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Racing Louisville W

NWSL

Stadium:	Lynn Family Stadium
Coach:	Beverly Yanez
NWSL Form:
Overall Form:

Racing Louisville W home ground venue is Lynn Family Stadium.

Beverly Yanez is the current coach for Racing Louisville W.

Racing Louisville W NWSL Match Fixtures and Results

[ Home Overall Away ]

Racing Louisville W have played a total of 26 matches in United States NWSL. Their current statistics is 7 win, 7 draw and 12 lose.

Racing Louisville W did not win their last match in the competition.

The overall results is shown by default. You can also analyze Racing Louisville W results for their home or away matches in NWSL 2024.

Click on + to view detailed soccer statistics of the goal scorers, yellow and red cards for each match.
The match kick-off date and time is automatically converted to your local timezone.

Team	Total Matches	Win	Draw	Lose
Racing Louisville W	26	7	7	12

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
03/11/2024	San Diego Wave W	3 - 1	Racing Louisville W	2-0	H2H	O	+
Jaedyn Shaw 3'		1 - 0
María Sánchez 22'		2 - 0
Perle Morroni 30'
Makenzy Doniak 30'
Kyra Carusa 46'
Amirah Ali 46'
			46' Taylor Kornieck
			46' Ary Borges
			58' Kayla Fischer
Kristen McNabb 60'
			61' Janine Beckie
			61' Parker Goins
			61' Emma Sears
			61' Madalyn Ann Pokorny
María Sánchez 67'
Savannah McCaskill 67'
		2 - 1	68' Bethany Balcer
			72' Bethany Balcer
			72' Emily Clegg
Savannah McCaskill 76'		3 - 1
			78' Elisabeth Charlotte Jean
			78' Angela Daniela Baron
Jaedyn Shaw 78'
Elyse Bennett 78'
Jaedyn Shaw 78'
Elyse Bennett 78'
			86' Ary Borges
19/10/2024	Racing Louisville W	1 - 0	Portland Thorns W	0-0	H2H	O	+
Taylor Kornieck 60'
			61' Payton Linnehan
			61' Sophia Smith
			61' Christine Sinclair
			61' Reilyn Turner
Savannah DeMelo 71'
Kayla Fischer 71'
			71' Izzy D'Aquila
			71' Morgan Weaver
			81' Olivia Moultrie
Marisa Viggiano 84'
Ary Borges 84'
			87' Reyna Reyes
Taylor Kornieck 89'		1 - 0
Janine Beckie 90'
Madalyn Ann Pokorny 90'
13/10/2024	Washington Spirit W	4 - 1	Racing Louisville W	2-0	H2H	O	+
Makenna Morris 36'		1 - 0
Rosemonde Kouassi 42'
Makenna Morris 43'		2 - 0
			46' Marisa Viggiano
			46' Savannah DeMelo
Ashley Hatch 56'		3 - 0
			60' Bethany Balcer
			60' Emma Sears
Esme Morgan 67'
Anaig Butel 67'
Courtney Brown 67'
Trinity Rodman 67'
		3 - 1	74' Emma Sears
Rosemonde Kouassi 75'
Brittany Ratcliffe 75'
Paige Metayer 75'
Kate Wiesner 75'
Makenna Morris 86'
Lena Silano 86'
			87' Janine Beckie
			87' Madalyn Ann Pokorny
			90' Ary Borges
			90' Parker Goins
Lena Silano 90+7'		4 - 1
05/10/2024	Racing Louisville W	0 - 2	Kansas City Current W	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	2' Temwa Chawinga
			62' Isabel Rodriguez
			62' Ellis Wheeler
			63' Michelle Cooper
			63' Nichelle Prince
			72' Bia Zaneratto
			72' Elizabeth Ball
			72' Debinha
			72' Claire Hutton
Janine Beckie 73'
Kayla Fischer 73'
Kayla Fischer 81'
		0 - 2	86' Vanessa DiBernardo
			90+2' Vanessa DiBernardo
			90+2' Bayley Feist
Savannah DeMelo 90+2'
Madalyn Ann Pokorny 90+2'
28/09/2024	Utah Royals W	1 - 0	Racing Louisville W	0-0	H2H	O	+
Paige Monaghan 7'
Cameron Tucker 7'
Cameron Tucker 10'
			45+3' Taylor Kornieck
Dana Foederer 47'
Mikayla Colohan 47'
			47' Bethany Balcer
			47' Kayla Fischer
			47' Ary Borges
			47' Emma Sears
Kate Del Fava 56'
Kaleigh Riehl 67'
Ana Tejada 79'		1 - 0
			86' Janine Beckie
			86' Madalyn Ann Pokorny
Zoe Burns 87'
Ana Tejada 87'
Michele Vasconcelos 87'
21/09/2024	Racing Louisville W	2 - 1	North Carolina Courage W	0-1	H2H	O	+
			19' Ashley Sanchez
Courtney Petersen 38'
		0 - 1	42' Brianna Pinto
Ary Borges 59'
Emma Sears 59'
Janine Beckie 68'
Madalyn Ann Pokorny 68'
			73' Brianna Pinto
			73' Kerolin
			73' Haley Hopkins
			73' Olivia Wingate
			78' Felicitas Rauch
Emma Sears 79'		1 - 1
			84' Felicitas Rauch
			84' Maycee Bell
			84' Aline Gomes
			84' Meredith Speck
			89' Narumi Miura
Bethany Balcer 90+2'		2 - 1
Bethany Balcer 90+3'
Parker Goins 90+3'
			90+4' Dani Weatherholt
			90+4' Bianca St Georges
			90+6' Ryan Williams
14/09/2024	Racing Louisville W	2 - 1	Angel City W	1-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	17' Meggie Dougherty Howard
Bethany Balcer 26'		1 - 1
Bethany Balcer 56'
Kayla Fischer 56'
Kayla Fischer 66'
Janine Beckie 68'		2 - 1
			71' Claire Emslie
			71' Christen Press
			72' Jasmyne Spencer
Ary Borges 74'
			83' Meggie Dougherty Howard
			83' Messiah Bright
			83' Jasmyne Spencer
			83' Megan Reid
Savannah DeMelo 90'
Emma Sears 90'
			90+4' Messiah Bright
Emma Sears 90+9'
08/09/2024	Bay FC W	1 - 0	Racing Louisville W	0-0	H2H	O	+
Rachel Hill 60'
Penelope Hocking 60'
Asisat Oshoala 75'		1 - 0
Tess Boade 77'
Deyna Castellanos 77'
			77' Emma Sears
			77' Kayla Fischer
Asisat Oshoala 82'
Asisat Oshoala 86'
Madeline Moreau 86'
			90' Janine Beckie
			90' Courtney Petersen
31/08/2024	Racing Louisville W	2 - 3	Seattle Reign W	2-1	H2H	O	+
Ariadna Borges 6'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	15' Sofia Christine Huerta
Taylor Kornieck 45'		2 - 1
Uchenna Kanu 46'
Emma Sears 46'
			54' Tziarra King
			54' Ji So-Yun
Savannah DeMelo 61'
			61' Jaelin Marie Howell
Marisa Viggiano 62'
Janine Beckie 62'
			70' Phoebe McClernon
			70' Lauren Barnes
			70' Quinn
			70' Nerilia Mondesir
Bethany Balcer 72'
Kayla Fischer 72'
		2 - 2	75' Ji So-Yun
		2 - 3	81' Arin Gilliland
			90' Ana-Maria Crnogorčević
			90' Veronica Latsko
			90+6' Sofia Christine Huerta
24/08/2024	Racing Louisville W	3 - 1	Chicago Stars W	1-0	H2H	O	+
Uchenna Kanu 12'		1 - 0
			40' Hannah Anderson
Lauren Milliet 41'
			45+1' Tatumn Milazzo
			45+1' Taylor Malham
Uchenna Kanu 55'
Emma Sears 55'
Bethany Balcer 56'
Kayla Fischer 56'
			57' Jameese Joseph
		1 - 1	59' Jameese Joseph
Marisa Viggiano 61'		2 - 1
			67' Leilanni Nesbeth
Savannah Demelo 70'
Janine Beckie 70'
			70' Leilanni Nesbeth
			70' Camryn Biegalski
			70' Jameese Joseph
			70' Nádia Gomes
Kayla Fischer 77'		3 - 1
			82' Bea Franklin
			82' Júlia Bianchi
			82' Natalia Kuikka
			82' Sarah Griffith
Ariadna Borges 90+2'
Taylor Kornieck 90+7'
Jordan DiBiasi 90+7'
07/07/2024	North Carolina Courage W	3 - 1	Racing Louisville W	0-1	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	31' R. Turner
			33' K. Fischer
			35' J. Howell
V. Pickett 46'
M. Matsukubo 46'
			46' K. Fischer
			46' E. Sears
Haley Hopkins 46'
M. Speck 46'
T. Lussi 46'
O. Wingate 46'
A. Sanchez 55'		1 - 1
M. Matsukubo 61'		2 - 1
O. Wingate 69'		3 - 1
			70' J. Howell
			70' P. Goins
N. Miura 79'
R. Jackson 79'
A. Sanchez 79'
D. Weatherholt 79'
M. Speck 80'
			83' R. Turner
			83' E. Bahr
			83' M. DiGrande
			83' Ary Borges
29/06/2024	Racing Louisville W	0 - 1	Bay FC W	0-0	H2H	O	+
			13' J. Anderson
			46' J. Anderson
			46' D. Castellanos
E. Bahr 64'
R. Turner 64'
			65' C. Dydasco
			65' S. King
			65' T. Boade
			65' P. Marfo
			65' J. Beattie
			65' K. Sharples
K. Fischer 71'
P. Goins 71'
M. DiGrande 72'
J. Baggett 72'
		0 - 1	76' A. Oshoala
J. Baggett 76'
E. Sears 89'
M. Pokorny 89'
			90+3' A. Oshoala
			90+3' C. Conti
23/06/2024	Seattle Reign W	1 - 1	Racing Louisville W	1-0	H2H	O	+
			9' A. Wright
B. Balcer 10'		1 - 0
			31' T. Flint
			45' T. Flint
			45' E. Jean
J. Huitema 45+12'
			58' S. DeMelo
			58' K. Fischer
			58' E. Bahr
			58' R. Turner
R. Brown 62'
S. Holmes 62'
B. Balcer 62'
O. Van der Jagt 62'
T. King 62'
V. Latsko 62'
L. Barnes 74'
A. Cook 74'
			80' E. Sears
			80' P. Goins
Quinn 86'
N. Stanton 86'
Ji So-Yun 90+4'
O. Athens 90+4'
		1 - 1	90+7' R. Turner
20/06/2024	Angel City W	3 - 2	Racing Louisville W	2-1	H2H	O	+
R. Rodríguez 12'
K. Fuller 17'		1 - 0
R. Rodríguez 32'		2 - 0
M. Reid 39'
		2 - 1	41' T. Flint
			45+2' K. Fischer
			45+8' S. DeMelo
M. Mathias 45+8'
			46' K. Fischer
			46' E. Sears
M. Curry 46'
J. Spencer 46'
M. Mathias 58'
C. Emslie 58'
M. Hammond 63'
		2 - 2	64' C. Pickett
			67' M. DiGrande
			67' J. Howell
			74' J. Howell
R. Rodríguez 77'
L. Nabet 77'
G. Thompson 77'
M. Vignola 77'
K. Fuller 84'
C. Le Bihan 84'
S. Leroux 85'		3 - 2
			90+3' U. Kanu
			90+3' P. Goins
			90+3' E. Bahr
			90+3' R. Turner
15/06/2024	Racing Louisville W	0 - 2	Gotham FC W	0-1	H2H	O	+
			5' K. Stengel
		0 - 1	21' Y. Ryan
T. Flint 22'
		0 - 2	53' E. Stevens
			63' C. Dunn
			63' Bruninha
			63' K. Stengel
			63' D. Sheehan
R. Turner 66'
E. Bahr 66'
K. Fischer 67'
P. Goins 67'
			69' E. Stevens
			69' M. Zerboni
T. Flint 74'
J. Howell 74'
			78' M. Freeman
			78' S. Hiatt
			78' N. Martin
			78' Maitane López
E. Sears 86'
M. Pokorny 86'
			90+4' Maitane López
M. Pokorny 90+5'
08/06/2024	Racing Louisville W	2 - 0	Houston Dash W	0-0	H2H	O	+
			43' S. Puntigam
			44' Fran Alonso
E. Bahr 46'
U. Kanu 46'
			58' Andressa Alves
			58' D. Ordoñez
U. Kanu 60'
S. DeMelo 62'		1 - 0
U. Kanu 78'
			78' S. Puntigam
			78' B. Briede
			78' B. Olivieri
			78' A. West
R. Turner 83'
P. Goins 83'
P. Goins 85'		2 - 0
			86' S. Schmidt
			86' Y. Nagasato
			87' R. Turner
S. DeMelo 90+6'
J. Howell 90+6'
25/05/2024	Chicago Stars W	0 - 1	Racing Louisville W	0-1	H2H	O	+
			24' A. Wright
		0 - 1	26' E. Sears
T. Milazzo 34'
L. Nesbeth 39'
J. Bike 46'
Ava Cook 46'
P. Hocking 49'
			58' K. Fischer
A. Schlegel 65'
S. Groom 65'
			65' K. Fischer
			65' R. Turner
			78' E. Bahr
			78' P. Goins
M. Rall 80'
H. Anderson 80'
C. Roccaro 80'
B. Franklin 80'
P. Hocking 86'
J. Joseph 86'
			90' E. Sears
			90' M. Pokorny
19/05/2024	Kansas City Current W	3 - 3	Racing Louisville W	1-1	H2H	O	+
I. Rodriguez 12'
		0 - 1	18' E. Sears
			23' K. Fischer
H. Mace 33'
L. LaBonta 45+3'		1 - 1
			46' K. Fischer
			46' R. Turner
M. Cooper 56'		2 - 1
V. DiBernardo 57'
N. Prince 57'
H. Mace 57'
E. Wheeler 57'
		2 - 2	69' A. Erceg
G. Robinson 72'
Debinha 78'
C. Lavogez 78'
M. Cooper 78'
A. Pfeiffer 78'
			80' E. Bahr
			80' U. Kanu
			89' T. Flint
G. Robinson 90+2'		3 - 2
L. LaBonta 90+4'
B. Feist 90+4'
		3 - 3	90+13' S. DeMelo
11/05/2024	Racing Louisville W	1 - 2	Washington Spirit W	1-2	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	5' C. Bethune
S. DeMelo 26'
		0 - 2	34' L. Milliet
S. DeMelo 45+6'		1 - 2
			45+9' A. Sullivan
			53' H. Hershfelt
K. Fischer 59'
			66' A. Sullivan
			66' C. Brown
E. Sears 68'
K. Fischer 72'
R. Turner 72'
			73' C. Bethune
			73' P. Metayer
			73' O. Sarr
			73' B. Ratcliffe
			76' A. Hatch
			76' C. Krueger
			76' T. Rodman
			76' L. Silano
			87' P. Metayer
05/05/2024	Orlando Pride W	1 - 0	Racing Louisville W	1-0	H2H	O	+
B. Banda 17'		1 - 0
K. Abello 26'
			39' K. Fischer
S. Yates 46'
Adriana 46'
K. Abello 46'
C. Dyke 46'
			58' U. Kanu
			58' R. Turner
A. Watt 59'
A. Allen 59'
J. Doyle 59'
M. Gautrat 59'
			85' E. Sears
			85' P. Goins
			85' E. Bahr
			85' M. Pokorny
A. Lemos 87'
C. Lawrence 87'
M. Gautrat 90+3'
28/04/2024	Gotham FC W	1 - 1	Racing Louisville W	0-0	H2H	O	+
			26' J. Howell
			26' M. DiGrande
Esther González 46'
K. Stengel 46'
N. Martin 51'
Juan Carlos Amorós 52'
			53' S. DeMelo
			60' Ary Borges
			60' E. Sears
			60' E. Bahr
			60' R. Turner
E. Sonnett 70'
L. Williams 74'
R. Lavelle 74'
C. Dunn 74'
E. Stevens 74'
			78' S. DeMelo
			78' K. Fischer
N. Martin 89'
S. Farrelly 89'
			90' U. Kanu
			90' P. Goins
		0 - 1	90+5' R. Turner
R. Lavelle 90+7'		1 - 1
R. Lavelle 90+12'
20/04/2024	Racing Louisville W	5 - 1	Utah Royals W	1-1	H2H	O	+
L. Milliet 13'
U. Kanu 26'		1 - 0
S. DeMelo 37'
		1 - 1	45+3' Olivia Smith Griffitts
Ary Borges 54'
E. Sears 54'
U. Kanu 54'
R. Turner 54'
S. DeMelo 68'		2 - 1
			72' L. Flynn
E. Bahr 74'
K. Fischer 74'
S. DeMelo 78'		3 - 1
			79' Z. Burns
			79' M. Vasconcelos
S. DeMelo 85'
M. DiGrande 85'
E. Sears 87'		4 - 1
R. Turner 90+1'		5 - 1
13/04/2024	Racing Louisville W	0 - 0	San Diego Wave W	0-0	H2H	O	+
L. Milliet 35'
R. Turner 46'
E. Sears 46'
			59' J. Shaw
			59' K. Carusa
			59' C. Westphal
			59' H. Lundkvist
U. Kanu 62'
K. Fischer 62'
			66' A. Morgan
			66' M. Doniak
			76' D. Colaprico
			76' K. Ascanio
			76' S. Jakobsson
			76' E. Bennett
E. Bahr 79'
Ary Borges 79'
H. Lundkvist 80'
			84' H. Lundkvist
30/03/2024	Portland Thorns W	2 - 2	Racing Louisville W	0-2	H2H	O	+
		0 - 1	3' U. Kanu
		0 - 2	6' U. Kanu
J. Fleming 24'
R. Reyes 46'
M. Klingenberg 46'
O. Moultrie 46'
H. Sugita 46'
M. Weaver 52'		1 - 2
			56' E. Bahr
			56' E. Sears
J. Beckie 64'
I. D'Aquila 64'
			71' K. Fischer
			71' M. DiGrande
			71' R. Turner
			71' P. Goins
			72' E. Pikkujämsä
			72' E. Jean
J. Fleming 78'
C. Sinclair 78'
M. Müller 79'
N. Payne 79'
			90+5' U. Kanu
			90+5' M. Pokorny
S. Coffey 90+9'		2 - 2
24/03/2024	Houston Dash W	0 - 0	Racing Louisville W	0-0	H2H	O	+
			27' U. Kanu
H. Solaun 43'
C. Kizer 46'
Andressa Alves 46'
A. Patterson 46'
A. West 46'
S. Puntigam 49'
H. Solaun 62'
B. Briede 62'
Y. Nagasato 62'
E. Rubensson 62'
			73' U. Kanu
			73' P. Goins
			73' R. Turner
			73' E. Sears
M. Sánchez 78'
K. van Zanten 78'
K. van Zanten 86'
			90+1' E. Bahr
			90+1' M. Pokorny
			90+1' L. Milliet
			90+1' A. Wright
16/03/2024	Racing Louisville W	2 - 2	Orlando Pride W	2-1	H2H	O	+
T. Kornieck 3'
E. Bahr 13'		1 - 0
			15' K. Strom
U. Kanu 19'		2 - 0
		2 - 1	24' E. Pikkujämsä
S. DeMelo 37'
			43' Luana
			62' K. Strom
J. Baggett 66'
J. Howell 66'
Reilyn Turner 66'
Emma Sears 66'
J. Howell 68'
			70' M. Gautrat
			70' S. Yates
			71' Marta
			71' B. Martínez
E. Bahr 72'
K. Fischer 72'
			75' Luana
			75' A. Lemos
K. Fischer 79'
			83' J. Doyle
			83' A. Allen
			83' H. McCutcheon
			83' Celia Jiménez
		2 - 2	86' S. Yates
U. Kanu 87'
Linda Motlhalo 87'

Chart Analysis

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Statistics & Analysis of Racing Louisville W

Emma Sears is the leading top goal scorer for Racing Louisville W with 2 goals.

Achievement	Statistics
Longest winning run	2
Longest losing streak	3
Longest run without loss	6
Longest run without win	5
Clean sheets	5
Matches over 2.25 goals	13
Matches under 2.25 goals	13
Matches First Half Over 0.5	18
Matches First Half Under 0.5	8
Matches odd	12
Matches even	14
Average goals scored	1.27
Average goals allowed	1.5
Failure to score	8
Biggest victory	5 - 1
Biggest defeat	4 - 1
Missed penalties	0
Penalty goals	1
Own goals	0
Goalless draw at home match	1 (8%)
Goalless draw at away match	1 (8%)
Comeback win	1
Top Goal Scorer	Emma Sears
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NWSL 2024 - Regular Season Table

Racing Louisville W are in the 9th position of NWSL.

#	Soccer Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Orlando Pride W	26	18	6	2	46	20	+26	60
2	Washington Spirit W	26	18	2	6	51	28	+23	56
3	Gotham FC W	26	17	5	4	41	20	+21	56
4	Kansas City Current W	26	16	7	3	57	31	+26	55
5	North Carolina Courage W	26	12	3	11	34	28	+6	39
6	Portland Thorns W	26	10	4	12	37	35	+2	34
7	Bay FC W	26	11	1	14	31	41	-10	34
8	Chicago Stars W	26	10	2	14	31	38	-7	32
9	Racing Louisville W	26	7	7	12	33	39	-6	28
10	San Diego Wave W	26	6	7	13	24	35	-11	25
11	Utah Royals W	26	7	4	15	22	40	-18	25
12	Angel City W	26	7	6	13	29	42	-13	24
13	Seattle Reign W	26	6	5	15	27	44	-17	23
14	Houston Dash W	26	5	5	16	20	42	-22	20

Final Series

Racing Louisville W Squad

Detailed statistics of each Racing Louisville W player with their photo, nationality, jersey number, position and caps.

If you want to bet on the players, you should see who are the Racing Louisville W top goal scorers and which players have a disciplinary problem with the the most yellow or red cards.

Click on the players to get in-depth players' profile. Such as the players' age, place of birth, height, weight and his entire soccer career path.

#	Name of Player
1	Katie Lund	374	25
2	Lauren Milliet	374	25		1		3
3	Arin Gilliland	340	22	1			1	1
4	Elli Pikkujämsä	27	3		1
5	Ellie Jean	127	7	2
7	Savannah Demelo	313	21	1	8	5	5
8	Ariadina Alves Borges	173	13	3	5	1	2
9	Kayla Fischer	127	23	12	8	1	9
10	Linda Maserame Motlhalo		1	1
11	Courtney Petersen	124	6	1			1
13	Emma Sears	204	25	14	6	5	2
14	Marisa Viggiano	285	22	3	6	1
15	Ángela Daniela Barón
16	Janine Beckie	168	9	2	6	1
17	Maddie Pokorny		11	11			1
18	Emily Louise Foy Clegg
19	Jordan DiBiasi	7	3	2	1		1
20	Abby Erceg	374	25			0
21	Parker Goins		13	13		1
22	Kirsten Davis
23	Elexa Marie Bahr	116	16	2	13	1
24	Jordyn Bloomer
26	Taylor Kornieck	367	23		3	3	6
29	Uchenna Kanu	128	12	2	10	5	3
88	Bethany Balcer	226	9		6	2
99	Olivia Sekany

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Top Soccer Tipsters

They are the current leading soccer tipsters in this month competition. See also tipsters rankings.

Tipsters Competition Review

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Superior H2H Statistics

Upcoming football matches with excellent head to head records over their opponents.

San Gwann W vs Swieqi United W

H2H Home Team Advantage

Football clubs who play better for their home games H2H.

Troyes vs Bastia

H2H Away Team Advantage

Football clubs that play well for their away games.

Galway United vs Bohemians

Top Football Clubs

Motivated teams after winning five matches in a row or they have maintained a ten-match unbeaten run. The bookmakers label them as favourites for a reason.