Chartiers Valley - Pittsburgh Soccer Connection Bridgeville, PA - Former Home to USL's Pittsburgh Riverhounds & NASL's Pittsburgh Indians Chartiers Valley High School - Won 3 Of First 6 WPIAL Championship Games Played & Home to Historic Heidelberg Soccer Club Paul Danilo - U.S. Soccer HOF Inductee and Heidelberg product; Later Danilo's grandson would play for the 2001 WPIAL Champion Colts Raymond Donelli - Nephew to U.S. Soccer HOF Inductee "Buff" Donelli, Coached Char Valley to First-Ever WPIAL Championship & Scored Winning Goal to Secure Back-to-Back Junior National Cup Titles (1939 & 1940) Eric Prex - University of Pittsburgh's All-Time Leading Point Scorer Dave Kasper - Duquesne University's First Men's Soccer Head Coach & Pittsburgh Riverhounds' First General Manager Denny Kolhmyer - Beadling Soccer Club President, Former Professional Player, Former Director of Player Development for MISL'...
WPIAL inducts several local stars into Hall of Fame Chartiers Valley's Anderson gets call When George Anderson signed on as a member of the WPIAL’s soccer committee in 1967, the sport wasn’t that popular. In fact, there were only eight sanctioned teams in the entire district. At that time, the WPIAL champion was determined by season record and there were no playoffs. “Soccer didn’t catch on because it didn’t have professional teams here until the Pittsburgh Spirit,” Anderson said, “and also it had to share the field with football and everybody knows that football has always been king in this area.” Despite those obstacles, Anderson worked together with then WPIAL executive director Charles “Ace” Heberling to initiate a playoff system and entice more member schools to begin programs. They promoted soccer as a friendly addition to a school’s budget. “Buy a pair of shorts. Buy a T-shirt. Put a number on it. Get some soccer balls and a net and you could play the sport rel...
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