Pittsburgh RIVERHOUNDS FC MONTREAL VS #PGHSOCCER Saturday 18 June 2016 United Soccer League: Eastern Conference Highmark Stadium @ 7:00pm #PGHvMTL www.youtube.com 13 Pittsburgh Riverhounds VS 14 FC Montreal (1–7–3, 6 Pts) (1–10–1, 4 Pts) @pghriverhounds @fcmontrealusl Officials Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic Assistants: Stephen Montanino, Democratis Pashalidis Fourth Official: Jason Caruso Head to Head USL Standings Eastern Conference P PTS 1 Louisville City FC 13 28 1 1 0 2 New York Red Bulls II 12 27 3 FC Cincinnati 12 24 4 Charleston Battery 13 21 5 Richmond Kickers 13 19 6 Rochester Rhinos 11 18 7 Charlotte Independence 12 18 Suspensions: 8 Orlando City B 13 17 9 Wilmington Hammerheads FC 12 16 None 10 Bethlehem Steel FC 12 16 11 Harrisburg City Islanders 13 13 12 Toronto F.C. II 14 13 13 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 11 6 14 FC Montreal 12 4 Injuries: Form Guide None PGH: L L L W L MTL: T L L W L Recent Games 2015 USL Regular Season June 20, 2016 Pittsburgh 1 FC Montreal 0 Highmark Stadium Kerr 79’ Pittsburgh July 12, 2016 FC Montreal 4 Pittsburgh 2 Stade Saputo Jackson-Hamel 7’, 88’ Zivanovic 14’ Montreal Dominguez 47’ Vincent 56’ Riggi 72’ Pittsburgh Riverhounds FC Montreal Top Scorers 3 Corey Hertzog 2 Ballou Jean Yves Tabla 1 Conor Branson 1 David Choinière 1 Lebo Moloto 1 Charles Joly 1 Mastanabal Kacher 1 Alessandro Riggi Top Assists 2 Stephen Okai 1 David Choinière 1 Drew Russell 1 Alessandro Riggi 1 Kevin Kerr 1 Marshall Hollingsworth 1 Mike Green Last Time Out 1-3 @ Richmond Kickers Hunter Gilstrap – Jordan Murrell, Conor Branson, Willie Hunt, Drew June 11, 2016 Russell – Lebo Moloto, Stephen Okai, Mike Green, Kevin Kerr (c) – Corey Hertzog, Duwayne Ewart 1-1 @ Toronto F.C. II Maxime Crépeau – Simon Lemire, Thomas Meilleur-Giguère, Janouk June 15, 2016 Charbonneau, Aron Mkungilwa – Marco Dominguez, Louis Béland-Goyette (c), Mastanabal Kacher – David Choinière, Alessandro Riggi – Ballou Jean-Yves Tabla Game Talk: “Every day, every game is “I’m looking to have an an opportunity for us to impact in any way I can move forward and sort here in Pittsburgh and some things out. So I think do what we can to start some things were exposed getting some points to on the weekend against move up the table.” Richmond. In some ways — Midfielder that’s a positive thing at Jack Thompson this point because they need to be addressed and we’re obviously working on that.” — Head Coach David Brandt Team Rosters: Pittsburgh: FC Montreal # PLAYER POS P G A # PLAYER POS P G A 1 Hunter Gilstrap GK 7 0 0 41 James Pantemis GK 2 0 0 3 Karsten Smith D 2 0 0 42 Nevello Yoseke D/M 8 0 0 4 Jordan Murrell D 8 0 0 43 Fabrice Mbvouvouma M 3 0 0 5 Danny Earls M 0 0 0 44 Simon Lemire D 6 0 0 6 Conor Branson D/M 9 1 0 46 Philippe Lincourt-Joseph M 8 0 0 7 Stephen Okai M 10 0 2 48 Heikel Jarras M 7 0 0 8 Mike Green M 11 0 1 49 Alessandro Riggi M 8 1 0 9 Zak Boggs M/F 10 0 0 50 Marco Dominguez M 10 0 0 10 Kevin Kerr M 9 0 1 53 Mastanabal Kacher M 7 1 0 11 Corey Hertzog F 11 3 0 54 Jean-Yves Ballou Tabla M 9 2 0 12 Sergio Campbell D/M 9 0 0 57 Yacine Ait Slimane M 5 0 0 13 Willie Hunt D 11 0 0 58 Louis Beland-Goyette M 10 0 0 14 AlexNyarko Harlley M 4 0 0 59 Aron Mkungilwa D 8 0 0 16 Isaiah Schafer D 8 0 0 61 Samuel Duffek M 0 0 0 17 Drew Russell D 10 0 1 63 Charles Joly F 8 1 0 18 Mauricio Vargas GK 4 0 0 64 Thomas Meilleur-Giguere D 9 0 0 20 Duwayne Ewart F 4 0 0 65 Luca Leone GK 0 0 0 21 James Bissue M 4 0 0 66 Janouk Charbonneau D 11 0 0 22 Lebo Moloto M 9 1 0 67 David Choniere M 10 1 1 23 Nick Kolarac M 2 0 0 69 Jems Gerrard D 4 0 0 24 Brenden Alfery GK 0 0 0 70 David Paulmin GK 1 0 0 25 Marshall Hollingsworth M 6 0 1 72 Fabio Morelli M 7 0 0 26 Ben Swanson M 3 0 0 73 Zachary Sukunda D 5 0 0 28 Jack Thompson M 1 0 0 74 Mele Temguia D 0 0 0 31 Nick Thompson M 0 0 0 77 Brandon Onkony D 0 0 0 Game Notes: * The Riverhounds (1-7-3) face off against FC Montreal (1- * Corey Hertzog added to his team-leading goal total 10-1) at Highmark Stadium looking to break a three-game with his third goal in last weekend’s match against the losing streak. Last season saw the squads split the head- Richmond Kickers. The former Rowdies forward is now to-head series in FC Montreal’s first year in the USL with one goal away from matching his total goals scored with each squad winning their respective home dates. Last in Tampa Bay last season. Mike Green nabbed the helper on the Eastern Conference, Montreal trails Pittsburgh by two Hertzog’s goal to give the Hounds five individuals on the points in the standings. season with a recorded assist. * The Hounds are looking to avoid their first four-game * Pittsburgh closes out its June schedule with a match losing streak since 2014. That streak lasted from May 9 against the Rochester Rhinos (5-3-3) at Sahlen’s Stadium. to May 24 with Pittsburgh getting outscored 8-to-1. This Kickoff is set for 6:05 p.m. This will be the second meeting year’s losing streak is the second time Pittsburgh has lost between the two squads this season, as the Rhinos three-straight. The team has been outscored 12-to-3 in defeated the Hounds in their season opener, 1-0. those six losses including three shutouts. * Neither team has had much luck in the goal-scoring department – Hounds (11) and FC Montreal (7) – holding the two lowest totals in the Eastern Conference. Montreal is also one of only two teams in the entire USL, along with Arizona United SC (9), yet to have cracked double digits in goals scored, while their goal differential of minus-11 is second only to the Tulsa Roughnecks FC (-16) of the Western Conference..