Pittsburgh Riverhounds

Post Match Buzz: Riverhounds HC Bob Lilley, F Bertin Jacquesson and MF Bradley Sample plus X / Twitter reaction to playoff line jumping 2-0 win

by
Griffin Floyd
September 7, 2024

Photo courtesy Colton Coreschi

The Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC battled Rhode Island FC in an important Eastern Conference showdown with playoff implications at Highmark Stadium on Saturday night.

With the win, Pittsburgh is now above the Eastern Conference playoff line for the first time this season, as they currently sit in seventh place in the standings, with just six matches remaining.

PSN’s Colton Coreschi was our man on the spot at Highmark, providing the match report (below) but also caught post match interviews with Head Coach Bob Lilley, along with goal scorers Bertin Jacquesson, who made a triumphant return to the Steel City and Bradley Sample, who nabbed his first pro goal.

Debutant Jacquesson scores, leads Hounds back to playoff position

POST MATCH INTERVIEWS / CLIPS – BOB LILLEY, BRADLEY SAMPLE & BERTIN JACQUESSON

Bertin Jacquesson: “Being back in Pittsburgh feels great. There are a lot of people here I know, so I feel happy and welcome”

“Danny was in the midfield and I was thinking to get on the back shoulder of the defender,” Bertin Jacquesson added on the match’s opening goal.

“He played a perfect ball so I could hit it the first time.”

more from @BertinJacquess4 pic.twitter.com/waXUOUgVzf

— Pittsburgh Soccer Now (@pghsoccernow) September 8, 2024

Bob Lilley: “When we’ve been good, we’re a tough out for anybody”

“We demonstrated early in situations how good we could be, but we’d been inconsistent,” Riverhounds HC Bob Lilley said.

“We didn’t manage games well, gave up goals at wrong times and wasted chances. When we’ve been good, we’re a tough out for anybody. The reality is we’re more collective now. There’s less individual play.”

Riverhounds Post Match: HC Bob Lilley

Hounds gaffer after beating Rhode Island, 2-0, at Highmark Stadium on Saturday. With the win, the Hounds are back over the playoff line.

📹: @cjcoreschi #PITvRI pic.twitter.com/cOebSZ8x9b

— Pittsburgh Soccer Now (@pghsoccernow) September 8, 2024

Riverhounds Post Match: HC Bob Lilley (Part II)

Hounds gaffer has more to say after beating Rhode Island, 2-0, at Highmark Stadium on Saturday.

📹: @cjcoreschi #PITvRI pic.twitter.com/svpxzHSSjE

— Pittsburgh Soccer Now (@pghsoccernow) September 8, 2024

more from Bradley Sample… #PITvRI pic.twitter.com/7VvQKkxjbw

— Pittsburgh Soccer Now (@pghsoccernow) September 8, 2024

X / Twitter Reaction (PITvRI)

A very mundane, not massive Victory Selfie, featuring:
Eric Dick
Bradley Sample
Bertin Jacquesson

Game is truly on for the last two months.#UNLEASH pic.twitter.com/1cLyyJ718V

— Steel Army (@SteelArmy) September 8, 2024

HOFF SAYS: CHECK THE F'N TABLE. pic.twitter.com/HzvbcplzBb

— Steel Army (@SteelArmy) September 8, 2024

FT at #PITvRI. 2-0

Rhode Island had ZERO shots on target and couldn't break the b-string backline of Pittsburgh.

If you travel to the meatgrinder of Highmark, you'll leave without points or dreams. This game proved it for Rhode Island.

Lilleyball wins again. As it should've. pic.twitter.com/RsEIvCbe2L

— ShadowWulf (@DerSchattenwolf) September 8, 2024

Thank you fans for having our backs tonight🤩🔥#PITvRI #HOUNDTAHN pic.twitter.com/owVTWSuuKB

— Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC (@RiverhoundsSC) September 8, 2024

@RiverhoundsSC BOOM!!!!!!👊

— Tuffy Shallenberger (@Tuffy_Shall) September 8, 2024

HOUNDS WIN & ABOVE PLAYOFF LINE https://t.co/3BLUUs0r7c

— Pittsburgh Soccer Now (@pghsoccernow) September 8, 2024

That is the first career goal for Bradley Sample and his incredible mullet.#HOUNDTAHN | @pghsoccernow

— Colton Coreschi (@cjcoreschi) September 8, 2024

BERTIN BANGS IT HOME!#PITvRI #H2P https://t.co/hYPCV9oPCi

— Pittsburgh Soccer Now (@pghsoccernow) September 8, 2024

DUUUUUUUDE.

You. Couldn't. Make it up. If. You. TRIED.

GAME ON!!!#UNLEASH #HOUNDTAHN https://t.co/RVcNPjHvwG

— Matt Popchock (@PopchockSays) September 8, 2024

Come on, you @RiverhoundsSC ! @Tuffy_Shall pic.twitter.com/pcJ2Vbmxh3

— Mark Madden (@MarkMaddenX) September 8, 2024

A special color guard tonight, as we celebrate Military Appreciation Night here at Highmark.

Thanks to @84LumberNews for their support of tonight’s events, and thank you to all our veterans and active duty service members!#PITvRI #HOUNDTAHN pic.twitter.com/JhRXOUF3Vi

— Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC (@RiverhoundsSC) September 7, 2024