Mark Asher Goodman

Stories By Mark Asher Goodman

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  Pittsburgh Riverhounds

  / 7 years ago

  Hounds begin preparations for USL Playoff First Round against Bethlehem Steel

  Tuesday the Pittsburgh Riverhounds paced the turf at their familiar home along the Monongahela River, but with the increased vigor and...

  By Mark Asher Goodman
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  Youth

  / 7 years ago

  Youth Soccer Spotlight: FC Pittsburgh

  When, in the fourth year of my parenting of a small child, I made the decision to sign my kid up...

  By Mark Asher Goodman
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  Pittsburgh Riverhounds

  / 7 years ago

  Riverhounds Rabbi Scouting Report: Watch this FCC match closely

  At this point in the season, I’ve seen every team in the USL East between four and seven times. I’ve seen...

  By Mark Asher Goodman
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  Pittsburgh Riverhounds

  / 7 years ago

  Riverhounds Rabbi Scouting Report: Hounds poised to throw knockout blow at Penn FC

  It’s as much fun to look at the league table at this time of year and pontificate on the permutations and...

  By Mark Asher Goodman
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  Pittsburgh Riverhounds

  / 7 years ago

  Riverhounds Rabbi Scouting Report: Faltering Indy needs a win

  With only five matches left in the USL regular season, Indy Eleven have gone from a presumptive playoff team with home-field...

  By Mark Asher Goodman
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  Pittsburgh Riverhounds

  / 7 years ago

  Analysis and Player Grades: Crosses! Crosses! Crosses!

  It was quite the wild finish down at the confluence of the Monongahela, Ohio and Allegheny rivers, kids. Pittsburgh was down...

  By Mark Asher Goodman
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  Pittsburgh Riverhounds

  / 7 years ago

  Riverhounds Rabbi Scouting Report: Louisville are good, but may not be deep

  The last time I discussed a match at Slugger Field, it was for my first column for Pittsburgh Soccer Now. I wrote,...

  By Mark Asher Goodman
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  Pittsburgh Riverhounds

  / 7 years ago

  Analysis and Player Grades: Man did we blow it

  No sugar coating it kids- the Riverhounds had this one under control, and then they got beat. The first goal by...

  By Mark Asher Goodman
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  Pittsburgh Riverhounds

  / 7 years ago

  Riverhounds Rabbi Scouting Report: FC Cincinnati have the tools and the talent

  I don’t like cliches. I generally avoid them like the plague. But sometimes, the thing that everybody says? That’s the right...

  By Mark Asher Goodman
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  Pittsburgh Riverhounds

  / 7 years ago

  FINAL: Riverhounds 1, Rowdies 1

  Things were going swimmingly for the Hounds. A tight defense gave Tampa Bay little possession in significant locations and the Riverhounds...

  By Mark Asher Goodman
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  Pittsburgh Riverhounds

  / 7 years ago

  Preview: Rowdies in town hoping to reverse skid against Hounds

  The Pittsburgh Riverhounds lineup tonight against the kind of opponent that nobody really wants to play: a desperate, must-win side. The...

  By Mark Asher Goodman
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  Pittsburgh Riverhounds

  / 7 years ago

  Riverhounds Rabbi Scouting Report: Bethlehem Steel FC steady and rolling

  The transitive property doesn’t really work in sports, but if it did, Pittsburgh and Bethlehem should be a tight matchup. Last...

  By Mark Asher Goodman
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  Pittsburgh Riverhounds

  / 7 years ago

  Riverhounds Rabbi Scouting Report: North Carolina is Journeyman FC

  A lot of USL teams are stocked with young, up-and-coming players out of NCAA, or the Caribbean, or from an MLS...

  By Mark Asher Goodman
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  International Champions Cup

  / 7 years ago

  Preview: What to expect of Borussia Dortmund and Benfica

  Any person that’s ever played Ms. Pac-man at an arcade knows the deal. After an initial level or two at a...

  By Mark Asher Goodman
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  Pittsburgh Riverhounds

  / 7 years ago

  Riverhounds Rabbi Scouting Report: Top of the Table Clash for Battery and Hounds

  The Riverhounds welcome the Charleston Battery to town, the * other * black and yellow striped team in USL’s Eastern Conference....

  By Mark Asher Goodman