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The American soccer club Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC competes in the USL Championship, the second division of American soccer, previously known as USL and USL Pro.The following is a complete list of seasons for the club, including team and individual statistics for all competitive competitions that the club has partaken in. [1]
Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC is an American professional soccer team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, founded in 1998 [1] and beginning play in 1999. [2]Saint Lucian international David Flavius currently holds the club records for most appearances and goals which he set over his eight seasons with the Riverhounds between 1999 and 2006.
Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC: 14 shutouts; 0.69 goals against average; 79.1 save percentage [45] Golden Playmaker Noah Fuson: Rhode Island FC: 10 assists [45] Goalkeeper of the Year Eric Dick: Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC: 14 shutouts; 0.69 goals against average; 79.1 save percentage [46] Defender of the Year Graham Smith: Charleston Battery
The 2024 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC season was the club's twenty-fifth season of existence, their eighth season in the second tier of American soccer, and their fourteenth season in the league now named the USL Championship (USLC). Bob Lilley returns for his seventh season as Riverhounds manager.
Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC and the Tampa Bay Rowdies were the first teams to clinch a playoff berth which they both achieved on September 3 and subsequently both lost in the first round. [5] Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC won the regular season and were eliminated in the Conference Quarterfinals by Detroit City FC .
An ownership group led by local banker Paul Heasley was awarded a Pittsburgh expansion franchise in the USL A-League by USISL on March 11, 1998. The team was planned to begin playing in the 1999 season and would be the first professional outdoor soccer team in the city since the Pittsburgh Phantoms of the National Professional Soccer League folded after the 1967 season. [8]
The 2019 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC season was the club's twentieth season of existence, their second consecutive season in the second tier of American soccer, and their ninth season in the league now named the USL Championship. The season covers the period from October 21, 2018 to the beginning of the 2020 USL Championship season.
Prior to the opening game of the 2016 season, the Riverhounds unveiled a signature beer available at Highmark Stadium, Golden Hound Ale brewed by Pittsburgh-based Penn Brewery. Although three Major League Soccer clubs previously created signature beers, the Riverhounds became the first USL club to do so. [ 92 ]