2024 Racing Louisville FC season

The 2024 Racing Louisville FC season was the team's fourth as a top-tier professional women's soccer team in the National Women's Soccer League.

The club finished the 2024 National Women's Soccer League season in ninth place and failed to qualify for the NWSL playoffs for the fourth consecutive season. It also finishied second in Group E during the 2024 NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup and failed to advance to the mid-season tournament's knockout stages.

Background

Hirings

After Racing Louisville announced head coach Kim Björkegren would not return for the 2024 season, the club hired former NWSL standout player Bev Yanez as its new coach. The 35-year-old spent the 2023 season as Racing's assistant coach after two years in the same role at NJ/NY Gotham FC.

Yanez added former UANL Tigres coach and Canada Women's National Football Team star Carmelina Moscato to her staff as assistant coach. Former men's collegiate coach Mitch Sowerby was also hired as an assistant coach.

Offseason transactions

Kit changes

As part of the NWSL's new collaboration with Nike, Racing Louisville announced two new kits for the 2024 season and beyond. The primary kit has an argyle pattern "inspired by traditional jockey silks." The secondary kit is a midnight violet gradient.

Stadium and facilities

Racing Louisville plays its home games at Lynn Family Stadium, a soccer-specific stadium it shares with brother club Louisville City FC. The team trains at the Lynn Family Sports Vision & Training Center about two miles away from the stadium.

Broadcasting

In November 2023, the NWSL announced its largest media rights deal in league history, worth a reported $240 million. The new broadcast agreement includes ABC, CBS, CBS Sports Network, ESPN, Prime Video and Scripps Sports. The NWSL also announced its new in-house streaming service, NWSL .

For its local broadcast rights, Racing renewed its deal with WAVE, the NBC affiliate in Louisville. The club also started a new radio broadcast deal with iHeartMedia in Louisville, with games primarily carried by Sports Talk 790AM and News Talk 1080 AM.