Mark Asher Goodman

Stories By Mark Asher Goodman

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  Pittsburgh Riverhounds

  / 1 year 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

  / 1 year 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

  / 1 year 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

  / 1 year 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

  / 1 year 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

  / 1 year 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

  / 1 year 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

  / 2 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

  / 2 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
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  Pittsburgh Riverhounds

  / 2 years ago

  Riverhounds Rabbi Scouting Report: Louisville City, Efficient Giant Killers

  Louisville City are the team to beat in USL. Although their recent run of form – three consecutive ties in USL...

  By Mark Asher Goodman
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  Pittsburgh Riverhounds

  / 2 years ago

  Riverhounds Rabbi Scouting Report: Fluidity and Form in Charleston

  There’s only six points separating 2nd place from 11th place in the USL Eastern Conference. Right in the middle of that...

  By Mark Asher Goodman
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  Pittsburgh Riverhounds

  / 2 years ago

  Riverhounds Rabbi Scouting Report: Red Bulls II are terrifying

  If you are an adrenaline junkie; if you like living ‘on the edge’; if you warm up for ice climbing by...

  By Mark Asher Goodman
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  Pittsburgh Riverhounds

  / 2 years ago

  Riverhounds Rabbi Scouting Report: Richmond have holes, but they won’t be pushovers

  Bob Lilley is probably grumpy. As a general rule, coaches fixate on what’s going wrong with a team, even in the...

  By Mark Asher Goodman
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  Pittsburgh Riverhounds

  / 2 years ago

  Riverhounds Rabbi Scouting Report: Keystone Derby a test of depth for both teams

  Coming off a pair of midweek US Open Cup matches, both Penn FC and the Riverhounds are likely to rotate their...

  By Mark Asher Goodman
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  Pittsburgh Riverhounds

  / 2 years ago

  Riverhound Rabbi Scouting Report: Tampa Bay will be a test

  This week’s report is gonna be less detailed than usual. I’m in Pittsburgh and over the next 72 hours I have...

  By Mark Asher Goodman