LD Update: Rowdies extend lease; CSL match-fixing report statement

Wednesday - FC Edmonton 2 :: 2 Carolina RailHawks - Despite elimation from playoff contention the night before, the hosts did not give up after a fifth minute strike from Nick Zimmerman. Kyle Porter evened terms just four minutes later and gave Edmonton the lead four minutes after intermission. Zimmerman, however, put away the rebound of his own shot in the 56th minute for the draw. - MORE

NASL News: The Tampa Bay Rowdies will continue to play in a baseball stadium in St Petersburg, signing a new four-year deal to continue leasing Al Lang Stadium.

CSL News: The league released a statement in regards to a recent CBC report focused an alleged match-fixing incident that occured in 2009 and further attempts to affect the outcome of matches for European betting interests.

LD Update: Battery win; Herron injury; PDL signings

Charleston Battery 1:0 Pittsburgh Riverhounds - Nicki Paterson headed the deciding goal in on a 30-yard freek kick from Jose Cuevas just 10 minutes into the contest. The rest of the match belonged to the goalkeepers, Pittsburgh's Hunter Gilstrap in particular with some excellent stops on further Battery chances. - More

NASL News: The Fort Lauderdale Strikers lost one of its top strikers with Andy Herron suffering an MLC sprain and partial meniscus tear that will sideline him for 8-10 weeks.

Stefan Smith gives Antigua split

Stefan Smith scored twice Sunday to guide Antigua Barracuda to a 3-1 victory against the visiting Pittsburgh Riverhounds, giving the club a split in the two-game series on the weekend after falling 1-0 Friday. Things initially looked like a repeat of the opener with Peter Byers failed on a penalty kick, this time missing wide instead of seeing Hunter Gilstrap make a stop. The penalty was created when Smith was down in the box. The disappointment was erased in the 31st, however, when Quinton Griffith struck a free kick past Gilstrap. Two minutes before the break Smith doubled the advantage; and with nine minute left in the contest he ensured the outcome with his second off a breakaway on excellent work on the wing from Byers. With two minutes remaining, Mike Green spoiled James Molvin’s shutout.

Riverhounds edge Antigua in USL Pro opener

Byers denied by Gilstrap and the post in loss

The Pittsburgh Riverhounds picked up a road victory, 1-0, at Antigua’s Sir Vivian Richards Stadium on Opening Night for USL Pro on Friday.

Goalkeeper Hunter Gilstrap was key in the victory, stopping a Peter Byers penalty kick for the Barracudas in the 35th minute when Sterling Flunder handled the ball.

Four minutes before the break, the Riverhounds capitalized on a corner when Mike Seth put it past goalkeeper Molvin James for what stood as the winner.

Byers was denied again just before the break with a hard shot ringing off the post.