The 2026 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC season is the Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC's twenty-seventh season of existence, their tenth season in the second tier of American soccer, and their sixteenth season in the league now named the USL Championship. The Riverhounds, are coming off their first league championship in club history, having won the 2025 USL Championship playoffs final against FC Tulsa.
Over the offseason, the Riverhounds officially promoted previously interim coach Rob Vincent to the official head coach, after taking the reins from Bob Lilley, who was placed on administrative leave in mid-October in the middle of Lilley's eighth season as head coach of the Riverhounds. Roster
Competitive USL Championship On December 16, 2025, the USL Championship released the schedule for all 25 teams for both the regular season and the USL Cup.
Eastern Conference standings
Match results All times are in Eastern Standard Time.
USL Cup
The Riverhounds participated in the third edition of the USL Cup, and the second edition to feature teams from both the USL Championship and League One. Despite going through all four group matches unbeaten, the Riverhounds failed to gather enough points to qualify for the knockout stage, exiting the inter-league competition in the group stage.
Standings
Group stage
U.S. Open Cup
The Riverhounds, as a member of the second division USL Championship, entered the U.S. Open Cup in the First Round, matched up against fellow Pittsburgh-based club Steel City FC. After a comfortable 2–1 victory at home, they were matched up again at home against another amateur soccer club Virginia Dream FC of the United Premier Soccer League, whom they also had relative ease against. After two matches at home, the Riverhounds were drawn away in the Round of 32, the Riverhounds were scheduled to play against first-division MLS club New York Red Bulls, whom they eventually lost to 3–1.
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