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Racing Louisville finished their season on Sunday with a disappointing 2-0 loss to the San Diego Wave and found themselves in an all too familiar spot: Ninth place. For the entirety of their brief three-year existence in the National Women’s Soccer League, Racing has only ever finished in ninth place.
Heading into 2023, expectations weren’t necessarily sky-high for Louisville. The team wasn’t shy with vocalizing the goal of making the playoffs, and after bolstering their roster with solid acquisitions such as veteran defenders Abby Erceg and Carson Pickett, and Brazilian midfielder Ary Borges, this goal seemed attainable. At a minimum, they were expected to perform better than they did in previous seasons and at least get closer to the playoff race. But, unfortunately, that wasn’t in the cards.
It’s not that they didn’t come close. On several occasions, Racing was only a single point or two out from a post-season berth. But when push came to shove, they just couldn’t get over that line….
