CINCINNATI – FC Cincinnati and Louisville City FC will renew their rivalry for the River Cities Cup on Saturday night at Nippert Stadium with FCC looking to pull level on points with a City side that enters the contest undefeated in four games to start the season. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. ET.
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FC Cincinnati news and notes
Current record: 2-2-1, 7pts
FC Cincinnati rallied to earn a 1-1 draw against the Tampa Bay Rowdies on Wednesday night in front of 15,227 fans at NIppert Stadium in the USL Game of the Week on ESPN3.
Harrison Delbridge scored the equalizer in the 36th minute for FCC after Tampa Bay had taken an early lead through Marcel Schäfer.
Delbridge’s goal was the first by an FCC player other than USL leading scorer Djiby Fall this season. Fall was held without a shot on goal in Wednesday’s contest.
Cincinnati will be without winger Kadeem Dacres for the contest against his former team after he was sent off against the Rowdies on Wednesday.
Louisville City FC news and notes
Current record: 3-0-1, 10pts
Louisville remained undefeated this season with a 2-1 victory against the Tampa Bay Rowdies last Saturday in front of 9,074 fans at Slugger Field.
George Davis IV scored his third goal in as many games, and Cameron Lancaster scored a late insurance goal that ended up proving necessary as Tampa Bay scored late to end City’s bid for a shutout.
Cincinnati native Luke Spencer will return to face his former club on Saturday, with the former Xavier University forward having scored his first goal for Louisville in its 3-1 win against Orlando earlier this month.
Louisville’s Oscar Jimenez sits tied for fourth in the USL with 31 crosses, and has created seven scoring chances this season.
Series Notes
Cincinnati claimed the River Cities Cup on goal difference in the first year of the rivalry between the clubs, with the sides playing to a 1-1-1 record during the 2016 USL regular season.
Squads
Cincinnati – GK: Mitch Hildebrandt, Dan Williams, Dallas Jaye; D: Matt Bahner, Tyler Polak, Harrison Delbridge, Paul Nicholson, Pat McMahon, Austin Berry, Derek Luke, Justin Hoyte, Mele Temguia; M: Aodhan Quinn, Kenney Walker, Eric Stevenson, Aaron Walker, Corben Bone, Jimmy McLaughlin, Marco Dominguez; F: Djiby Fall, Omar Cummings, Daryl Fordyce, Andrew Wiedeman, Victor Mansaray, Andy Craven
Louisville – GK: Greg Ranjitsingh, Tim Dobrowolski, Micah Bledsoe; D: Sean Totsch, Paco Craig, Oscar Jimenez, Tarek Morad, Sean Reynolds, Kyle Smith; M: Sean Russell, Niall McCabe, Brian Ownby, Devon Williams, George Davis IV, Richard Ballard, Guy Abend, Paolo DelPiccolo, Mark-Anthony Kaye; F: Ilija Ilic, Luke Spencer, Cameron Lancaster
Discipline
Cincinnati – Suspended: Kadeem Dacres
Louisville – None
Officials
REF: MARK KADLECIK
AR1: Maggie Short
AR2: Jeffrey Swartzel
4TH: Aaron Mitchell
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Twitter social handles
FC Cincinnati – @FCCincinnati
Louisville City FC – @LouCityFC
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