Hounds
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4.1KKovacevic: Dabo’s strike from distance savored
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 12:48 AM August 23, 2018Meet Mouhamed Dabo. He's a midfielder for the Riverhounds, and he's a blast even when he's not burying 25-yard bullets.
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3.0KKovacevic: Hounds taking on ‘special’ feel
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 12:31 AM July 22, 2018Generally speaking, mindnumbing, maddening, next-to-last-minute losses aren't the stuff of great inspiration.
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2.8KBuried Treasure: The Spirit of 1980
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 12:01 AM June 14, 2018The Pittsburgh Spirit was one of the six teams that started the Major Indoor Soccer League. In 1978-79, the league’s inaugural season, they finished fifth with a 6-18 record. In...
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4.7KKovacevic: The (not much of a) life of a professional coach
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 12:05 AM March 23, 2018I'll criticize head coaches. I'll question them. But I'll never claim to know what it's like to be one.
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8.1KKovacevic: For Hounds’ Francois, national tragedy brought his game joie de vivre
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 2:32 PM March 4, 2018When Christiano Francois talks about challenges, about rebuilding, there's a context that strays far beyond soccer.
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9.4KKovacevic: Hounds’ rebranding, rebuilding ‘a really exciting time’
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 11:57 PM February 16, 2018The change is subtle, all associated with the Riverhounds acknowledged at their major rebranding announcement Friday.
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3.3KLilley on first camp with Hounds: ‘Expectations are high’
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 3:45 PM February 5, 2018The Riverhounds didn't open their 2018 training camp Monday the way they'd hoped. Snow and ice blanketed the Highmark Stadium pitch for the scheduled 10 a.m. session.
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4.9KKovacevic: The Spirit of local soccer lives on through Hounds
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 12:00 PM September 17, 2017It was a tremendous Saturday night for soccer in Pittsburgh. Sellout crowd at Highmark Stadium. Seriously quality match between the Riverhounds and Rochester.
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7.1KKovacevic: Shazier’s pick, Cole vs. Candy, Kevin Kerr
at Heinz FieldPOSTED: 1:00 AM August 27, 2017With all due respect to Cam Heyward, the Steelers haven't had that truly special, consistently spectacular defensive performer since the peak version of Troy Polamalu.
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5.4KKovacevic: Globally humiliated, Romeo Parkes returns seeking real redemption
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 11:45 PM May 5, 2017The YouTube clips, the Vines, the gifs went as viral as viral gets in soccer, and that's a lot of viral for the planet's most popular sport.
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3.6KHounds bring back Parkes, the striker banned internationally last year
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 3:16 PM May 5, 2017Romeo Parkes sought a second chance at soccer, and there apparently was only one place he wanted to pursue it. Now he'll get it.
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5.9KKovacevic: 17 thoughts on the 17-loss Hounds heading into 2017
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 9:56 PM September 24, 2016The Riverhounds' 18th year as a franchise, their fourth since at Highmark Stadium, came to a merciful conclusion Saturday night with the 1-0 loss to FC Cincinnati.
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Kovacevic: Cheers, tears and fears for Hounds
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 12:43 AM May 22, 2016Something was seriously amiss Saturday night at Highmark Stadium. For one, the Riverhounds were rolling.
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Kovacevic: Kerr is terrific, but he can’t do it all for Hounds
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 12:00 AM April 3, 2016Yeah, that was Kevin Kerr sprinting the length of Highmark Stadium late Saturday night in feels-like 26 temps.
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Kovacevic: Can any other Riverhounds score?
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 12:01 AM July 19, 2015It’s a real point of pride for the Riverhounds that they’ve got two of the USL’s top scoring talents, Rob Vincent and Kevin Kerr, as well as the overall lead...
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Kovacevic: Now’s the time for Pittsburgh SC
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 12:22 AM June 18, 2015Maybe it was the 3,988 fans filling the seats at Highmark Stadium, stringing the rest around the perimeter and highlighted by the singing, stomping Steel Army.
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Kovacevic: Riverhounds reborn, really good
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 12:22 AM March 29, 2015The temperature along the banks of the Mon was 23 degrees by sundown Saturday, with the wind chill a breath-stunting 14.