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The 2021 Racing Louisville FC season is the club's first season of existence. Racing will be playing in the National Women's Soccer League, the top flight of professional women's soccer in the United States.

Background
Racing Louisville FC was announced on October 22, 2019, as an NWSL expansion team set to begin play in the 2021 season. Former Sky Blue FC head coach Christy Holly was named as Racing Louisville FC's first head coach on August 12, 2020. The club proceeded to build their roster through a combination of free agent signings, a trade with Chicago Red Stars for Savannah McCaskill and Yūki Nagasato in exchange draft protection,, the 2020 NWSL Expansion Draft, and the 2021 NWSL Draft. Since the opening of the season, Racing also signed English internationals Gemma Bonner and Ebony Salmon to the squad.

Match results
Racing Louisville's group stage matches in the East Division of the 2021 NWSL Challenge Cup were the first competitive matches in club history. The opening match. a 2-2 draw against Orlando Pride, was the club's first at their home ground, Lynn Family Stadium. With two draws and two losses in four group matches, Racing finished at the bottom of East Division in their first Challenge Cup.

NWSL Playoffs
In 2021, the NWSL Playoffs will expand to six teams for the first time. The top two teams in the table at the end of the regular season will receive first round byes. Playoffs will start on November 6 and will conclude with the NWSL Championship on November 20.