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BETHLEHEM STEEL FC AT LOUISVILLE CITY FC Eastern Conference QF | Louisville Slugger Field | Friday, October 20, 2017 | 7:30 p.m. ET GAME INFORMATION 2017 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS OVERALL: 12-12-8 HOME: 6-5-5 AWAY: 6-7-3 Date: Friday, October 20, 2017 Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. ET DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT WATCH Location: Louisville Slugger Field (Bethlehem, PA) Sat., April 1 Rochester Rhinos L, 3-2 SECTV2 Sun., April 9 FC Cincinnati W, 2-0 SECTV2 Television: Service Electric Sat., April 15 at Harrisburg City Islanders L, 3-2 YOUTUBE Sun., April 23 Orlando City B L, 2-0 SECTV2 Bethlehem Steel FC Communications Contact: Sat., April 29 FC Cincinnati W, 1-0 SECTV2 Tom Via II (270-970-5099) Sat., May 6 at Charleston Battery L, 1-0 YOUTUBE [email protected] Sat., May 13 at Toronto FC II W, 1-0 YOUTUBE Sat., May 20 at FC Cincinnati L, 2-1 YOUTUBE Louisville City FC Communications Interim Contact: Thur., May 25 Charleston Battery L, 1-0 SECTV2 Sun., May 28 Harrisburg City Islanders W, 3-1 SECTV2 Steve Livingstone (502-290-1533) Sun., June 4 Ottawa Fury FC D, 1-1 SECTV2 [email protected] Sun., June 11 at Saint Louis FC W, 2-1 YOUTUBE Fri., June 16 at New York Red Bulls II W, 2-0 YOUTUBE PROJECTED STARTING XI Tue., June 20 at Harrisburg City Islanders W, 1-0 YOUTUBE Sat., July 1 Richmond Kickers D, 1-1 SECTV2 Sun., July 9 New York Red Bulls II W, 2-0 SECTV2 F 41 Cory Burke Sat., July 15 Pittsburgh Riverhounds D, 1-1 SECTV2 24 GP 9 G 2 A Sat., July 22 at Richmond Kickers L, 3-2 YOUTUBE Sat., July 29 Charlotte Independence L, 4-0 SECTV2 F 38 Santi Moar F 37 Chris Nanco Sat., Aug. 5 at Ottawa Fury FC W, 2-1 YOUTUBE 30 GP 6 G 6 A 27 GP 4 G 2 A Sun., Aug. 13 Toronto FC II W, 3-1 SECTV2 Wed., Aug. 16 at Charlotte Independence L, 1-0 WatchESPN M 24 Adam Najem Sun., Aug. 20 Louisville City FC L, 3-1 SECTV2 22 GP 2 G 8 A Sat., Aug. 26 at Pittsburgh Riverhounds L, 3-2 YOUTUBE Thur., Aug. 31 at Orlando City B D, 1-1 YOUTUBE M 45 James Chambers M 21 Derrick Jones Fri., Sep. 15 at Louisville City FC D, 2-2 YOUTUBE Sun., Sep. 24 Pittsburgh Riverhounds W, 3-2 SECTV2 27 GP 5 G 1 A 11 GP 1 G 0 A Wed., Sep. 27 Tampa Bay Rowdies D, 2-2 SECTV2 Sat., Sep. 30 at Tampa Bay Rowdies D, 1-1 YOUTUBE D 47 Matt Real D 19 Aaron Jones Fri., Oct. 6 at Toronto FC II W, 4-2 YOUTUBE 17 GP 1 G 0 A 27 GP 2 G 1 A Tue., Oct. 10 at Rochester Rhinos L, 1-0 WatchESPN Sun., Oct. 15 Saint Louis FC D, 1-1 SECTV2 D 26 Auston Trusty D 42 Hugh Roberts Fri., Oct. 20 at Louisville City FC# 7:30 p.m. YOUTUBE 24 GP 0 G 1 A 24 GP 1 G 0 A #- USL Cup Eastern Conference Quarterfinal GK 29 Jake McGuire 22 GP, 1.18 GAA, 5 SO PRONUNCIATION GUIDE # Player Pos. Pronunciation 4 Ken Tribbett M TRIB-bett TEAM REPORT 24 Adam Najem M NAH-jim OUT: Chris Wingate (left ACL) 26 Auston Trusty D Austin TRUSS-tee 32 Giliano Wijnaldum D Gill-ee-AH-no Why-Nall-dum 36 Seku Conneh F Say-COO Cone-EH 37 Chris Nanco F Chris NANE-co LAST TIME OUT... 38 Santi Moar F Sahn-TEE Mo-ARE 39 Amoy Brown F Ah-MOY Brown After falling behind on an unfortunate goal in the first half, Bethlehem 44 Charlie Reymann D Charlie RAY-man Steel FC fought back to draw Saint Louis FC, 1-1, in the 2017 home 47` Matthew Real D Matthew REE-al finale at Goodman Stadium. 48 Matt Mahoney D Matt Mah-HONE-ee Left back Matthew Real struck for the equalizer one minute after Saint 49 Yosef Samuel F YO-sef Samuel 52 Issa Rayyan M E-sah Rye-ahn Louis FC’s Sebastian Dalgaad scored, netting the Steel FC defender 59 Anthony Fontana M Fahn-TAN-uh his first professional goal. With the result, Steel FC will be the eighth 63 Seth Kuhn M Coon seed in the USL Cup Playoffs and face off against Eastern Conference 64 Tomas Romero GK Tow-MAS Champions Louisville City FC on Friday, Oct. 20. BETHLEHEM STEEL FC AT LOUISVILLE CITY FC 2017 TEAM LEADERS HISTORY VS.LOUISVILLE Bethlehem Steel FC Record: 0-2-2 At Home: 0-1-1 (1 GF, 3 GA) On the Road: 0-1-1 (2 GF, 3 GA) PREVIOUS MEETINGS 5/1/16 BST 0 vs. LOU 0 D Goodman Stadium USL Regular Season: 12-12-8 USL Regular Season: 18-6-8 8/27/16 BST 0 at LOU 1 L Louisville Slugger Field Points: 44 Points: 62 8/20/17 BST 1 vs. LOU 3 L Goodman Stadium Eastern Conference: 8th Eastern Conference: 1st 9/15/17 BST 2 at LOU 2 D Louisville Slugger Field Home: 6-5-5 Home: 11-2-3 STEEL FC HEADS TO EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPS FOR Away: 6-7-3 Away: 7-4-5 FIRST USL CUP PLAYOFF MATCH IN CLUB HISTORY Goals Scored: 46 Goals Scored: 58 With the club’s first USL playoff berth secured, Bethlehem Steel FC Goals Allowed: 45 Goals Allowed: 31 will look to improve it’s playoff seeding when the squad concludes its regular season in front of its home crowd against Saint Louis FC. Team Leaders Steel FC clinched a playoff spot with Orlando City B’s loss on Conneh (10) GOALS Spencer (10) Najem (8) ASSISTS Ballard/Jimenez (5) Thursday night. Steel FC has taken points in eight of its last nine Conneh (22) POINTS Spencer (23) matches and will look to continue their impressive play as the season Burke (60) SHOTS Spencer (48) comes to an end. Burke (24) SHOTS ON TARGET Spencer (29) Burke (9) CAUTIONS Davis IV/Smith (7) PREVIOUS MEETING Three tied (1) EJECTIONS Three tied (1) Steel FC fought Louisville to a 2-2 draw on the road in mid September. A. Jones (2487’) FIELD PLAYER MIN Jimenez (2588’) Steel FC jumped out to an early lead with a Cory Burke penalty kick. After McGuire (1.18) GOALS AGAINST AVG. Ranjitsingh (0.95) Louisville answered with their PK, five minutes Santi Moar gave Steel FC McGuire (10) WINS Ranjitsingh (11) McGuire (5) SHUTOUTS Ranjitsingh (8) the lead once again with a rebound goal. However, Louisville battled back McGuire (74) SAVES Ranjitsingh (37) for a draw as Oscar Jimenez scored from distance on a free kick. TAKEAWAYS COACH’S CORNER Playoff Bound! Steel FC earned the eighth seed on Sunday afternoon, drawing Saint Louis FC, 1-1. Bethlehem Steel FC head coach Brendan Burke: Coupled with results from this past weekend, Steel FC’s second season in the USL was On the club making it’s first postseason appearance... good enough for the final spot in the USL Cup Playoffs. “It’s a tremendous accomplishment. For our staff and the The official USL affiliate of the Philadelphia Union, Steel FC claimed one of the eight families that support us because so much goes into a 10 month conference playoff spots on officially Thursday night when Orlando City B fell to the season. It’s a great accomplishment and something that we’ve Tampa Bay Rowdies. In only its second season of modern existence, Steel FC has had a enjoyed this week and made sure we realished the opportunity to go into the playoffs and to go into a quarterfinal with strong sophomore regular season campaign, setting a club record for victories (12), goals Louisville.” (46) as well as netting an impressive eight-match unbeaten streak during the summer. On preparing for Louisville City FC and their challenging environment... “Now it’s time to sit back and what the players do what they do and try and do what’s gotten us here over the past couple Real Nets First Professional Goal of weeks. You have to be fearless, energetic and not play any After falling behind on an unfortunate goal, Bethlehem Steel FC differently than we have this year. I think we’ve been good at equalized less than a minute later from an unusual source as defender putting teams under pressure in their own environments and getting off to a good start on the road and that’s going to be Matt Real collected his first professional goal. important. The most important thing we can do for ourselves is After play resumed following the visitor’s goal, Real collected a James match the energy in the first 15-20 minutes.” Chambers pass and dribbled into the offensive side of the field. After a volley to Moar was defended by Saint Louis FC, the 18-year-old defender won the ball back against a pair of defenders. With the ball inside the 18-yard-box, Real beat the keeper on the near post to tie the match. 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