Pittsburgh Riverhounds midfielder Rob Vincent was named United Soccer League player of the week on Tuesday. Vincent scored a brace in the Hounds’ dramatic 6-5 come-from-behind victory over the Harrisburg City Islanders in their Keystone Derby match at Highmark Stadium on Saturday. Vicnent got Pittsburgh on the board with a 48th minute redirect of a Lebo Moloto cross and then scored the game-tying goal on a free kick in stoppage time when Moloto played it his way instead of towards Kevin ... Read More
Kerr’s goal leads Riverhounds to Keystone Derby win
For the second time in less than a week, the Pittsburgh Riverhounds [3-3-3] won a match in which they never saw a lead until added time. Tonight they, came from down 5-3 after 90 minutes to score three stoppage-time goals to stun the Harrisburg City Islanders [4-2-1] with a 6-5 victory. The Riverhounds matched up against their Keystone State rivals for the second time this season, and unlike the first match, when the Hounds dominated with a 5-1 victory, Harrisburg City Islanders came to play in ... Read More
Riverhounds advance on Vincent volley; will host D.C. United
Rob Vincent has an enormous right leg, and on Wednesday night against the Tampa Bay Rowdies, he used it to send the Pittsburgh Riverhounds into the fourth round of the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup with a 1-0 victory. The Riverhounds will now host the MLS side D.C. United in the fourth round of the tournament at Highmark Stadium on June 17, 2015. “We heard about it (ahead of time), but we didn’t want to get too carried away,” said Riverhounds midfielder Kevin Kerr on the prospect of ... Read More
Hounds without Thompson for Open Cup match
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds will face the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the North American Soccer League at 7 p.m. this evening in the third round of the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. The Riverhounds have never played a member of the NASL, which was founded in its current incarnation in 2011 and is the second tier of North American professional soccer. The Riverhounds play in the United Soccer League, which is one step below the NASL. Each club has done well in league play through the early part of ... Read More
Vincent and Kerr dynamic for Hounds
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds have quite the dynamic duo with midfielders Kevin Kerr and Rob Vincent. While the Riverhounds [2-3-3] record may not reflect how the team has played at times this year, Vincent and Kerr have carried the offense to this point. Vincent and Kerr alone account for 60% of the Hounds total points, last year they combined for only 14%. The season is still young and that 60% will come down, but it is clear that these two players have the ability to alter the outcome of a ... Read More
Riverhounds advance in US Open Cup
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds advanced to the third round of the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup with a dominant 3-0 victory over the West Virginia Chaos at Highmark Stadium on Wednesday. The Chaos, members of the USL’s Premier Development League, had entered the tournament as the first side from West Virginia. They dispatched the Fort Pitt Regiment of the NPSL in the first round, but were outmatched by Pittsburgh. The Riverhounds fielded a starting lineup full of many regulars, despite the ... Read More
Riverhounds draw with Richmond
After a week of exciting news regarding new players, tournament games and star goal keeper Ryan Thompson being called to his national team, the Pittsburgh Riverhounds [2-3-2] looked to prove themselves on the field against the Richmond Kickers [4-1-3]. The Riverhounds would end up drawing with the Kickers 1-1 and came up short after not capitalizing on turnovers. The Kickers had just came off of the first loss in their early season. While the 3-0 loss was unusual for this intense team, they ... Read More
Riverhounds fall victim to unbeaten Charleston
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds traveled to Charleston, South Carolina on Saturday. The matchup featured the unbeaten and Eastern Conference-leading Charleston Battery and the Riverhounds, one of the United Soccer League’s highest-scoring sides. The Battery took an early first half lead and they were able to hold off the Riverhounds’ attack en route to a 3-1 victory at Blackbaud Stadium. The Riverhounds have now lost four of their last five matches in Charleston. The Riverhounds took the play ... Read More
Riverhounds come inches short in comeback bid
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds faced a tough New York Red Bulls II on Sunday afternoon. Unfortunately, Pittsburgh would end up taking the loss, 3-2, but would finish the game literally inches away from tying it in the closing seconds. The Riverhounds, who came off of a dominant win last weekend, would look to scrap for a win against a team that seemed superior on paper. They would keep themselves in the game and played like a top tier team but would come up just short in the end. The game ... Read More
Riverhounds rout Toronto with offensive outburst
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds (1-1-2) hosted Toronto F.C. II (1-2-1) at Highmark Stadium on a gloomy and chilly Pittsburgh Saturday evening. The Hounds would finally breakout offensively since their first game of the season, crushing Toronto F.C. II, 5-1. Last week, the Riverhounds missed a huge opportunity in drawing with Louisville City F.C.,a game in which the Hounds lost a 1-0 lead in the last few moments of added time. On Saturday night Riverhounds would look to continue playing tough ... Read More