(Updated with league awards information on Nov. 14)
PITTSBURGH (Nov. 13, 2024) — Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC goalkeeper Eric Dick was selected to the 2024 USL Championship All-League First Team, the league announced today.
Dick, who completed his first season with the Riverhounds in 2024, was also the winner of the league’s Golden Glove award with a 0.69 goals-against average, the lowest in the league. He also finished the season with a .791 save percentage that was second amongst qualified goalkeepers, and his 14 shutouts tied for the league lead and set a new Riverhounds’ single-season record.
After coming to the Hounds as a free agent from Minnesota United of MLS, the 30-year-old native of Roeland Park, Kan., started 26 of the Hounds’ 34 regular-season matches. He allowed only 18 goals in those games, as the Hounds allowed a league-low 28 goals total in 2024.
Dick becomes the first Hounds goalkeeper to earn First Team honors in the “modern” USL Championship era (2011-present), and only the second in club history after Hunter Gilstrap took First Team honors in the 2010 USL Second Division. Dick is also the 14th All-USL honoree in the past seven seasons under coach Bob Lilley, and the seventh First Team pick during that time.
(Updated 11/14) Dick also was named Thursday as one of the three finalists for the USL Championship’s Goalkeeper of the Year Award, one of the league’s five individual postseason awards. He is joined by former Hounds shot stopper Danny Vitiello of Sacramento Republic FC and Hartford Athletic goalie Renan Ribeiro on the candidate list for the award.
The winner will be announced Tuesday, Nov. 19, as part of the awards week that leads into the USL Championship Final on Saturday, Nov. 23, airing live on CBS.
To see the complete USL Championship All-League Teams, visit uslchampionship.com.
