News

Stay up to date on the latest club news while gaining insight into how and why we train the Steel City way.

This is your home base for all club updates. But it’s more than just news—we also use this space to bring you inside the Steel City approach: how we think about long-term player development, what we emphasize in each phase of our academy, and how our coaches support athletes on and off the field.

We believe that informed families make for stronger players and a stronger club. That’s why you’ll also find educational articles, coach spotlights, and stories that reflect our values—accountability, consistency, and a commitment to building players the right way.

Stronger Together: Steel City FC

Pittsburgh Hotspurs and Arsenal FC of Pittsburgh First Teams Rebrand for Summer 2023 Season Pittsburgh, PA - February, 2, 2023 – As the Pittsburgh Hotspurs and Arsenal FC of Pittsburgh collaboration continues to build a stronger pathway for players of all levels, the Men's and Women's First teams will play...

Hotspurs/Arsenal 2022 High School Achievements

Congratulations to the following College Prep & Performance Phase players on their achievements in their 2022 high school soccer season: Boys AAAA All Section Cody Lubinsky - Butler Caden Bennett - Seneca Valley Honorable mention Ezra Dubowitz -  Allderdice Girls AAAA All Section Lindsey Price - Seneca Valley Anna Troutman - ...

Scholarship Fund – Popcorn Fundraiser

In our efforts to provide greater opportunities to play the beautiful game, we're ramping up our efforts to build up our scholarship fund! This scholarship fund helps many families across all sites every year. For winter 2022, we're running a Popcorn Fundraiser with Popcorn Envy! All proceeds go directly to the...

First Team Raffle

Our annual raffle for the First Team program is set up to help YOU.  There is a guarantee of $$ in your pocket as well as all the chances to win $10,000 - 3 times! Meet a Winner - Danielle, Lawrenceville Vision Care (2023 raffle) All donations are tax-deductible via...

Scholarship Fund – Fall Mum Fundraiser

In our efforts to provide greater opportunities to play the beautiful game, we're ramping up our efforts to build up our scholarship fund! This scholarship fund helps many families across all sites every year. For fall 2022, we're running a Mum Fundraiser with Bartsch Gardens (Hotspurs family!)! All proceeds go directly...

New Site Beginning Fall 2022 – Hotspurs East

May 10th, 2022 – As we continue on our mission to move the game forward, we’re pleased to announce the Hotspurs family expanding to an East site beginning in the fall 2022 season.  In its inaugural season, Hotspurs East will focus development on U8-U12 players (Foundation Phase). The East site...

Elite 64 welcomes additional 2 boys clubs and 8 girls clubs

FRISCO, Texas (April 20, 2022) — The US Youth Soccer National League is excited to announce the next two boys clubs and eight girls clubs that will compete as inaugural members of Elite 64. Boys Capital City SC (TX) South Texas Surf Select (TX) Girls Atlanta Fire United (GA) Dallas Cosmos...

Pittsburgh Hotspurs join United Women’s Soccer

This release originally appeared on UWS Soccer. Dec 16th, 2021 (Metuchen, NJ) – United Women’s Soccer is excited to announce the addition of Pittsburgh Hotspurs, set to begin play in 2022. The club will field a first team in the UWS national pro-am league and a second team in UWS...

2006 Boys Win National League P.R.O.

Next step: The US Soccer National Championships. Style, culture and grit see the 2006 boys win their National League P.R.O. group. Our 2006 boys became the first boys' Arsenal team to qualify for, play in and ultimately emerge victorious from the National League. The boys entered the deciding weekend of...

2021 Year in Review

A year of growth and progress for our club. Arsenal players in college. 2021 produced one of our most successful recruiting classes in our club's history. Over 25 players are taking the next step in their soccer and academic careers by playing collegiate soccer: 02 Girls Kalea Umali - Washington...

Hotspurs 2021 High School Achievements

Congratulations to the following College Prep Phase Hotspurs players on their achievements in their 2021 high school soccer season:   Butler Eagle Boys Soccer Honor Roll Connor Wallace Gabe Singh Landon Mohney Cody Lubinsky Hunter Berry PIAA Region 2 All-Stars Connor Wallace David Magliocca Kaleb Kuhn Jimmy Irani Trent Davey...

Providing a Path: Partnership with Emek Hefer (Israeli Premier Soccer League) Helps Dixon Veltri Go Pro

Dixon Veltri signs to play in the Israeli Premier Soccer League with Maccabi Emek Hefer Women’s Football Club. It’s a simple goal – provide players a path to get to the next step.  From a young kid looking to get onto the First Team when they...