{"id":326396,"date":"2026-08-21T03:28:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T03:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/326396\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T03:28:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T03:28:23","slug":"preview-hounds-at-brooklyn-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/326396\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: Hounds at Brooklyn FC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"683\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/07042026-PITvBKN-ChrisCowger-3832.jpg\" alt=\"Albert Dikwa plays a pass in the Pittsburgh Riverhounds match against Brooklyn FC on July 4, 2026 at F.N.B. Stadium in Pittsburgh. (Photo: Chris Cowger\/Riverhounds SC)\" class=\"wp-image-33870\"  \/>Albert Dikwa plays a pass in the Hounds\u2019 match against Brooklyn FC on July 4 at F.N.B. Stadium. (Photo: Chris Cowger\/Riverhounds SC)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Match info<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Riverhounds (9-8-3) vs. Brooklyn FC (3-11-4)<br \/>Date:\u00a0Saturday, Aug. 22<br \/>Time:\u00a07 p.m.<br \/>Location: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brooklynfootballclub.com\/matchday-guide\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maimonides Park<\/a>, Brooklyn, N.Y. <br \/>Odds:\u00a0Hounds +140 \/ Draw +230 \/ Brooklyn +165<br \/>TV: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pittsburgh\/kdkaplus\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KDKA+<\/a><br \/>Streaming: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/watch\/player\/_\/id\/de79eaf2-3581-4668-93fa-a44cac01f084\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN+<\/a><br \/>Radio: <a href=\"https:\/\/q929fm.com\/radio-las-palmas\/?doing_wp_cron=1784300101.5255489349365234375000\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Radio Las Palmas, 92.9 FM HD2<\/a> (Spanish)<br \/>Live statistics:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uslchampionship.com\/league-scores\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">USL Championship Match Center<\/a><br \/>Live updates:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/RiverhoundsSC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">@RiverhoundsSC<\/a>\u00a0on X\/Twitter<br \/>Match hashtag:\u00a0#BKNvPIT<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH (Aug. 20, 2026) \u2014 The Hounds are heading to the land of the Wonder Wheel and Nathan\u2019s Famous hot dogs when they make their first trip to face Brooklyn FC on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two teams first met in Pittsburgh back on July 4 \u2014 coincidentally, the same day as the annual Nathan\u2019s hot dog eating contest \u2014 and it was the USL Championship newcomers who grabbed a surprise 2-0 victory at F.N.B. Stadium. With that in mind, the Hounds will be looking to give Brooklyn a reversal of fortune when they take the field at Maimonides Park in Coney Island for their first match in New York City proper since 2011.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Hounds have found decent form to begin August, going 2-0-1 in their first three matches of the month, and last week\u2019s 3-1 win over the Charleston Battery was the most impressive of the lot. The early goals by Trevor Amann and Danny Griffin allowed the Hounds to sit and dictate the style of play, and the set piece finish by Victor Souza \u2014 an NYC native returning home this week \u2014 made the finish a relatively comfortable one. The Hounds are now 12-1-0 across all competitions when scoring the first goal this season, which has the team further emphasizing the need for a quick start on the road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brooklyn, on the other hand, has hit a rocky patch since their win in Pittsburgh, following up that match with a pair of draws and then three straight defeats, the most recent being a 2-1 setback in Las Vegas last weekend. This will be just the second home match for Brooklyn since the start of July, however, and the team is not lacking in firepower with five goals and three assists from Markus Anderson and two goals and five assists by CJ Olney,  the 19-year old on loan from the Philadelphia Union who scored the opener in the first meeting with the Hounds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the playoff line is drifting away from Brooklyn, which sits 11 points back of Hartford for the eighth spot in the East, the Hounds couldn\u2019t be in a tighter race for the top four. Only three points separates second-place Charleston and the fifth-place Hounds with Detroit and Louisville wedged in between, and except for Detroit holding one match in hand, each of those teams now has 10 remaining on the schedule.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saturday\u2019s match broadcast marks a return to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pittsburgh\/kdkaplus\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KDKA+<\/a> for the live airing, and the match will re-air Sunday at 1 p.m.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/watch\/player\/_\/id\/de79eaf2-3581-4668-93fa-a44cac01f084\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN+<\/a> will carry the live stream, and <a href=\"https:\/\/q929fm.com\/radio-las-palmas\/?doing_wp_cron=1784300101.5255489349365234375000\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Radio Las Palmas, 92.9 FM HD2<\/a> again will provide coverage of the action in Spanish locally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Downloadable Game Notes<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Will be posted when available<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Albert Dikwa plays a pass in the Hounds\u2019 match against Brooklyn FC on July 4 at F.N.B. 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