May 21, 2016 USL Toronto FC II--Pittsburgh Riverhounds vs Toronto FC II game review (from uslsoccer.com)

Hounds Garner Long-Awaited Win
05/21/2016, 9:00pm EDT
By CHARLIE CORR - charlie.corr@uslsoccer.com
 
Moloto, Hertzog tally second-half goals as Pittsburgh edges Toronto

PITTSBURGH – Lebo Moloto scored off a corner kick sequence and Corey Hertzog followed a few minutes later 
in the second half as the Pittsburgh Riverhounds defeated Toronto FC II by a 2-1 score on Saturday 
at Highmark Stadium. It marked the Hounds’ long-awaited first win of the season, improving to 1-4-3 
(6 points). Malik Johnson’s impressive individual effort down the right side gave Montreal a goal late 
in the second half. FC Montreal is now the lone team in the USL without a win at 0-8-0. Toronto fell 
to 2-5-2 (8 points) and 1-3-1 on the road.

Scoring:
 68’ – PGH – Lebo Moloto (Kevin Kerr)
 72’ – PGH – Corey Hertzog
 83’ – TOR – Malik Johnson

Three Things That Mattered:

•1. The Riverhounds’ Lebo Moloto and Kevin Kerr appeared to catch everyone off guard with the 
side’s 68th-minute corner kick. Kerr quickly tapped from the left corner to Moloto who curled 
in a beautiful ball top-shelf that eluded TFC II goalkeeper Quillan Roberts and gave Pittsburgh 
the 1-0 lead. It was Moloto’s first goal of the season and Kerr’s first assist – and point 
– of the year.

•2. Pittsburgh gave itself a cushion in the 72nd minute following a throw-in, working the ball 
right to left in the box and finishing with Hertzog’s high-paced shot into the upper left corner 
for the 2-0 advantage.

•3. It was a game of inches in the early going when Kerr drew a handball on Toronto’s Jonathan Osorio. 
After the officials conferred, the free kick was placed just outside the right of the box. Kerr took 
the subsequent free kick in the 10th minute, connecting with Sergio Campbell who headed it back 
toward the right of the frame. Roberts punched the ball over the crossbar as Toronto eluded 
an early deficit.

USLSoccer.com Man of the Match:
Kevin Kerr, Pittsburgh Riverhounds - As impressive as the two Hounds goals were, the engine for 
much of the match was Kerr, who assisted the first tally and created several more sequences 
as he tries to get things going individually to follow up his successful 2015 campaign.

Upcoming Games:
 May 24: Toronto FC II at Harrisburg City Islanders; 7 p.m. ET, Clipper Magazine Stadium
 May 28: Pittsburgh Riverhounds at New York Red Bulls II; 10 p.m. ET, Red Bull Arena

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