Matt Gajtka

Stories By Matt Gajtka

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  View From the Booth

  / 3 days ago

  View From The Booth: Three ways Hounds started on front foot

  If the Hounds can stay spruced up, there's a real opportunity to match or exceed last year's results at home.

  By Matt Gajtka
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  Pittsburgh Riverhounds

  / 1 week ago

  View From The Booth: A touch of ‘sophistication’ is the goal

  Seeing the Hounds nab their first win of the season at the home of the two-time defending USL Cup champs was...

  By Matt Gajtka
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  Pittsburgh Riverhounds

  / 2 weeks ago

  Riverhounds SC Week 4 Notebook: Try a little patience? Lilley preaches possession

  CORAOPOLIS, Pa. — Improvement is in the eye of the beholder. Per Opta stat-keeping, Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC increased its share of...

  By Matt Gajtka
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  Pittsburgh Riverhounds

  / 2 weeks ago

  View from the Booth: Hounds seek stability during strange start

  The 20th anniversary season for Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC has already taken on a unique character. We might even call it downright strange.

  By Matt Gajtka
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  Pittsburgh Riverhounds

  / 6 months ago

  View From The Booth: More skin in the game

  It's actually beneficial to burn this moment into our brains. All the more fuel to get invested again in the spring.

  By Matt Gajtka
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  Pittsburgh Riverhounds

  / 6 months ago

  View From The Booth: The terrific, terrible tension of the playoffs

  Call it adrenaline, excitement or nerves, but the Hounds are more than ready to meet their postseason fate. But are we?

  By Matt Gajtka
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  Pittsburgh Riverhounds

  / 6 months ago

  Defend or attack? Hounds aim to do both in playoff opener

  After surviving a grueling end to the season, a refreshed Pittsburgh side reinforces its trademark cohesion ahead of its playoff opener.

  By Matt Gajtka
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  Pittsburgh Riverhounds

  / 7 months ago

  View From The Booth: Home comforts a big deal for Hounds

  It's a serious reward for Pittsburgh soccer fans, but also a significant advantage for this year's team.

  By Matt Gajtka
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  Pittsburgh Riverhounds

  / 7 months ago

  Double time: Hounds hold off Penn FC to clinch playoffs, Derby

  Pittsburgh made the absolute most of what might've been its final trip to Harrisburg for a league match.

  By Matt Gajtka
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  Pittsburgh Riverhounds

  / 7 months ago

  View From The Booth: At long last, the tables turned

  For all the Hounds have accomplished in this revival season, they haven't necessarily delivered many heart-stopping triumphs.

  By Matt Gajtka
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  Pittsburgh Riverhounds

  / 7 months ago

  View From The Booth: Hounds on pace to rise above past

  It's worth a reminder: This team is good. And it could be great.

  By Matt Gajtka
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  Pittsburgh Riverhounds

  / 8 months ago

  View From The Booth: Did Tampa tie show Hounds the way?

  Points were left on the field, but there's reason to believe a possible attack solution has already taken root.

  By Matt Gajtka
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  Pittsburgh Riverhounds

  / 8 months ago

  Hounds do it all but score in draw with short-handed Charlotte

  Pittsburgh has less than 90 hours to get over a wasted chance to keep pace at the top of the East.

  By Matt Gajtka
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  View From the Booth

  / 8 months ago

  View From The Booth: How to fortify a soccer culture

  Editor’s note: Riverhounds SC play-by-play broadcaster Matt Gajtka brings his perspective on the team throughout the season in his ‘View From The...

  By Matt Gajtka
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  Pittsburgh Riverhounds

  / 8 months ago

  View From The Booth: No harm in smelling the roses

  If this were almost any other season, talk would be about sneaking into the playoffs, not jockeying for position.

  By Matt Gajtka