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Saturday 20 August 2016 : Eastern Conference Rhino Stadium @ 6:05pm

#ROCvPGH www.youtube.com 13 Pittsburgh Riverhounds AT 7 Rochester Rhinos (4–14–4, 16 Pts) (9–5–9, 36 Pts)

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Officials Referee: Juan Colazo Assistants: Christopher Trottier, Raymond Tam Fourth Official: Nicholas Buscaglia

Head to Head USL Standings Eastern Conference P PTS

1 New York Red Bulls II 22 47 6 22 4 2 Louisville City FC 24 47 3 FC Cincinnati 22 42 4 Charlotte Independence 23 39 5 23 39 6 Charleston Battery 22 37 7 Rochester Rhinos 23 36 Suspensions: 8 Orlando City B 23 31 9 Bethlehem Steel FC 23 26 None 10 Harrisburg City Islanders 25 25 11 Wilmington Hammerheads FC 22 24 12 Toronto FC II 25 23 13 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 22 16 14 FC Montreal 23 13

Injuries: Form Guide PGH: Jordan Murrell (head) PGH: Mauricio Vargas (back) W L L W L Ryan Adeleye (leg)

ROC: T W L T T

Recent Games 2016 USL Regular Season

April 2, 2016 Pittsburgh 0 Rochester 1 Highmark Stadium Volesky 7’ Pittsburgh

June 25, 2016 Rochester 2 Pittsburgh 1 Rhino Stadium Farrell 8’ Hertzog 45’ Rochester Garzi 60’ Pittsburgh Riverhounds Rochester Rhinos

Top Scorers

9 Corey Hertzog 8 Christian Volesky 4 Kevin Kerr 5 Steevan dos Santos 1 Lebo Moloto 5 Joseph Farrell 1 Nick Thompson 3 Kenardo Forbes 1 Stephen Okai 2 Michael Garzi

Top Assists

4 Corey Hertzog 4 Steevan dos Santos 3 Mike Green 3 Christian Volesky 2 Kevin Kerr 2 Michael Garzi 2 Stephen Okai 2 Kenardo Forbes 1 Danny Earls 2 Marcos Ugarte

Last Time Out

2-1 vs Bethlehem Steel FC Zack Steffen – Willie Hunt, Ryan Adeleye, Sergio Campbell, August 13, 2016 Mike Green – Danny Earls, Stephen Okai, Kevin Kerr (c), Lebo Moloto – Corey Hertzog, Alejandro Aguilar

1-1 vs Louisville City FC – Bradley Kamdem, Vasius Apostolopous, August 13, 2016 Ryan James, Joe Farrell – Michel Guilavogui, Kenardo Forbes, Mike Garzi, Wall Fall – Christian Volesky (c), Steevan Dos Santos

Game Talk:

“You have to work for these “A win, no matter what things, they’re not handing your record is, feels them out. For whatever good. You always want reason it has taken this to win. Coming out long to galvanize a belief. of every game you That doesn’t guarantee can always improve. winning, but it’s sure the We’re happy we got attitude you want to go in three points; we’re just with.” hoping to get three — Head Coach David Brandt more on the road against Rochester.” — Forward Corey Hertzog Team Rosters: Pittsburgh: Rochester:

# PLAYER POS P G A # PLAYER POS P G A 1 Hunter Gilstrap GK 9 0 0 1 GK 13 0 0 4 Jordan Murrell D 10 0 0 2 Marcos Ugarte M 15 0 2 5 Danny Earls D 10 0 1 3 Bradley Kamdem Fewo D 19 0 2 7 Stephen Okai M 17 1 2 4 Sean Totsh D 21 1 0 8 Mike Green M 21 0 3 5 Vasilis Apostolopoulos D 15 0 0 9 Zak Boggs F 21 0 0 6 Michel Guilavogui M 8 0 0 10 Kevin Kerr M 19 4 2 7 Ryan Lee James M 21 1 0 11 Corey Hertzog F 22 9 4 8 Andre Fortune II M 7 0 0 12 Sergio Campbell D 18 0 0 9 Christian Volesky F 23 8 3 13 Willie Hunt D 21 0 0 10 Steevan dos Santos F 19 5 4 14 AlexNyarko Harlley M 5 0 0 11 Kenardo Forbes M 23 3 2 17 Drew Russell D/F 14 0 1 12 Asani Samuels F 18 0 0 18 Mauricio Vargas GK 12 0 0 13 Mike Garzi M 21 2 2 19 Melvin Snoh M 0 0 0 15 Joseph Farrell D 22 5 1 20 Duwayne Ewart F 9 0 0 16 Sean Reilly M 6 0 0 22 Lebo Moloto M 19 1 0 17 Wal Fall D 17 1 0 23 Nick Kolarac M 3 0 0 18 Tomas Gomez GK 10 0 0 24 Brenden Alfery GK 0 0 0 21 Dominic Samuel D 20 0 0 25 Marshall Hollingsworth D 17 0 1 22 Brandon Beresford M 7 0 0 28 Jack Thompson M 10 0 1 23 Jordan Becker D 8 0 1 29 Chad Barson D 2 0 0 24 Donnie Smith M 1 0 0 30 Zack Steffen GK 1 0 0 25 Jordan McCrary D 1 0 0 31 Nick Thompson M 9 1 0 27 Michael Gamble F 1 0 0 32 Anthony Virgara D 0 0 0 29 Sofiane Tergou M 15 0 0 33 Ryan Adeleye D 7 0 0 32 George Chase Miller D 1 0 1 34 Cristian Martinez M 2 0 0 33 Dan Lynd GK 0 0 0 35 Rodrigo Saravia M 2 0 0 36 Chevaughn Walsh F 0 0 0 37 Alejandro Aguilar F 5 0 0

Game Notes:

· The Riverhounds (4-14-4) will look to avoid a season series sweep at the · Corey Hertzog tallied his fourth goal in as many matches this past weekend, hands of the Rochester Rhinos (9-5-9), already having lost their first two and is now one goal away from matching his season-best scoring streak of head-to-head matchups by a goal each. Pittsburgh has not defeated five matches. The Hounds forward’s nine goals, to go along with four assists, Rochester since July 4, 2014 at home – a 2-0 victory off second half goals has vaulted him into the league scoring race as well, with his 22 points on from Andrew Marshall and Alfonso Motagalvan. the season tying him for sixth in the USL with Brandon Allen of New York Red Bulls II. · The Hounds are coming off their first win at home since June 18, defeating Bethlehem Steel FC handedly, 2-1. Holding a 1-6-3 record away from · Making his first start in goal for the Hounds this past weekend was Zack Highmark Stadium this season, Pittsburgh will attempt to win back-to-back Steffen – the third different goalkeeper to start for Pittsburgh this season. matches for the first time since August 8 of last year, while also hand the The Crew SC loanee shined in his win over Bethlehem, stopping six of seven Rhinos only their third loss at home on the year (7-2-3). shots faced – the most by a Hounds keeper since Hunter Gilstrap stopped six of eight shots at Rochester on June 25. · With 36 points on the season, Rochester is firmly in the mix for a playoff berth, holding the seventh-seed and a five-point cushion over No. 8 Orlando City B. The Rhinos’ success has come by way of solid defense, as their 27 total goals for is the lowest total for any team with a winning record in the Eastern Conference. Despite this, Rochester holds a goal differential of plus- seven with its 20 goals allowed bettered by only four clubs in the entire USL.