Riverhounds Postgame: Griffin elated to score first career goal at Highmark Stadium

The Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC came out firing on all cylinders early in the match, and made one of their shots count in defeating the Birmingham Legion FC, 1-0, at Highmark Stadium on Saturday night at Highmark Stadium.

Hounds’ ironman midfielder Danny Griffin scored the lone goal in the 4th minute of the match, while goalkeeper Kevin Silva posted his second clean sheet of the season while playing effectively in coming off his line got grab numerous crosses and long balls.

“Really happy with the performance. They (Birmingham) are a good team. Starting to build momentum. We were ready to play,” Lilley said. “We’ve done a good job here, when bouncing back after tough losses. We were able to do that again tonight. We’re glad to come away with the three points,”

It was Griffin’s first-ever goal at Highmark Stadium, even after logging more minutes and played more games than any other player on the club in the past three seasons.

“Amazing,” Griffin exclaimed. “Yeah, that’s the first one here. I got to do it in front of the Steel Army too.”

With the victory, the Hounds improve their record to 6-2-1 (19 points), as they ended the match with 57/43 possession edge and outshot Birmingham 18-10, with a huge 8-0 edge in shots on frame.

We have much more from Griffin and Lilley, as you can catch their complete interviews which aired on Pittsburgh Sports Live after the match below.

#PITvBHM Twitter Reaction

Expected Goals via Opta:@RiverhoundsSC – 2.01@bhmlegion – 0.26

On another day, the Hounds could have paid for their proflicacy in front of goal. Not tonight, though, as Legion FC didn't register an official shot on target. #PITvBHM https://t.co/NU7wDYgMju

— Nicholas Murray (@NJEMurray) May 8, 2022

Good and necessary win, but this team is built for finishing some of those golden chances that they had.

— Dave Biesecker (@Constipatedoody) May 8, 2022

Conclusion/Final thoughts of the game… Many chances, few goals… I'm tired, but I kept it up until the final whistle… It doesn't matter, the main thing is that it's 1:0, albeit a tight one… #PITvBHM

— Absurde_Existenz (@Wiesel_Flink) May 8, 2022

The Riverhounds keep bringing the ball wide right and crossing it into the mixer, like they have a big Steeven Dos Santos dude in the middle to pound it home with a header.

Friends, Albert Dikwa is 5’10”.
Russell Cicerone is 5’10”.

I’m a little irked.#RiverhoundsSC #PITvBHM

— Soccer Rabbi (@soccer_rabbi) May 8, 2022

Had a fab time attending my first @RiverhoundsSC game in person. What a great atmosphere! #Houndtahn #PITvBHM pic.twitter.com/ipuiwaNqf0

— Rachael 🐝🦋 (@Rachael_Mi) May 8, 2022

The Riverhounds have had a lot of chances but haven’t done much with them – mediocre finishing.

Feels positively Rapids-y.#Rapids96 #RiverhoundsSC

— Soccer Rabbi (@soccer_rabbi) May 8, 2022

In addition to our postgame coverage, look for Takeaways / Player Grades to follow our coverage on late Sunday/early Monday.