PITTSBURGH RIVERHOUNDS OTTAWA FURY FC - VS – USL REGULAR SEASON May 13, 2017 2:00 PM ET 2017 Record (W-D-L) & Conference Ranking: TD Place | Ottawa, ON 2017 Record (W-D-L) & Conference Ranking: 1-3-2 | 6 Points | 13th Place | 5 GF 6 GA 3-2-3 | 11 Points | 5th Place | 10GF 10GA HOW TO WATCH AND LISTEN: TV: Rogers TV (Local) Channels: 22 & 182 | RADIO (EN): TSN 1200 and TSN1200.ca | RADIO (FR): FM1047.ca STREAM: USL Match Centre | SOCIAL MEDIA: LIVE updates on Twitter @OttawaFuryFC MATCH NOTES: Weekly Storylines: Fury FC are coming off a crucial 3-2 win (4-2 on aggregate) against FC Edmonton on Wednesday night at Clarke Stadium. Ottawa punched their ticket to the Canadian Championship Semifinals where they will face Toronto FC with the first leg set for May 23 at TD Place Steevan Dos Santos scored a pair of goals while Sito Seaone netted the fastest goal in club history (38 seconds) in Wednesday’s win With the win in Edmonton, Ottawa extended its unbeaten streak to six games (3W-3D-0L) outscoring the opposition 7-4 On Wednesday, Fury FC generated 17 shots on goal, 12 from inside the box and won 92% of their tackles Saturday will mark the last game of a busy stretch of five matches in 15 days for Fury FC Callum Irving is tied for the USL lead with three shutouts and has four overall this season Pittsburgh are currently riding a two-game winning streak (a pair of 1-0 wins against HAR and TOR) and will be the fresher side, having played their last game on Wednesday May 3 Pittsburgh have the second worse defence in the Eastern Conference with 10 goals conceded in 8 games Scouting the Riverhounds: After kicking off the 2017 campaign with a record of 1W-2D-3L, the Rirverhounds were able to turn things around in their last two games, picking up a pair of 1-0 wins against Harrisburg and most recently Toronto. Corey Hertzog leads the team in goals scored with four (6th in the USL) Head-to-Head: Saturday will mark the first meeting ever between Ottawa Fury FC and the Pittsburgh Riverhounds. Injuries/Suspensions: Carl Haworth: Ankle (March 14: Out 4-6 weeks); Gerardo Bruna: Ankle (Apr. 26: week-to-week) Andrae Campbell: Suspended (April 22: Suspended 3/3 games); Steevan Dos Santos: Ankle (May 10: Game Time Decision) 2017 SCHEDULE Date Opponent KO/Result Stadium Attendance Saturday, April 1, 2017 Saint Louis FC Loss (3-2) Toyota Stadium 5566 Saturday, April 8, 2017 Tampa Bay Rowdies Loss (1-0) Al Lang Stadium 5310 Saturday, April 15, 2017 Richmond Kickers Win (1-0) City Stadium 4974 Saturday, April 22, 2017 Toronto FC II Draw (0-0) TD Place 6502 Saturday, April 29, 2017 Charleston Battery Draw (2-2) MUSC Health Stadium 6563 Wednesday, May 3, 2017 FC Edmonton Win (1-0) TD Place*** 2567 Saturday, May 6, 2017 Tampa Bay Rowdies Draw (0-0) TD Place 3840 Wednesday, May 10, 2017 FC Edmonton Win (3-2) Clarke Field *** 2591 Saturday, May 13, 2017 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 2:00PM TD Place Saturday, May 20, 2017 New York Redbulls II 4:00 PM MSU Soccer Park Tuesday, May 23, 2017 Toronto FC 7:00 PM TD Place Saturday, May 27, 2017 Richmond Kickers 2:00PM TD Place Wednesday, May 31, 2017 Toronto FC 7:00PM BMO Field Sunday, June 4, 2017 Bethlehem Steel FC 5:00 PM Goodman Stadium Saturday, June 10, 2017 Harrisburg City Islanders 7:00PM TD Place Saturday, June 17, 2017 Rochester Rhinos 6:05 PM Capelli Sports Stadium Tuesday, June 20, 2017 Orlando City B 11:00AM TD Place Saturday, June 24, 2017 New York Redbulls II 2:00PM TD Place Saturday, July 1, 2017 Louisville City FC 7:30 PM Louisville Slugger Field Saturday, July 8, 2017 Toronto FC II 7:30 PM Ontario Soccer Centre Saturday, July 15, 2017 Rochester Rhinos 2:00PM TD Place Saturday, July 29, 2017 Toronto FC II 7:00PM TD Place Saturday, August 5, 2017 Bethlehem Steel FC 2:00PM TD Place Saturday, August 12, 2017 Charlotte Independence 2:00PM TD Place Wednesday, August 16, 2017 Orlando City B 7:30 PM Orlando City Stadium Saturday, August 19, 2017 Tampa Bay Rowdies 7:30 PM Al Lang Stadium Wednesday, August 23, 2017 FC Cincinnati 7:00 PM Nippert Stadium Sunday, August 27, 2017 New York RedBulls II 2:00PM TD Place Sunday, September 3, 2017 Saint Louis FC 2:00PM TD Place Saturday, September 9, 2017 Rochester Rhinos 6:05 PM Capelli Sports Stadium Saturday, September 16, 2017 Charlotte Independence 7:00 PM Sportsplex at Matthews Sunday, September 24, 2017 Louisville City FC 2:00PM TD Place Wednesday, September 27, 2017 Harrisburg City Islanders 6:30 PM FNB Field Sunday, October 1, 2017 Charleston Battery 2:00PM TD Place Sunday, October 8, 2017 FC Cincinnati 2:00PM TD Place Saturday, October 14, 2017 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 7:00 PM Highmark Stadium Home matches Away matches Canadian Championship matches THE LINE-UPS: OTTAWA FURY FC -vs- PITTSBURGH RIVERHOUNDS OTTAWA FURY FC PITTSBURGH RIVERHOUNDS NO NAME POS NO NAME POS 1 Callum Irving GK 1 Keasel Broome GK 2 Jonathan Barden M 2 Shane Campbell D 3 Eddie Edward D 3 Jack Thompson M 4 Ramon Martin Del Campo D 4 Taylor Washington D 5 Kyle Venter D 5 Victor Souto M 6 Shane McEleney D 6 Abuchi Obinwa M 7 Ryan Williams M 7 Stephen Okai M 8 Steevan Dos Santos F 8 Mike Green M 9 Carl Haworth F 9 Chevaughn Walsh F 10 Gerardo Bruna M 10 Kevin Kerr M 11 Sito Seoane F 11 Corey Hertzog F 12 Andrae Campbell D 12 Ryan Adeleye D 14 Onua Thomas Obasi D 14 Nick Thompson D 15 **Nick DePuy**(MTL) F 15 Devaughn Elliott F 18 Tucker Hume F 16 Danny Earls M 22 Jamar Dixon M 17 Kenroy Howell F 23 Andrew MacRae GK 18 Kay Banjo F 24 Jimmy-Shammar Sanon M 19 John Manga F 25 Lance Rozeboom (C) M 20 Jamal Jack D 26 Thomas Meilleur-Giguère D 21 Ben Fitzpatrick M 28 Sergio Manesio M 22 Tobi Adewole D 59 Aron Mkungilwa D 23 Ritchie Duffie D 70 David Paulmin GK 24 Rich Balchan D 77 **Michael Salazar** (MTL) F 25 Marshall Hollingsworth M --- --- --- 27 Gale Agbossoumonde D --- --- --- 28 Lalas Abubakar D --- --- --- 29 Joe Greenspan D --- --- --- 30 Trey Mitchell GK --- --- --- 36 Romeo Parkes F HEAD COACH: PAUL DALGLISH HEAD COACH: DAVE BRANDT MATCH OFFICIALS: _________________________________________________________________________________ Referee: Francis Latulippe Assistants: Marie-Han Gagnon Chrétien & Lyes Arfa Fourth Official: Carol Anne Chénard MATCH PREVIEW: What a day to be alive. As the Ottawa Senators kick off their much-anticipated Eastern Conference Final series against the Pittsburgh Penguins Saturday evening at 7 p.m. Ottawa Fury FC will also face Pittsburgh – the Riverhounds – in USL action, at 2 p.m. at TD Place. On the ice, it will be Erik Karlsson against Sidney Crosby. On the pitch, we should also have a great battle between Ramon Martin Del Campo – who featured on the USL Team of the Week – and the Riverhounds’ top scorer Corey Hertzog – who is tied for sixth place in the USL scoring race with four tallies. After making history Wednesday by punching their second straight ticket to the semifinal stage of the Canadian Championship and earning themselves a date with Toronto FC, Fury FC will now quickly shift focus and try to extend their unbeaten streak to seven games against a hot Pittsburgh side. After a slow start in the 2017 USL campaign, Fury FC were able to turns things around in the past few weeks with their sound defensive play which saw them collect four clean sheets during their six-game unbeaten run. Martin Del Campo - who appeared in every minute of every game for Fury FC this season, leads the club in blocked shots (7) and is third in passing accuracy (80%) – is a big part of Ottawa’s recent defensive prowess as is Canadian goalkeeper, Callum Irving, who is tied for the USL lead with three shutouts – four overall this season. After kicking off the 2017 campaign with a record of 1W-2D-3L, the Rirverhounds were able to turn things around in their last two games, picking up a pair of 1-0 wins against Harrisburg City FC and most recently versus Toronto FC II. The battle between Martin Del Campo and Hertzog promises to be interesting and there should be an interesting match-up in goal between Irving and Pittsburgh’s Trey Mitchell – who hasn’t conceded a goal in the last 223 minutes. Saturday promises to be a great day for sports in the nation’s capital and two great matchups between Ottawa and Pittsburgh. WHAT THEY’RE SAYING: Fury FC GM and Head Coach, Paul Dalglish: “We trust this squad 100%. With a lot of games in a short period of time we’ll have to evaluate our options and see what players are ready to go on Saturday morning to put together a strong team. Pittsburgh play a modern 4-4-2 and play very compact vertical football. They will be a similar challenge to St. Louis tactically, so I expect another tough challenge, but we’ll be ready.” Fury FC Defender, Onua Obasi: “We've got momentum going at the moment and if we're going to be challenging for the championship like we set out to do, then these home games are the ones we'll be looking to pick up three points.