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What these local soccer stars love about Derby City

We caught up with a few of Racing Louisville FC’s best to see how they spend their time in Louisville when they aren’t on the pitch.

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Catch Coach Bev, Olivia, Parker, and the rest of Racing as they take on Portland this Saturday.

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While you might know them for scoring goals and dominating the field at Lynn Family Stadium, Racing Louisville FC players can also be found exploring our city.

We caught up with a few of them — and Coach Bev Yanez — to chat about their favorite local spots and how they spend their time outside of soccer. Here’s what they had to say:

Goalkeeper Olivia Sekany

  • Outside of playing soccer, my favorite thing to do is: “Go to yoga at YogaSix. It’s a great community of people and it always feels so inviting when we go there. And they’re big Racing supporters.”
  • I love that Louisville: “is such a historic city with so many cool landmarks and buildings to go explore.”
  • My favorite local spot is: “Volare. The food is delicious, and the atmosphere is great. It’s time away from being sweaty, dirty soccer players to get dressed up and go out.”

Coach Bev Yanez

  • Outside of playing soccer, my favorite thing to do is: “Spend time with my family — we have two daughters — at Malibu Jack’s.”
  • I love that Louisville: “has good coffee. I couldn’t survive without it. I’m a regular at both Heine Brothers and Quills.”
  • My favorite local spot is: “Jade Palace. It’s so, so good. The egg drop soup is unreal.”

Forward Parker Goins

  • Outside of playing soccer, my favorite thing to do is: “take my dog Ronny on a walk. A lot of the girls on the team have dogs and we love walking along the river.”
  • I love that Louisville: “always has something to do, whether it’s the Derby, Bourbon and Beyond, sports events, something at the Waterfront.”
  • My favorite local spot is: “La Bodeguita. I really love their Cubano nachos.”

Catch Racing as they take on Portland Thorns FC on Saturday, Oct. 19 at 7:30 p.m.

Pro tip: When you purchase 2025 season tickets you get the rest of the 2024 regular season at no added cost. That’s right — free games now.

Score tickets.

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