Riverhounds

TULSA, Okla. — On a chilly afternoon Saturday in front of 9,507 fans at ONEOK Field, the visiting Pittsburgh Riverhounds met FC Tulsa with the 2025 USL Championship season hanging in the balance. The winner would claim its first league title. Like they had two times prior this postseason, in...

For 26 seasons, the Pittsburgh Riverhounds have played, moved to multiple venues, shut down operations for a season, reopened, found a permanent home and finally stable ownership as part of a long path to playing for a league championship. In front of what will be a hostile crowd of 10,000...

At 6-foot-5 and 220 pounds, Pittsburgh Riverhounds goalkeeper Eric Dick is the cornerstone of a defense that has been the backbone of a USL Eastern Conference title run and berth in Saturday’s league final against Western Conference king FC Tulsa. Dick, a Kansas native, came to Pittsburgh in 2024 after...

Carrying 26 years of futility into Saturday’s USL Eastern Conference title match, the Pittsburgh Riverhounds came to Highmark Stadium on Saturday with a simple goal. Beat defending conference champion Rhode Island FC and wait to see where they would travel to for a crack at the elusive first club championship...

The wild ride that has been the 2025 Pittsburgh Riverhounds season continues to play out like a trip on the Phantom’s Revenge at Kennywood. Some big hills, a few valleys and thrills and screams abound. There was a slow start followed by a rather good run during the summer at...

A very raucous and record crowd of soccer fans jammed into Highmark Stadium on Saturday evening with hopes of watching their side do something the Pittsburgh Riverhounds franchise had never done. Make an Eastern Conference final in the USL Championship. Since the league adopted its current playoff format in 2016,...

No matter what the sport is, from hockey to football, postseason play is unmatched, as it becomes not just a test of wills, but at times it’s simply about luck and the right place and right time. For Detroit FC, a bit of timing and luck has propelled the No....

There was a sense of anticipation in the air at Highmark Stadium on Saturday as the USL Championship playoffs kicked off in Pittsburgh with the Riverhounds hosting Hartford Athletic. In the end, penalties were needed to decide a winner in a scoreless game. The host Riverhounds came away with a...

The chill in the air as November dawns caps off a rather hot two months of soccer by the Pittsburgh Riverhounds, who finished on a 5-2-1 run, good enough to earn a home playoff tilt. A 30-match regular season culminated last Saturday in a draw with visiting Phoenix Rising of...

A turbulent regular season for Pittsburgh Riverhounds soccer came to an end Saturday in front of a chilly crowd of 5,067 fans at Highmark Stadium. After 29 games, the local 11 held down 43 points and a fourth-place slot in the Eastern Conference standings of the USL Championship. Coming into...

Upheaval in the coaching ranks has done nothing to slow the Pittsburgh Riverhounds. In fact, it may be having the opposite effect. Sean Suber, Augi Williams and Jackson Walti scored as the Hounds defeated Monterey Bay FC, 3-0, on Saturday night in California. The Hounds have won four of their...

The mood on Saturday at Highmark Stadium was not one of a festive atmosphere the building usually channels when the local 11 from the Riverhounds are home to play. All season, as in the recent few campaigns, sellout crowds are mostly a raucous group, full of optimism. That festive mood...

The Pittsburgh Riverhounds have placed longtime coach Bob Lilley on administrative leave, the team announced in a statement Friday night. Assistant coach Rob Vincent will serve as acting head coach effective immediately, the team said. The Riverhounds are scheduled to play host to the Indy Eleven at 7 p.m. Saturday...

The Pittsburgh Riverhounds missed a golden opportunity to gain ground in the USL Championship Eastern Conference standings, giving up three second-half goals to last-place Miami FC and losing 3-1 Saturday night. The Riverhounds (10-10-7) remain in sixth place, one point behind Hartford Athletic and two behind Loudoun United. The result...

Augi Williams found the back of the net on a penalty kick in the 30th minute to give the Pittsburgh Riverhounds a 1-0 victory over Las Vegas Lights FC on Sunday at Highmark Stadium. It was the second straight victory for the Hounds, who improved to 10-9-7. Jacob Randolph made...

The Pittsburgh Riverhounds match against Las Vegas Lights FC, which was scheduled for Saturday night, has been postponed until 6 p.m. Sunday, at Highmark Stadium. The USL Championship announced the change after unexpected delays prevented Las Vegas’ travel to Pittsburgh. Tickets for Saturday’s match will be honored for the new...

Pittsburgh Riverhounds captain Danny Griffin has been cleared of allegations that he used racially offensive language during a game against Hartford Athletic last Saturday, according to a statement released by the Connecticut USL Championship club. Hartford Athletic’s statement, released Friday afternoon, said the league conducted an investigation into the allegations...

Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC is standing behind its captain. Midfielder Danny Griffin on Thursday released a statement on Instagram denying an accusation that he used a racial slur during the Riverhounds’ game Saturday night at Hartford Athletic. “I want to make it absolutely clear: I did not use a racial slur...

A USL Championship soccer match between the Pittsburgh Riverhounds and Hartford Athletic was halted with time left on the clock Saturday night after a Hartford player accused a Riverhounds player of using “racially offensive language.” After regulation time had expired but with stoppage time left on the clock, Hartford midfielder...

As the leaves begin to turn, many teams hopes of making the USL Championship’s postseason are doing much of the same. That includes the Pittsburgh Riverhounds who, as of late, have turned to falling short in the win department —including a 2-0 loss to Louisville FC on Saturday night —...

Augi Williams scored a pair of goals as the Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC won 2-0 on the road at Oakland Roots SC on Sunday afternoon. Williams moved into second all-time on the USL Championship goal-scoring list with 83 in his career. Eric Dick made two saves and posted his 30th career...

The Pittsburgh Riverhounds have hit a late summer slump of sorts, giving up a pair of second-half goals and falling 2-1 to the Tampa Bay Rowdies on Saturday night. The Riverhounds (7-8-7) are winless in their last four games (0-2-2) and have slipped into seventh place in the USL Championship...

The Pittsburgh Riverhounds picked up star goalkeeper Eric Dick after a rare error, scoring a second-half goal to pull out a 1-1 road draw with Birmingham Legion FC on Saturday night. Ronaldo Damus scored in the 28th minute when Dick bobbled his long range shot to give Birmingham (4-9-8) a...

With an overflow crowd of 6,115 on hand, the second largest in Highmark Stadium history, the Pittsburgh Riverhounds came out fast and confident Saturday against their oldest rivals, the Charleston Battery. The Palmetto 11 came into the game with the second-best record in the Eastern Conference of the USL Championship...