Working on a dorky analysis article on the Colorado Rapids MLS Superdraft history and discovered that
no player drafted by the Colorado Rapids has played as many career minutes
as Robbie Mertz.
14,293 minutes in pro soccer.
#Rapids96 #RiverhoundsSC
no player drafted by the Colorado Rapids has played as many career minutes
as Robbie Mertz.
14,293 minutes in pro soccer.
#Rapids96 #RiverhoundsSC
December 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Working on a dorky analysis article on the Colorado Rapids MLS Superdraft history and discovered that
no player drafted by the Colorado Rapids has played as many career minutes
as Robbie Mertz.
14,293 minutes in pro soccer.
#Rapids96 #RiverhoundsSC
no player drafted by the Colorado Rapids has played as many career minutes
as Robbie Mertz.
14,293 minutes in pro soccer.
#Rapids96 #RiverhoundsSC
May 22, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Former #Rapids96 mid Sam Bassett on the bench for #RiverhoundsSC in their #USOC2026 matchup with Steel City FC.
March 25, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Former #Rapids96 mid Sam Bassett on the bench for #RiverhoundsSC in their #USOC2026 matchup with Steel City FC.
Kudos to whomever on the Riverhounds marketing team
came up with the idea of a giveaway ’parking chair’.
#RiverhoundsSC
came up with the idea of a giveaway ’parking chair’.
#RiverhoundsSC
February 12, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Kudos to whomever on the Riverhounds marketing team
came up with the idea of a giveaway ’parking chair’.
#RiverhoundsSC
came up with the idea of a giveaway ’parking chair’.
#RiverhoundsSC
Albert Dikwa and Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC advance to the Second Round of the U.S. Open Cup! #OneOfUsAlways
📷: FB/RiverhoundsSC
📷: FB/RiverhoundsSC
March 26, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Albert Dikwa and Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC advance to the Second Round of the U.S. Open Cup! #OneOfUsAlways
📷: FB/RiverhoundsSC
📷: FB/RiverhoundsSC
🚨 LIVE SHOW TONIGHT 🚨
9pm ET/6pm PT
Kaylor is going 1-on-1 with @RiverhoundsSC interim head coach and USL Champion Rob Vincent!
We will talk about:
🗺️ His Journey to Pittsburgh
🪄 The Miracle on the Mon
👀 Scouting Talent
🏆 What it Was Like to Win it All
9pm ET/6pm PT
Kaylor is going 1-on-1 with @RiverhoundsSC interim head coach and USL Champion Rob Vincent!
We will talk about:
🗺️ His Journey to Pittsburgh
🪄 The Miracle on the Mon
👀 Scouting Talent
🏆 What it Was Like to Win it All
December 9, 2025 at 11:28 PM
🚨 LIVE SHOW TONIGHT 🚨
9pm ET/6pm PT
Kaylor is going 1-on-1 with @RiverhoundsSC interim head coach and USL Champion Rob Vincent!
We will talk about:
🗺️ His Journey to Pittsburgh
🪄 The Miracle on the Mon
👀 Scouting Talent
🏆 What it Was Like to Win it All
9pm ET/6pm PT
Kaylor is going 1-on-1 with @RiverhoundsSC interim head coach and USL Champion Rob Vincent!
We will talk about:
🗺️ His Journey to Pittsburgh
🪄 The Miracle on the Mon
👀 Scouting Talent
🏆 What it Was Like to Win it All
“When I get ahead of the defender, I know where I’m going to go”
@RiverhoundsSC Bertin Jacquesson following 2-0 win vs Rhode Island FC in which he scored to double the lead
#PITvRI
@RiverhoundsSC Bertin Jacquesson following 2-0 win vs Rhode Island FC in which he scored to double the lead
#PITvRI
August 3, 2025 at 2:28 AM
“When I get ahead of the defender, I know where I’m going to go”
@RiverhoundsSC Bertin Jacquesson following 2-0 win vs Rhode Island FC in which he scored to double the lead
#PITvRI
@RiverhoundsSC Bertin Jacquesson following 2-0 win vs Rhode Island FC in which he scored to double the lead
#PITvRI
Albert Dikwa and the Riverhounds advance to the @opencup.ussoccer.com Round of 32! #OneOfUsAlways
📷: X/RiverhoundsSC
📷: X/RiverhoundsSC
April 1, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Albert Dikwa and the Riverhounds advance to the @opencup.ussoccer.com Round of 32! #OneOfUsAlways
📷: X/RiverhoundsSC
📷: X/RiverhoundsSC
November 16, 2025 at 3:17 AM
May 8, 2025 at 12:43 AM
With the @riverhoundssc releasing their 2025 schedule, we’ve got a few dates to circle on the calendar already!
First up, All Hounds Eve is back! We’ll be down at @thepitchonbutler.bsky.social at 7pm on Friday March 21st! Come hang out with us and celebrate the kickoff of the 2025 season!
First up, All Hounds Eve is back! We’ll be down at @thepitchonbutler.bsky.social at 7pm on Friday March 21st! Come hang out with us and celebrate the kickoff of the 2025 season!
December 19, 2024 at 8:29 PM
With the @riverhoundssc releasing their 2025 schedule, we’ve got a few dates to circle on the calendar already!
First up, All Hounds Eve is back! We’ll be down at @thepitchonbutler.bsky.social at 7pm on Friday March 21st! Come hang out with us and celebrate the kickoff of the 2025 season!
First up, All Hounds Eve is back! We’ll be down at @thepitchonbutler.bsky.social at 7pm on Friday March 21st! Come hang out with us and celebrate the kickoff of the 2025 season!
Riverhounds save their fireworks till the final play off the game and sneak out with a 1-1 draw.
Then Highmark Stadium lights up the night with a ‘Wicked’-themed fireworks show.
#RiverhoundsSC
Then Highmark Stadium lights up the night with a ‘Wicked’-themed fireworks show.
#RiverhoundsSC
July 30, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Riverhounds save their fireworks till the final play off the game and sneak out with a 1-1 draw.
Then Highmark Stadium lights up the night with a ‘Wicked’-themed fireworks show.
#RiverhoundsSC
Then Highmark Stadium lights up the night with a ‘Wicked’-themed fireworks show.
#RiverhoundsSC
Mike Watt Devon Kerr and the CBS Sports crew deserves a sports emmy for the drone video they just shot
of an errant ball floating on the banks of the Monongahela.
Pure poetry.
#RiverhoundsSC
of an errant ball floating on the banks of the Monongahela.
Pure poetry.
#RiverhoundsSC
July 18, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Mike Watt Devon Kerr and the CBS Sports crew deserves a sports emmy for the drone video they just shot
of an errant ball floating on the banks of the Monongahela.
Pure poetry.
#RiverhoundsSC
of an errant ball floating on the banks of the Monongahela.
Pure poetry.
#RiverhoundsSC
NEW PODCAST: www.tinyurl.com/RIFCPodcast
Rhode Island FC emerges victorious from Al-Lang blanking the Rowdies 3-0 with three out of this world goals. Has #RIFC finally found their form and can they maintain this momentum to find their first goal vs the RiverhoundsSC and first home win?
Rhode Island FC emerges victorious from Al-Lang blanking the Rowdies 3-0 with three out of this world goals. Has #RIFC finally found their form and can they maintain this momentum to find their first goal vs the RiverhoundsSC and first home win?
May 23, 2025 at 3:13 AM
NEW PODCAST: www.tinyurl.com/RIFCPodcast
Rhode Island FC emerges victorious from Al-Lang blanking the Rowdies 3-0 with three out of this world goals. Has #RIFC finally found their form and can they maintain this momentum to find their first goal vs the RiverhoundsSC and first home win?
Rhode Island FC emerges victorious from Al-Lang blanking the Rowdies 3-0 with three out of this world goals. Has #RIFC finally found their form and can they maintain this momentum to find their first goal vs the RiverhoundsSC and first home win?
Opinion: Please, USL, Don't Add a D1 League
#RiverhoundsSC
#USL
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#RiverhoundsSC
#USL
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Opinion: Please, USL, don't add a D1 League | Pittsburgh Soccer Now
Thursday morning, Paul Tenorio at The Athletic reported that the USL was planning to announce the launch of a Division 1 men’s soccer league. This league would compete directly with the existing D1 le...
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February 13, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Opinion: Please, USL, Don't Add a D1 League
#RiverhoundsSC
#USL
pittsburghsoccernow.com/2025/02/13/o...
#RiverhoundsSC
#USL
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November 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Bradley Sample hasn’t really distinguished himself for the Hounds yet in his 2 seasons.
Can he make this his hero moment in black and yellow?
#RiverhoundsSC
Can he make this his hero moment in black and yellow?
#RiverhoundsSC
77' - Wow, an unexpected pair of subs here for the Hounds: Brigham Larsen off after just half an hour and replaced by Beto Ydrach, Bradley Sample on for Jorge Garcia. The Hounds have no forwards on the field with a lot of time to go.
#USOC2025
#USOC2025
May 8, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Bradley Sample hasn’t really distinguished himself for the Hounds yet in his 2 seasons.
Can he make this his hero moment in black and yellow?
#RiverhoundsSC
Can he make this his hero moment in black and yellow?
#RiverhoundsSC
Mazal tov to Riverhounds mainstay Robbie Mertz, who became a father on Thursday,
Cal Mertz, 7 lbs, 1 oz,
and got to celebrate with a goal on Saturday night.
#RiverhoundsSC
Cal Mertz, 7 lbs, 1 oz,
and got to celebrate with a goal on Saturday night.
#RiverhoundsSC
June 8, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Mazal tov to Riverhounds mainstay Robbie Mertz, who became a father on Thursday,
Cal Mertz, 7 lbs, 1 oz,
and got to celebrate with a goal on Saturday night.
#RiverhoundsSC
Cal Mertz, 7 lbs, 1 oz,
and got to celebrate with a goal on Saturday night.
#RiverhoundsSC
I previewed Philadelphia Union v Pittsburgh Riverhounds.
#RiverhoundsSC
cc: @jtannenwald.bsky.social
pittsburghsoccernow.com/2025/05/20/p...
#RiverhoundsSC
cc: @jtannenwald.bsky.social
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Preview: The Battle for Pennsylvania is on between Hounds and Union
It’s the rivalry match we’ve been waiting for since, well, forever. The Pittsburgh Riverhounds, at long last, will play MLS’ Philadelphia Union on Wednesday, May 21st, at 7:30 pm on Paramount Plus/CBS...
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May 20, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I previewed Philadelphia Union v Pittsburgh Riverhounds.
#RiverhoundsSC
cc: @jtannenwald.bsky.social
pittsburghsoccernow.com/2025/05/20/p...
#RiverhoundsSC
cc: @jtannenwald.bsky.social
pittsburghsoccernow.com/2025/05/20/p...
Watchability Rankings #USLChampionship Week of Sept 8th 2025. Top Matchup of the week @loucity.com vs #RiverhoundsSC
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#USLC #USL #LouCity #HOUNDTAHN
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#USLC #USL #LouCity #HOUNDTAHN
USL Championship Watchability Rankings Match Week of September 8th, 2025
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September 12, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Watchability Rankings #USLChampionship Week of Sept 8th 2025. Top Matchup of the week @loucity.com vs #RiverhoundsSC
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#USLC #USL #LouCity #HOUNDTAHN
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#USLC #USL #LouCity #HOUNDTAHN
Riverhounds final preseason tuneup.
Starters: 9 Augustine Williams, 14 R. Mertz, 8 Junior Etou, 2 Danny Griffin, 15 B. Sample, 5 S. Suber, 24 J. Walti, Aidan OToole & 6 Max Broughton.
Formation is a 4231.
#RiverhoundsSC
@johnkrysinsky.bsky.social @cjcoreschi.bsky.social @steelarmy.bsky.social
Starters: 9 Augustine Williams, 14 R. Mertz, 8 Junior Etou, 2 Danny Griffin, 15 B. Sample, 5 S. Suber, 24 J. Walti, Aidan OToole & 6 Max Broughton.
Formation is a 4231.
#RiverhoundsSC
@johnkrysinsky.bsky.social @cjcoreschi.bsky.social @steelarmy.bsky.social
February 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Riverhounds final preseason tuneup.
Starters: 9 Augustine Williams, 14 R. Mertz, 8 Junior Etou, 2 Danny Griffin, 15 B. Sample, 5 S. Suber, 24 J. Walti, Aidan OToole & 6 Max Broughton.
Formation is a 4231.
#RiverhoundsSC
@johnkrysinsky.bsky.social @cjcoreschi.bsky.social @steelarmy.bsky.social
Starters: 9 Augustine Williams, 14 R. Mertz, 8 Junior Etou, 2 Danny Griffin, 15 B. Sample, 5 S. Suber, 24 J. Walti, Aidan OToole & 6 Max Broughton.
Formation is a 4231.
#RiverhoundsSC
@johnkrysinsky.bsky.social @cjcoreschi.bsky.social @steelarmy.bsky.social
Recap and photos from Pittsburgh's thrilling draw against Miami FC, with a goal at the death from Charles Ahl for Pittsburghsoccernow.com.
Head coach Bob Lilley however was, um, less than thrilled with the match.
#RiverhoundsSC
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Head coach Bob Lilley however was, um, less than thrilled with the match.
#RiverhoundsSC
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Hounds Steal a Draw at the Death over Miami FC, 1-1
You can’t leave it any later than the Riverhounds did on Tuesday night and escape with a result. The Pittsburgh Riverhounds played 94 minutes of fruitless, frustrated, goalless football on Tuesday ni...
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July 30, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Recap and photos from Pittsburgh's thrilling draw against Miami FC, with a goal at the death from Charles Ahl for Pittsburghsoccernow.com.
Head coach Bob Lilley however was, um, less than thrilled with the match.
#RiverhoundsSC
pittsburghsoccernow.com/2025/07/29/l...
Head coach Bob Lilley however was, um, less than thrilled with the match.
#RiverhoundsSC
pittsburghsoccernow.com/2025/07/29/l...
Nice to catch up with Robbie Mertz this for an interview segment.
With his next appearance— he surpasses fellow Upper St Clair native Gary DePalma for the most caps for Pittsburgh area player with @RiverhoundsSC
No rest for weary — I’ll have another special guest interview soon!!
With his next appearance— he surpasses fellow Upper St Clair native Gary DePalma for the most caps for Pittsburgh area player with @RiverhoundsSC
No rest for weary — I’ll have another special guest interview soon!!
Sounding Off on Soccer Podcast is back as @johnkrysinsky.bsky.social has a special interview with @riverhoundssc.bsky.social 's Robbie Mertz, who goes in-depth, on his career & becoming club's most tenured player from Pittsburgh area
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Robbie Mertz on evolving into Riverhounds' mainstay and club's most tenured player from Pittsburgh area
More than halfway through his seventh season as a professional soccer player, spending nearly all of his career playing for his hometown club, Upper St Clair native Robbie Mertz is poised to become th...
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August 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Nice to catch up with Robbie Mertz this for an interview segment.
With his next appearance— he surpasses fellow Upper St Clair native Gary DePalma for the most caps for Pittsburgh area player with @RiverhoundsSC
No rest for weary — I’ll have another special guest interview soon!!
With his next appearance— he surpasses fellow Upper St Clair native Gary DePalma for the most caps for Pittsburgh area player with @RiverhoundsSC
No rest for weary — I’ll have another special guest interview soon!!