Riverhounds

The Pittsburgh Riverhounds and Detroit FC entered Friday’s game with not much separating them in the Eastern Conference standings. They left exactly the same way. The teams played to a scoreless draw, leaving the fifth-place Riverhounds (6-6-4) one point ahead of sixth-place Detroit (5-6-6) in the table. The result might...

It was muggy and overcast at the ‘Mark on the Mon for Sunday’s USL Championship Eastern Conference match between the host Pittsburgh Riverhounds and Loudoun United. The visitors sat six points ahead of the local 11 entering play with 26 points off eight wins so far this season. If there...

On the Fourth of July, the word “fireworks” tends to be used in a loose and abundant manner. With USL Western Conference foe New Mexico United in town for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds’ annual Independence Day home game at Highmark Stadium, the use of “fireworks” would be understated. New Mexico United...

Piper Coffield would have loved to have six of her teammates alongside her during the Pittsburgh Riveters USL W Central Conference semifinal playoff game Friday at Highmark Stadium. But the Mars graduate knows how things work in the summer at the pre-professional level. As the summer gets later, players have...

As the team’s inaugural regular season comes to a close and the playoffs draw near, the Pittsburgh Riveters have received key contributions from one of Plum’s own. Gina Proviano, a 2021 Plum graduate, has been an impact midfielder for the Riveters. “It is a surreal feeling to play in front...

With the end of June on the horizon, the Pittsburgh Riverhounds closed the books on the first half of 2025 with a USL Jägermeister Cup contest Saturday at Highmark Stadium, hosting Westchester SC of the USL’s League One. Having suffered a pair of losses in their first two Group Cup...

A clutch goal by Plum graduate Gina Proviano gave the Pittsburgh Riveters a division title Friday night. Proviano scored in stoppage time to give the Riveters a 2-1 victory over Steel City FC, clinching the USL W League’s Great Forest Division championship. Steel City (3-2-4) took the lead in the...

Pittsburgh Riveters defender Natalia DiSora has been added to the United States’ U-18 women’s national team training camp, which will run through Tuesday. The camp, being held in Fayetteville, Ga. and running concurrently with the U-19 team, will gather a large pool of players for the 2026 FIFA U-20 World...

Minah Syam’s stoppage time goal helped the Pittsburgh Riveters earn a 1-1 draw at FC Buffalo on Saturday night to maintain control of first placce in the USL W League’s Great Forest Division. Syam’s goal was set up on a corner kick by Tessa Dellarose. Buffalo scored in the 81st...

The conditions for Saturday’s USL match between the Tampa Bay Rowdies and host Pittsburgh Riverhounds couldn’t have been better, even if Joe Denardo was still around. Against a clear blue sky and 90-degree weather at kick, the pitch was perfect for the host club, which walked away with a convincing...

Five players scored for the Pittsburgh Riveters in their 7-0 victory over Erie Sports Center on Sunday night at Highmark Stadium. Sabrina Bryan and Gina Proviano each scored twice, and Olivia Damico, Tanum Nelson and Tessa Dellarose also had goals for the Riveters (5-1-2), who stayed atop the USL W’s...

A modest two-match winning streak in USL Championship play came to an end for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds on Saturday night. Jack Blake scored in the final seconds of the first half, leading the Indy Eleven to a 1-0 win over the Riverhounds in Indianapolis. In all competitions, the Riverhounds (4-6-2)...

Tanum Nelson became the first player in Pittsburgh Riveters history to record a hat trick Sunday evening and also gave the local team a 3-0 victory over FC Buffalo at Highmark Stadium. The Vermont native, who scored the first goal in team history earlier this season, helped the Riveters improve...

Perrin Barnes and Robbie Mertz came into Saturday night’s game with only one goal between them on the season. They left with a goal and assist each. Barnes scored in the 37th minute and Mertz in the 66th minute off terrific passes from each other to help the Pittsbugh Riverhounds...

After a goal in stoppage time, the Pittsburgh Riveters were forced to settle for a draw Thursday night in Erie. Olivia Damico gave the Riveters (2-1-2) a lead early in the second half, but Leya Bretz scored on a header in the closing seconds to lift Erie Sports Center (0-3-2)...

With May coming to a close, the Pittsburgh Riverhounds played Rhode Island on Saturday at Highmark Stadium in a Group 4 USL Jagermeister Cup match. The teams faced each other a week prior at the Pawtucket’s new 10,500 seat Centreville Bank Stadium. The Hounds handed Rhode Island a loss, the...

Behind first-half goals by Alexis Tylenda and Olivia Damico, the Pittsburgh Riveters earned a 2-0 victory over Flower City 1872, in a USL W League game Friday at Highmark Stadium. Goalkeeper Pauline Nelles made four saves for the Riveters (2-1-1), who secured a season sweep of Flower City (1-2-0). The...

In the first three games in team history, the Pittsburgh Riveters have run the gamut of potential results. The Riveters tied their opener and won their second game. On Wednesday night in Cleveland, they experienced their first loss. The Cleveland Force scored a trio of second-half goals to send the...

Tanum Nelson scored the first two goals in Pittsburgh Riveters history in a 3-2 win over Flower City 1872 on Saturday in Rochester, N.Y., sending the USL W League club to its first victory. Lucia Wells also scored for the Riveters (1-0-1), who played to a scoreless draw with Cleveland...

Captain Danny Griffin and goalkeeper Eric Dick combined to lead the Pittsburgh Riverhounds to a desperately needed victory Saturday afternoon. Griffin scored the game’s only goal late in the first half and Dick made five saves as the Riverhounds ended a six-game winless streak in USL Championship matches with a...

CHESTER — Along the banks of the Delaware River on Wednesday, a Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup match between the Pittsburgh Riverhounds and host Philadelphia Union unfolded. The location itself, Subaru Park in Chester, would have made George Washington nod in approval of this first matchup between the state’s two...

The Pittsburgh Riverhounds have had very little to get excited about since the 2025 USL Championship season began in early March. The team has won just twice, registering its most recent victory March 29. However, when it comes to the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, the Riverhounds have shown a...

When Beto Ydrach headed in a ball in the final minute of a May 7 US Open Cup match against New York City FC, it was one of the highlights of the season for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds. Problem is, that’s the only goal they’ve scored in their last four games....

An overflow crowd at Highmark Stadium on a picture-perfect Friday night came to witness the debut of the Pittsburgh Riveters pre-professional women’s soccer club. A standing-room-only crowd of 6,077 witnessed the Riveters play the Cleveland Force to a scoreless draw in a USL W League game. It was the fourth-largest...

The Pittsburgh Riveters put the finishing touches on their first roster a day before the pre-professional women’s soccer team kicks off its inaugural season. Riveters SC continued to build with local players from the Riverhounds Development Academy, adding Aris Lamanna (Franklin Regional), Mackenzie Dupre (Upper St. Clair) and Aleena Ulke...