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BETHLEHEM STEEL FC vs. ORLANDO CITY B Match 4 | Goodman Stadium | Sunday, April 23, 2017 | 4:00 p.m. ET GAME INFORMATION 2017 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS OVERALL: 1-2-0 HOME: 1-1-0 AWAY: 0-1-0 Date: Sunday, April 23, 2017 Kickoff: 4 p.m. ET DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT WATCH Location: Goodman Stadium (Bethlehem, 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 L, 3-2 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 Orlando City B Communications Contact: Thur., May 25 Charleston Battery 11:00 a.m. SECTV2 Lucas Casas (407-558-0417) 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 3 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 3 GP 1 G 1 A 3 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 1 GP 0 G 0 A 3 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 3 GP 0 G 0 A 3 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 42 Hugh Roberts D 26 Auston Trusty 2 GP 0 G 0 A 3 GP 0 G 0 A PRONUNCIATION GUIDE GK 29 Jake McGuire 2 GP, 1.50 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 QUESTIONABLE: Cory Burke (concussion) 30 Eric Ayuk M AYE-ook Chris Nanco (right groin strain) 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 is coming off a heartbreaking 3-2 loss on the road 48 Matt Mahoney D Matt Mah-HONE-ee at in-state rival Harrisburg City Islanders. After falling behind 2-0, 49 Yosef Samuel F YO-sef Samuel early in the first half, the team battled back with first career goals from 51 Matthew Freese GK Matthew Freeze 52 Issa Rayyan M E-sah Rye-ahn Santi Moar and Chris Nanco to even the match in the second half. 60 Josue Monge M Jo-SWAY Mahn-HEY However, the hosts were able to find a game-winning goal in the 90th 66 Jahmali Waite GK Jah-MAHL-lee Wait minute, as substitute Cardel Benbow beat the Steel backline for the winner. BETHLEHEM STEEL FC VS. ORLANDO CITY B 2017 TEAM LEADERS HISTORY VS. ORLANDO Bethlehem Steel FC Record: 0-1-1 At Home: 0-1-0 (0 GF, 2 GA) On the Road: 0-0-1 (2 GF, 2 GA) PREVIOUS MEETINGS 5/7/16 BST 2 at OCB 2 D Titan Soccer Complex USL Regular Season: 1-2-0 USL Regular Season: 1-3-2 9/25/16 BST 0 vs. OCB 2 L Goodman Stadium Points: 3 Points: 5 Eastern Conference: T-12th Eastern Conference: T-8th Home: 1-1-0 Home: 1-1-1 STEEL FC RETURNS HOME TO FACE ORLANDO CITY B Away: 0-1-0 Away: 0-2-1 Goals Scored: 6 Goals Scored: 7 After a disappointing loss in the club’s road debut, Bethlehem Steel Goals Allowed: 6 Goals Allowed: 10 FC returns to Goodman Stadium to battle Orlando City B. Steel FC’s offense has come alive early in the season, averaging two goals per Team Leaders match. Seku Conneh is near the top of the USL with three goals while Conneh (3) GOALS Dikwa (2) rookies Chris Nanco and Santi Moar notched their first career goals Three tied (1) ASSISTS Da Silva (4) last weekend at Harrisburg City Islanders. Conneh (7) POINTS Dikwa/Da Silva (4) Conneh (12) SHOTS Laryea (7) LAST REGULAR SEASON MEETING: Conneh (5) SHOTS ON TARGET Dikwa/Laryea (5) Four tied (1) CAUTIONS Cox/Laryea (2) In the series only result last season, Orlando City B spoiled Steel FC’s N/A EJECTIONS Da Silva (1) regular season finale with a 2-0 result, that pushed the Florida club A. Jones/Trusty (270’) FIELD PLAYER MIN Carroll (476’) into the USL playoffs. OCB started strong with a 9th minute goal by McGuire (1.50) GOALS AGAINST AVG. Miller (1.67) McGuire (1) WINS Miller (1) Johnny Mendoza. The insurance goal came midway in the final half, McGuire (1) SHUTOUTS Miller (0) with Lewis Neal beating goalkeeper Matt Perrella in the 58th minute. McGuire (9) SAVES Miller (17) TAKEAWAYS THEY SAID... MOAR AND NANCO SCORE FIRST CAREER GOALS In Steel FC’s first road match of the season, rookies Chris Nanco Bethlehem Steel FC head coach Brendan Burke: and Santi Moar found the back of the net for the first time in their respective careers. Moar collected a mishandled save and quickly fired Takeaways from the Harrisburg match... it into the back of the net in the first half. In the second half, Steel FC “Never pleased with not coming away with points but pleased turned to Nanco as a substitute to make an impact. Nanco did just that, with the response that we showed. We don’t want it to become scoring only five minutes into his professional debut. a theme where we allow ourselves to get behind early in games but we have to go the extra mile to overcome that given the situation we find ourselves in each week.” CONNEH CLIMBS CAREER CHART On missing Cory Burke last weekend due to injury... Liberian National Team forward Seku Conneh is off to a hot start in “We missed him quite a bit. There were two or three tackles 2017. The 21-year-old is tied for the USL lead with three goals and that on a different night might have seen someone sent off and set a club record against FC Cincinnati. In his impressive second half Cory is one of our biggest physical presences. Anytime we are performance, Conneh became the first player to score two-goals in the missing Cory, he leaves a little bit of a hole in us. However we same match in Steel FC history. His five career goals are currently tied aren’t sure if he’ll be back this weekend but it’ll be tight for the for the most in team history (Derrick Jones/Ryan Richter). His effort match.” last week also earned him the USL Week Three Player of the Week, On playing Orlando City B this weekend... winning 42 percent of the independent media vote. The award was “We are looking forward to trying to get three points because Conneh’s first of his career and the first time a Bethlehem Steel FC these are the types of games we have to win if we want to be in player had won the weekly honor. the playoff picture. We’re at home playing against a squad that faces similar challenges like we do on a week-to-week basis. I YOUTH PLAYERS EARN NATIONAL TEAM CALL-UPS wouldn’t say they’ll be travel weary because they can make as many changes in the lineup as we can. That is one of the benefits Goalkeeper Tomas Romero is currently away with the El Salvador of having such a large group to pick from.” U17 national team as they compete in the 2017 CONCACAF Championships.