Pittsburgh will soon have an outdoor professional team to watch.The Pittsburgh River-hounds will be playing the A - League at Bethel Park High School stadium. Beadling graduate Dave Kasper is General Manager. John Kowalski, former coach of the Tampa Bay Mutiny, the US National Team, and Robert Morris will be Head Coach with Paul Child, who played on the Pittsburgh Spirit and coached the Stingers indoor team, as his assistant. Get your tickets now! There are several different packages available. Call 412-381-4625 or check out www.riverhounds.com for details. The season begins May1 and runs through September 4. Beadling teams' day will be August 18.
Soccer America notes Beadling Centenary
In an extensive article in Soccer America Dan Woog discusses the Beadling Centenary, its history, and present success. He notes in an age when many youth clubs form, flourish and then flounder in about the time it takes for a president's child to move through the ranks, Beadling is "different."
The article draws from the Centenary book -"a professional-looking 84-page commemorative book" which "celebrates in words and pictures Beadling's many acomplishments - not only in soccer, but also what the mining company, for whom the club is named, has meant to the neighbourhood and city"
Woog quotes at length from an interview with Denny Kohlmyer noting the strength that the club draws from its roots while at the same time looking to the future by extensive travel to find competition which is going to make the teams better.
The article was carried in the March 29 issue on page 62 as part of The Youth Soccer Letter. Soccer America's web site is www.socceramerica.com.