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Riverhounds show offensive spark in home win over Birmingham
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...
Latrobe alum Robin Reilly joins Pittsburgh Riveters women’s soccer team
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...
Riverhounds pick up 1st win of season in home opener
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...
Riverhounds enter home opener seeking 1st win
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...
3 former WPIAL standouts sign with Pittsburgh Riveters
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...
Riverhounds shut down in road loss to San Antonio
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...
Riverhounds’ most decorated player Kenardo Forbes retires
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,...
Augi Williams scores in debut, leading Riverhounds to draw with North Carolina
Augi Williams was the highest profile offseason addition to the Pittsburgh Riverhounds roster. In the team’s season opener, the signing already paid dividends. Williams scored the tying goal in the 57th minute, sending the Riverhounds to a 1-1 draw with North Carolina FC on Saturday night in Cary, N.C. While...
As new season dawns, Riverhounds looking for championship to punctuate golden era
Bob Lilley has seen his share of season openers in a career that now spans five decades as a player and head coach across multiple versions of indoor and outdoor soccer in the U.S. Lilley is beginning his eighth season as manager of the Pittsburgh Riverhounds. It’s no secret the...
Pittsburgh Riveters announce schedule for debut season
Pittsburgh Riveters SC will begin its first season with a home match May 16 at Highmark Stadium. The new pro women’s soccer franchise will host Cleveland Force to kick off the USL W League season. Both teams are part of the newly formed Great Forest Division in the Central Conference,...
Riverhounds sign high-scoring forward
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds struggled to find the back of the net at times last season, finishing 15th in the 24-team USL Championship with 41 goals scored in 34 games. They made a major acquisition Monday aimed at changing that. The Riverhounds signed former All-Star forward Augustine Williams, a striker who...
Pittsburgh Riveters sign Franklin Regional grad Sydney Lindeman
The Pittsburgh Riveters SC has not played a game yet, but the new pre-professional women’s soccer team just strengthened its defense. The team, set to begin play in May in the USL W League, signed Towson redshirt sophomore and Franklin Regional alum Sydney Lindeman. The 21-year-old defender played club soccer...
Fox Chapel grad Kate Friday signs on with expansion Pittsburgh Riveters SC
Kate Friday didn’t want her mental well-being to be defined by success, or failure, surrounding her soccer career. When the Fox Chapel graduate committed to attend Xavier University in Cincinnati, she wanted to find places around her adopted city where she could escape. “I think my favorite place to go...
