{"id":41890,"date":"2025-11-22T21:09:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T21:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/41890\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T21:09:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T21:09:08","slug":"pittsburgh-riverhounds-win-usl-championship-title-in-shootout-against-fc-tulsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/41890\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Riverhounds win USL Championship title in shootout against FC Tulsa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pittsburgh Riverhounds won the USL Championship title for the first time in franchise history on Saturday, claiming the championship after winning 5-3 in a penalty shootout against FC Tulsa at ONEOK Field after both sides were held scoreless after regulation and extra time.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">YOUR HOUNDS HAVE WON THE <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USLChampionship?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@USLChampionship<\/a> TITLE! <\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re bringing the trophy back to Pittsburgh! \ud83c\udfc6<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TULvPIT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#TULvPIT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Grittsburgh?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Grittsburgh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/USLPlayoffs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#USLPlayoffs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/By5cAJQvqD\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/By5cAJQvqD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 x &#8211; Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC (@RiverhoundsSC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RiverhoundsSC\/status\/1992321468668219680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 22, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Goalkeeper Eric Dick recorded Pittsburgh&#8217;s final save in the shootout before Beto Ydrach scored the game-winning goal in the fifth round. Bertin Jacquesson, Robbie Mertz, Chase Boone, and Sean Suber also scored for the Hounds in the shootout.<\/p>\n<p>Dick&#8217;s performance, including a five-save shutout, earned him Prinx USL Championship Final MVP honors.<\/p>\n<p>The Hounds&#8217; journey to their first-ever title included many dramatic moments, especially throughout the USL Championship Playoffs, which featured penalty shootout wins against Hartford and Detroit.<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh&#8217;s defense and goalkeeping also proved to be a focal point of the championship run, as it did not allow a goal in four playoff matches.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Riverhounds won the USL Championship title for the first time in franchise history on Saturday, claiming&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41891,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74,22328,11868],"class_list":["post-41890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-riverhounds","tag-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}