BETHLEHEM STEEL FC at HARRISBURG CITY ISLANDERS
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BETHLEHEM STEEL FC at HARRISBURG CITY ISLANDERS Match 3 | FNB Field | Saturday, April 15, 2017 | 7:00 p.m. ET GAME INFORMATION 2017 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS OVERALL: 1-1-0 HOME: 1-1-0 AWAY: 0-0-0 Date: Saturday, April 15, 2017 Kickoff: 7 p.m. ET DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT WATCH Location: FNB Field (Harrisburg, Pa.) Sat., April 1 Rochester Rhinos L, 3-2 SECTV2 Sun., April 9 FC Cincinnati W, 2-0 SECTV2 Television: Service Electric 2 and YouTube Sat., April 15 at Harrisburg City Islanders 7:00 p.m. YOUTUBE Sun., April 23 Orlando City B 4:00 p.m. SECTV2 Bethlehem Steel FC Communications Contact: Sat., April 29 FC Cincinnati 5:00 p.m. SECTV2 Tom Via II (270-970-5099) Sat., May 6 at Charleston Battery 7:00 p.m. YOUTUBE [email protected] Sat., May 13 at Toronto FC II 6:00 p.m. YOUTUBE Sat., May 20 at FC Cincinnati 7:00 p.m. YOUTUBE Harrisburg City Islanders Communications Contact: Thur., May 25 Charleston Battery 11:00 a.m. SECTV2 Madeline Williams (717-602-5369) Sun., May 28 Harrisburg City Islanders 5:00 p.m. SECTV2 Sun., June 4 Ottawa Fury FC 5:00 p.m. SECTV2 [email protected] Sun., June 11 at Saint Louis FC 4:00 p.m. YOUTUBE Fri., June 16 at New York Red Bulls II 7:00 p.m. YOUTUBE PROJECTED STARTING XI Tue., June 20 at Harrisburg City Islanders 7:00 p.m. YOUTUBE Sat., July 1 Richmond Kickers 5:00 p.m. SECTV2 Sun., July 9 New York Red Bulls II 5:00 p.m. SECTV2 F 36 Seku Conneh Sat., July 15 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 5:00 p.m. SECTV2 2 GP 3 G 0 A Sat., July 22 at Richmond Kickers 7:00 p.m. YOUTUBE Sat., July 29 Charlotte Independence 5:00 p.m. SECTV2 F 38 Santi Moar F 20 Marcus Epps Sat., Aug. 5 at Ottawa Fury FC 2:00 p.m. YOUTUBE 2 GP 0 G 1 A 2 GP 0 G 0 A Sun., Aug. 13 Toronto FC II 5:00 p.m. SECTV2 Wed., Aug. 16 at Charlotte Independence 7:00 p.m. YOUTUBE M 41 Cory Burke Sun., Aug. 20 Louisville City FC 5:00 p.m. SECTV2 Sat., Aug. 26 at Pittsburgh Riverhounds 7:00 p.m. YOUTUBE 2 GP 0 G 0 A Thur., Aug. 31 at Orlando City B 7:30 p.m. YOUTUBE M 40 Josh Heard M 24 Adam Najem Sun., Sep. 9 Tampa Bay Rowdies 3:00 p.m. SECTV2 Fri., Sep. 15 at Louisville City FC 7:30 p.m. YOUTUBE 0 GP 0 G 0 A 2 GP 0 G 0 A Sun., Sep. 24 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 3:00 p.m. SECTV2 Sat., Sep. 30 at Tampa Bay Rowdies 7:30 p.m. YOUTUBE D 32 Giliano Wijnaldum D 19 Aaron Jones Fri., Oct. 6 at Toronto FC II 7:30 p.m. YOUTUBE 2 GP 0 G 0 A 2 GP 0 G 0 A Tue., Oct. 10 at Rochester Rhinos 7:05 p.m. YOUTUBE Sun., Oct. 15 Saint Louis FC 3:00 p.m. SECTV2 D 50 Mark McKenzie D 26 Auston Trusty 1 GP 0 G 0 A 2 GP 0 G 0 A PRONUNCIATION GUIDE GK 29 Jake McGuire 1 GP, 0.00 GAA, 1 SO # Player Pos. Pronunciation 4 Ken Tribbett D TRIB-bett 24 Adam Najem M NAH-jim INJURY REPORT 26 Auston Trusty D Austin TRUSS-tee 22 Fafa Picault M Pea-CO OUT: Matt Real (right hamstring) 30 Eric Ayuk M AYE-ook 32 Giliano Wijnaldum D Gill-ee-AH-no Why-Nall-dum 36 Seku Conneh F Seh-COO Cone-EH 37 Chris Nanco F Chris NANE-co 38 Santi Moar F Sahn-TEE More 39 Amoy Brown F Ah-MOY Brown 44 Charlie Reymann D Charlie RAY-man LAST TIME OUT.. 47` Matthew Real D Matthew REE-al Bethlehem Steel FC notched its first victory of the 2017 USL 48 Matt Mahoney D Matt Mah-HONE-ee campaign with a 2-0 decision against FC Cincinnati on April 9. Seku 49 Yosef Samuel F YO-sef Samuel Conneh provided the offense, as he set a club record with two goals 51 Matthew Freese GK Matthew Freeze 52 Issa Rayyan M E-sah Rye-ahn in the second half. 2017 MLS SuperDraft selections Jack Elliott and 60 Josue Monge M Jo-SWAY Mahn-HEY Santi Moar each registered their first career assists in the match, while 66 Jahmali Waite GK Jah-MAHL-lee Wait Jake McGuire started off his professional career with a five-save shutout against Cincinnati. BETHLEHEM STEEL FC AT HARRISBURG CITY ISLANDERS 2017 TEAM LEADERS HISTORY VS. HARRISBURG Bethlehem Steel FC Record: 0-2-1 At Home: 0-1-0 (0 GF, 1 GA) On the Road: 0-1-1 (3 GF, 5 GA) PREVIOUS MEETINGS 5/22/16 BST 1 at HCI 3 L Clipper Magazine Stadium USL Regular Season: 1-1-0 USL Regular Season: 1-1-0 7/21/16 BST 0 vs HCI 1 L Goodman Stadium Points: 3 Points: 3 8/30/16 BST 2 at HCI 2 D FNB Field Eastern Conference: T-10th Eastern Conference: T-10th Home: 1-1-0 Home: 0-0-0 STEEL FC MAKES ROAD DEBUT AT HARRISBURG Away: 0-0-0 Away: 1-1-0 Goals Scored: 4 Goals Scored: 1 Bethlehem Steel FC opens its 2017 USL road schedule on Saturday, Goals Allowed: 3 Goals Allowed: 1 April 15 against in-state rival Harrisburg City Islanders. The match will be the fourth all-time game between the Pennsylvania clubs, Team Leaders with Harrisburg emerging with a pair of wins and a draw in the three Conneh (3) GOALS Sanchez (1) matchups last season. Elliott/Moar (1) ASSISTS N/A Conneh (6) POINTS Sanchez (2) Conneh (9) SHOTS Sanchez/Mohammed (3) LAST REGULAR SEASON MEETING: Conneh (4) SHOTS ON TARGET Three tied (1) Three tied CAUTIONS Three tied (1) In the series lone draw in its history, Steel FC and Harrisburg went N/A EJECTIONS N/A back and forth at FNB Field. After Harrisburg struck with a 44th Four tied (180’) FIELD PLAYER MIN 7 tied (180’) minute goal, Steel FC answered just before halftime on a goal from McGuire (0.00) GOALS AGAINST AVG. Miller (0.50) McGuire (1) WINS Miller (1) Eric Ayuk. The second half started strong for Steel FC, as James McGuire (1) SHUTOUTS Miller (1) Chambers scored notched a free kick goal, however the hosts got a late McGuire (5) SAVES Miller (2) goal from Craig Foster in the 81st minute to earn the 2-2 draw. TAKEAWAYS THEY SAID... 12 PLAYERS MAKE USL DEBUTS IN OPENING WEEKS In the first two weeks of the 2017 season, numerous new faces make their Bethlehem Steel FC head coach Brendan Burke: United Soccer League debuts. Along with USL debuts, eight players made their professional debuts (in bold). USL newcomers included: goalkeepers Takeaways from the Cincinnati match ... Tomas Romero and Jake McGuire, defenders Giliano Wijnaldum, Aaron “It’s a positive result and its our first win of the season so I think Jones and Charlie Reymann; midfielders Brian Carroll,Adam Najem and everyone was happy with the effort that was put into the game. Jack Elliott; and forwards Santi Moar, Issa Rayyan, Marcus Epps and I thought the red card was the turning point but I feel that we Charlie Davies. earned that ability to be up a man. I thought Cory (Burke) and Seku (Conneh) were a hand full.We completed over 400 passes SEKU VERY MUCH and now that has become an expectation for us since we’ve done that back to back weeks. We want to dictate the game.” Liberian National Team forward Seku Conneh is off to a hot start in 2017. The 21-year-old is tied for the USL lead with three goals and set On the play of Seku Conneh... a club record against FC Cincinnati last weekend. In his impressive “I think his mentality has changed and I think he’d tell you that second half performance, Conneh became the first player to score as well. He’s worked extremely hard through preseason but he two-goals in the same match in Steel FC history. His five career goals worked hard and stayed focus and got himself fit. You can see are currently tied for the most in team history (Derrick Jones/Ryan that coming through on the field. His quality was always there, he had the technical ability and was a good decision maker but Richter). His effort last week also earned him the USL Week Three he’s established what he wants to be and he’s pouring his heart Player of the Week, winning 42 percent of the independent media out on the field.” vote. The award was Conneh’s first of his career and the first time a Bethlehem Steel FC player had won the weekly honor. On the upcoming match against Harrisburg... “Watching the Richmond match, they pressed all over the THE UNION ARE COMING field. But up watching them at New York Red Bulls II, they sat back and absorbed a ton of pressure. They have some tactical Bethlehem Steel FC utilized its affliation with MLS-side Philadelphia flexibility built as a team so we have to prepare for both types Union last weekend, with 10 members starting for Steel FC. In the of game. What can’t change is our intent which has led to four home opener on April 1, the club started eight MLS-signed players, goals in two games.