Columbus Crew SC today announced that goalkeeper Zack Steffen has been loaned to the Pittsburgh Riverhounds on a game-by-game basis. Per the Right of Recall incorporated in the loan agreement, Crew SC retains the right to recall Steffen at any point, subject to MLS roster compliance guidelines.

Steffen signed with Crew SC as a Discovery Signing from German club SC Freiburg on July 22, 2016. He made his matchday 18 debut with Columbus at Toronto on July 31, 2016. A United States youth international, he has most recently played for the U.S. Under-23s, where he played 45 minutes in a friendly against England’s U-21s on September 3, 2015 in Preston, England. Prior to that, he shined for the USA U-20s as their primary goalkeeper at both the 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship and the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Pittsburgh plays tonight against Bethlehem Steel FC (7:00 p.m. ET), while Columbus hosts New York City FC tonight in a match presented by Big Lots (7:30 p.m. ET / The CW Columbus, Time Warner Cable SportsChannel, BCSN2, CD102.5 FM, La Mega 103.1 FM, English radio stream available on ColumbusCrewSC.com).

TRANSACTION: Columbus Crew SC loans Zack Steffen to the Pittsburgh Riverhounds on a game-by-game basis on August 13, 2016.