Sounding Off on Soccer with John Krysinsky

Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC goalkeeper Eric Dick joined PSN's John Krysinsky in the latest episode of the Sounding Off on Soccer. 

With the Riverhounds in the thick of USL Championship playoff race, with five matches remaining, they currently are two points behind the playoff line despite a strong second half season push that has included many strong performances from the veteran keeper, who is second in the Championship with 11 clean sheets.  
 

Among the topics covered in the interview include: 

• What its going to take for the Riverhounds to make a successful late season push to get over the playoff line 
• Navigating the ups and downs of what's been a roller coaster season to this point. 

 On Wednesday, PSN's John Krysinsky was joined by Pitt Women's Soccer's Randy Waldrum to discuss the team's start to the new season and previews the upcoming matches this weekend in California vs Loyola Marymount & Cal-State Fullerton. 

In this interview, Coach Waldrum talks about the challenges he has faced personally and the team's start to the season.

Waldrum will not be making the trip, as he tends to his wife, who recently had heart surgery.

The veteran head coach also discussed among other things:

• Following success of previous season, playing as a team with a target on its back
• Importance of making adjustments to teams loading up the box to slow down Pitt's attack
• Dealing with what appears to be some injuries and knocks sustained by a few key players

Pittsburgh Soccer Now's John Krysinsky is joined by Al Alvine, who was named the fifth head coach in Duquesne women’s soccer history on Dec. 29, 2011 and in just four seasons he accomplished what nobody did in the program history of Duquesne women’s soccer – win an Atlantic 10 championship.  The 2024 season will be Alvine's 13th at the helm of the Duquesne's women's program, 

Riverhounds midfielder Jackson Walti joins Pittsburgh Soccer Now's John Krysinsky to discuss the ups and downs of his first season with the club, and his second pro season.  Walti began the season in the starting lineup, then saw his playing time decrease, but in the past month, has been a regular part of the Hounds' starting eleven.  

In his sixth season as a professional, Pittsburgh-area native Robbie Mertz has taken a leadership role with his hometown club, the Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC.   

The former Upper St Clair, University of Michigan standout joins Pittsburgh Soccer Now's John Krysinsky to talk about the Riverhounds' challenging 2024 season, the ups and downs, and how he's and the team have persevered.

Steel City FC's goalkeeper Garret Watson joins Pittsburgh Soccer Now's John Krysinsky to talk about his club's run in the NPSL playoffs -- as they have hunger and intentions to make a run all the way the National Championship match.  

On the latest episode of the Sounding Off on Soccer Podcast, John Krysinsky is joined by Michael Wottreng, who will be on the call when the Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC host Hartford Athletic FC on Saturday night (8 p.m. kickoff) in what will be a Nationally televised match on ESPN 2.

John and Michael preview what both describe as a match of two desperate teams in search of points, at one point the play-by-play broadcaster pointing out "It's as much of a must win as you can possibly have in the middle of July"

Before Pitt's Randy Waldrum departs Pittsburgh for the Olympics, where the veteran coach will lead Nigeria's women's soccer team, he sits down with Pittsburgh Soccer Now's John Krysinsky on the latest episode of Sounding Off on Soccer podcast.

Among the topics discussed included:

• Managing and importance of delegating responsibilities with Pitt's program and the Nigerian National team duties
• Keeping Pitt women's soccer program momentum going as a new season kicks off in August, with more on challenges that lie ahead from schedule, travel and replacing departed players
• Year of growth for Pitt rising sophomore, Deborah Abiodun, who is one of the roster selections made by Waldrum for Nigeria's squad headed to France
• Attributes to being successful as a National Team Coach
• Biggest difference between last year's World Cup, and this year's Olympics, for Waldrum's Nigeria's Super Falcons squad, who will face Brazil, Spain -- world champions, and Japan in a six-day span beginning July 25.  
• And more!  

Sounding Off on Soccer Podcast returns from its hiatus with one of our favorite guests, as Pittsburgh Soccer Now's John Krysinsky is joined by The Sporting News' Mike DeCourcy, to talk Copa America, the USMNT getting CONCACAF'd and Mike's column about the 1994 World Cup and the impact that had on soccer in the United States.