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Pittsburgh Hotspurs Join the NPSL
The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is proud to announce that the Pittsburgh Hotspurs (Pittsburgh, PA) have joined the league as an expansion team. The club will begin competition in the Midwest Region’s East Conference in 2019. “The Pittsburgh area is home to one of the top soccer markets in...
United Soccer Coaches Convention 2019: Hotspurs Coaches Takeaways
The United Soccer Coaches Convention is an annual gathering of soccer experts from around the world looking to grow and improve the game in the United States. It’s four days of non-soccer opportunities to learn, grow, discuss, meet, and socialize around all things soccer. Coaches Mark...
Small-Sided Soccer Games: Why 5v5?
The newest addition to our Hotspurs training program is our in-house 5v5 league. With our players training twice a week, many playing in futsal, indoor leagues, and even other winter sports, why in the world did we decide to offer another league? And outdoors to boot!? Unarguably, the game itself...
Get Out of Your Comfort Zone: Scott Arnold, National C Coaching License
Education is a top priority for our entire coaching team. It’s important to us that our players, families, and interested fans of the game know about the growth and direction of our club as we continue to develop our identity and style in Pittsburgh. As the “year of education” continues,...
Coaches Spend Day on Football Theory with Raymond Verheijen
Football theory? Even if the ? wasn’t there, you still would read it with some questioning and ‘what?’. As “the year of education” continues, a group of our Hotspurs coaches spent a day focused on Football Theory with Raymond Verheijen of the World Football Acadamy. It’s important to us that our...
Hotspurs SC Leads the Way In Western PA Soccer Club Concussion Standards
Photo by Jeffrey Lin on Unsplash The buzz around concussions has been on the rise across sports of all levels with the NFL and NHL both taking a stance on concussion protocol over the past 5 years. At the youth level, schools in PA had protocol...
Goalkeeper Warm-up
A proper warmup is necessary for all athletes to prevent injury and be ready to play. For our goalkeepers, Coaches Mark and Erik have provided a warmup to ensure they're ready when game time comes. For each activity, the goalkeeper should do each side three times. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKiiLJ70HQ8&feature=youtu.be Signup for our...
World-Class Coach Spends Motivational Weekend with Hotspurs Coaches
The “year of education” is a phrase you’ll hopefully not soon tire of. It’s one of high importance to our entire coaching team, and we’ve taken a big step in education by spending 3 days with world-class soccer coach Eric Tenllado Ortega. It’s important to us that our players, families,...
The Hotspurs Mission to Develop Top Players in Pittsburgh
An estimated 2.3 million youth played soccer (6- to 12-year-olds) in the United States in 2016. Yet, 70-75 percent of kids quit playing organized sports by 14 because it's not fun anymore. Here at Hotspurs, we are dedicated to our athletes keeping their passion for the game. Our mission is simple...
Hotspurs Seals Long Term Lease With Founders Field!
Hotspurs has signed a multi-year lease with Founders Field. Details of the deal have been shared with the clubs membership and these changes will come effect for the new soccer year. Director of Player Development Tom Ovenden stated "I'm really happy to seal Founders Field as our home and with...
Coach Bill Pfeiffer of Hotspurs West has stand out HS Year!
Congrats to Coach Bill who heads up Hotspurs West, he is the head coach of Moon HS, some details of Bills year are found below. He is a credit to the Moon school district and Hotspurs SC. Fantastic acheivements: 51-1-0 over the last 2 Seasons 43 game Winning Streak over...
Coach Boulos of Hotspurs SC Wins PA West Classic Coach of the Year
Hotspurs coach Jeff Boulos was recently named PA West 2017 Coach of Year in the girls classic division. This award is given annually to a coach based on demonstrated excellence within the PA West region on the basis of motivating players to succeed and setting an admirable example on and...