2016 Louisville City FC season

Louisville City
2016 season
Owner	Wayne Estopinal
Manager	James O'Connor
Stadium	Louisville Slugger Field
USL	2nd, Eastern
USL playoffs	Conference finals
U.S. Open Cup	3rd Round
Top goalscorer	League: Chandler Hoffman (14); All: Chandler Hoffman (16)
Highest home attendance	10,062; (Jun 25 vs. Cincinnati)
Lowest home attendance	5,298; (Apr 2 vs. Orlando)
Average home league attendance	7,218
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Last updated February 25, 2025

The 2016 Louisville City FC season was the club's second season playing in Louisville, Kentucky, in the United Soccer League (USL), in the third tier of the United States soccer league system.

Background

The club was formed in 2014 when its United Soccer League license was acquired from Orlando City by minority owner Wayne Estopinal. Louisville City is treated as a unique and new team, with the previous team's history claimed by its Major League Soccer successor, Orlando City SC.

Squad information

As of October 1, 2016^[1]

No.	Position	Player	Nation
2	DF	Ben Newnam	United States
4	MF	Aodhan Quinn	United States
6	DF	Tarek Morad	United States
7	MF	Kadeem Dacres	United States
8	MF	Guy Abend	Israel
9	FW	Cameron Lancaster	England
10	FW	Magnus Rasmussen	Denmark
11	MF	Niall McCabe	Ireland
12	MF	Mark-Anthony Kaye	Canada
13	GK	Greg Ranjitsingh	Trinidad and Tobago
14	FW	Ilija Ilic	Serbia
15	DF	Sean Reynolds	United States
17	FW	Chandler Hoffman	United States
18	DF	Paco Craig	England
19	DF	Jonghyun Son	South Korea
20	DF	Enrique Montano	United States
22	MF	George Davis IV	United States
24	MF	Kyle Smith	United States
28	GK	Tim Dobrowolski	United States
31	FW	Kenny Doublette	Haiti
36	MF	Paolo DelPiccolo	United States
77	DF	Andrew Lubahn	United States

Competitions

Friendlies

March 5, 2016Preseason	Louisville City	4–0	SIUE Cougars	Louisville, Kentucky
7:45pm EST				Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field

March 10, 2016Preseason	Louisville Cardinals	0–1	Louisville City	Louisville, Kentucky
7:30pm EST	Dacres 79'	Report		Stadium: Cardinal Park Attendance: 1,168

March 16, 2016Preseason	Kentucky Wildcats	0–3	Louisville City	Lexington, Kentucky
3:00pm EDT				Stadium: Lafayette High School

March 19, 2016Friendly	Louisville City	1–0	Indy Eleven	Louisville, Kentucky
2:00pm EDT	Lubahn 71'	Report		Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: Closed

United Soccer League

All times in regular season on Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-04:00)

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	17	9	4	52	27	+25	60	6	7	2	24	14	+10	11	2	2	28	13	+15

Source: Match reports

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Stadium	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	L	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	W	D

Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

March 26, 20161	Charlotte Independence	0–1	Louisville City FC	Charlotte, North Carolina
7:00pm	Metcalf Herrera Duckett Martínez	Report	Lancaster 90+4' Shanosky Kaye	Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex Attendance: 1,724 Referee: Marcos Deoliveira

April 2, 20162	Louisville City FC	0–2	New York Red Bulls II	Louisville, Kentucky
3:00pm	Davis IV 45' Del Piccolo 60' Lancaster 90+1'	Report	Powder 11' Flemmings 28' Allen 79'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 7,522 Referee: Sorin Stoica

April 2, 20163	Louisville City FC	4–1	Orlando City B	Louisville, Kentucky
7:30pm	Hoffman 25' Reynolds 36' Lubahn 47' Quinn 59' Dacres 65' 74' Ilic 90+1'	Report	Cox 5' Mendoza 23'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 5,298 Referee: Joshua Brooks

April 16, 20164	FC Cincinnati	2–3	Louisville City FC	Cincinnati, Ohio
7:00pm	Berry 6' Okoli 10' Delbridge 32' McMahon 90+3'	Report	Hoffman 17', 24', 35' Reynolds 28' 41' Montano	Stadium: Nippert Stadium Attendance: 20,497 Referee: Brandon Artis

April 22, 20165	Harrisburg City Islanders	2–3	Louisville City FC	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
7:30pm	Foster 57' Wilson 45+1' Jankouskas 86'	Report	Hoffman 21' (pen.), 44' Abend 62' Lancaster 78' Kaye 79'89'	Stadium: FNB Field Attendance: 2,316 Referee: Corson Fidler

April 27, 20166	Louisville City FC	2–2	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Louisville, Kentucky
7:30pm	Hoffman 55' Newnam 73' Goodwin 73' Shanosky 86'	Report	Parkes 9' Branson 23' Hertzog 74' (pen.) Murrell 83'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 5,751 Referee: Marcos Deoliveira

May 1, 20167	Bethlehem Steel FC	0–0	Louisville City FC	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
3:00pm	Conceição 22' Jones 45' Chambers 90+1'	Report	Quinn 12' Smith 64' Davis IV 80'	Stadium: Goodman Stadium Attendance: 2,018 Referee: Rosario Candela

May 4, 20168	Toronto FC II	0–2	Louisville City FC	Vaughan, Ontario
7:30pm	Edwards 69' Bloom 86'	Report	Shanosky 5' McCabe 65' Kaye 66'	Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre Attendance: 672 Referee: Alexis Vaughan

May 14, 20169	Louisville City FC	2–0	Saint Louis FC	Louisville, Kentucky
7:30pm	Davis 76' Lancaster 88' (pen.)	Report	Conner 67' Pais 89'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 7,859 Referee: Aaron Hernandez

May 21, 201610	Richmond Kickers	0–0	Louisville City FC	Richmond, Virginia
7:00pm	Alex Lee 54' 63' Asante 90'	Report	Reynolds 32' DelPiccolo 55'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 3,411 Referee: Danielle Chesky

May 28, 201611	Charleston Battery	0–2	Louisville City FC	Charleston, South Carolina
7:30pm	Portillo 48' Williams 51'	Report	Davis 20' Smith 38' Newnam 59' McCabe 90'	Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium Referee: Marcos Deoliveira

June 5, 201612	Orlando City B	3–4	Louisville City FC	Melbourne, Florida
7:30pm	Heath 29' Turner 37' Barry 51' Laryea 60' Cox 90+1'	Report	Hoffman 12' Davis 15' 39' Newman 60' Lubahn 64' Quinn 68' Smith 80'	Stadium: Titan Soccer Complex Attendance: 781 Referee: Kevin Terry, Jr

June 11, 201613	Louisville City FC	2–2	Wilmington Hammerheads FC	Louisville, Kentucky
7:30pm	Hoffman 41', 48'	Report	Parker 17' Lawal 76' Fairclough 90+2'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 7,761 Referee: Greg Dopka

June 18, 201614	Rochester Rhinos	0–1	Louisville City FC	Rochester, New York
6:00pm	Kamdem 80'	Report	Lubahn 28' Del Piccolo 45'	Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium Referee: Patrick Rosas

June 21, 201615	Louisville City FC	4–1	Toronto FC II	Louisville, Kentucky
7:30pm	Abend 11', 24' McCabe 26' Morad 65'	Report	Daniels 29' Furlano 64' Hundal 79'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 7,066 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

June 25, 201616	Louisville City FC	0–0	FC Cincinnati	Louisville, Kentucky
7:50pm	Reynolds 45'	Report	Delbridge 39' Polak 41' McMahon 61'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 10,062 Referee: Brandon Artis

July 4, 201617	Louisville City FC	2–0	FC Montreal	Louisville, Kentucky
7:30pm	Davis 11' Hoffman 12' Quinn 15'	Report	Gagnon-Laparé 37'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 6,686 Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.

July 9, 201618	Louisville City FC	1–1	Charleston Battery	Louisville, Kentucky
7:30pm	Hoffman 62' Newnam 69'	Report	Cordovés 59' Williams 74' Prince 78' Tsonis 84'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 7,526 Referee: Michael Lavergne

July 17, 201619	Wilmington Hammerheads FC	1–4	Louisville City FC	Wilmington, North Carolina
6:00pm	Perone 88' (pen.)	Report	Abend 12' Hoffman 64' (pen.), 80' Quinn 69'	Stadium: Legion Stadium Attendance: 2,927 Referee: Caleb Mendez

July 23, 201620	FC Cincinnati	2–0	Louisville City FC	Cincinnati, Ohio
4:00pm	Wiedeman 39' Berry 45' Okoli 59' Bone 72'	Report	Lubahn 13' Abend 30' Quinn 50'	Stadium: Nippert Stadium Attendance: 20,151 Referee: Alex Chilowicz

July 30, 201621	Louisville City FC	1–2	Orlando City B	Louisville, Kentucky
7:30pm	Abend 13' Reynolds 43' Davis 72'	Report	Cox 70' Turner 90+3' (pen.) Smith 90+6' 90+6'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 8,351 Referee: Jon Freemon

August 5, 201622	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	1–2	Louisville City FC	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
7:00pm	Hertzog 21' Green 73' Moloto 80'	Report	Quinn 21' Davis IV 56', 81' 84' Reynolds 75'	Stadium: Highmark Stadium Attendance: 1,560 Referee: Henrik Karlsson

August 10, 201623	Louisville City FC	1–1	Harrisburg City Islanders	Louisville, Kentucky
7:30pm	Smith 30' Del Piccolo 55'	Report	Barril 20' Thomas 23' Dabo 90' Broome 90'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 5,563 Referee: Georgios Zervos

August 13, 201624	Louisville City FC	1–1	Rochester Rhinos	Louisville, Kentucky
7:30pm	Newman 84' Craig 85'	Report	Volesky 13' Fall 40' Apostolopoulos 73' Farrell 84'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 6,373 Referee: Artur Sibiga

August 19, 201625	New York Red Bulls II	1–0	Louisville City FC	Harrison, New Jersey
7:00pm	Powder 63' Allen 74' (pen.)	Report	Powder 51' Quinn 90+1'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Referee: Hilario Grajeda

August 27, 201626	Louisville City FC	1–0	Bethlehem Steel FC	Louisville, Kentucky
7:30pm	Abend 16' Lancaster 50' Smith 88' DelPiccolo 90'	Report	Conceição 15' Burke 47' Richter 66'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 6,788 Referee: Tony Crush

September 3, 201627	FC Montreal	0–1	Louisville City FC	Montreal, Quebec
3:00pm	Temguia 34' Riggi 64'	Report	Quinn 49' Dacres 58' Lancaster 89' Lubahn 90+2'	Stadium: Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard

September 10, 201628	Louisville City FC	2–0	Richmond Kickers	Louisville, Kentucky
7:30pm	Lancaster 18' 89' Craig 45' Rasmussen 50' Smith 90'	Report	Asante 67'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 7,362 Referee: Brandon Artis

September 17, 201629	Saint Louis FC	1–5	Louisville City FC	Fenton, Missouri
8:30pm	Roberts 17' Dixon 25' Musa 35' Ambersley 69' David 75'	Report	Dacres 38' Lancaster 40' (pen.) Rasmussen 51', 56' Ilic 76'	Stadium: Marshall Wireless Stadium Referee: Andrew Musashe

September 24, 201630	Louisville City FC	1–1	Charlotte Independence	Louisville, Kentucky
7:30pm	Quinn 66' Kalungi 74' (o.g.)	Report	Davidson 37' Brown 44' Martínez 90'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 8,301 Referee: Danielle Chesky

Schedule source

Standings

Eastern Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New York Red Bulls II (C, X)	30	21	6	3	61	21	+40	69	Conference Playoffs
2	Louisville City FC	30	17	9	4	52	27	+25	60
3	FC Cincinnati	30	16	8	6	41	27	+14	56
4	Rochester Rhinos	30	13	12	5	38	25	+13	51
5	Charlotte Independence	30	14	8	8	48	29	+19	50

Source: 2016 USL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots
(C) Champions; (X) Regular Season League Champion

USL playoffs

First round

Conference Semifinals

Conference finals

USL Championship

October 2 – Red Bull Arena

#1 New York Red Bulls II

4

October 7 – Red Bull Arena

#8 Orlando City B

0

#1 New York Red Bulls II (p)

3 (5)

October 1 – Rochester Rhinos Stadium

#4 Rochester Rhinos

3 (4)

#4 Rochester Rhinos

3

October 16 - Red Bull Arena

#5 Charlotte Independence

1

#1 New York Red Bulls II (p)

1 (4)

October 2 – Nippert Stadium

#2 Louisville City FC

1 (3)

#3 FC Cincinnati

1

October 8 – Louisville Slugger Field

#6 Charleston Battery

2

#6 Charleston Battery

0

October 2 – Louisville Slugger Field

#2 Louisville City FC

1

#2 Louisville City FC (a.e.t.)

2

October 23 - Red Bull Arena

#7 Richmond Kickers

0

#1 New York Red Bulls II

5

October 1 – Bonney Field

#4 Swope Park Rangers

1

#1 Sacramento Republic FC

0 (4)

October 9 – Swope Soccer Village

#8 Orange County Blues FC (p)

0 (5)

#8 Orange County Blues FC

1

September 30 – Swope Soccer Village

#4 Swope Park Rangers (a.e.t.)

2

#4 Swope Park Rangers

3

October 15 - Swope Soccer Village

#5 LA Galaxy II

0

#4 Swope Park Rangers

3

September 30 – Switchbacks Stadium

#6 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2

0

#3 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC

1

October 8 – Thunderbird Stadium

#6 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2

2

#6 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2

3

October 1 – H-E-B Park

#7 Oklahoma City Energy FC

2

#2 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros

2

#7 Oklahoma City Energy FC

3

Results

Oct 2, 2016 First round	Louisville City	2 - 0 (a.e.t.)	Richmond Kickers	Louisville, Kentucky
7:00pm EDT	Davis IV 92' Hoffman 102'	Report	Asante 6' Lee 21' Yeisley 34' Yomby 40' Troyer 42'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 5,467 Referee: Andrew Musashe

October 8, 2016 (2016-10-08) Conference semi-finals	Louisville City	1–0	Charleston Battery	Louisville, Kentucky
7:30 pm	Smith 45+1' Dacres 53' Reynolds 90+4'	Report	Tsonis 24' Marini 62' Adjetey 67' Woodbine 90+4'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 6,581 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

October 16, 2016 (2016-10-16) Conference finals	New York Red Bulls II	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Louisville City	Harrison, New Jersey
6:00 PM	Valot 74' Williams 118'	USL Report	Craig 11' 102' 120+' Reynolds 104'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 2,709 Referee: Robert Sibiga
	Penalties
	Etienne Long Allen Bezecourt		Lancaster Smith Quinn Kaye Newnam

U.S. Open Cup

Louisville City entered the 2016 U.S. Open Cup with the rest of the United Soccer League in the second round.

May 18, 2016 2R	Louisville City	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	Detroit City FC	Louisville, Kentucky
7:00pm EDT	Ilić 115' 79'	Report	Harris 104'	Stadium: Owsley B. Frazier Stadium

June 1, 2016 3R	Indy Eleven	2–1	Louisville City	Indianapolis, Indiana
7:30pm EDT	Gordon 58' Zayed 68' 81' Keller 84'		Hoffman 21' Lancaster 26'	Stadium: Carroll Stadium Attendance: 2,145 Referee: Brandon Artis

Player statistics

Top scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	USL	U.S. Open Cup	USL Cup	Total
1	FW	17	Chandler Hoffman	14	1	1	16
2	MF	22	George Davis IV	5	0	1	6
3	MF	8	Guy Abend	5	0	0	5
4	FW	9	Cameron Lancaster	4	0	0	4
5	FW	14	Ilija Ilić	2	1	0	3
5	MF	4	Aodhan Quinn	3	0	0	3
5	MF	13	Kadeem Dacres	2	0	1	3
5	MF	10	Magnus Rasmussen	3	0	0	3
5	DF	77	Andrew Lubahn	3	0	0	3
10	MF	11	Niall McCabe	2	0	0	2
10	DF	5	Paco Craig	1	0	1	2
10	MF	12	Mark Anthony Kaye	2	0	0	2
13	MF	36	Paolo DelPiccolo	1	0	0	1
13	MF	24	Kyle Smith	1	0	0	1
13	DF	2	Ben Newnam	1	0	0	1
13	DF	6	Tarek Morad	1	0	0	1
13	DF	5	Conor Shanosky	1	0	0	1
Total				51	2	4	57

Assist leaders

Place	Position	Number	Name	USL	U.S. Open Cup	USL Cup	Total
1	MF	24	Kyle Smith	6	0	0	6
1	MF	36	Paolo DelPiccolo	5	1	0	6
3	MF	4	Aodhan Quinn	3	0	2	5
4	MF	11	Niall McCabe	4	0	0	4
5	MF	22	George Davis IV	2	0	1	3
5	FW	9	Cameron Lancaster	3	0	0	3
5	MF	13	Kadeem Dacres	2	0	1	3
5	DF	2	Ben Newnam	3	0	0	3
9	MF	12	Mark Anthony Kaye	2	0	0	2
9	DF	6	Tarek Morad	2	0	0	2
10	DF	5	Paco Craig	1	0	0	1
10	MF	8	Guy Abend	1	0	0	1
10	DF	77	Andrew Lubahn	1	0	0	1
10	DF	15	Sean Reynolds	0	0	1	1
Total				35	2	4	41

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Number	Name	USL	USL Cup	Total
1	GK	13	Greg Ranjitsingh	10	3	13
2	GK	1	Scott Goodwin	2	0	2
2	GK	28	Tim Dobrowolski	1	0	1
Total				13	3	16

Disciplinary

No.	Pos.	Name	USL		U.S. Open Cup		USL Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Name
15	DF	Sean Reynolds	6	1	0	0	2	0	8	1
24	MF	Kyle Smith	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
2	DF	Ben Newnam	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
4	MF	Aodhan Quinn	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
8	MF	Guy Abend	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
36	MF	Paolo DelPiccolo	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
5	DF	Paco Craig	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
13	MF	Kadeem Dacres	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
9	FW	Cameron Lancaster	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
12	MF	Mark Anthony Kaye	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
77	DF	Andrew Lubahn	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
11	MF	Niall McCabe	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6	DF	Tarek Morad	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1	GK	Scott Goodwin	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
20	DF	Enrique Montano	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
22	MF	George Davis IV	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
5	DF	Conor Shanosky	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total			45	3	0	0	3	1	48	4

Media

As with the rest of the USL, all of Louisville City FC's USL matches will appear on YouTube. There is also a weekly Radio show on 790 WKRD.^[2]

References

↑ "Roster Louisville City Football Club". Louisville City Football Club. Archived from the original on July 2, 2016. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
↑ "Soccer City Radio Show". Louisville City Football Club. Archived from the original on June 17, 2016. Retrieved July 6, 2016.

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[1] "Roster Louisville City Football Club". Louisville City Football Club. Archived from the original on July 2, 2016. Retrieved July 6, 2016.

[2] "Soccer City Radio Show". Louisville City Football Club. Archived from the original on June 17, 2016. Retrieved July 6, 2016.

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v t e Louisville City FC
Founded 2014 Based in Louisville, Kentucky
Club	History Players Coaches Seasons
Stadiums	Louisville Slugger Field (2015–2019) Lynn Family Stadium (2020–present)
Rivalries	River Cities Cup (FC Cincinnati) LIPAFC (Indy Eleven) Kings' Cup (Saint Louis FC)
Affiliated teams	Racing Louisville FC Louisville City U-23
Seasons	2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

v t e 2016 USL season
Playoffs Transfers
East	Bethlehem Steel Charleston Battery Charlotte Independence FC Cincinnati Harrisburg City Islanders Louisville City FC Montreal New York Red Bulls II Orlando City B Pittsburgh Riverhounds Richmond Kickers Rochester Rhinos Toronto FC II Wilmington Hammerheads
West	Arizona United Colorado Springs Switchbacks LA Galaxy II Oklahoma City Energy Orange County Blues Portland Timbers 2 Real Monarchs RGVFC Toros Sacramento Republic Saint Louis FC San Antonio FC Seattle Sounders 2 Swope Park Rangers Tulsa Roughnecks Whitecaps FC 2

2016 Louisville City FC season

Contents

Background

Squad information

Competitions

Friendlies

United Soccer League

Results summary

Results

Standings

USL playoffs

Results

U.S. Open Cup

Player statistics

Top scorers

Assist leaders

Clean sheets

Disciplinary

Media

See also

References

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	17	9	4	52	27	+25	60	6	7	2	24	14	+10	11	2	2	28	13	+15

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	17	9	4	52	27	+25	60	6	7	2	24	14	+10	11	2	2	28	13	+15

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	17	9	4	52	27	+25	60	6	7	2	24	14	+10	11	2	2	28	13	+15