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Saturday 13 August 2016United Soccer League: Eastern Conference

Highmark Stadium @ 7:00pm

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Pittsburgh RIVERHOUNDS Bethlehem STEEL FC

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Officials

Recent Games 2016 USL Regular Season

13 Pittsburgh Riverhounds (3–14–4, 13 Pts)

9 Bethlehem Steel FC(6–8–8, 26 Pts)

@pghriverhounds @BSteelFC

VS

Injuries:PGH: Drew Russell (quad)

Jordan Murrell (head)

Suspensions:None

Referee: Charles Murphy Assistants: Corey Yerace, Jason Caruso Fourth Official: Max Hartman

PGH:

BST:

Form Guide

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L T WT L

Head to Head

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USL StandingsEastern Conference

July 10, 2016 Bethlehem 2 Pittsburgh 0 Goodman Stadium Burke 24’ Bethlehem Fernandes 90’+ (pen)

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Louisville City FC

New York Red Bulls II

FC Cincinnati

Richmond Kickers

Charleston Battery

Rochester Rhinos

Charlotte Independence

Orlando City B

Bethlehem Steel FC

Wilmington Hammerheads FC

Toronto FC II

Harrisburg City Islanders

Pittsburgh Riverhounds

FC Montreal

Pittsburgh Riverhounds Bethlehem Steel FC

8 Corey Hertzog

3 Kevin Kerr

1 Lebo Moloto

1 Nick Thompson

1 Stephen Okai

5 Ryan Richter

4 Derrick Jones

2 Seku Conneh

2 Fabian Herbers

2 Joshua Heard

3 Derrick Jones

3 Ryan Richter

1 James Chambers

1 Eric Ayuk

1 Walter Restrepo

3 Corey Hertzog

3 Mike Green

2 Kevin Kerr

2 Stephen Okai

1 Drew Russell

1-4 @ FC Montreal August 10, 2016

Mauricio Vargas – Marshall Hollingsworth, Willie Hunt, Ryan Adeleye, Chad Barson – Danny Earls (c), Rodrigo Saravia, Duwayne Ewart, Stephen Okai, Cristian Martinez – Corey Hertzog

John McCarthy – Ryan Richter (c), Josh Yaro, Auston Trusty, Taylor Washington – Boluwatife Akinyode, James Chambers, Derrick Jones – Eric Ayuk, Leo Fernandes, Seku Conneh

2-2 vs Charlotte Independence

August 7, 2016

Top Scorers

Top Assists

Game Talk:

Last Time Out

“It’s a battle. Injuries and

suspensions deifnitely hurt

us Wednesday, but we will

have some of those guys

back tomorrow and will be

ready for Saturday against

Bethlehem.”

— Head Coach David Brandt

“We’re [looking to play]

a little more compact

and tight together and

not allow them to break

us down as easily. We

need to step up as a

team rather than get

split. Mainly, regroup,

stay tight, and stay

together. ”

— Defender Marshall Hollingsworth

Game Notes:

Team Rosters:

Pittsburgh: Bethlehem:

· The Riverhounds (3-14-4) return home to face Bethlehem Steel FC (6-8-8) in the second of three head-to-head match-ups between the two clubs this season. In their first meeting on the road, the Hounds surrendered two goals en route to being shutout 2-0. The clubs will again face each other in Bethlehem on Sunday, September 18 – the penultimate contest of the regular season for Pittsburgh.

· Currently enduring a four-game slide at Highmark Stadium the longest such streak over the past three seasons – the Hounds will look to win at home for the first time since a 2-1 victory over FC Montreal on June 18. Pittsburgh has been outscored 9-to-2 during the slide, holding a lead only once.

PLAYERHunter Gilstrap

Jordan Murrell

Danny Earls

Stephen Okai

Mike Green

Zak Boggs

Kevin Kerr

Corey Hertzog

Sergio Campbell

Willie Hunt

AlexNyarko Harlley

Drew Russell

Mauricio Vargas

Melvin Snoh

Duwayne Ewart

Lebo Moloto

Nick Kolarac

Brenden Alfery

Marshall Hollingsworth

Jack Thompson

Chad Barson

Nick Thompson

Anthony Virgara

Ryan Adeleye

Cristian Martinez

Rodrigo Saravia

Alejandro Aguilar

PLAYERTaylor Washington

Fabian Herbers

Eric Ayuk

Cole Missimo

Walter Restrepo

Leo Fernandes

Anderson Conceicao

Matt Jones

John McCarthy

Samir Badr

Mickey Daly

Derrick Jones

Seku Conneh

Gabe Gissie

Nick Bibbs

Amoy Brown

Josh Heard

Cory Burke

Boluwatife Akinyode

Jamie Luchini

Ryan Richter

James Chambers

Fred

Austin Trusty

Mark McKenzie

Raheem Taylor Parkes

Matt Real

Justin McMaster

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· With 26 points on the season, Bethlehem is currently five points out of the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference. The Steel have scuffled as of late, going winless in their past four, and will play their first match on the road since the start of July in Toronto. While their 25 total goals scored this year are only four better than the Hounds at 21, the Steel have had the better go of it on the defensive end, allowing 28 goals to Pittsburgh’s 38.

· Corey Hertzog continues to provide a bright spot for the Hounds on the offensive side, tallying a goal in a third-straight match earlier this week against FC Montreal. The forward has scored his team-leading eight goals in bunches, also tallying in five-straight in the month of June. With nine matches remaining in the season, Hertzog has already tied forward José Angulo for third-most goals scored by a Hounds player in a single season since 2014, and now trails only Kevin Kerr and Rob Vincent, who scored 10 and 18 goals, respectively, during the 2015 season.