BETHLEHEM STEEL FC VS TAMPA BAY ROWDIES Match 28 | Goodman Stadium | Wednesday, September 27, 2017 | 3:00 p.m. ET GAME INFORMATION 2017 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS OVERALL: 11-11-5 HOME: 6-5-3 AWAY: 5-6-2 Date: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 Kickoff: 3:00 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 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 Tampa Bay Rowdies Communications Contact: Thur., May 25 Charleston Battery L, 1-0 SECTV2 Mike Manganello (561-632-1673) Sun., May 28 Harrisburg City Islanders W, 3-1 SECTV2 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 20 GP 8 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 25 GP 4 G 5 A 22 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 Sat., Aug. 26 at Pittsburgh Riverhounds L, 3-2 YOUTUBE 18 GP 2 G 5 A 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 22 GP 5 G 0 A 9 GP 0 G 0 A Wed., Sep. 27 Tampa Bay Rowdies 3:00 p.m. SECTV2 Sat., Sep. 30 at Tampa Bay Rowdies 7:30 p.m. YOUTUBE D 47 Matt Real D 19 Aaron Jones Fri., Oct. 6 at Toronto FC II 7:30 p.m. YOUTUBE 6 GP 0 G 0 A 23 GP 2 G 1 A Tue., Oct. 10 at Rochester Rhinos 7:05 p.m. WatchESPN Sun., Oct. 15 Saint Louis FC 3:00 p.m. SECTV2 D 42 Hugh Roberts D 26 Auston Trusty 21 GP 1 G 0 A 20 GP 0 G 1 A PRONUNCIATION GUIDE GK 29 Jake McGuire 17 GP, 1.12 GAA, 5 SO # Player Pos. Pronunciation 4 Ken Tribbett M TRIB-bett 14 Fabian Herbers M FAY-bee-an HUR-burs TEAM REPORT 24 Adam Najem M NAH-jim 26 Auston Trusty D Austin TRUSS-tee OUT: Chris Wingate (left ACL) 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 38 Santi Moar F Sahn-TEE Mo-ARE 39 Amoy Brown F Ah-MOY Brown 44 Charlie Reymann D Charlie RAY-man 47` Matthew Real D Matthew REE-al LAST TIME OUT... 48 Matt Mahoney D Matt Mah-HONE-ee Bethlehem Steel FC came out of the locker room on fire to defeat 49 Yosef Samuel F YO-sef Samuel rival Pittsburgh Riverhounds, 3-2. Steel FC notched it’s first 3-0 first 52 Issa Rayyan M E-sah Rye-ahn half lead in club history thanks to early goals from Adam Najem and 59 Anthony Fontana M Fahn-TAN-uh 63 Seth Kuhn M Coon a brace from Cory Burke. Pittsburgh fought back with a pair of goals 64 Tomas Romero GK Tow-MAS from Corey Hertzog but in the end, Steel FC held on for the crucial victory that propelled the club above the USL Eastern Conference’s playoff line. BETHLEHEM STEEL FC VS TAMPA BAY ROWDIES 2017 TEAM LEADERS HISTORY VS. TAMPA BAY Bethlehem Steel FC Record: 0-0-0 At Home: 0-0-0 (0 GF, 0 GA) On the Road: 0-0-0 (0 GF, 0 GA) UPCOMING MEETINGS 9/27/17 BST 0 vs TB 0 3 p.m. Goodman Stadium USL Regular Season: 11-11-5 USL Regular Season: 12-7-8 9/30/17 BST 0 at TB 0 7:30 p.m. Al Lang Stadium Points: 38 Points: 44 Eastern Conference: T-8th Eastern Conference: 4th Home: 6-5-3 Home: 10-1-3 STEEL FC CONTINUES BUSY STRETCH WITH TAMPA Away: 5-6-2 Away: 2-6-5 After knocking off Pittsburgh on Sunday, Steel FC returns to the pitch Goals Scored: 38 Goals Scored: 41 with two matches in a row against Tampa Bay Rowdies. Wednesday’s Goals Allowed: 38 Goals Allowed: 29 match was orginally scheduled for Sept. 9 but was rescheduled due to Hurricane Irma. The calendar alignment makes things unique for Team Leaders both clubs, as the two clubs will face off in back-to-back matches in Burke (8) GOALS Hristov (10) Najem/Moar (5) ASSISTS Schäfer (8) different venues. Burke (18) POINTS Hristov (23) Burke (49) SHOTS Paterson (29) Burke (21) SHOTS ON TARGET Cole (19) Burke (6) CAUTIONS Hristov (8) GET TO KNOW USL NEWCOMER TAMPA BAY ROWDIES Three tied (1) EJECTIONS Lowe (1) Tampa Bay joined the USL during the offseason and currently sits in A. Jones (2037’) FIELD PLAYER MIN Collins (2340’) fourth place in the Eastern Conference. The club previously won the McGuire (1.12) GOALS AGAINST AVG. Pickens (1.26) NASL title in 2012 and is headlined by former EPL midfielder Joe Cole McGuire (9) WINS Pickens (9) McGuire (5) SHUTOUTS Pickens (8) while veteran forward Georgi Hristov leads the attack. McGuire (67) SAVES Pickens (62) TAKEAWAYS COACH’S CORNER Golden Form for Burke Since coming back from the CONCACAF Gold Cup where he helped Bethlehem Steel FC head coach Brendan Burke: Jamaica to the finals, Cory Burke has been unstoppable for Steel FC. In August, Burke notched three goals and two assists and was named a Opening statement after beating Pittsburgh finalist for the league’s Player of the Month. “It was a complete performance today. I’m really happy with how we played in the first half, second half there was some sloppy He continued the strong performances this month with three goals in decision making I think on the ball at the end of the first half. two matches including a brace against Pittsburgh on Sunday. The goals There’s no harm in talking about the individuals involved because gave Burke the single-season scoring record in addition to the club’s they’re such reliable guys normally in Hugh (Roberts) and all-time lead in goals (12) and points (26, 12 goals and four assists). (Auston) Trusty. We talked about it and it’s not something that will happen again. They are guys we rely on all the time, I don’t think there’s any harm addressing what it is. That’s how we try to address everything as a team any way, outside of those couple Pass It On of moments I thought we were excellent. I’m really happy with Santi Moar and Adam Najem entered Sunday tied for the club lead the energy level in the first half, the style of play and the pattern in assists and left the field tied still, each adding one to their season of play. We gutted it out in the second half and sometimes that’s tallies. Moar took the lead in the fifth minute, finding Najem Steel what pro soccer is all about.” FC’s opening goal. Three minute later, Najem collected his fifth assist On the fast start and if it impacted the end of the first half of 2017 as he found Cory Burke in front of the Pittsburgh net for goal. “I think there were a few factors. The quality of our front four that’s been pretty consistent now, I think led to that fast start. Adam’s (Najem) quality in the box, not only to finish the first Record Breaking Start against Pittsburgh one, but to be involved in a couple of other opportunities for us When Bethlehem Steel FC jumped out to its 2-0 lead against the got is confident and quick. Cory (Burke) just took over the game Riverhounds in the match’s opening eight minutes, it was historic. The at that point in the first half for a long stretch. He was taking hot start shaved six off of the club’s previous 2-0 earliest lead which balls off his chest under pressure, finding space, finding pockets, breaking the last line. He just separated himself from the pack for came last season on the road against Orlando City B. me today.” BETHLEHEM STEEL FC VS TAMPA BAY ROWDIES Numerical Roster No. Name POS HT WT DOB Hometown College 2 Warren Creavalle M 5-9 168 8/15/90 Acworth, Ga.