{"id":50175,"date":"2025-12-02T16:36:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T16:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/50175\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T16:36:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T16:36:07","slug":"celebration-to-be-held-for-pittsburgh-riverhounds-after-first-ever-usl-championship-win-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/50175\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebration to be held for Pittsburgh Riverhounds after first-ever USL Championship win \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 The City of Pittsburgh will celebrate the Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC\u2019s first-ever USL Championship title with a community event on Thursday at noon on Grant Street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The celebration will feature a rally and remarks from notable figures, including Mayor Ed Gainey and Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato, as well as an opportunity for fans to meet the team and take photos with the championship trophies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC secured their historic USL Championship title after a season of determined performances, culminating in a dramatic shootout victory over Tulsa in the final.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The event will take place outside of the City-County Building, and will include a championship rally from noon to 1 p.m., followed by a receiving line and photo opportunity with the USL Championship Cup and Eastern Conference Cup from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Traffic restrictions will be in place to accommodate the celebration, with Grant Street closed between Fourth Avenue and Forbes Avenue from approximately 10:30 AM to 2 p.m. Drivers are advised to plan their travel accordingly and expect increased pedestrian activity in the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92025 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 The City of Pittsburgh will celebrate the Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC\u2019s first-ever USL Championship title with a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50176,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2359,25178,10132,17204,73,75,74,22328,24261,18792],"class_list":{"0":"post-50175","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh","8":"tag-celebration","9":"tag-city-county-building","10":"tag-grant-street","11":"tag-mayor-ed-gainey","12":"tag-pittsburgh","13":"tag-pittsburgh-headlines","14":"tag-pittsburgh-news","15":"tag-pittsburgh-riverhounds","16":"tag-riverhounds","17":"tag-usl-championship"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50175","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=50175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}