Louisville City FC made a second consecutive trip to the Eastern Conference Final as the side reloaded to replace the departures from its successful inaugural season. New faces such as Chandler Hoffman, George Davis IV and Kyle Smith fit in well around the established core of players at James O’Connor’s disposal to keep Louisville in contention for the club’s first silverware.

Arguably the best story of Louisville’s second season, however, was that of goalkeeper Greg Ranjitsingh. A backup in 2015, the young goalkeeper took center stage to not only claim the No. 1 role early in the season, but got his first opportunity to impress with the Trinidad & Tobago National Team in September, something few could have foreseen at the start of the season.