Stories By Mark Asher Goodman
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High School
/ 2 weeks agoMoon rises over Dice, 2-1 in OT
Regardless of the outcome, regardless of the nervous energy that consumed the fans in the packed stands in Peters Township, it...
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City League
/ 3 weeks agoAllderdice Boys power past McLane 1-0 in PIAA First Round
On a night when the eyes of the nation were on Allegheny and Erie counties to see who might be the...
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WPIAL Soccer
/ 3 weeks agoBentworth repeat as WPIAL Boys 1A Champions, beat OLSH on PKs, 5-4
Not all championships will be celebrated with pretty and prosaic moments of soccer brilliance. Sometimes, two teams sock it out like...
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High School
/ 3 weeks agoWPIAL Boys Soccer Class 1A Final Preview: No. 1 Bentworth vs No. 3 Our Lady of Sacred Heart
WPIAL Boys Soccer Class 1A Championship Match No. 1 Bentworth (18-0-0) vs No. 3 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (15-2-0)...
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High School
/ 2 months agoHey PIAA: Let Them Play
High school interscholastic sports organizations have, more or less, a very simple mission statement from district to district and state to...
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Acrisure Stadium
/ 4 months agoA portrait in fan devotion: Liverpool supporters make trip of a lifetime
Normally, a soccer game is primarily about the game, or the players, or in a more consequential match, a trophy. It...
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Acrisure Stadium
/ 4 months agoAll smiles for Liverpool ahead of exhibition match in Pittsburgh
Liverpool manager Arne Slot wore a broad smile and brimmed with confidence as he met with members of the media Thursday...
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Pittsburgh Riverhounds
/ 4 months agoHigh Five At Highmark as Riverhounds beat Oakland 5-0
The Riverhounds broke out a new tradition over the past few matches, inviting fans to hold their scarves over their heads...
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Pittsburgh Riverhounds
/ 4 months agoIf they sellout the stadium, who cares if the Hounds lose?
On Saturday, July 6, the Pittsburgh Riverhounds spent 90 minutes sweating and running and scrapping against Monterey Bay FC before defensively...
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Pittsburgh Riverhounds
/ 6 months agoRiverhounds lose to Indy Eleven 2-1 at home
Everything was nearly perfect Saturday evening for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds. The weather was flawless – 72 and sunny without a hint...
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Pittsburgh Riverhounds
/ 7 months agoOh Drat: A Hounds US Open Cup Instant Reaction
Blink and you missed it: the Pittsburgh Riverhounds are out of the US Open Cup. The operative term to this match...
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High School
/ 1 year agoOutfoxed: Fox Chapel upset North Allegheny to win WPIAL 4A Championship
It takes a very good plan to beat a very good team. And on Thursday night in the WPIAL 4A Championship...
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High School
/ 1 year agoSouth Fayette squeak by Mars to WPIAL 3A Final
There weren’t any goals, and it took 110 minutes of soccer plus seven rounds of penalty kicks, but after a long...
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College Soccer
/ 1 year agoCarnegie Mellon: Excellence on and off the pitch
Sure, Sergio Busquets can put a soccer ball through a third floor window from 40 yards away. But soccer is not...
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Pitt Women's Soccer
/ 1 year agoIs Randy Waldrum the next US Women’s National Team Head Coach?
It took the soccering world about 24 hours to get over the shock of the US Women’s national team’s untimely exit...