Kings' Cup (United States)


The Kings' Cup is a rivalry between Lou City and Saint Louis FC, members of the USL Championship. Both teams joined the second-tier league in 2015. Like the cities of both clubs, the rivalry takes its name from King Louis of France, which also explains the presence of the fleur-de-lis in both city flags and both teams' crests. While both teams are currently members of the USLC Eastern Conference, Saint Louis has often been a member of the USLC Western Conference instead, due to its presence near the very center of the country.
The rivalry officially began in both clubs' inaugural match as STLFC traveled to Louisville for their opening match in the 2015 USL season. LouCity won the match 2-0, setting the tone for the rivalry, with STLFC only winning twice as of July 18th, 2020, and only earning one USL Playoffs appearance against LouCity's two USL titles. Their second match a month and a half later in St. Louis cemented the rivalry status with a 3-3 shootout that included eight yellow cards.

All-Time Game Results

#DateCompetitionVenueHome TeamScoreAway TeamGoalscorersAttendance
1.March 28, 2015USLLouisville Slugger FieldLouisville2-0Saint Louis Rasmussen, Adams
6,067
2.May 24, 2015USLWorld Wide Technology Soccer ParkSaint Louis3-3Louisville Lynch, Ambersley, Gaul
Fondy x2, Polak		4,783
3.May 30, 2015USLLouisville Slugger FieldLouisville1-1Saint Louis Dacres
Renken		7,185
4.Sept.19, 2015USLWorld Wide Technology Soccer ParkSaint Louis2-1Louisville Hardware, Bryce
McCabe		5,662
5.May 14, 2016USLLouisville Slugger FieldLouisville2-0Saint Louis Davis, Lancaster
6,067
6.Sept.17, 2016USLWorld Wide Technology Soccer ParkSaint Louis1-5Louisville Roberts
Dacres, Lancaster, Rasmussen x2, Ilić		6,004
7.March 25, 2017USLLouisville Slugger FieldLouisville0-0Saint Louis
6,758
8.July 22,2017USLWorld Wide Technology Soccer ParkSaint Louis1-4Louisville Jackson
Jimenez, Craig, Spencer, Lancaster		4,310
*March 10, 2018friendlyArad McCutchan Stadium
McCabe
own goal
9.May 23, 2018US Open CupLynn StadiumLouisville1-0Saint Louis Totsch
2,008
10.May 18, 2019USL Champ.Louisville Slugger FieldLouisville0-0Saint Louis
9,688
11.Oct.5, 2019USL Champ.World Wide Technology Soccer ParkSaint Louis0-1Louisville
Rasmussen		4,512
12.July 18, 2020USL Champ.Lynn Family StadiumLouisville0-1Saint Louis
Williams		4,850

Overall Statistics

There have been a total of 12 competitive games and 1 friendly between Louisville City FC and Saint Louis FC. LouCity has won 6 competitive matches and drawn 4, with 2 wins for STLFC.
The largest victory in the series was a 5-1 victory for LouCity at STLFC's World Wide Technology Soccer Park. This also tied for the highest-scoring game in the series with a 3-3 draw also in St. Louis. STLFC's two victories have both been by one goal.
CompetitionMatchesLouCity winsDrawsSTLFC winsLou City goalsSTLFC goalsAt LouisvilleAt St. Louis
USL/USL Champ.115421992-3-1 3-1-1
U.S. Open Cup1100101-0-0 0-0-0
Total126422093-3-1 3-1-1

Winners by season

The team with the most points from regular season matches between the two wins the Cup. Goal difference will serve as the first tiebreaker if the teams are tied on points, and away goals will be the second tiebreaker. If the teams are still tied after that, then the holder from the prior season keeps the Cup.
YearWinnerScore
2015LouCity5-5
2016LouCity6-0
2017LouCity4-1
2018LouCity3-0*
2019LouCity4-1
2020TBD0-3

Player records

Goal scorers

. Does not include own goals.

Played for both clubs

Supporters

The supporters' groups for both clubs predate their respective clubs by over a year. The Coopers of Louisville helped convince Orlando City owners that Louisville would be a worthy landing spot for Orlando's USL franchise when the main Orlando team moved to MLS. The Louligans of St. Louis formed to support AC St. Louis and have supported a large number of professional and amateur St. Louis-area soccer teams. The two SGs decided to form the "rivalry" as their inaugural season in USL began as a way to make things fun between expansion partners that happened to be in relatively close geographic proximity, granting the rivalry a "frenemy" status. The two SGs have worked together to raise money for charity as well.