VS

Highmark Stadium @ 7:00pm

United Soccer League: Eastern Conference

Saturday 4 June 2016

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Officials

Recent Games

Pittsburgh Riverhounds

(1-5-3, 6 Pts.)

@pghriverhounds @Chas_Battery

VS

(5-3-3, 18 Pts)

Charleston Battery13 4

Injuries:

PGH: Marshall Hollingsworth (concussion)

CHS: Romario Williams

Suspensions:

Referee: Michael Lavergne Assistants: Sean Regan, Vicente Suarez Fourth Official: Paul Deverse

PGH:

CHS:

Form Guide

W LL L

W W LL W

Head to Head

1 5

Since 2011

5

2016 USL Regular Season

11 24

Pittsburgh Riverhounds

1

P PTSUSL StandingsEastern Conference

10 21

Harrisburg City Islanders

2

10 20

Charlotte Independence

3

11 18

FC Cincinnati

4

10 17

Charleston Battery

5

9 15

FC Montreal

6

11 15

Bethlehem Steel FC

7

11 14

Louisville City FC

8

11 13

New York Red Bulls II

9

10 13

Toronto F.C. II

10

10 12

Rochester Rhinos

11

11 8

Orlando City B

12

9 6

Wilmington Hammerheads FC

13

9 3

Richmond Kickers

14

April 30, 2016 Pittsburgh

Parkes 30’ Portillo 66’ [penalty]

1 1Charleston MUSC Health Stadium, Charleston

T

Pittsburgh Riverhounds Charleston Battery

6- Romario Williams

1-Drew Russell

1-Kevin Kerr

2-Justin Portillo

1-Maikel Chang

1-Shawn Ferguson

1-Forrest Lasso

2-Corey Hertzog

1-Conor Branson

0-1 @ New York Red Bulls II

Mauricio Vargas – Jordan Murrell, Sergio Campbell, Willie Hunt, Drew Russell – Kevin Kerr (c) – Lebo Moloto, Stephen Okai, Mike Green – Duwayne Ewart, Corey Hertzog

Odisnel Cooper – Quinton Griffith, Shawn Ferguson (c), Taylor Mueller, Emmanuel Adjetey – Zach Prince, Justin Portillo, Ataulla Guerra, Maikel Chang – Ricky Garbanzo, Romario Williams

0-2 vs. Louisville City

Top Scorers

Top Assists

Game Talk:

Last Time Out

“I’m for sure looking forward to coaching my first game at home. I hope people turn out in force and we give them something worthwhile to watch. ”

- Head CoachDavid Brandt

“Dealing with any kind of speed up top is a problem, we are looking to utilize our high press in the coach’s system to counter their attack.”

- DefenderWillie Hunt

May 28, 2016

May 28, 2016

3-Justin Portillo

3-Zachary Prince

1-Lebo Moloto

1-Marshall Hollingsworth

1-Stephen Okai

2-Maikel Chang

1-Shawn Ferguson

1-Taylor Mueller

Game Notes:

Team Rosters:

Pittsburgh:

1|Hunter Gilstrap

17|Drew Russell

7|Stephen Okai

22|Lebo Moloto

10|Kevin Kerr

4|Jordan Murrell

6|Conor Branson

12|Sergio Campbell

20|Duwayne Ewart

25|Marshall Hollingsworth

26|Ben Swanson

14| AlexNyarko Harlley

18|Mauricio Vargas

8|Mike Green

23|Nick Kolarac

11|Corey Hertzog

15|Ryan Dodson

3|Karsten Smith

21|James Bissue

9|Zak Boggs

24|Brenden Alfery

13|Willie Hunt

16|Isaiah Schafer

Charleston Battery

* The Riverhounds (1-5-3) look to get back on track against the Charleston Battery (5-3-3) at home. The teams have already met once this season, battling to a 1-1 draw in April.

* Winning their first game of the season last time out at home, a 2-1 result over Toronto FC II, the Hounds will attempt to nab back-to-back home victories for the first time since July 4, 2015 – first defeating FC Montreal, 1-0, on June 20, then shutting out the Red Bulls II, 3-0, on the holiday.

* Charleston enters the match fourth in the Eastern Conference and just recently saw its 29-game home-unbeaten streak ended at the hands of Louisville City FC, 0-2, this past weekend. The defeat also ended a three-game winning streak for the Battery.

* Goalkeeper Mauricio Vargas has been stellar since taking over the starting position prior to the FC Cincinnati match on May 14. Notching six saves on seven shots this past weekend, Vargas’ save percentage of .842 is fourth-best in the USL amongst keepers who have played in three or more matches this season – his 16 saves is also tops amongst that group as well.

Pos# Player P G A

GK 6 0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

2

6

8

8

9

8

7

9

8

9

3

1

7

8

3

2

4

7

1

0

6

3

D

D

D/M

D/M

M

M

M

M/F

F

F

D

M

D/F

D

D

GK

M

M

M

M

M

GK

29|Chad Barson 0 01D

Pos# Player P G A

* Pittsburgh next heads to Richmond to face the Kickers (4-4-3) for the first time this season on Saturday, June 11 at 7 p.m. Last season saw the teams draw against each other in Pittsburgh, 1-1, and then the Hounds take the road date by a score of 2-1 with tallies from Lebo Moloto and Miro Cabrilo.

01| Alexander Tambakis

24| Zach Prince

11| Quinton Griffith

17| Ricky Garbanzo

26| Austin Savage

04| Taylor Mueller

15| Emmanuel Adjetey

09| Romario Williams

20| Justin Portillo

03| Forrest Lasso

12| Maikel Chang

08| Neveal Hackshaw

19| Dante Marini

- | Conor Sloan

06| Shawn Ferguson

07| O’Brian Woodbine

16| Heviel Cordoves

25| Christopher Tsonis

10| Ataullah Guerra

23| Odisnel Cooper

GK

D

5 0 0

5 1 0

9 1 1

11

10

1

0

1

1

10 0 0

11 6 1

8 0 0

9 0 0

10 1 2

6 0 0

5

5

0

0 0

0

9

5

1

1 0

0

11

1

0

0 0

0

11 2 3

6 0 0

9 0 3

D

D

D

M

M

F

D

M

D

F

F

F

F

M

F

M

GK

M