USL Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC

Dikwa Notches Another Weekly Honor

October 3, 2023 - United Soccer League Championship (USL)
Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC News Release


PITTSBURGH - Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC striker Albert Dikwa once again was named to the USL Championship Team of the Week, the fourth such honor this season for Dikwa, the league announced this afternoon with the release of the Week 30.

Dikwa leads the Championship with 19 goals after adding two more last Saturday in the Hounds' 3-2 win over FC Tulsa. He holds a two-goal lead in the race for the Golden Boot with two weeks remaining in the season.

Against Tulsa, Dikwa opened the scoring in the 12th minute after a long passing sequence led to Dani Rovira crossing from the right wing for Dikwa to score a headed goal at the back post. He added his second goal, also a headed finish, in the 63rd minute by getting on the end of a Kenardo Forbes free kick delivered from well outside the box.

Dikwa's four Team of the Week honors are the most by a Hounds player this season. It is the second time in as many seasons he has been honored after facing Tulsa, against whom he has five goals in four matches.

He was joined in the weekly honors by Rovira, who earned a bench spot not only for his opening assist, but also for winning 7 of 9 duels and 4 of 6 tackles from his right back position.

To see this week's complete Team of the Week, visit uslchampionship.com.

The Hounds go on the road this weekend for a top-two matchup in the East with a chance to lock up home field throughout the USL Championship Playoffs when they face the Tampa Bay Rowdies on Saturday, Oct. 7 at 7:30 p.m. in St. Petersburg, Fla. The match will be shown live locally on KDKA+ (WPKD-19) and streamed on the KDKA website.

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