After Louisville City FC held off Hartford Athletic to win the club's home opener on Saturday evening, fans were met with an offer to score a free Chick-fil-A biscuit.

"LouCity Wins! Until 10:30 p.m., open the @ChickfilA App to claim a free Chick-fil-A Chicken Biscuit redeemable at any area location next week," LouCity tweeted.

A similar post on the club's Facebook page showed two people in LouCity gear holding two of the biscuits.

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But instead of unbridled joy at the free Chick-fil-A offer, the social media posts have been met with criticism from fans angry that LouCity had partnered with the conservative restaurant chain, which has given money to anti-LGBTQ groups.

"Sorry Louisville City FC - that’s not a win to many of your fans," one Facebook commenter wrote.

Bryan C. Moore, a Louisville attorney and activist, told the Courier Journal he was disappointed in the offer that "helps market the (Chick-fil-A brand)."

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"Louisville is a very diverse city with a large number of LGBTQ people. Louisville City has used this to their advantage in marketing, including even selling a rainbow scarf that I have seen," Moore said. "I would hope going forward Louisville City would work to identify and properly vet sponsors and partners that welcome all fans. It’s important that a city as diverse as Louisville is represented that way in its teams and organizations."

Others took a different stance, thanking the club for the chance at free food and wondering why so many fans were "triggered by a chicken biscuit," as one Twitter user commented.

Howie Lindsey, Louisville City's director of public relations, told the Courier Journal in an email that the club's partnership with Chick-fil-A involves local Louisville franchisees, not the corporate office.

The club cannot disclose the terms of the Chick-fil-A contract "per the terms of those contracts," Lindsey said.

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This year, the partnership includes the postgame promotion for the free chicken biscuits along with game sponsorship and halftime promotions, Lindsey added.

"Louisville City remains committed to making sure our games are an open and welcoming environment to people of all beliefs, identities and backgrounds," LouCity President Brad Estes said in a statement.

"We want to make sure our actions reflect our club’s value of inclusivity, and we are working with our partnership team to address the concerns that have been expressed to us this weekend,” he said.

In a statement to the Courier Journal, Chick-fil-A Inc. said it has more than 145,000 workers across the country "who represent many diverse viewpoints, opinions, backgrounds and beliefs."

It said the LouCity partnership "provides offers to fans and support for the annual youth soccer camps conducted by" the soccer club. "The sole focus of our giving has always been to support causes focused on youth and education and never to support a political or social agenda."

Chick-fil-A has received criticism in the past for what some describe as the fast food chain's anti-LGBTQ background.

The late founder of the chain, S. Truett Cathy, was a Southern Baptist whose religious beliefs have influenced aspects of the company, such as its decision to close on Sundays and holidays such as Christmas and Thanksgiving.

In 2012, Chick-fil-A president and chief operating officer Dan Cathy, son of Truett Cathy, spoke about the company's support of the "traditional family."

And in a separate 2012 radio interview, Dan Cathy also spoke about his disapproval of same-sex marriage.

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"I think we are inviting God's judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at Him and say, 'We know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage,' " Dan Cathy said on The Ken Coleman Show. "I pray God's mercy on our generation that has such a prideful, arrogant attitude to think that we have the audacity to define what marriage is about."

Chick-fil-A, which is based in College Park, Georgia, also has taken flak for donating hundreds of thousands of dollars to what activists say are anti-LGBTQ groups.

Louisville City is not the first organization around the country that has come under scrutiny for its partnership with Chick-fil-A.

In Texas, the San Antonio City Council voted Thursday to block Chick-fil-A from opening a restaurant at San Antonio International Airport, citing what it called the company's "legacy of anti-LGBT behavior," NBC News reported.

Chris Hartman, executive director of the Louisville-based Fairness Campaign — an LGBTQ advocacy group — said "nobody can pretend that they don't know" about the controversy over Chick-fil-A and the LGBTQ community.

"I think it is incredibly disappointing for (LouCity), which has such a great history of embracing the LGBTQ community and celebrating pride, that they would ignore the very public anti-LGBTQ funding of Chick-fil-A," Hartmann said. "I recognize that it is delicious, but it's discriminatory.

"I hope that (LouCity) would apologize and choose not to partner with Chick-fil-A in the future."