lionel messi has scored the most goals in a single match.
lionel messi has scored the most goals in a single match.
who has scored the most goals in a single match?
lionel messi
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on november 7, 2014, it was announced that the riverhounds had emerged from voluntary bankruptcy. the club's plan moving forward called for seeking additional sponsorship opportunities so that the club and highmark stadium would be profitable within three years. it was also announced at that time that jason kutney would be kept on as the club's ceo and that nikola katic would be retained as an assistant coach after having finished the 2014 season as the club's interim head coach. the club began its search for a new head coach and an experienced club president. on december 17, 2014 the riverhounds met both objectives by hiring championship-winning, longtime charlotte eagles head coach mark steffens as head coach and englishman richard nightingale, a former executive at nike, inc., as president of both the riverhounds and highmark stadium. allegheny health network was then unveiled as the club's new jersey sponsor, replacing #1 cochran automotive. some of steffen's first changes included signing several former charlotte eagles players such as drew russell and fejiro okiomah, in addition to naming josh rife, another of steffens' former players, as a second assistant coach and head coach of pittsburgh riverhounds u23. international players such as south african lebogang moloto, brazilian vini dantas, haitian max touloute, jamaican ryan thompson, and canadian tyler pasher were signed to the heavily revamped roster while colombian josé angulo, 2013 league mvp, former record-holding goalscorer, and the riverhounds' top scorer the previous two seasons, left the club and signed with the fort lauderdale strikers of the north american soccer league. another of nightingale's first orders of business was dissolving the affiliation with the houston dynamo of major league soccer which was entered into the previous season, stating that the club preferred to remain without an mls affiliate to have more autonomy and freedom with their own roster. however, former dynamo loanee anthony arena returned to the club by signing outright with pittsburgh after being released by the dynamo at the end of the 2014 mls season. the riverhounds finished the 2015 preseason undefeated, getting results of four wins and one draw in five matches. the club continued its impressive performances into the regular season, earning a 5–2 opening day victory over the harrisburg city islanders on march 28, 2015. in the match rob vincent and kevin kerr lead the pittsburgh offense with a brace and a hat-trick, respectively. the match marked the first time that the team had ever scored five goals in a single match at highmark stadium. over the next five matches, the club went 1-2-2 and were winless on the road despite being the highest scoring team in the eastern conference and rob vincent leading the league in both goals and points at that point of the season. the club's performances were inconsistent to that point, alternating between low-scoring draws or losses and offensive outbursts. the midfield pairing of rob vincent and kevin kerr, who had tallied four goals and three assists himself, was described by one analyst as, "the most entertaining pair of uk midfielders this side of the pond." the riverhounds began their 2015 u.s. open cup campaign on may 20 with a 3–0 victory over the west virginia chaos with vincent opening the scoring against his former team, moloto scoring his first competitive goal for the club, and kerr getting the final tally. the victory set up a third round encounter with the tampa bay rowdies of the north american soccer league at highmark stadium. the match would mark the first time that the hounds had ever hosted a higher division club or a non-usl professional club for a competitive match at highmark stadium. with vincent scoring the game-winner again, this time in stoppage time, the riverhounds defeated the rowdies 1–0, setting up an encounter with d.c. united of major league soccer at highmark stadium in the fourth round, the first match of any kind between the riverhounds and a mls side at highmark stadium. three days later on may 30, 2015, the riverhounds played what one columnist called the "club's greatest ever game" as the team scored three goals in stoppage time for a 6–5 victory over the harrisburg city islanders. vincent and danny earls tallied braces for the club while kerr scored the game-winner. amara soumah also scored his first league goal in the match while ryan hulings earned his first league appearance and victory. in the match, lebo moloto also became the first player to tally three assists in a single match in league history. the match's eleven total goals set a league regular season record for combined goals in a match. the riverhounds 2015 u.s. open cup run came to an end on june 17 as d.c. united defeated the hounds 3–1. the match was tied 1–1 after regulation time, with vincent converting a penalty for pittsburgh goal. d.c. united scored two goals in the two added 15-minute periods to earn the victory in front of a near-record crowd at highmark stadium. entering the final two games of the regular season, pittsburgh needed to earn four points to qualify for the playoffs. the riverhounds drew 1–1 with the regular season champion rochester rhinos on september 16, setting up a decisive match away at rivals harrisburg on the final matchday of the season. the riverhounds went on to earn a 2–1 victory in the match, clinching a playoff spot and fifth place in the eastern conference, in addition to securing the inaugural keystone derby cup between the two pennsylvania clubs. the team's season came to an end with a 2–4 extra time defeat to the new york red bulls ii in the first round of the playoffs. the club finished the regular season with 55 goals scored, the most scored by any team in the league.
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