Match info
Riveters (5-1-3) vs. Steel City FC (3-1-4)
Date: Friday, June 27
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Highmark Stadium
Tickets: Ticketmaster
TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh+
Streaming: SportsEngine Play
Live updates: @RivetersSC on X/Twitter
Match hashtags: #PITvSTC and #RivetersRise
PITTSBURGH (June 26, 2025) — It’s the final step of a 10-game sprint through the USL W League season, and the Riveters can lock up the Great Forest Division title in their first season with a win Friday night against Steel City FC.
A win, or a draw and FC Buffalo dropping points in one of their remaining two matches will be enough for the Riveters, who have the most straightforward path. But Steel City, despite entering the match fourth in the division, is the only other team in control of its path to the title if it can win its last two matches against the Riveters and FC Buffalo on the road Sunday.
Adding more to the divisional drama is Buffalo visiting the Cleveland Force at the same time Friday night in a match where the loser would be eliminated from contention, even if the Riveters were to slip up. But the Riveters aim is to make that match in Ohio purely for bragging rights by taking care of business at home.
The Riveters have yet to concede a goal at Highmark Stadium this season, and a 0-0 draw in the season opener against the Force is the only blemish on the team’s home record. Coach Scott Gibson must make at least one change on his back line, however, with center back Natalia DiSora unavailable while in camp with the United States Under-18 Women’s National Team. Fortunately, the Riveters get back center back Piper Coffield for Friday’s match, making it a probable like-for-like change on defense.
Up front, the Riveters have all of their regular starters available, though 15-year-old Anna Korney, who made a spot start and scored in the first meeting with Steel City, is away at the ECNL National Championships. But with the other two scorers from that 3-1 win, Olivia Damico and Sabrina Bryan, top scorer Tanum Nelson plus Alexis Tylenda, who missed the first Steel City match, the Riveters have potency in their division-leading attack with 22 goals on the season.
Steel City, meanwhile, kept itself in the hunt by grabbing a late 3-3 draw in a wild contest last Saturday with Flower City 1872. All six goals in the match were scored after halftime, and Maya Matesa earned the point for Steel City with her second goal of the match in the 90th minute. Matesa leads her team with three goals on the season, but Steel City has plenty of other threats — 10 different players have scored the club’s 14 goals through eight matches.
The match is the second leg of the Soccer is for Everyone celebration that began at last Saturday’s Riverhounds match, which means postgame fireworks to be enjoyed by what is expected to be a standing-room-only crowd. A limited number of tickets for the match are still available through Ticketmaster and at the Highmark Stadium Box Office.
For those not in the stadium, the match will be aired live on SportsNet Pittsburgh+, courtesy of presenting partner 84 Lumber, with re-airings to be shown on the main SportsNet Pittsburgh channel at 1 p.m. Saturday and 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Those out of market or without a television can also stream the broadcast through SportsEngine Play.
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