Program by the Decades: 1980s



SECTION TITLES

1989


 NOTABLE PLAYER(S)

Sean Fouts: (Class of 1982) A Heidelberg and Beadling SC product, Fouts was an All-WPIAL and Post-Gazette Elite 11 selection with Chartiers Valley in 1982. In college, Fouts was Co-Team MVP as a freshman at Marshall University, helped lead the university to the program’s first win over West Virginia University and was a First Team All-Southern Conference selection before transferring to the University of Akron to play with a more competitive program. He then played professionally in the American Indoor Soccer Association.
Dave Kasper: (Class of 1982) A Beadling SC product and All-WPIAL, All-state, and Post-Gazette Elite 11 selection while at Chartiers Valley High School. Kasper has a wide variety of soccer experience as a player, coach and front office executive. During his playing career, Kasper was a standout forward at the University of Maryland, earning All-ACC honors while also serving as a member of the U-20 U.S. Men’s National Team. He played professionally for the Milwaukee Wave (1989-90) and the Pittsburgh Stingers (1990-94) and transitioned into Duquesne University’s first-ever head coach. Kasper was named general manager of the Pittsburgh Riverhounds in 1998 (USL-1). The following year, Kasper led the organization to the playoffs and to Organization of the Year honors. Dave is current General Manager and Vice President of Soccer Operations at Major League Soccer’s D.C. United. During Kasper’s 15-year tenure, D.C. United have won five major trophies: the 2004 MLS Cup, two MLS Supporters' Shields (2006 and 2007) and two Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cups (2008 and 2013). Kasper has guided United to nine playoff appearances, including three as the first-place team in the Eastern Conference. United also reached the 2009 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup finals. Kasper also had coaching stints with Sewickley Academy, Beadling SC and ODP Region 1. Dave Kasper has also been named a 2017 inductee of both the Virginia-D.C. Soccer Hall of Fame and the Robert “Tick” Cloherty Western Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame.


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