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April 21, 2014 - United Soccer League Championship (USL)
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(Rochester, NY...) The Rochester Rhinos will be taking on the Chicago Fire Reserves this Monday, April 21st at 12pm at Toyota Park in Chicago.

Rochester is finishing up a three game road trip that kicked off their 2014 season. The Rhinos dropped their opening match of the season 3:1 to the USL PRO Champion Orlando City Lions on April 5th. JC Banks scored the Rhinos first goal of the season in the season opening defeat. On April 11th, the Rhinos rebounded and earned their first point of the season in a 1:1 draw with Dayton. Samuel Petrone scored the opening goal off of an assist from Colin Rolfe for Rochester before Joe Broekhuizen scored the equalizer in the 94th minute for the Dutch Lions.

"I have a couple of different thoughts about the start to our season." Rhinos head coach Bob Lilley said. "I think there have been periods of time in both of our first two games where we have actually played very well.

However, we only have one point from our first two matches, so we need to be focused on trying to go into Chicago and take three points on Monday."

Rochester will be facing the Chicago Fire Reserves because of the USL PRO's groundbreaking affiliation with Major League Soccer. Last year ever MLS Reserve side played two matches against a USL PRO club that counted in both the USL PRO standings as well as the MLS Reserve League standings.

This year the LA Galaxy became the first MLS club to take the next step and commit their reserve team - LA Galaxy II - to compete in USL PRO for the entire season. The focus of the affiliation with MLS is to help develop younger players in the MLS at a competitive level. The affiliation will ultimately build long term ties for the leagues and improve the overall level of play which will expand the audience.

"MLS Reserve teams provide an interesting challenge because you never really know what to expect." Lilley said. "Regardless, Chicago has always historically had a good Academy and a good professional team, so it should be a strong test for us on Monday."

So far the Chicago Fire Reserves have only played one match of their 2014 MLS Reserve League schedule. In their season opener against the New York Red Bulls Reserves, Giuseppe Gentile scored two goals to put Chicago on top 2:1. In their other exhibition matches, the Fire Reserves also defeated FC Indy Eleven (NASL) and Marquette University (NCAA). The team scored a combined seven goals in the two matches.

The Rochester Rhinos 19th home opener will be Sunday, April 27th 2014 at 4PM in Sahlen's Stadium against the Charleston Battery.

Tickets for the home opener as well as any other match on the Rhinos home schedule will be available by by calling (585)454-KICK (5425), by visiting the

MVP Health Care Box Office at Sahlen's Stadium, or by visiting ticketmaster.com.

Rochester Rhinos season tickets, flex packages and group ticket sales are also currently available.

2014 Rhinos Season Ticket Packages

Rochester Rhinos ticket packages for the 2014 season are on-sale and can be purchased by calling (585) 454-KICK (5425) or by clicking on the links located to the left. Get your ticket package today & SAVE MONEY!

Full season ticket packages start at $99.00 for all 15 home games, Ticket voucher packs start at $60.00 and a family of four can attend every Rhinos home games for only $299.00. That's less than $5.00 per person/per game!

Contact David Cieslinski at (585) 454-3000 x111 or davec@rhinossoccer.com to puchase Season tickets, Coprorate ticket packages or Group nights!



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