# 2014 Pittsburgh Riverhounds season

The 2014 Pittsburgh Riverhounds season was the club's fifteenth season of existence. It is the Riverhounds' fourth season playing in the USL Professional Division. It was the second season the Riverhounds played at Highmark Stadium, a 3,500 capacity soccer specific stadium.

## Background

After a modestly successful first season at Highmark Stadium, the Riverhounds, aided by investments of new majority owner Terry "Tuffy" Shallenberger, aimed to make headway on last season's 7th-place finish.

## Pre-Season Activity
### October

On October 29, the Riverhounds held a press conference to announce the re-signings of two players:
* Reigning USL-Pro MVP José Angulo was re-signed for 2014, with a club option in 2015
* Midfielder Matthew Dallman was re-signed to a new two-year deal

### November

* On November 5, the Riverhounds announced the signing of veteran Joseph Ngwenya from Richmond.
* On November 7, an ad in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review confirmed the signing of Ghanaian midfielder Anthony Obodai.
* On November 26, the Riverhounds officially formed an affiliate partnership with Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer, becoming the fifth USL club to have an MLS affiliate. The partnership will be effective immediately, and "will enable the Dynamo to loan a minimum of four MLS-contracted players to Pittsburgh for the 2014 USL PRO season."

### February

* On February 7, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review announced the re-signings of Mike Seth, Rob Vincent, Seth C'deBaca, Sterling Flunder, Mike Green, and Greg Blum.

### March

* On March 20, the Riverhounds announced the signing of Collins John, a veteran of the Premier League, and MLS.
* On March 26, the team filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Reorganization.

## Competitions
### USL Pro
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | T | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Arizona United SC | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 32 | 47 | −15 | 33 |
| 10 | Oklahoma City Energy FC | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 32 |
| 11 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 35 | 49 | −14 | 32 |
| 12 | Charlotte Eagles | 28 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 31 |
| 13 | Orange County Blues FC | 28 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 31 | 54 | −23 | 28 |
* ↑ Arizona was deducted two points for fielding an ineligible player on June 21 against LA Galaxy II.

### U.S. Open Cup
## Statistics
### Squad information

* Statistics up to date as of 8/29*
| No. | Player | Birthday | Previous club | 2014 USL Pro appearances | 2014 USL Pro goals | 2014 Open Cup Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||
| 0 | Greg Blum | (1989-04-12) April 12, 1989 (age 35) | Slippery Rock University | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Hunter Gilstrap | (1983-04-17) April 17, 1983 (age 41) | Cleveland City Stars | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Michael Lisch | (1990-08-30) August 30, 1990 (age 34) | Houston Dynamo | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||
| 3 | Brian Fekete | (1991-04-06) April 6, 1991 (age 33) | Orlando City SC | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Nikola Katic | (1986-06-01) June 1, 1986 (age 38) | Springfield Demize | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Sterling Flunder | (1986-02-14) February 14, 1986 (age 38) | Portland Timbers U23s | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Mike Green | (1989-12-25) December 25, 1989 (age 34) | New Mexico Lobos | 25 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | Andrew Marshall | (1984-01-17) January 17, 1984 (age 40) | Harrisburg City Islanders | 19 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Anthony Arena | (1990-08-03) August 3, 1990 (age 34) | Houston Dynamo | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Andrew Ribeiro | (1990-10-22) October 22, 1990 (age 33) | Chivas USA | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| 2 | Rob Vincent | (1990-10-26) October 26, 1990 (age 33) | University of Charleston | 26 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | Miroslav Čabrilo | (1992-06-06) June 6, 1992 (age 32) | Robert Morris Colonials | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Kevin Kerr | (1989-01-12) January 12, 1989 (age 35) | SC Wiedenbrück 2000 | 22 | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | Alfonso Motagalvan | (1987-02-11) February 11, 1987 (age 37) | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Joseph Ngwenya | (1981-03-30) March 30, 1981 (age 43) | Richmond Kickers | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Seth C'deBaca | (1988-04-28) April 28, 1988 (age 36) | D.C. United U-23 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Danny Earls | (1989-04-22) April 22, 1989 (age 35) | Rochester Rhinos | 25 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Matthew Dallman | (1985-03-09) March 9, 1985 (age 39) | Sportfreunde Siegen | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Brian Ownby | (1990-06-16) June 16, 1990 (age 34) | Houston Dynamo | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Anthony Obodai | (1982-08-06) August 6, 1982 (age 42) | Arizona United SC | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||
| 6 | Mackenzie Pridham | (1990-08-13) August 13, 1990 (age 34) | Minnesota United FC | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Jason Johnson | (1990-10-09) October 9, 1990 (age 33) | Houston Dynamo | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Mike Seth | (1987-09-20) September 20, 1987 (age 37) | Colorado Rapids U-23 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Jhonny Arteaga | (1986-11-24) November 24, 1986 (age 37) | New York Red Bulls | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | José Angulo | (1988-01-13) January 13, 1988 (age 36) | New York Red Bulls | 21 | 8 | 1 |
| 25 | Collins John | (1985-10-17) October 17, 1985 (age 38) | Piast Gliwice | 11 | 4 | 1 |
| 26 | Bryan Salazar | (1994-10-17) October 17, 1994 (age 29) | Houston Dynamo | 1 | 0 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Squad # | Position | Player | Transferred From | Date |
| 13 | FW | Joseph Ngwenya | Richmond Kickers | November 5, 2013 |
| 23 | MF | Anthony Obodai | Phoenix FC | November 7, 2013 |
| 3 | DF | Brian Fekete | Orlando City | March 3, 2014 |
| 25 | FW | Collins John | Piast Gliwice | March 20, 2014 |

### Out

| Squad # | Position | Player | Transferred To | Date | Source |
| 6 | MF | Rich Costanzo | Retired | | |
| 13 | MF | Louie Rolko | Retired | | |

### Loan in

| Squad # | Position | Player | Loaned From | Date |
| 7 | FW | Jason Johnson | Houston Dynamo | March 24, 2014 |
| 21 | DF | Anthony Arena | Houston Dynamo | March 24, 2014 |
| 26 | FW | Bryan Salazar | Houston Dynamo | March 24, 2014 |
| 22 | MF | Brian Ownby | Houston Dynamo | April 4, 2014 |
| 30 | GK | Michael Lisch | Houston Dynamo | April 4, 2014 |
| 6 | FW | Mackenzie Pridham | Minnesota United | July 21, 2014 |