by Paul Kennedy @pkedit, Apr 26, 2016

USL Standings:

STREAKY HOFFMAN GETS GOING.

The defending champion Rochester Rhinos opened their 2016 home campaign with a 2-1 win over FC Montreal thanks to a pair of goals by. The game, which drew 5,124 fans, was the first home game under new ownersand, who have installed a new $600,000 turf field among other work at Sahlen's Stadium.Fans saw a rebuilt team as only four players who started in the 2015 NWSL final against LA Galaxy II started against FC Montreal.Gone are USL Best XI picksand. A third Best XI pick, captain, is still getting himself into shape and played only 20 minutes after joining the team from the indoor Milwaukee Wave.Louisville City 12 points; NY Red Bulls II 11; Cincinnati 9; Charleston 8; Richmond, Wilmington, Rochester, Bethlehem Steel 7; Charlotte, Harrisburg 6; Toronto FC 5; Orlando City B 4; Pittsburgh 1; FC Montreal 0.LA Galaxy II 10 points; Colorado Springs 9; Whitecaps FC 2, Saint Louis FC 8; Rio Grande Valley FC, Swope Park Rangers, Real Monarchs SLC, Sac Republic FC, Orange County 7; Arizona United, Timbers 2 6; San Antonio FC 5; OKC Energy FC, Tulsa Sounders FC 4.was scoreless in his first three games for Eastern Conference leader Louisville City, but he has six goals in the last three games to take the USL scoring lead.He scored once against Orlando City B, added three goals against FC Cincinnati and had two more in a 3-2 win at Harrisburg."Strikers are kind of streaky, so for me, that's how its been for my career," Hoffman told WKLY . "Once I start scoring goals, I tend to keep it going. Hopefully, I can do that this year."Hoffman is in his fifth pro season and played 20 games in MLS for Philadelphia, the LA Galaxy and Houston. He's also had stints on loan to Harrisburg and Colorado Springs in the USL.Harrisburg's first game at FNB Park, home to the Double-A baseball Senators, drew an announced crowd of 2,316.





TURNER SHOWS OFF OFFENSIVE PROWESS. Outside back Tyler Turner had both goals as Orlando City B beat the winless Pittsburgh Riverhounds, 2-1. Turner completed a long run to put OCB up 1-0 and added the second goal on a feed from Orlando City rookie Hadji Berry.



Pittsburgh played with only 10 players after Kevin Kerr was shown a red card for a foul on Turner midway through the first half.



Turner signed with Orlando City out of high school for its final USL season but saw limited playing time with the Lions in their debut MLS season. He made only seven appearance, none after mid-August when he was red carded in the 40th minute of a match against the Seattle Sounders.