The 2011 Pittsburgh Riverhounds season was the club's thirteenth year of existence, as well as their twelfth season of playing professional soccer. The Riverhounds played in the newly created USL Professional Division, which encompasses the third tier of American soccer.
The Riverhounds had played in the tentative USSF D2 Pro League in 2010, where they finished third overall in the second division table and made the semifinal round of the playoffs.
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