PITTSBURGH – Sitting two points out of the playoff places in the USL Eastern Conference, the Pittsburgh Riverhounds face a Rochester Rhinos side looking to solidify its grasp on third place in the standings when the teams meet on Saturday night at Highmark Stadium. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. ET.
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Pittsburgh Riverhounds news and notes
Current record: 8-9-10, 34pts
The Riverhounds saw a five-game undefeated streak come to an end in their last outing as they suffered a 3-0 defeat to Louisville City FC last Saturday night at Highmark Stadium.
The defeat kept the Riverhounds in 10th place in the Eastern Conference standings, two points behind both seventh-place FC Cincinnati and eighth-place Orlando City B with five games to go in the regular season.
The Riverhounds announced on Thursday they had signed goalkeeper Brendan Alfery for the remainder of the season to help mitigate injuries to both Keasel Broome and Trey Mitchell. Alfery was a member of the Riverhounds a season ago, but did not make an appearance in the USL regular season.
Pittsburgh midfielder Kevin Kerr is tied for the USL lead with 57 key passes this season alongside Louisville City FC's Oscar Jimenez.
Rochester Rhinos news and notes
Current record: 11-5-9, 42pts
The Rhinos come into this match following a 1-1 draw with Ottawa Fury FC last Saturday night at Capelli Sport Stadium.
Cristiano Francois opened the scoring for the Rhinos in the 19th minute but the hosts were unable to hold their lead as a second-half penalty kick allowed Ottawa to equalize and share the points.
With the draw the Rhinos extended their unbeaten run to three matches, and moved into sole possession of third place in the USL Eastern Conference with a game in hand on both the fourth-place Charleston Battery and fifth-place Tampa Bay Rowdies.
Rochester has conceded the fewest shots on goal in the USL this season, allowing only 210 through 25 games this season.
Series Notes
Squads
Pittsburgh – GK: Matthew Perrella, Brendan Alfery; D: Shane Campbell, Jack Thompson, Taylor Washington, Ryan Adleye, Nick Thompson, Jamal Jack, Tobi Adewole, Ritchie Duffie, Gale Agbossoumonde, Lalas Abubakar, Joe Greenspan, Shannon Gomez; M: Victor Souto, Maduabuchi Obinwa, Stephen Okai, Michael Green, Kevin Kerr, Danny Earls, Kenroy Howell, Ben Fitzpatrick; F: Chevaughn Walsh, Corey Hertzog, Kay Banjo, Romeo Parkes
Rochester – GK: Kyle Morton, Dan Lynd, Tomas Gomez; D: Joe Farrell, Ryan Felix, Todd Pratzner, Sergio Campbell, Bradley Kamdem, Ryan James, Raymond Lee, Jordan Dover; M: Brandon Beresford, Jalen Brown, Stefan Defregger, Christiano Francois, Wal Fall, Kenardo Forbes, Mike Garzi, Rayanne Boukemia, Antonio Correia, Julian Buescher; F: Samuel Edoung-Biyo, Darius Madison, Jochen Graf, Sofiane Tergou
Discipline
Pittsburgh – Accumulation warning: Jamal Jack, Tobi Adwole, Danny Earls, Victor Souto
Rochester – None
Officials
REF: GREG DOPKA
AR1: Maggie Short
AR2: Luke Sobota
4TH: Ali Zolgharnain
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Pittsburgh Riverhounds – @PghRiverhounds
Rochester Rhinos – @RochesterRhinos
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