Riverhounds SC Communications Anthony Meier, Director of Communications & Creative E: [email protected] | O: (412) 325-7229 | C: (267) 374-1461 PITTSBURGH RIVERHOUNDS SC (8-1-7) 2018 SCHEDULE & RECORD AT OTTAWA FURY FC (6-7-3) League Record: 8-1-7 Sunday, July 8, 2018 >> 1 p.m. ET >> TD Place >> Ottawa, ON Home: 5-1-3 • Away: 3-0-4 • Non-League Play: 1-1-0 TALE OF THE TAPE MARCH GAME 17 - QUICK HITTERS Sat. 24 @Nashville SC CW T, 0-0 • Riverhounds SC (8-1-7) brings a five-game unbeaten streak Sat. 31 PENN FC CW T, 0-0 into its first and only visit to Ottawa Fury FC (6-7-3) this Sunday. Meeting already once this season, the Hounds APRIL prevailed with a 1-0 victory at Highmark Stadium on April Sat. 7 TORONTO FC II YouTube W, 4-0 14. Sat. 14 OTTAWA FURY FC ESPN+ W, 1-0 • Pittsburgh has gone streaking in general, as in addition to Sat. 21 @FC Cincinnati CW T, 2-2 its five-game unbeaten streak, the club has not allowed Sat. 28 ATLANTA UNITED 2 ESPN+ W, 1-0 PITTSBURGH OTTAWA a goal in four-straight. During this unbeaten stretch, the 8-1-7 Record 6-7-3 Hounds have outscored opponents by a whopping 8-to-1 MAY 2nd Standing 12th ratio. Sat. 5 @Toronto FC II CW W, 2-1 4-0-1 Last Five 2-3-0 • Facing Canadian foes (Ottawa and Toronto) has been a kind Fri. 11 INDY ELEVEN ESPN+ T, 0-0 Bob Lilley Head Coach Nikola Popovic Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Round Two @RiverhoundsSC Twitter Handles @OttawaFuryFC venture for the Hounds, as they are unbeaten in 11 matches against the current Northern competition, including 3-0 this Wed. 16 @Erie Commodores FC N/A W, 2-1 Sat. 19 @Tampa Bay Rowdies CW T, 2-2 Head-to-Head season. Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Round Three ............................................................................................2-0-1 • The Hounds remain the last team in the conference to Referee Wed. 23 FC CINCINNATI N/A L, 1-3 ................................................................................Canada CSA concede defeat on the road (3-0-4). The accomplishment is Sat. 26 PENN FC ESPN+ T, 0-0 Assistants all the more impressive considering of the seven matches ................................................................................Canada CSA Wed. 30 NASHVILLE SC ESPN+ L, 0-1 Fourth Official the Hounds have played away from home, five of those ..........................................................Canada CSA, Canada CSA have come against squads with a .500 record-or-better. Injuries • Despite its losing record, Ottawa still presents a tricky JUNE ..................................... Kevin Kerr - Questionable (Lower-body) Sat. 2 @Richmond Kickers CW W, 2-1 ................................................. Kyle Morton - Out (Lower-body) opposition this weekend. The club is coming off an impres- Sat. 16 NEW YORK RED BULLS II CW W, 3-0 ...............................................Ben Zemanski - Out (Lower-body) sive victory on the road over Indy on Wednesday and has Sat. 23 @Charleston Battery CW T, 0-0 won three of its last four matches at TD Place. Wed. 27 @Louisville City FC ESPN+ W, 1-0 STAT COMPARISON • Running its shutout streak to 397 minutes on Wednesday, the Hounds now have 11 clean sheets on the season - three Hounds Category Ottawa Fury FC more than the next best in the entire league. JULY 1.25 Scoring Average 0.94 Wed. 4 NORTH CAROLINA FC ESPN+ W, 2-0 0.44 Opponent Scoring Average 1.29 • Pittsburgh’s defense, without doubt, has been sensational, Sun. 8 @Ottawa Fury FC ESPN+ 1 p.m. 20 Goals Forced 16 allowing the lowest amount of goals scored in the league at Sat. 21 CHARLESTON BATTERY ESPN+ 7 p.m. 7 Goals Allowed 22 seven - three less than the next best in Nashville at 10. Sat. 28 @North Carolina FC CW 7 p.m. 13 Goal Differential -6 16 Assists 9 • Certainly not the only reason, but the return of Joe Green- 11.94 Shots/Game 8.82 span from injury on June 16 hasn’t hurt to say the least. AUGUST 3.94 SOG/Game 3.12 When the mammoth center back is on the pitch, the Hounds 22 Yellow Cards 29 Wed. 1 RICHMOND KICKERS ESPN+ 7 p.m. 0 Red Cards 2 have yet to concede a goal this year - 466 minutes total. Sat. 4 TORONTO FC II ESPN+ 7 p.m. • Sunday’s match features two of the top keepers in Pitts- Sun. 12 @Bethlehem Steel FC CW 5 p.m. TEAM LEADERS burgh’s Dan Lynd and Ottawa’s Maxime Crépeau. The duo Sat. 18 CHARLOTTE INDEPENDENCE ESPN+ 7 p.m. is tied, alongside Nashville’s Matt Pickens, for the league Wed. 22 TAMPA BAY ROWDIES ESPN+ 7 p.m. Hounds Category* Ottawa Fury FC lead in clean sheets with eight. Wed. 29 @Indy Eleven ESPN+ 7 p.m. Neco Brett, 8 Goals Three tied, 3 Two tied, 4 Assists Two tied, 2 • With points in three of his last four games, midfielder Neco Brett, 19 Points Two tied, 7 Kenardo Forbes continues to assert himself in the Hounds SEPTEMBER Two tied, 26 Shots Kevin Oliveira, 30 attack. His most recent match saw him assist on a Kevin Kerr Sat. 1 @FC Cincinnati CW 7:30 p.m. Vancaeyezeele, 1,440 Minutes Kevin Oliveira, 1,374 Sat. 8 BETHLEHEM STEEL FC ESPN+ 7 p.m. Two tied, 3 Eddie Edward, 7 header, as he registered his 100th career appearance in USL Yellow Cards Sat. 15 LOUISVILLE CITY FC ESPN+ 7 p.m. - Red Cards Two tied, 1 play. Forbes has also now recorded four or more assists in Dan Lynd, 0.54 GAA Maxime Crepeau, 0.93 each season he’s played in the USL (since 2015). Sat. 22 INDY ELEVEN ESPN+ 7 p.m. Wed. 26 @Penn FC ESPN+ 6:30 p.m. Dan Lynd, .794 SV% Maxime Crepeau, .750 • Speaking of Kerr, the midfielder has been a threat each * Minimum four starts Sat. 29 @Charlotte Independence CW 7 p.m. time he’s stepped on the field this season. Tied for the team lead with Forbes with four assists, Kerr’s 35 chances created ranks fourth in the Eastern Conference. OCTOBER Sat. 6 FC CINCINNATI ESPN+ 7 p.m. Wed. 10 @Atlanta United 2 ESPN+ 7 p.m. Sun. 14 @New York Red Bulls II CW 5 p.m. SUPERLATIVES CLUB NOTABLES All-Time Leading Goal Scorer ...................................................................... David Flavius (56) TEAM Most Appearances ..................................................................................... David Flavius (182) Hounds High Hounds Low Category Opp High Opp Low All-Time Record at Highmark Stadium .......................................................................30-29-23 11 - vs. Toronto (4/7) 0 - Six times Points 5 - Two times 0 - 11 times Last Playoff Appearance ................................................................................................... 2015 4 - vs. Toronto (4/7) 0 - Six times Goals 2 - Two times 0 - 11 times 3 - Two times 0 - Seven times Assists 1 - Four times 0 - 12 times 20 - at Richmond (6/2) 5 - at Charleston (6/23) Shots 15 - Two times 3 - Three times Last Game Summary 8 - at Richmond (6/2) 1 - Two times SOG 5 - Three times 0 - Two times Riverhounds SC 2, North Carolina FC 0 5 - at Louisville (6/27) 0 - Two times Saves 6 - at Richmond (6/2) 0 - Two times Game 16 • Highmark Stadium • July 4, 2018 23 - vs. New York (6/16) 8 - vs. Indy Eleven (5/11) Fouls 17 - at Cincinnati (4/21) 5 - vs. Indy Eleven (5/11) Following a two-hour lightning delay and a brief stoppage from gameplay due to a stadium lights outage, Pittsburgh River- INDIVIDUAL hounds SC (8-1-7) defeated North Carolina FC (5-8-3), 2-0, on Category Riverhounds SC Opponent Wednesday at Highmark Stadium. Attacking midfielder Points 7 - Neco Brett vs. Toronto (4/7) 2 - Seven times Christiano François scored first in the 45th minute, and fellow Goals 3 - Neco Brett vs. Toronto (4/7) 1 - Seven times midfielderKevin Kerr added an assurance goal in the 71st Assists 1 - 16 times 1 - Four times minute. On the defensive end, goalkeeper Dan Lynd made four Shots 6 - Two times 6 - Lebo Moloto, Nashville (3/24) saves en route to his eighth clean sheet of the season. SOG 4 - Neco Brett vs. New York (6/16) 3 - Junior Flemmings, Tampa Bay (5/19) TIME OUT LAST Saves 5 - Dan Lynd at Louisville (6/27) 6 - Trevor Spangenberg, Richmond (6/2) Follow Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC 2018 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC > riverhounds.com > @RiverhoundsSC > #OTTvPGH NOTES QUICK FACTS 2018 ACTIVE ROSTER Roster Size: 25 • Returners: 6 • Newcomers: 19 General Information Name: Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC City/Zip: Pittsburgh, PA 15219 NUMERICAL Founded: March 11, 1998 No. Name Pos Ht Wt Hometown (Previous Club) Nickname: Hounds 1 Kyle Morton GK 6-4 190 West Chester, Pa. (Rochester Rhinos) Black & Gold 2 Tobi Adewole D 6-3 190 Ashton, Md. (George Washington University) Colors: 3 Ray Lee D 5-11 174 Kansas City, Missouri (Rochester Rhinos) Conference: USL Eastern Conference 4 Joe Holland M 5-10 170 London, England (Houston Dynamo) Venue: Highmark Stadium 5 Jordan Dover D 5-8 150 Ajax, Ontario, Canada (Rochester Rhinos) 5,000 6 Hugh Roberts D 6-4 170 Gaithersburg, Md. (Bethlehem Steel FC) Capacity: 7 Christiano François M 5-7 141 Cabaret, Haiti (Rochester Rhinos) Owner: Tuffy Shallenberger 8 Bakie Goodman M 5-9 145 Sarasota, Fla. (Detroit City FC) Website: www.riverhounds.com 9 Neco Brett F 5-8 165 Kingston, Jamaica (Portland Timbers 2) 10 Kevin Kerr M 5-10 160 York, England (S.C. Wiedenbruck) 11 Kenardo Forbes M 5-10 170 Kingston, Jamaica (Rochester Rhinos) 12 Connor Maloney D 5-6 145 Harrisburg, PA (Columbus Crew SC) 13 Ben Zemanski M 5-11 150 Akron, Ohio (Portland Timbers) RECORD WHEN..