Ze Pedro, Gianluca Busio and Ethan Vanacore-Decker fired the Swope Park Rangers (6-19-8, 26 points) into a three-goal lead before Louisville City FC (16-8-9, 57 points) rallied to claim an 8-3 home victory on Saturday night at Louisville Slugger Field.
With both clubs playing their penultimate match of the 2019 USL Championship regular season, it was the Rangers who drew first blood after just seven minutes. Louisville defender Taylor Peay played a back-pass to goalkeeper Chris Hubbard, who was aggressively closed down by Ze Pedro. The Portuguese winger flung himself at Hubbard's attempted clearance, blocking the ball into the net for his fifth goal of the campaign and his second in as many games.