Pittsburgh RIVERHOUNDS Charlotte INDEPENDENCE

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Saturday 23 July 2016 : Eastern Conference Highmark Stadium @ 7:00pm

#PGHvCLT www.youtube.com 13 Pittsburgh Riverhounds VS 7 Charlotte Independence (2–11–4, 10 Pts) (7–6–4, 25 Pts)

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Officials Referee: Greg Dopka Assistants: Jimmy Brooks, JT Alukonis Fourth Official: Nathaniel Buck

Head to Head USL Standings Eastern Conference P PTS

1 Louisville City FC 19 42 0 2 1 2 New York Red Bulls II 18 41 3 FC Cincinnati 18 34 4 18 32 5 Rochester Rhinos 18 30 6 18 26 7 Charlotte Independence 17 25 Suspensions: 8 Bethlehem Steel FC 19 24 9 Orlando City B 18 24 CLT: Brian Brown 10 Wilmington Hammerheads FC 18 23 11 Harrisburg City Islanders 21 20 12 Toronto FC II 21 20 13 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 17 10 14 FC Montreal 18 7

Injuries: Form Guide PGH: AlexNyarko Harlley (hip) PGH: Ben Swanson (shoulder) L L L T L Drew Russell (quad) Ryan Adeleye (knee) CLT: L L T W W

Recent Games 2015 USL Regular Season

June 13, 2015 Charlotte 2 Pittsburgh 1 Eagle Field Alvarez 52’ Moloto 45’+ Rock Hill, SC Herrera 66’ (pen)

August 15, 2015 Pittsburgh 1 Charlotte 1 Highmark Stadium Moloto 39’ Finley 85’ Pittsburgh

August 22, 2015 Charlotte 2 Pittsburgh 1 Ramblewood Soccer Stadium Jackson 6’ Hunt 89’ Charlotte Martinez 38’ Pittsburgh Riverhounds Charlotte Independence

Top Scorers

5 4 Jorge Herrera 2 Kevin Kerr 4 Enzo Martinez 1 Conor Branson 4 Caleb Calvert 1 Lebo Moloto 4 Brian Brown 3 David Estrada

Top Assists

2 Stephen Okai 4 Brian Brown 2 Kevin Kerr 2 Jorge Herrera 1 Conor Branson 2 Enzo Martinez 1 Corey Hertzog 2 Kevin (Bilal) Duckett 1 Drew Russell 1 Lewis Hilton

Last Time Out

1-2 vs Harrisburg City Islanders Mauricio Vargas – Mike Green, Sergio Campbell, Willie Hunt, July 17, 2016 Jack Thompson – Ryan Adeleye, Danny Earls, Kevin Kerr (c), Lebo Moloto, Zak Boggs – Corey Hertzog

1-2 vs New York Red Bulls II John Berner – Bival Duckett (c), Austin Ysarwood, Joel Jorenson, July 16, 2016 Henry Kalungi – Jun Marques Davidson, Lewis Hilton, Enzo Martinez, Caleb Calvert – Brian Brown, David Estrada

Game Talk:

“The only thing this team “It is not easy, we are in can do right now to keep a hole, but we have to fighting. It’s a group of keep trying to get out guys who want that, no of that hole. We can’t one wants to stop fighting. give up, simple as that.” Everybody has to step up.” — Goalkeeper — Head Coach David Brandt Mauricio Vargas Team Rosters: Pittsburgh: Charlotte:

# PLAYER POS P G A # PLAYER POS P G A 1 Hunter Gilstrap GK 9 0 0 1 Cody Mizzel GK 9 0 0 4 Jordan Murrell D 10 0 0 2 Jack Metcalf M 12 0 0 5 Danny Earls M 5 0 0 3 Bilal Duckett D 17 0 2 6 Conor Branson D/M 11 1 1 4 Patrick Slogic D 15 1 1 7 Stephen Okai M 12 0 2 5 Paul Clowes M 5 1 0 8 Mike Green M 17 0 1 6 Jun Davidson M 17 1 0 9 Zak Boggs M/F 16 0 0 7 Yann Ekra M 15 0 0 10 Kevin Kerr M 15 2 2 8 Caleb Galvert F 15 4 1 11 Corey Hertzog F 17 5 1 9 Brian Brown F 16 4 4 12 Sergio Campbell D/M 14 0 0 10 Jorge Herrera M 17 4 2 13 Willie Hunt D 16 0 0 11 David Estrada F/M 17 3 0 14 AlexNyarko Harlley M 5 0 0 12 John Berner GK 8 0 0 17 Drew Russell D 14 0 1 13 Austin Yearwood D 1 0 0 18 Mauricio Vargas GK 8 0 0 14 Lewis Hilton M 14 2 1 20 Duwayne Ewart F 7 0 0 15 Alec Barlett D 4 0 0 22 Lebo Moloto M 15 1 0 19 Enzo Martinez F 16 4 2 23 Nick Kolarac M 2 0 0 21 Asa Kryst F 0 0 0 24 Brenden Alfery GK 0 0 0 22 Joel Johnson D 14 0 0 25 M 12 0 1 23 Alex Martinez M 1 0 0 26 Ben Swanson M 5 0 0 24 Norberto Ochoa F 8 0 0 28 Jack Thompson M 6 0 1 25 Henry Kalungi D 17 0 0 31 Nick Thompson M 4 0 0 26 Kyle Renfro GK 0 0 0 33 Ryan Adeleye D 1 0 0 27 Zach Pfeffer M 11 0 0 37 Alejandro Aguilar F 0 0 0

Game Notes:

· The Riverhounds (2-11-4) take on the Charlotte · Along with looking for their first win in five matches, Independence (7-6-4) for the first time this season. the Hounds will hope to end a four-match streak of not Last season saw the clubs meet three times, with the registering a goal in the first half. On the season, the Independence taking both their home dates by a score Hounds have been shutout in the match’s first 45 and of 2-1 and the Hounds battling to a 1-1 draw at Highmark change 11 times and outscored 16-to-7. Also of note, Stadium. Both teams enter Saturday’s match on losing Pittsburgh’s record when registering its first tally of the streaks – the Hounds have dropped three-straight, while match in the second half is 1-4-0. the Independence have lost their past two. · After starting the season winning five of their first seven · Kevin Kerr broke a three-match goalless streak for and registering points in seven of their first nine matches, Pittsburgh with his second half tally against the City the Independence have cooled off, going 2-4-2 in their last Islanders this past weekend. For the captain, it was his eight matches. The club’s goal differential remains positive second goal of the season and first since June 18 against at plus-three, and they have been outscored 11-to-10 – FC Montreal. Kerr (2), Corey Hertzog (3) and one-game compared to a 13-to-9 advantage in their first nine matches. loanee Rob Vincent (1) have accounted for all six of Pittsburgh’s goals since head coach Dave Brandt took over the club in late May.