BETHLEHEM STEEL FC AT PITTSBURGH RIVERHOUNDS Match 24 | Highmark Stadium | Saturday, August 26, 2017 | 7:00 p.m. ET GAME INFORMATION 2017 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS OVERALL: 10-10-3 HOME: 5-5-3 AWAY: 5-5-0 Date: Saturday, August 26, 2017 Kickoff: 7 p.m. ET DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT WATCH Location: Highmark Stadium (Pittsburgh, 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 Pittsburgh Riverhounds Communications Contact: Thur., May 25 Charleston Battery L, 1-0 SECTV2 Anthony Meier (267-374-1461) 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 16 GP 3 G 1 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 21 GP 3 G 3 A 18 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 59 Anthony Fontana Sun., Aug. 20 Louisville City FC L, 3-1 SECTV2 Sat., Aug. 26 at Pittsburgh Riverhounds 7:00 p.m. YOUTUBE 10 GP 0 G 0 A Thur., Aug. 31 at Orlando City B 7:30 p.m. YOUTUBE M 45 James Chambers M 21 Derrick Jones Sun., Sep. 9 Tampa Bay Rowdies 3:00 p.m. SECTV2 Fri., Sep. 15 at Louisville City FC 7:30 p.m. YOUTUBE 18 GP 5 G 0 A 6 GP 0 G 0 A Sun., Sep. 24 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 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 11 GP 0 G 0 A 19 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 19 GP 1 G 0 A 16 GP 0 G 1 A PRONUNCIATION GUIDE GK 29 Jake McGuire 13 GP, 0.86 GAA, 5 SO # Player Pos. Pronunciation 4 Ken Tribbett M TRIB-bett 24 Adam Najem M NAH-jim TEAM REPORT 26 Auston Trusty D Austin TRUSS-tee 22 Fafa Picault M Pea-CO SUSPENDED: Seku Conneh 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 fell to Louisville City FC, 3-1, in a match that 49 Yosef Samuel F YO-sef Samuel featured three goals off of set pieces. Forward Luke Spencer helped 51 Matthew Freese GK Matthew Freeze push Louisville to the victory, netting a first-half brace. Steel FC 52 Issa Rayyan M E-sah Rye-ahn 60 Josue Monge M Jo-SWAY Mahn-HEY fought back with a set piece goal from Philadelphia Union defender 63 Seth Kuhn M Coon Richie Marquez late in the opening frame, scoring on a free kick 66 Jahmali Waite GK Jah-MAHL-lee Wait started by Aaron Jones. With Steel FC knocking on the door of an equalizer, Louisville found an insurance goal off the head of substitute Cameron Lancaster. BETHLEHEM STEEL FC AT PITTSBURGH RIVERHOUNDS 2017 TEAM LEADERS HISTORY VS. PITTSBURGH Bethlehem Steel FC Record: 1-1-2 At Home: 1-0-2 (4 GF, 2 GA) On the Road: 0-1-0 (1 GF, 2 GA) PREVIOUS MEETINGS 7/10/16 BST 2 vs PGH 0 W Goodman Stadium USL Regular Season: 10-10-3 USL Regular Season: 7-8-9 8/13/16 BST 1 at PGH 2 L Highmark Stadium Points: 33 Points: 30 9/18/16 BST 1 vs PGH 1 D Goodman Stadium Eastern Conference: 6th Eastern Conference: 10th 7/15/17 BST 1 vs PGH 1 D Goodman Stadium Home: 5-5-3 Home: 3-5-3 STEEL FC OPENS ROAD TRIP AT RIVAL RIVERHOUNDS Away: 5-5-0 Away: 4-3-6 After a busy three game in seven day stretch that yieled three points, Goals Scored: 30 Goals Scored: 25 Steel FC begins a two-match road trip in Pittsburgh this weekend. Goals Allowed: 30 Goals Allowed: 27 Steel FC is in search of the club’s first victory at Highmark Stadium, falling by a 2-1 margin late last season. The club will be without Team Leaders leading scorer Seku Conneh, who begins serving a three-match Conneh (7) GOALS Hertzog (9) Najem (4) ASSISTS Parkes/Kerr (3) suspension this weekend. The match serves as a big playoff test for Conneh (16) POINTS Hertzog (20) both clubs as they look to secure a spot in the top eight. Conneh (36) SHOTS Hertzog (68) Conneh (17) SHOTS ON TARGET Hertzog (31) Burke (5) CAUTIONS Washington (6) LAST REGULAR SEASON MEETING: Three tied (1) EJECTIONS Agbossoumonde (1) The two rivals met in mid-July, playing to a 1-1 draw that saw Steel A. Jones (1677’) FIELD PLAYER MIN Kerr (2093’) FC extend its unbeaten streak to eight matches. Without any loans McGuire (0.85) GOALS AGAINST AVG. Mitchell (0.94) from the Philadelphia Union due to an exhibition with Swansea City, McGuire (8) WINS Mitchell (6) McGuire (5) SHUTOUTS Mitchell (6) Steel FC overcame an early Chevaughn Walsh goal with a penalty kick McGuire (47) SAVES Mitchell (46) conversion from James Chambers just three mintues later to knot the match at its final score line. TAKEAWAYS COACH’S CORNER Historic Season Nears More Landmarks Bethlehem Steel FC has had a strong second season of existence, Bethlehem Steel FC head coach Brendan Burke: taking steps toward being a playoff club sitting in sixth place currently. The club has already set a single season wins and points recrds with 10 Takaway from the loss to Louisville… and 33 points overall. Last year, Steel FC collected only six victories “There were some soft fouls given the first half and that put us and 28 points. As the club fights to make the USL Playoffs, the club in situations where we had to defend a lot of set pieces and that sits only three goals away from a new scoring mark as well. let to two of their three goals. That is disappointing on both ends, having to deal with those situations when we probably didn’t but also not dealing with them properly when we talked Edu Returns To The Pitch about it all week. I thought the run of play was good, we had Philadelphia Union midfielder Maurice Edu made his 2017 debut with over 55 percent of the ball and some meaningful possession. Steel FC last weekend against Louisvilley City FC. The 31-year-old Their goalkeeper stood on his and on a different day, it could Edu played 32 minutes, completing all 17 of his passes as he continues have been a 3-1 result in the other direction.” to work back from a left tibia stress fracture that has kept him off the field during the 2016 and 2017 MLS seasons. On the mindset of the team after suffering losses in a row… “We are in a good place because we know that we are capable of beating anyone in the league on any given day. We haven’t really shown that yet against the top four teams with results Playoff Push Continues but we’ve been good to get results against the teams around us. Entering this weekend, Steel FC finds itself in sixth position in the Pittsburgh and Orlando present us with two games that we really USL Eastern Conference Table, with 33 points through 23 contests. have to focus on and get some sort of result out of one or both on the road.” The club finds itself in the midst of a tight battle, as five points seperates fifth place and tenth. Steel FC has an advantage, holding a On preparing for Pittsburgh… match in hand against all the clubs below them fighting to make the “They’ll be relatively predictable in terms of their lineup and playoffs. This weekend the club embarks on a crucial road swing, approach to the game which is great but they also have veterans facing off against 10th place Pittsburgh followed up with seventh- all over the field that can make you pay.