BETHLEHEM STEEL FC VS HARRISBURG CITY ISLANDERS Match 10 | Goodman Stadium | Sunday, May 28, 2017 | 5:00 p.m. ET GAME INFORMATION 2017 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS OVERALL: 3-6-0 HOME: 2-3-0 AWAY: 1-3-0 Date: Sunday, May 28, 2017 Kickoff: 5 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 and YouTube 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 Harrisburg City Islanders Communications Contact: Thur., May 25 Charleston Battery L, 1-0 SECTV2 Madeline Williams (717-602-5369) Sun., May 28 Harrisburg City Islanders 5:00 p.m. SECTV2 Sun., June 4 Ottawa Fury FC 5:00 p.m. SECTV2 [email protected] Sun., June 11 at Saint Louis FC 4:00 p.m. YOUTUBE Fri., June 16 at New York Red Bulls II 7:00 p.m. YOUTUBE PROJECTED STARTING XI Tue., June 20 at Harrisburg City Islanders 7:00 p.m. YOUTUBE Sat., July 1 Richmond Kickers 5:00 p.m. SECTV2 Sun., July 9 New York Red Bulls II 5:00 p.m. SECTV2 F 36 Seku Conneh Sat., July 15 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 5:00 p.m. SECTV2 9 GP 4 G 1 A Sat., July 22 at Richmond Kickers 7:00 p.m. YOUTUBE Sat., July 29 Charlotte Independence 5:00 p.m. SECTV2 F 37 Chris Nanco F 38 Santi Moar Sat., Aug. 5 at Ottawa Fury FC 2:00 p.m. YOUTUBE 5 GP 1 G 0 A 9 GP 1 G 1 A Sun., Aug. 13 Toronto FC II 5:00 p.m. SECTV2 Wed., Aug. 16 at Charlotte Independence 7:00 p.m. YOUTUBE M 41 Cory Burke Sun., Aug. 20 Louisville City FC 5:00 p.m. SECTV2 Sat., Aug. 26 at Pittsburgh Riverhounds 7:00 p.m. YOUTUBE 8 GP 1 G 0 A Thur., Aug. 31 at Orlando City B 7:30 p.m. YOUTUBE M 45 James Chambers M 60 Josue Monge Sun., Sep. 9 Tampa Bay Rowdies 3:00 p.m. SECTV2 Fri., Sep. 15 at Louisville City FC 7:30 p.m. YOUTUBE 5 GP 0 G 0 A 2 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 3 GP 0 G 0 A 8 GP 0 G 0 A Tue., Oct. 10 at Rochester Rhinos 7:05 p.m. YOUTUBE Sun., Oct. 15 Saint Louis FC 3:00 p.m. SECTV2 D 42 Hugh Roberts D 4 Ken Tribbett 8 GP 1 G 0 A 3 GP 0 G 0 A PRONUNCIATION GUIDE GK 29 Jake McGuire 7 GP, 1.00 GAA, 3 SO # Player Pos. Pronunciation 4 Ken Tribbett D TRIB-bett 24 Adam Najem M NAH-jim INJURY REPORT 26 Auston Trusty D Austin TRUSS-tee 22 Fafa Picault M Pea-CO OUT: Charlie Reymann (left quad strain) 32 Giliano Wijnaldum D Gill-ee-AH-no Why-Nall-dum 36 Seku Conneh F Seh-COO Cone-EH 37 Chris Nanco F Chris NANE-co 38 Santi Moar F Sahn-TEE More 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 enters Sunday afternoon’s match coming off its 49 Yosef Samuel F YO-sef Samuel second-consecutive one-goal loss, falling 1-0 to Eastern Conference 51 Matthew Freese GK Matthew Freeze leading Charleston Battery. In the early morning kickoff on a rainy day 52 Issa Rayyan M E-sah Rye-ahn 60 Josue Monge M Jo-SWAY Mahn-HEY at Goodman Stadium, the Battery’s Romario Williams provided the 66 Jahmali Waite GK Jah-MAHL-lee Wait only offense needed, as he scored his league-leading eighth goal of the season in the 32nd minute. Steel FC nearly knotted up the match but James Chambers’ long distance strike was denied by the woodwork. Goalkeeper Jake McGuire made six saves in the match. BETHLEHEM STEEL FC VS HARRISBURG CITY ISLANDERS 2017 TEAM LEADERS HISTORY VS. HARRISBURG Bethlehem Steel FC Record: 0-2-1 At Home: 0-1-0 (0 GF, 1 GA) On the Road: 0-2-1 (5 GF, 8 GA) PREVIOUS MEETINGS 5/22/16 BST 1 at HAR 3 L Clipper Magazine Stadium USL Regular Season: 3-6-0 USL Regular Season: 2-3-4 7/21/16 BST 0 vs HAR 1 L Goodman Stadium Points: 9 Points: 10 8/30/16 BST 2 at HAR 2 D FNB Field Eastern Conference: T-12th Eastern Conference: T-10th 4/15/17 BST 2 at HAR 3 L FNB Field Home: 2-3-0 Home: 1-0-3 Away: 1-3-0 Away: 1-3-1 STEEL FC FACES SHORT TURNAROUND IN HOMESTAND Goals Scored: 9 Goals Scored: 8 Goals Allowed: 12 Goals Allowed: 10 Steel FC will battle in-state rival Harrisburg City Islanders in the series only matchup at Goodman Stadium this season. Sunday’s contest will Team Leaders be Bethlehem’s third match in eight days, with Steel FC looking to Conneh (4) GOALS Wheeler (2) buck its trend that has seen the club fall short in back-to-back one goal Four tied (1) ASSISTS Five tied (1) losses. The game will the fifth all-time meeting between the two clubs Conneh (9) POINTS Wheeler (4) but just the second to take place on Steel FC’s home field. Conneh (25) SHOTS Wheeler (12) Conneh (11) SHOTS ON TARGET Wheeler/Mendoza (6) Three tied (3) CAUTIONS Thomas (3) LAST REGULAR SEASON MEETING: N/A EJECTIONS Mohammed/Miller (1) Conneh (741’) FIELD PLAYER MIN Two tied (810’) Steel FC faced off against its rival in the club’s first road match of McGuire (1.00) GOALS AGAINST AVG. Miller/Lewis (1.00) the season. Despite first career goals from Santi Moar and Chris McGuire (3) WINS Miller (2) Nanco, Harrisburg claimed all three points on a 90th minute goal from McGuire (3) SHUTOUTS Miller (2) substitute Cardel Benbow to push Harrisburg to its third victory over McGuire (31) SAVES Miller (15) Steel FC. TAKEAWAYS CONNEH REWRITE STEEL FC RECORD BOOK WITH GOAL THEY SAID... With his penalty kick conversion last weekend at Cincinnati that knotted the match up at 1-1, 21-year-old forward Seku Conneh became Bethlehem Steel FC head coach Brendan Burke: the club’s all-time leader in goals scored. Conneh’s goal was his sixth goal in just 26 appearances with Steel FC and broke a tie with Cory On the game… Burke, Derrick Jones and Ryan Ritcher. “Disappointed with the result, and I thought we lacked discipline Already surpassing his goal total from 2016, Conneh will now look to defensively in the second half in terms of our overall shape. We left a break the club’s single season goal mark. The Liberian forward needs lot of space in midfield and we were exposedfor it quite a bit. I thought just two to rewrite that record as well. Jake [McGuire] did a great job keeping us in the game. On the flip side of it, we created a lot of opportunities to serve the ball in the box CHAMBERS SET TO ECLIPSE MORE CLUB RECORDS and the service just wasn’t close to good enough. Two major areas to Veteran midfielder James Chambers has brought many things to improve on. If you connect 528 passes in a game, you have to create Steel FC since joining the squad in 2016. After adapting to American more meaningful goal-scoring opportunities.” soccer, the Dublin, Ireland native made his 29th start on Thursday against Charleston. Already the club’s all-time leader in appearances, On if it is an advantage or disadvantage to play City Islanders in just Chambers will break the record with his next start and sits just 27 three days on Sunday... minutes from becoming the club’s leader in minutes played. “I think in this case it’s definitely an advantage, because for all the possession we had and for all the crossing opportunities we created, we 17-YEAR-OLD REAL GOES THE DISTANCE were a little bit toothless today. That’s the word I would use. From the In just his third start, second as a professional, left back Matt Real has defensive side of it, we have to get back to our system. I thought we made team history by becoming the club’s youngest field player to abandoned it a little bit in the second half, because guys were pressing play a full 90 minutes. Real, only 17, signed with the club in January and we have to trust in it and know that the first 15-20 minutes of the out of the Union Academy. game were excellent and that our chances will come if we stick to the script.” RECORD DEBUTS FOR STEEL FC While the rain poured down at Goodman Stadium, forward Yosef On what he expects from Harrisburg… Samuel and Philadelphia Union Academy midfielder Dawson “I’m expecting them to try to counter us, to sit in and counter.