USL CHAMPIONSHIP: Louisville City’s Phillip Goodrum named Player of the Month for June
- Dan Stickradt
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Louisville City forward Phillip Goodrum was named the USL Championship Player of the Month for June.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The USL Championship today announced that Louisville City FC forward Phillip Goodrum has been voted the USL Championship Player of the Month presented by Konami eFootball, with five goals through six total matches.
Goodrum scored five goals in five league appearances, averaging a goal every 74.6 minutes while posting a shooting accuracy rate of 88.9 percent and a shot conversion rate of 55.6 percent, for a goals-added mark of +1.19.
The veteran USL Championship goalscorer kicked off his month with a goal in Louisville's 2-1 victory against Tampa Bay on June 7, before recording the first perfect hat trick in LouCity history in a 4-2 victory against Birmingham Legion FC and scoring his fifth goal of the month in a loss against North Carolina FC on June 20.
"I'm in a good stretch of form,” said Goodrum. “It comes in ebbs and flows, and right now I'm feeling good. The guys seem to be finding me in the right spots, and I'm putting the ball into the back of the net.”
“He's a goalscorer. When you look at the form that he's in, he's doing what we believe he can do, and he knows he can do,” Louisville head coach Danny Cruz said of Goodrum. “Not only is he doing that, he's defending like an animal, he's working his ass off on both sides of the ball. Defenders don't want to deal with him because he's a menace.”
Goodrum earned 46 percent of a weighted poll that included the USL Championship Technical Committee, a national panel of independent media representing every USL market, and an online fan vote held at USLChampionship.com. Loudoun United FC midfielder Abdellatif Aboukoura finished second with 23 percent (four goals in five appearances), while New Mexico United midfielder Luiz Fernando finished third with 16 percent (four goal contributions in four matches).
VOTING BREAKDOWN
Nominee | Fan Vote | Weight | Media Vote | Weight | USL Vote | Weight | Total Vote |
Phillip Goodrum (LOU) | 15% | 8% | 83% | 20% | 75% | 19% | 46% |
Abdellatif Aboukoura (LDN) | 25% | 13% | 17% | 4% | 25% | 6% | 23% |
Luiz Fernando (NM) | 31% | 16% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 16% |
MD Myers (CHS) | 29% | 15% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 15% |
ABOUT LOUISVILLE CITY FC:
Since its first season in 2015, LouCity has been the most successful club in the United Soccer League, with four Eastern Conference titles and two USL Championship trophies. The club is regularly among the USL Championship’s leaders in attendance, averaging about 10,000 fans per game at Lynn Family Stadium — the world-class facility LouCity shares with sister club Racing Louisville FC. The two professional teams are owned by Soccer Holdings, LLC, which also oversees the LouCity & Racing Academy, with more than 1,500 school-aged children across three counties, and the charitable LouCity & Racing Foundation.
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