Riveters’ Abi Hugh named Great Forest Player of the Year
Abi Hugh helped guide Pittsburgh Riveters SC to the USL W League playoffs in the team’s inaugural season and was recognized for her efforts Wednesday. Hugh, a defender/midfielder, was named the Great Forest Division Player of the Year. The Huntington, W.Va. native who played at Marshall and N.C. State, started...
Riverhounds secure 1-1 draw with Miami FC in final seconds
With July heat and a Wicked (promotion of the night) second-half run to the USL Championship playoffs underway, the Pittsburgh Riverhounds hosted Miami FC on a very rare Tuesday evening game on the Mon. The visitors came into the contest clinging to the eighth and final playoff spot in the...
Hounds fall to Portland in Jägermeister Cup group play
The Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC dropped a decision to Portland Hearts of Pine in penalty kicks Friday night in Jägermeister Cup group play in Maine. After playing to a 2-2 draw in regulation, Portland held a 5-4 advantage in the shootout to earn the bonus point. Bertin Jacquesson scored twice for...
Riverhounds, Detroit play to scoreless draw
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...
Riverhounds play to a draw against Loudoun United
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...
After hitting post 3 times, Riverhounds break through in 2nd half, beat New Mexico
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...
Short-handed Riveters defeated in inaugural playoff game
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...
Thrilled to play for hometown team, Plum alum Gina Proviano leads Riveters into playoffs
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...
Riverhounds pick up 1st win in USL Jagermeister Cup play
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...
Plum, Franklin Regional grads score as Riveters clinch division title with win over Steel City FC
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, Upper St. Clair senior Natalia DiSora to join U-18 national team camp
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...
Pittsburgh Riveters stay atop Great Forest Division after draw with Buffalo
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...
Own goal, shot from Williams lift Riverhounds to win
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...
Riveters blank Erie Sports Center
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...
Riverhounds lose on the road in Indy
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’s hat trick lifts Riveters past FC Buffalo
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, Robbie Mertz show perfect chemistry in Riverhounds win over Detroit
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...
Riveters give up late goal, play to draw with Erie
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)...
Riverhounds drop home Jagermeister Cup game to Rhode Island
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...
Pittsburgh Riveters sweep Flower City
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...
Riveters suffer team’s 1st loss in Cleveland
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...
Riveters get 1st goal, 1st win in Rochester
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...
Riverhounds beat Rhode Island FC for much-needed win
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...
Riverhounds knocked out of U.S. Open Cup by cross-state nemesis Philadelphia
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...
Despite early struggles this season, Riverhounds hope to rekindle U.S. Open Cup magic vs. Philadelphia
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...
