Louisville, KY - Friday the 13th will be remembered as a lucky day for the Louisville Lightning, as the Professional Arena Soccer League team kicks off its inaugural game at 7:30 pm. at Mockingbird Valley Indoor Soccer Arena. The recently formed Professional Arena Soccer League (PASL) team will play host to the 1790 Cincinnati Express with doors opening at 6 P.M. and kickoff at 7:30 P.M.

The Lightning are comprised of a mix of players from across the country and around the globe including nine local players: Frank Peabody, Nick Staggs, David Horne, and John Payne (all graduates of St.Xavier); Lindsay Smith (Collegiate); Lee Weyland (Trinity); Nick Judah (Ballard); Adam Boyer (Manual); Pat Pittenger (South Oldham); and Ryan Macdonald (a recent member of the University of Louisville Men’s Soccer Team). Representatives of the team have experience playing in the United Soccer League and other professional leagues in Canada, Puerto Rico, Bosnia, England, and Germany.

Mockingbird Valley Soccer Arena is completing renovations early in the week, including elevated VIP rooms, retractable bleachers, new sound system and lights, and newly designed viewing areas. Along with physical additions to the arena, each game will feature a kid’s zone with inflatables and games, a beer garden with $2 domestics, promotional giveaways, and post-game parties with the official bar of the Lightning, Molly Malone’s.

The Lightning offers two different types of season tickets; general admission and premium seating tickets that guarantee seats on the bleachers in front of the main pitch. Family packages exist for groups of four or more and mini-game packages (any four games) can also be created online. For more information please visit http://www.louisvillelightning.com.

 

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