Robbie Mertz is the lone hometown player on the Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC, but the midfielder鈥檚 spot on the USL champions roster is hardly for show. Mertz, 29, will return to the field for the Hounds, and recently-hired head coach Rob Vincent, who led the team to the championship after ...
It didn鈥檛 seem fair for Rob Vincent to not get a shot at leading the Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC following a run that ended with the team raising the USL Championship league trophy on Nov. 22. Vincent had served as the active head coach of the squad since Oct. 10 when Bob Lilley was placed on ...
The clich茅, 鈥渄efense wins championships,鈥� is one of the more overused phrases in sports, and there is no scientific evidence to prove a formidable defense leads to titles, but if validity is needed beyond a hypothesis, one can look to the 2025 version of the Pittsburgh Riverhounds ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� Behind the largest crowd to watch a USL Championship match at Highmark Stadium, the feeling was leaning towards an unfair result for the home team on Saturday night at Station Square in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh had outshot Detroit City FC, 18-5, including a 3-2 edge on target, ...
Highmark Stadium will once again be electric on Saturday night when Pittsburgh hosts Detroit City FC in the Eastern Conference Semifinals of the USL Championship Playoffs. The Riverhounds and Hartford Athletic played to a scoreless draw, and after 120 minutes plus stoppage time, the Eastern ...
Pittsburgh had to settle for a draw in its final regular-season home match last Saturday against Phoenix Rising FC, but the Riverhounds had reason to celebrate after word came that they would host a home playoff contest in the USL Championship Eastern Conference Quarterfinals. Pittsburgh鈥檚 ...
