2025 Lexington SC season

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Lexington SC
2025 season
OwnersBill and Donna Shively Stephen Dawahare
Head coach Terry Boss
Stadium Lexington SC Stadium
Lexington, Kentucky
USLC TBD
USLC playoffs TBD
U.S. Open Cup TBD
USL Jägermeister Cup TBD
  2024
2026  

The 2025 Lexington SC season is the club's third season since their establishment on October 5, 2021. [1] The club is competing in their first season in the USL Championship, the second tier of American soccer, after being promoted from the USL League One following the completion of their own soccer-specific stadium, Lexington SC Stadium.

Contents

Staff

PositionName
Head coach Flag of the United States.svg Terry Boss
Assistant coach Flag of the United States.svg Kyle Timm
Director of Goalkeeping Flag of the United States.svg Nate Walzer
Head of Performance Flag of the United States.svg Ian Kossick
Director of Soccer Operations Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Gallagher
Equipment Manager Flag of the United States.svg Brandon Coldwell
Head Athletic Trainer Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Spyker

Season squad

Squad No.NameNationalityDate of birth (age)
Goalkeepers
1 Logan Ketterer Flag of the United States.svg November 9, 1993 (age 31)
31 Brooks Thompson Flag of the United States.svg May 28, 2002 (age 22)
Defenders
4 Lucas Stauffer Flag of the United States.svg April 21, 1995 (age 29)
5 Kendall Burks Flag of the United States.svg October 8, 1999 (age 25)
6 Joe Hafferty Flag of the United States.svg March 21, 1998 (age 27)
12Xavier Zengue Flag of the United States.svg Mar 21, 2001 (24)
14 Danny Barbir Flag of the United States.svg January 31, 1998 (age 27)
15 Daniel Wu Flag of the United States.svg November 2, 2000 (age 24)
22 Jacob Greene Flag of the United States.svg March 23, 2003 (age 22)
24Kieran Sargeant Flag of the United States.svg May 15, 2003 (21)
27Gaël Gibert Flag of France.svg Jul 31, 2000 (24)
Forwards
7 Dylan Borczak Flag of the United States.svg June 13, 1999 (age 25)
11 Marcus Epps Flag of the United States.svg January 16, 1995 (age 30)
13 Christian Volesky Flag of the United States.svg September 15, 1992 (age 32)
17 Cameron Lancaster (C) Flag of England.svg November 5, 1992 (31)
20 Milo Yosef Flag of Germany.svg September 11, 1998 (age 26)
72Braudílio Rodrigues Flag of Portugal.svg November 15, 1999 (25)

Last updated: March 25, 2024.
Source: Lexington SC

Competitions

USL Championship

Standings

PosTeamPldWLTGFGAGDPtsQualification
3 New Mexico United 321054+16 Playoffs
4 FC Tulsa 321021+16
5 Lexington SC 310253+25
6 Sacramento Republic FC 210143+14
7 Orange County SC 31116714
First match(es) will be played: March 8, 2025. Source: USL Championship Standings
Rules for classification: 1) head-to-head points; 2) head-to-head goal differential; 3) points-per game within conference; 4) total wins; 5) total goal differential; 6) total goals scored; 7) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 8) disciplinary points; 9) coin toss or drawing of lots

Matches

On December 19, 2024, the USL Championship released the regular season schedule for all 24 teams. [2]

All times are in Eastern Standard Time.

March
March 81 Lexington SC 2–0 Hartford Athletic Lexington, Kentucky
7:00 PM Hafferty Soccerball shade.svg10'
Goldthorp Soccerball shade.svg80'
Report Samadia Red card.svg 90+3'Stadium: Lexington SC Stadium
Attendance: 5,025
Referee: Nabil Bensalah
April
May
June
July
August
September
October

USL Jägermeister Cup

Lexington will participate in the second edition of the USL Cup, the first edition to feature teams from both the USL Championship and League One. [3] [4]

Group stage standings

PosLgTeamPldWPKWPKLLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 USL1 Charlotte Independence 000000000Advance to knockout stage
2 USLC Lexington SC 000000000
3 USLC Loudoun United FC 000000000
4 USLC Louisville City FC 000000000
5 USLC North Carolina FC 000000000
First match(es) will be played: April 25, 2025 (2025-04-25). Source: USL

Group matches

U.S. Open Cup

Lexington are playing in the 110th edition of the U.S. Open Cup. Entering the tournament in the first round alongside half the teams in the USL Championship, the club was drawn as hosts against amateur club Southern Indiana FC of the UPSL. [5] After thrashing the visitors 5–0, [6] the club is scheduled to play away against MLS Next Pro club Columbus Crew 2, academy club of MLS club Columbus Crew who deferred from participating. [7] [8]

March 19 Lexington SC (USLC) Flag of Kentucky.svg 5–0 Flag of Indiana.svg Southern Indiana FC (UPSL) Lexington, Kentucky
7:30 PM EDT
Report Stadium: Lexington SC Stadium
Attendance: 1,835
Referee: Rogelio Alvarez
April 1 Columbus Crew 2 (MLSNP) Flag of Ohio.svg v Flag of Kentucky.svg Lexington SC (USLC) Columbus, Ohio
6:00 PM EDT Stadium: Lower.com Field

References

  1. "United Soccer League Welcomes Lexington Pro Soccer as League One Expansion Club". USL League One. October 5, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  2. USLSoccer Staff (December 19, 2024). "USL Championship reveals the 2025 season schedule". USL Championship. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  3. Lewis, Michael (December 12, 2024). "ANOTHER COMPETITION: USL adds Jägermeister Cup for Championship, League One teams". Front Row Soccer. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
  4. Silverman, Alex (December 12, 2024). "USL expanding Jägermeister Cup to all teams". www.sportsbusinessjournal.com. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
  5. Hakala, Josh (February 6, 2025). "Draw for 2025 US Open Cup revealed, 110th tournament begins March 18". thecup.us. Retrieved March 25, 2025.
  6. Hunt, Jon (March 21, 2025). "2025 US Open Cup Round 1: Lexington Sporting Club blanks Southern Indiana to earn first USOC win". thecup.us. Retrieved March 25, 2025.
  7. ColumbusCrew.com. "Columbus Crew 2 to Host Lexington Sporting Club in the Second Round of the 2025 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup | Columbus Crew". ColumbusCrew.com. Retrieved March 25, 2025.
  8. "U.S. Soccer Announces Matchups for Second Round of 2025 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup". www.ussoccer.com. Retrieved March 25, 2025.