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Saturday 30 July 2016 : Eastern Conference Legion Stadium @ 7:00pm

#WILvPGH www.youtube.com 13 Pittsburgh Riverhounds AT 10 Wilmington Hammerheads FC (2–12–4, 10 Pts) (6–7–6, 24 Pts)

@pghriverhounds @WilmHammerheads

Officials Referee: Christopher Spivey Assistants: Aaron Gallagher, Javier Rodriguez Fourth Official: Jordan Davis

Head to Head USL Standings 2015 Season Eastern Conference P PTS

1 Louisville City FC 20 42 1 0 1 2 II 19 41 3 FC Cincinnati 19 37 4 19 35 5 19 31 6 19 29 7 18 28 Suspensions: 8 19 25 9 Bethlehem Steel FC 20 25 WIL: Bruno Perone 10 Wilmington Hammerheads FC 19 24 Ashani Fairclough 11 Harrisburg City Islanders 21 20 12 Toronto FC II 22 20 13 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 18 10 14 FC Montreal 18 7

Injuries: Form Guide PGH: Drew Russell (quad) PGH: Jordan Murrell (head) L L L L T

WIL: T L L W W

Recent Games 2015 USL Regular Season

August 1, 2015 Pittsburgh 3 Wilmington 0 Highmark Stadium Vincent 20’, 86’, Pittsburgh 90’+

September 12, 2015 Wilmington 1 Pittsburgh 1 Legion Stadium Campbell 15’ Dantas 70’ Wilmington Pittsburgh Riverhounds Wilmington Hammerheads FC

Top Scorers

5 Corey Hertzog 5 Bruno Caldini Perone 2 Kevin Kerr 4 Ashani Fairclough 1 Conor Branson 3 Kyle Parker 1 Lebo Moloto 2 Logan Miller 2 Matthew Barnes-Homer

Top Assists

2 Stephen Okai 4 Mael Corboz 2 Kevin Kerr 3 Stefan Defregger 1 Conor Branson 2 Qudus Lawal 1 Corey Hertzog 2 Austin Martz 1 Drew Russell 1 Tom Parratt

Last Time Out

0-3 vs Charlotte Independence Mauricio Vargas – Jack Thompson, Willie Hunt, Sergio Campbell, July 23, 2016 Michael Green – Lebo Moloto, Danny Earls, Stephen Okai, Kevin Kerr (c) – Corey Hertzog, Alejandro Aguilar

2-2 @ Orlando City B Eric Ati – Michael Mecham, Michael Binns, Ashani Fairclough, July 24, 2016 Bruno Perone – Liam Miller (c), Logan Miller, Justin Moose, Austin Martz – Matthew Barnes-Homer, Jeff Michaud

Game Talk:

“Would a win help? “The difference here Absolutely. We haven’t [than in Costa Rica] it been there yet, the fruit is more vertical. The has not been ripe, but we chemistry is good, but keep pushing. Either way it the next game we have clearly has to be soon. ” to win.” — Head Coach David Brandt — Forward Alejandro Aguilar Team Rosters: Pittsburgh: Wilmington:

# PLAYER POS P G A # PLAYER POS P G A 1 Hunter Gilstrap GK 9 0 0 0 Samuel Williams GK 0 0 0 4 Jordan Murrell D 10 0 0 1 John Smits GK 14 0 0 5 Danny Earls M 6 0 0 2 Tom Parratt D 11 0 1 6 Conor Branson D/M 12 1 1 3 Peaobo De Doue D 17 1 0 7 Stephen Okai M 13 0 2 4 Michael Mecham D 0 0 0 8 Mike Green M 18 0 1 5 Mo Kaba D 0 1 0 9 Zak Boggs M/F 17 0 0 6 Liam Miller M 15 0 2 10 Kevin Kerr M 16 2 2 7 Austin Martz M 14 2 4 11 Corey Hertzog F 18 5 1 8 Mael Corboz M 14 1 0 12 Sergio Campbell D/M 15 0 0 9 Matthew Barnes-Homer F 18 2 0 13 Willie Hunt D 17 0 0 10 Justin Moose M 19 1 0 14 AlexNyarko Harlley M 5 0 0 11 Qudus Lawal F 18 1 2 17 Drew Russell D 14 0 1 12 F 7 2 0 18 Mauricio Vargas GK 9 0 0 14 Logan Miller M 15 2 1 20 Duwayne Ewart F 7 0 0 16 Eric Ati GK 5 0 0 22 Lebo Moloto M 16 1 0 18 Stefan Defregger M 12 0 3 23 Nick Kolarac M 2 0 0 19 Jeff Michaurd F 16 0 1 24 Brenden Alfery GK 0 0 0 20 Zev Taublieb M 13 0 0 25 M 13 0 1 21 Michael Binns M 1 0 0 26 M 5 0 0 22 Kyle Parker F 16 3 0 28 Jack Thompson M 7 0 1 23 Bruno Perone D 19 5 0 31 Nick Thompson M 5 0 0 25 Ferrety Sousa D 7 0 0 33 Ryan Adeleye D 3 0 0 47 Ashani Faircloud D 16 4 1 37 Alejandro Aguilar F 1 0 0 Jermie Lynch F 0 0 0

Game Notes:

· The Riverhounds (2-12-4) face Wilmington Hammerheads · Dropping their last match 3-0 to the Charlotte FC (6-7-6) for the first time this season. Last year saw the Independence, the Hounds were shutout for a seventh clubs play twice, with the Hounds taking their home date time this season. Charlotte scored two goals in the first half 3-0 thanks to a hat trick by , and then drawing to take an early lead, marking the second-straight match on the road, 1-1. Pittsburgh has allowed two goals in the first 45 and fourth overall on the year – all losses. · Entering Saturday on a three-match winless streak, the Hammerheads have been outscored 9-to-3 in those · Forward Alejandro Aguilar made his Hounds debut this contests. Wilmington holds a goal differential of minus-four past week against Charlotte, logging 66 minutes alongside on the season and the club has scored two or more goals Corey Hertzog. The Costa Rica native registered two shots, in a match on eight different occasions. including one on goal. For Hertzog, he is still in search of his first goal in five matches after registering goals in three- · Pittsburgh is currently enduring a six-match winless straight in the month of June. streak, its second streak of such length on the season – the Hounds opened 2016 without recording a win in seven- straight matches in league play. Both are the longest streaks the club has experienced since the 2014 season’s 10-match winless streak.