Riverhounds category, Page 2

Behind first-half goals by Alexis Tylenda and Olivia Damico, the Pittsburgh Riveters earned a 2-0 victory over Flower City 1872, in a USL W League game Friday at Highmark Stadium. Goalkeeper Pauline Nelles made four saves for the Riveters (2-1-1), who secured a season sweep of Flower City (1-2-0). The...

In the first three games in team history, the Pittsburgh Riveters have run the gamut of potential results. The Riveters tied their opener and won their second game. On Wednesday night in Cleveland, they experienced their first loss. The Cleveland Force scored a trio of second-half goals to send the...

Tanum Nelson scored the first two goals in Pittsburgh Riveters history in a 3-2 win over Flower City 1872 on Saturday in Rochester, N.Y., sending the USL W League club to its first victory. Lucia Wells also scored for the Riveters (1-0-1), who played to a scoreless draw with Cleveland...

Captain Danny Griffin and goalkeeper Eric Dick combined to lead the Pittsburgh Riverhounds to a desperately needed victory Saturday afternoon. Griffin scored the game’s only goal late in the first half and Dick made five saves as the Riverhounds ended a six-game winless streak in USL Championship matches with a...

CHESTER — Along the banks of the Delaware River on Wednesday, a Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup match between the Pittsburgh Riverhounds and host Philadelphia Union unfolded. The location itself, Subaru Park in Chester, would have made George Washington nod in approval of this first matchup between the state’s two...

The Pittsburgh Riverhounds have had very little to get excited about since the 2025 USL Championship season began in early March. The team has won just twice, registering its most recent victory March 29. However, when it comes to the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, the Riverhounds have shown a...

When Beto Ydrach headed in a ball in the final minute of a May 7 US Open Cup match against New York City FC, it was one of the highlights of the season for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds. Problem is, that’s the only goal they’ve scored in their last four games....

An overflow crowd at Highmark Stadium on a picture-perfect Friday night came to witness the debut of the Pittsburgh Riveters pre-professional women’s soccer club. A standing-room-only crowd of 6,077 witnessed the Riveters play the Cleveland Force to a scoreless draw in a USL W League game. It was the fourth-largest...

The Pittsburgh Riveters put the finishing touches on their first roster a day before the pre-professional women’s soccer team kicks off its inaugural season. Riveters SC continued to build with local players from the Riverhounds Development Academy, adding Aris Lamanna (Franklin Regional), Mackenzie Dupre (Upper St. Clair) and Aleena Ulke...

Women’s Professional Soccer makes its debut Friday at Highmark Stadium as the Pittsburgh Riveters take on the Cleveland Force, with a kickoff set for 7:30 p.m. This will be the inaugural USL W League match for both teams. The ramp up to this has been a calculated one by the...

While the Pittsburgh Riverhounds are in the middle of an exciting run to the round of 16 in the US Open Cup, their USL Championship fixtures have been a little less thrilling lately. On Saturday night, the Hounds played to a scoreless draw with Louisville City on the road. The...

This time of year in Pittsburgh is the sweet spot after a viscous winter and the arrival of spring. Warmer climates make people smile. But fans of the local USL club came to Highmark Stadium on Saturday to see better play on the pitch. What they saw was a 2-0...

The Pittsburgh Riverhounds’ first match in the newly formed USL Jagrmeister Cup was hard to swallow. Darren Smith scored in stoppage time to give Detroit FC a 1-0 victory over the Hounds on Saturday. In the 91st minute, Ben Morris sent a cross from the left side into the box...

A red card and a tiebreaking goal late in the second half sent the Pittsburgh Riverhounds to a 2-1 loss on the road against Loudoun United FC on Saturday. In the 75th minute, Riverhounds defender Luke Biasi caught Loudoun’s Ben Mines with a high boot as he headed down a...

Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC will welcome another MLS opponent to Highmark Stadium next month. The Hounds will host New York City FC in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Round of 32 on May 6 or 7. This will be the first matchup between the teams. The Riverhounds, who were Open...

Captain Danny Griffin’s scored the game’s lone goal off a first-half corner kick as the Pittsburgh Riverhounds secured a 1-0 victory over Columbus Crew 2 in the third round of the U.S. Open Cup on Tuesday night. In the 28th minute, Jorge Garcia sent a corner into the box and...

The Charleston Battery rallied for a pair of second-half goals to secure a 2-1 win on Saturday, ending a modest two-game winning streak for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds. The Hounds (2-2-1) took a 1-0 lead in the first half. A Robbie Mertz free kick into the center of the penalty area...

After beating Hartford a week ago in the team’s 2025 home opener, Pittsburgh Riverhounds coach Bob Lilley said his goal scorers needed to finish better when on the attack. It seems that a week of messaging paid off for Lilley and his starting 11, as they dominated play from the...

Former Latrobe soccer standout Robin Reilly is joining the new Pittsburgh Riveters women’s pre-professional soccer team. Reilly, a high school All-American who graduated early and is now a freshman at West Virginia, came up in the Riverhounds Development Academy. The Riveters will play in the USL W League with its...

As the seconds ticked off the Highmark Stadium scoreboard Saturday along the banks of the Monongahela, Bob Lilley and his Pittsburgh Riverhounds found the much-needed first win and 3 points, putting together a 1-0 home-opener victory against Hartford Athletic. The game was played in brisk, windy conditions as 4,026 braved...

The start of the Pittsburgh Riverhounds season has delivered a mixed bag of results. Two weeks ago, the Riverhounds controlled play on the road, needing an Augi Williams second-half goal to register a 1-1 tie against North Carolina. Then they lost 2-0 at San Antonio last Saturday in a lackluster...

Less than two months out from the start of their inaugural season, the Pittsburgh Riveters added three more players, including two with Westmoreland County roots, to bring the pre-professional team’s roster to 21. Pittsburgh will play in the USL W League with its opener set for May 16 against the...

The second game of the season was a dud for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds. Jorge Hernandez and Luke Haakenson scored and the Riverhounds mustered six shots, just one of which was on goal, during a 2-0 road loss at San Antonio FC on Saturday night. In the 54th minute, Riverhounds goalkeeper...

The end of an era is upon the Pittsburgh Riverhounds. Midfielder Kenardo Forbes, the club’s captain and all-time leader in matches played (226), announced his retirement Thursday. Forbes, 36, will transition to a coaching role with the Riverhounds, whom he also leads in career assists (55). A native of Kingston,...