PITTSBURGH (February 5, 2020) – Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC has named Ross Cain as goalkeeping coach for the 2020 season.
Cain most recently served as the goalkeeping coach with Sporting Kansas City II during the 2019 USL Championship campaign. Before arriving with Sporting Kansas City II, he spent a season as the goalkeeping coach with Northern Illinois University in 2018.
“We are excited to bring Ross on board for the 2020 season,” head coach Bob Lilley said. “He has worked with many talented young goalkeepers and has experience on some strong staffs as well. We look forward to implementing some of his ideas to help grow the level of our goalkeepers.”
Cain played collegiately as a goalkeeper at University of Illinois-Chicago from 2002-05 and stayed with the program as an assistant coach in 2006 before becoming the director of operations for an additional four seasons. The Rochester, Minnesota native then later returned to the Flames as the men’s soccer goalkeeper coach from 2015-17.
From 2006-10, Cain was a staff coach at Chicago United FC. During his tenure with the amateur side, he worked with numerous goalkeepers who would go on to professional careers, including Stefan Cleveland, Tim Dobrowolski, Mitch Hildebrandt, Zac Lubin and Richard Sanchez.
Under the leadership of Lilley, Cain joins assistant coach Dan Visser as technical staff members for the 2020 season.
