Alexis Souahy

Alexis Souahy (born 13 January 1995) is a French football player who plays as a defender for Louisville City FC in the USL Championship.

Alexis Souahy
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-01-13) 13 January 1995
Place of birth Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Louisville City
Number 3
Youth career
2008–2014 Le Havre
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 NDC Falcons 18 (2)
2015–2017 Bowling Green Falcons 55 (6)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Le Havre B 1 (0)
2016–2017 Michigan Bucks 26 (3)
2018– Louisville City 48 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02:20, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

Early life

Personal

Souahy was born in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, France to Yolaine Souahy. When he was thirteen he moved to Le Havre to join Le Havre AC's academy and attended senior high school at Lycée Saint-Joseph. While at Le Havre AC's academy he made an appearance for their B team in 2013; helping the academy team to fourth-place finishes in both the U-19 National Championship and the Championnat de France amateur 2 Championship.[1]

College and youth

He was originally accepted to play college soccer at Bowling Green State University only to be ruled ineligible for Division I soccer by the NCAA when his international credits didn't transfer.[2] Instead he played one year of soccer at Division II Notre Dame College in South Euclid, Ohio. In his one year at Notre Dame he started all 17 of the team's regular season matches and played 1,584 minutes out of an available 1,592. He scored two goals during the season. The first on September 13, 2014 against Wheeling Jesuit University and the second on September 20 against West Virginia Wesleyan.[3] He also played all 90 minutes of Notre Dame's lone NCAA tournament match.[1]

After a year at Notre Dame Souahy transferred to Bowling Green State University and played three more years of college soccer from 2015 to 2017. His first goal as a falcon came on November 3, 2015 against Appalachian State University and was the only goal of his sophomore season.[4] As a junior he contributed two more goals and an assist and was named a MAC top 20 player by Top Drawer Soccer. His senior season he was named a team captain and scored three goals with two assists[1] including a goal in the final home match of the season.[5] After the season he was named to the All MAC second team, All Great-Lakes region third team, and All-Ohio first team. During his three years in Bowling Green Souahy made 55 appearances for the Falcons, scoring 6 goals and tallying 5 assists.[1] He started every match and played all available minutes save 29 seconds.[6]

While at college, Souahy played with USL PDL side Michigan Bucks in both their 2016 and 2017 seasons.[7] During the 2016 season he appeared in twelve of Michigan's fourteen regular season matches scoring two goals as Michigan won the PDL's Central Conference Great Lakes Division championship.[8] In the PDL Playoffs Souahy played in two of Michigan's four matches as Michigan won the PDL Championship.[9] During the 2017 season he appeared in all fourteen of Michigan's regular season matches as Michigan repeated as PDL Central Conference Great Lakes Division champions scoring one goal. He also played in Michigan's lone PDL Playoffs match.[10] During the 2017 Souahy appeared in two of Michigan's U.S. Open Cup matches including defeating professional side Indy Eleven of the NASL.[11]

Club career

Louisville City FC

2018 season

On January 15 Souahy signed his first professional contract with United Soccer League side Louisville City FC.[6] After a preseason injury he would make his professional debut on April 22 against Atlanta United 2. Starting the match in place of an injured Pat McMahon.[12] He appeared in 19 of Louisville's 34 league matches including 11 of Louisville last 17 as he slowly became a starter as the season progressed. He scored his first professional goal on September 9 against Pittsburgh[13] and scored three goals during league competition. He also made his first appearance in the U.S. Open Cup as a professional when he was brought on as a substitute against the Long Island Rough Riders.[14] He went on to appear in two of Louisville's five U.S. Open Cup matches without scoring as Louisville reached the quarter finals of the competition for the first time in its history.[15] Souahy also appeared in all four of Louisville's USL Cup playoff matches as he and Louisville went on to win the USL Cup Final against Phoenix.[16]

Honours

Club

Louisville City FC

References
  1. "2017 Men's Soccer Roster; Alexis Souahy". bgsufalcons.com. Bowling Green, OH: BG University. 2017. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  2. Lerner, Danielle (March 16, 2018). "LouCity's newest player already has an eye on a USL Cup. Meet the fan favorite from France". www.courier-journal.com. Louisville, KY: The Courier Journal. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
  3. "Alexis Souahy - 2014 Men's Soccer". www.notredamefalcons.com. South Euclid, OH: Notre Dame College. 2014. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
  4. "James Nets Winner as Falcons Down ASU, 2-1". bgsufalcons.com. Boone, NC: BGSU. November 3, 2015. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  5. "First-Half Scoring Explosion Propels Falcons to 3-1 Win". bgsufalcons.com. Bowling Green, OH: BGSU. October 28, 2017. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  6. "Louisville City FC Pens Defender Alexis Souahy" (Press release). Louisville, KY: LCFC. Archived from the original on 2018-03-21. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-04-30. Retrieved 2018-04-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. "Alexis Souahy - 2016". www.uslpdl.com. USL PDL. 2016. Archived from the original on May 26, 2018. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  9. Ehrmann, Chris (March 16, 2017). "Michigan Bucks win 3rd PDL championship". www.crainsdetroit.com. Pontiac, MI: Crain's Detroit Business. Archived from the original on May 25, 2018. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  10. "Alexis Souahy - 2017". www.uslpdl.com. USL PDL. 2017. Archived from the original on May 26, 2018. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  11. "Metro & state: Michigan Bucks blank Indy in Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup". www.freep.com. Detroit, MI: Detroit Free Press. May 19, 2017. Archived from the original on May 25, 2018. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  12. "Defender Alexis Souahy on his Debut". www.louisvillecityfc.com. Louisville, KY: LCFC. April 22, 2018. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
  13. Harten, David (September 15, 2018). "Louisville City FC gives up late goals, ties Pittsburgh Riverhounds". www.courier-journal.com. Louisville, KY: The Courier-Jornal. Retrieved November 20, 2018. LouCity held that lead through halftime until Alexis Souahy earned his first goal of the season when he put home a pass off a header from Craig in the 70th minute
  14. "Louisville City FC rolls to US Open Cup win vs. Long Island Rough Riders". www.courier-journal.com. Louisville, KY: The Courier-Jornal. May 16, 2018. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
  15. Lerner, Danielle (July 18, 2018). "Louisville City FC knocked out of Open Cup with loss to Chicago Fire". www.courier-journal.com. Bridgeview, IL: The Courier Journal. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
  16. Arlia, John (November 8, 2018). "Spencer's Strike Leads Louisville to Second Straight USL Cup". www.uslsoccer.com. Louisville, KY: USL. Archived from the original on November 9, 2018. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
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