2011–12 Louisville Lightning season
2011–12 PASL season | |
|---|---|
| General Manager | Nick Stover |
| Head Coach | Scott Budnick |
| Arena | Mockingbird Valley Soccer Club 3000 Mellwood Ave. Louisville, Kentucky 40207 |
| Professional Arena Soccer League | 2nd, Eastern Division |
| Highest home attendance | 1,458 (February 24, 2012) vs Detroit Waza |
| Lowest home attendance | 755 (November 18, 2011) vs Cincinnati Kings |
| Average home league attendance | 1,021 |
The 2011–12 Louisville Lightning season was the third season of the Louisville Lightning professional indoor soccer club. The Lightning, an Eastern Division team in the Professional Arena Soccer League, played their home games in the Mockingbird Valley Soccer Club in Louisville, Kentucky. The team was led by general manager Nick Stover and head coach Scott Budnick with associate coach Ted Nichols.
On October 28, 2011, the Lightning played a pre-season split-squad exhibition match dubbed the "Kick Cancer Game". The team won 11 games and lost 5 during the 2011–12 regular season. They played all 16 of these games against Eastern Division rivals Cincinnati Kings, Detroit Waza, Illinois Piasa, Kansas Magic, and Ohio Vortex. The team qualified for the postseason but lost to the Kansas Magic in the first round of the playoffs.
The Louisville Lightning also participated in the 2011–12 United States Open Cup for Arena Soccer. The team defeated Indy Elite FC in the wild card round but lost to the Cincinnati Kings in the Round of 16, ending their run in the tournament.
After this season, the team announced it would skip the 2012–13 PASL season and go dormant. In a March 2013 interview, team owner Ted Nichols said that low attendance at games placed "somewhat of a financial drain" on the organization and that the team remains "in a bit of a hiatus".