation as the visitors claimed all three points. USLSoccer.com Man of the Match: Ilija Ilic, Louisville City FC – Ilic was instrumental in Louisville’s attack all night as he completed 75.7 percent of his passes, scored the game’s opening goal and set up Cameron Lancaster for the team’s third late on. Toronto FC II vs Louisville City FC 4-2-3-1 4-2-3-1 Toronto FC II Louisville City FC 1 3 October 5, 2018 8:00 PM Referee Pierre-Luc Lauziere Venue Lamport Stadium Attendance 128 Toronto FC II 28 Patterson-Sewell GK 36 Kübel DF 69' subbed out 54 Telfer DF 38 Bjornethun DF 49 Boskovic DF (C) 59 Okello Ayo MF 67' Yellow card 56 Johnson MF 69' subbed out 48 Campbell MF 50 Srbely MF 46 Endoh MF 20 Akinola FW 38' Yellow card, 79' subbed out Substitutes 30 Angoitia 55 Daniels 69' subbed in 58 Faria 63 Fraser (No! this was actually Luke Singh) 64 Hundal 79' subbed in 77 Perruzza 69' subbed in, 88' GOAL Manager Rabasca Louisville City FC 28 Tim Dobrowolski GK 24 Smith DF 19 Jimenez DF 3 Souahy DF 40' GOAL 5 Craig DF 36 DelPiccolo MF (C) 34' Yellow card 39 Lewis MF 68' subbed out 80 Williams MF 76' subbed out 14 Ilic MF 11' GOAL 10 Ownby MF 12 Spencer FW 68' subbed out Substitutes 1 Ranjitsingh 21 Francis 4 Totsch 23 Ballard 22 Davis IV 68' subbed in 11 McCabe 76' subbed in 9 Lancaster 68' subbed in, 81' GOAL Manager Hackworth Team Stats TFC LOU 50.0% Possession 50.0% 44.2% Duels success rate 55.8% 46.5% Aerial duels won 53.5% 22 Interceptions 11 3 Offsides 2 8 Corners 8 390 Passes 398 76 Long passes 79 77.4% Passing accuracy 71.9% 67.4% Passing acc in opp half 61.3% 20 Crosses 16 25.0% Crossing accuracy 43.8% 1 Goals 3 11 Shots 14 4 Shots on target 4 2 Blocked shots 4 4 Shots outside the box 5 7 Shots inside the box 9 36.4% Shooting accuracy 28.6% 12 Tackles 23 58.3% Tackles success rate 69.6% 31 Clearances 34 18 Fouls conceded 18 2 Yellow cards 1 0 Red cards 0
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