BETHLEHEM STEEL FC VS SAINT LOUIS FC Match 32 | Goodman Stadium | Sunday, October 15, 2017 | 3:00 p.m. ET GAME INFORMATION 2017 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS OVERALL: 12-12-7 HOME: 6-5-4 AWAY: 6-7-3 Date: Sunday, October 15, 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 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 Saint Louis FC Communications Contact: Thur., May 25 Charleston Battery L, 1-0 SECTV2 Tyler Tetzlaff (574-344-0366) 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 23 GP 9 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 29 GP 6 G 6 A 26 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 21 GP 2 G 8 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 26 GP 5 G 1 A 11 GP 1 G 0 A Wed., Sep. 27 Tampa Bay Rowdies D, 2-2 SECTV2 Sat., Sep. 30 at Tampa Bay Rowdies D, 1-1 YOUTUBE D 47 Matt Real D 19 Aaron Jones Fri., Oct. 6 at Toronto FC II W, 4-2 YOUTUBE 16 GP 0 G 0 A 26 GP 2 G 1 A Tue., Oct. 10 at Rochester Rhinos L, 1-0 WatchESPN Sun., Oct. 15 Saint Louis FC 3:00 p.m. SECTV2 D 26 Auston Trusty D 42 Hugh Roberts 23 GP 0 G 1 A 23 GP 1 G 0 A PRONUNCIATION GUIDE GK 29 Jake McGuire 21 GP, 1.19 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 saw its first opportunity to clinch a spot in the 49 Yosef Samuel F YO-sef Samuel USL Playoffs come up short, as the club fell to the defensive-minded 52 Issa Rayyan M E-sah Rye-ahn Rochester Rhinos, 1-0. 59 Anthony Fontana M Fahn-TAN-uh 63 Seth Kuhn M Coon Facing off against a Rhinos squad that had notched 13 shutouts 64 Tomas Romero GK Tow-MAS entering the Tuesday night affair, Steel FC was unable to capitalize in limited chances against the defensive squad. Rochester tallied the lone goal of the match in the first half, as Jochen Graf tallied his second game-winning goal against Steel FC this season. BETHLEHEM STEEL FC VS SAINT LOUIS FC 2017 TEAM LEADERS HISTORY VS. SAINT LOUIS Bethlehem Steel FC Record: 1-0-0 At Home: 0-0-0 (0 GF, 0 GA) On the Road: 1-0-0 (2 GF, 1 GA) PREVIOUS MEETINGS 6/11/17 BST 2 at STL 1 W Toyota Stadium USL Regular Season: 12-12-7 USL Regular Season: 9-14-8 Points: 43 Points: 35 Eastern Conference: 7th Eastern Conference: T-12th Home: 6-5-4 Home: 7-6-3 STEEL FC WRAPS UP REGULAR SEASON VERSUS SAINT LOUIS FC Away: 6-7-3 Away: 2-8-5 With the club’s first USL playoff berth secured, Bethlehem Steel FC Goals Scored: 45 Goals Scored: 34 will look to improve it’s playoff seeding when the squad concludes its Goals Allowed: 44 Goals Allowed: 47 regular season in front of its home crowd against Saint Louis FC. Steel FC clinched a playoff spot with Orlando City B’s loss on Team Leaders Thursday night. Steel FC has taken points in eight of its last nine Conneh (10) GOALS Volesky (8) Najem (8) ASSISTS Five tied (2) matches and will look to continue their impressive play as the season Conneh (22) POINTS Volesky (18) comes to an end. Burke (55) SHOTS Volesky (33) Burke (22) SHOTS ON TARGET Angulo (23) Burke (8) CAUTIONS Plewa (8) PREVIOUS MEETING Three tied (1) EJECTIONS Four tied (1) The two club first met in June, playing a thriller in St. Louis.After A. Jones (2397’) FIELD PLAYER MIN Volesky (2280’) surrendering an own goal in the third minute, Steel FC fought back with McGuire (1.19) GOALS AGAINST AVG. Grinwis (1.28) goals from Seku Conneh and James Chambers. Conneh notched his McGuire (10) WINS Gorrick (6) McGuire (5) SHUTOUTS Grinwis (5) seventh goal of the season in the 56th minute. He followed up the goal by McGuire (73) SAVES Grinwis (61) playing a part in the winning goal, finding Chambers in the 74th minute for the Irishman’s second goal on the year. TAKEAWAYS COACH’S CORNER Playoff Bound! With the help of a conference foe, Bethlehem Steel FC has earned a Bethlehem Steel FC head coach Brendan Burke: spot in the USL Playoffs for the first time in the club’s modern history. Steel FC claimed the coveted playoff spot Thursday evening, as On the results of last week’s road trip… Orlando City B fell, 2-0, to their I-4 rival the Tampa Bay Rowdies at “I thought it was a successful trip and happy that we got three points. They’re an important three points as they keep us in the driver’s seat the new Orlando City Stadium. Steel FC can finish as high as sixth heading into the weekend in terms of playoff seeding. We need to win position in the eastern conference table should the club win their on Sunday, regardless of other results.” regular season finale and the New York Red Bulls lose or draw their finale at Toronto FC II. On coming up short to Rochester… “I have a ton of respect for all that Coach Lilley and everyone on their staff because they are highly organized and we had a really tough PLAYOFF WATCH time breaking them down. They have some really big bodies and are committed defensively plus we just weren’t sharp in the final third.” POS. TEAM GP W L T GD PTS 1 Louisville City FC 31 17 6 8 25 59 On the mindset of the squad… 2 Tampa Bay Rowdies 32 14 7 11 15 53 “Some nerves have set in but you have to apply the things that have 3 Charleston Battery 31 14 8 9 19 51 gotten us to this point and stick to the script. They know the system 4 Rochester Rhinos 31 13 7 11 7 50 and know what we are all about and what we expect mentally and 5 Charlotte Independence 31 13 9 9 13 48 physically. We have to revert to the successes when things get 6 New York Red Bulls II 31 13 13 5 -2 44 difficult.” 7 Bethlehem Steel FC 31 12 12 7 2 43 8 FC Cincinnati 31 11 10 10 -3 43 On preparing for Saint Louis FC… “St. Louis haven’t been out of a game all year long, maybe one earlier Steel FC Seeding Scenarios in the season but we have to respect what they bring to the table in their #6: NYRBII loss/draw, Steel FC wins individuals and the experience of their staff and players. They won’t be #7: NYRBII win, Steel FC claims more or same pts as CIN taken lightly because of the spot on the table and we’ve been planning #8: CIN win/draw, Steel FC loss. for them like any other match.” **A win by Steel FC guarantees the club finishes at least 7th. BETHLEHEM STEEL FC VS SAINT LOUIS FC Numerical Roster No. Name POS HT WT DOB Hometown College 2 Warren Creavalle M 5-9 168 8/15/90 Acworth, Ga.