LEXINGTON, Ky. – Lexington Sporting Club is set to return home for the final time in the 2024 season to face off against Charlotte Independence. The match is set for 7 p.m. T and will take place at Lexington SC Stadium in Lexington, Ky.
Lexington SC (4-11-5, 17 points) is looking to snap a three-match losing skid that started after the club decimated CV Fuego FC 7-1 in its last home match. All three losses have come on the road during a pivotal time for league standings.
Charlotte Ind. (8-6-6, 30 points) enters the match after already having clinched a spot in the USL League One playoffs. Despite that, Charlotte also enters the match having failed to win in its last six matches, losing straight up in four of its last five.
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GAME NOTES
Lexington SC is 1-1-2 all-time versus Charlotte Ind. The Greens’ lone win over Charlotte came last season with Amal Knight’s daring penalty kick save to win 1-0 in Toyota Stadium.
Lexington SC has a new man in charge for the 2024 season with Darren Powell taking the reins for the club from interim head coach Nacho Novo. Sam Stockley, the club’s first gaffer, remains in his sporting director role, overseeing all men’s and boy’s soccer with the club.
The last time these teams faced off, on August 3, LSC reached a 3-3 draw in Charlotte after goals from Cameron Lancaster, Ates Diouf, and Christian Lue Young. The meeting was the only one of the season up to this point.
Nico Brown will be eligible to play in the match after being out for the Greens’ last contest. Brown last suited up for the club in Greenville before missing the match in Omaha. Brown has scored four goals this season while also logging four assists.
Juan Carlos Obregon Jr. is the man to watch for Charlotte Ind. Obregon, Charlotte’s starting forward, Obregon has logged 13 goals in USL League One play this season while adding two more with three assists during the USL Jagermeister Cup. He also scored twice more during the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. All in all, shutting down the former Pittsburgh Riverhound is going to be key if the Greens wish to end their home season on top.
About Lexington Sporting Club
Lexington Sporting Club is a U.S. Soccer professional soccer club competing in USL League One (U.S. Soccer third division men’s professional soccer), and in USL Super League (women’s professional soccer launching in 2024). The two professional teams are the pinnacle of the soccer ecosystem in Lexington that features more than 1,400 players within its youth and academy systems. Lexington SC in the process of building the club’s formal stadium, performance center and training fields.