Beat Raleigh, 7-0, at home in the only meeting between the two teams last year. F Ihor Dotsenko, M Carson White, M Randy Merkel. Coming off a 1-0 win over Hampton Roads, the best team in the Eastern Conference. Recently signed former Richmond goalkeeper Alex Deegan, who was 11-7 with the Kickers last season. That's life in minor-league soccer.
Bus trips are more frequent than plane rides, and games are played back to back to cut costs.
This is the second time in as many weekends that the Riverhounds play two games in two days on the road and the second of four such trips this season as mandated by the A-League. The Riverhounds, despite their talent and depth, are 0-4 on the road. They have scored just three goals in those four games. But the Riverhounds aren't alone in their ineptitude on the road. Of 25 A-League teams, five have a winning record away from home.