It’s been a little more than a week since the start of boys high school soccer season.
Labor Day will provide a day off from the match schedule, but teams will resume with section play this coming week. Only a one section and schools didn’t start section play last week (Class 1A, Section 4 primarily).
With the boys section schedule using the Tuesday-Thursday rotation early in the season, this week will be a busy one as most teams will play at least two section matches, with a few additional section matches coming on Saturday.
We are not big proponents of rankings, and you should not expect to see any formal rankings from Pittsburgh Soccer Now (although we did post a ‘players and teams to watch’ post for both boys and girls at the start of the season. The rationle here is that it’s really unfair to the teams who we have not seen, as the greatest indicator of how good teams are comes with actually watching them and the old-fashioned ‘eye-ball test’.
Match-Up To Watch: Mars vs North Catholic
This week’s match-up to watch will be a potential new rivalry between neighboring Mars and North Catholic, who will play each other for the first time as section foes on Tuesday.
Remember, this is a section that has produced the last two Class 3A State champions, and it will be a grind again this season.
The 2020 WPIAL and PIAA champions, Mars, have started off the season with a tough loss to section rival Hampton, then struggled in their own tournament against some tough competition (4A Allderdice & Fairview). North Catholic are stepping up in classification after being Class 2A runner-up in 2021.
WPIAL Class 4A Section 1 (4A) | ||||
Team | Conf. Record |
Overall Record |
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Pine-Richland | 2-0-0 | 4-0-0 | ||
Seneca Valley | 2-0-0 | 4-0-0 | ||
Shaler | 1-1-0 | 3-1-0 | ||
Fox Chapel | 1-1-0 | 2-1-0 | ||
North Allegheny | 1-1-0 | 2-1-1 | ||
Central Catholic | 1-1-0 | 1-2-0 | ||
Butler | 0-2-0 | 2-2-0 | ||
North Hills | 0-2-0 | 0-2-0 | ||
WPIAL Class 4A Section 2 (4A) | ||||
Team | Conf. Record |
Overall Record |
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Upper St. Clair | 2-0-0 | 3-0-1 | ||
Mt. Lebanon | 2-0-0 | 2-2-0 | ||
Allderdice | 1-1-0 | 3-1-1 | ||
Peters Township | 1-1-0 | 2-1-0 | ||
Canon-McMillan | 1-1-0 | 1-2-0 | ||
Hempfield | 0-1-0 | 0-2-0 | ||
Norwin | 0-1-0 | 0-2-0 | ||
Baldwin | 0-2-0 | 0-3-0 | ||
WPIAL Class 3A Section 1 (3A) | ||||
Team | Conf. Record |
Overall Record |
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Hampton | 2-0-0 | 3-0-0 | ||
Highlands | 1-0-0 | 1-2-0 | ||
Mars | 1-1-0 | 1-3-0 | ||
Armstrong | 0-1-0 | 0-3-0 | ||
Indiana | 0-2-0 | 1-3-0 | ||
Kiski Area | 0-0-0 | 1-1-0 | ||
North Catholic | 0-0-0 | 0-1-2 | ||
WPIAL Class 3A Section 2 (3A) | ||||
Team | Conf. Record |
Overall Record |
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South Fayette | 2-0-0 | 2-0-0 | ||
Moon | 2-0-0 | 3-0-1 | ||
Montour | 1-0-1 | 1-0-1 | ||
Ambridge | 1-1-0 | 2-1-0 | ||
Chartiers Valley | 1-1-0 | 2-2-0 | ||
Central Valley | 0-1-1 | 0-1-1 | ||
Blackhawk | 0-2-0 | 0-2-0 | ||
West Allegheny | 0-2-0 | 0-4-0 | ||
WPIAL Class 3A Section 3 (3A) | ||||
Team | Conf. Record |
Overall Record |
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Thomas Jefferson | 2-0-0 | 4-0-0 | ||
Connellsville | 2-0-0 | 2-1-0 | ||
Laurel Highlands | 1-1-0 | 3-1-0 | ||
Trinity | 1-1-0 | 2-1-0 | ||
Ringgold | 1-1-0 | 1-2-0 | ||
Uniontown | 0-1-0 | 0-1-0 | ||
Albert Gallatin | 0-1-0 | 0-2-0 | ||
Bethel Park | 0-2-0 | 0-3-0 | ||
WPIAL Class 3A Section 4 (3A) | ||||
Team | Conf. Record |
Overall Record |
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Penn Hills | 2-0-0 | 2-0-0 | ||
Plum | 2-0-0 | 3-0-1 | ||
Gateway | 1-1-0 | 3-2-0 | ||
Latrobe | 1-1-0 | 1-1-0 | ||
Franklin Regional | 1-1-0 | 1-3-0 | ||
Penn-Trafford | 1-1-0 | 1-3-0 | ||
Obama Academy | 0-2-0 | 0-3-0 | ||
McKeesport | 0-2-0 | 0-4-0 | ||
WPIAL Class 2A Section 1 (2A) | ||||
Team | Conf. Record |
Overall Record |
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East Allegheny | 2-0-0 | 3-0-0 | ||
South Park | 2-0-0 | 3-0-0 | ||
Woodland Hills | 2-0-0 | 2-0-0 | ||
West Mifflin | 1-1-0 | 2-2-0 | ||
Elizabeth Forward | 1-1-0 | 1-1-0 | ||
South Allegheny | 0-2-0 | 2-4-0 | ||
Keystone Oaks | 0-2-0 | 0-2-0 | ||
Steel Valley | 0-2-0 | 0-3-0 | ||
WPIAL Class 2A Section 2 (2A) | ||||
Team | Conf. Record |
Overall Record |
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Leechburg | 2-0-0 | 2-0-0 | ||
Shady Side Academy | 2-0-0 | 2-0-0 | ||
Deer Lakes | 2-0-0 | 3-1-0 | ||
Jeannette | 1-1-0 | 3-1-0 | ||
Knoch | 1-1-0 | 1-1-0 | ||
Greensburg Salem | 0-2-0 | 1-2-0 | ||
Derry Area | 0-2-0 | 1-3-0 | ||
Freeport | 0-2-0 | 0-3-0 | ||
WPIAL Class 2A Section 3 (2A) | ||||
Team | Conf. Record |
Overall Record |
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McGuffey | 2-0-0 | 4-0-0 | ||
Belle Vernon | 2-0-0 | 3-1-0 | ||
Mount Pleasant | 2-0-0 | 2-1-0 | ||
Brownsville | 1-1-0 | 2-2-0 | ||
Washington | 1-1-0 | 1-2-0 | ||
Yough | 0-2-0 | 0-2-0 | ||
Waynesburg Central | 0-2-0 | 0-3-0 | ||
Southmoreland | 0-2-0 | 0-4-0 | ||
WPIAL Class 2A Section 4 (2A) | ||||
Team | Conf. Record |
Overall Record |
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Quaker Valley | 2-0-0 | 3-1-0 | ||
Hopewell | 1-0-0 | 1-0-0 | ||
Avonworth | 1-1-0 | 3-1-0 | ||
Mohawk | 1-1-0 | 2-1-0 | ||
Beaver Area | 1-1-0 | 1-2-0 | ||
Riverside | 0-1-0 | 0-2-0 | ||
Ellwood City | 0-2-0 | 0-2-0 | ||
WPIAL Class 1A Section 1 (1A) | ||||
Team | Conf. Record |
Overall Record |
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Freedom | 2-0-0 | 4-0-0 | ||
Sewickley Academy | 2-0-0 | 3-0-0 | ||
Eden Christian | 1-1-0 | 2-1-0 | ||
Beaver County Christian | 1-1-0 | 1-1-0 | ||
Neshannock | 0-1-0 | 0-2-0 | ||
South Side Beaver | 0-1-0 | 0-3-0 | ||
Our Lady of Sacred Heart | 0-2-0 | 0-3-0 | ||
WPIAL Class 1A Section 2 (1A) | ||||
Team | Conf. Record |
Overall Record |
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Greensburg Central Catholic | 2-0-0 | 3-0-0 | ||
Charleroi | 1-0-0 | 2-0-0 | ||
Bentworth | 1-1-0 | 3-2-0 | ||
Beth-Center | 0-1-0 | 0-2-0 | ||
California | 0-1-0 | 0-2-0 | ||
Ligonier Valley | 0-1-0 | 0-2-0 | ||
Geibel Catholic | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 | ||
WPIAL Class 1A Section 3 (1A) | ||||
Team | Conf. Record |
Overall Record |
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Springdale | 2-0-0 | 3-1-0 | ||
Winchester Thurston | 1-0-0 | 2-1-0 | ||
Riverview | 1-1-0 | 1-2-0 | ||
Burrell | 0-1-0 | 3-1-0 | ||
Aquinas Academy | 0-1-0 | 1-1-0 | ||
St. Joseph | 0-1-0 | 1-2-0 | ||
Trinity Christian | 0-0-0 | 1-0-0 | ||
WPIAL Class 1A Section 4 (1A) | ||||
Team | Conf. Record |
Overall Record |
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Brentwood | 0-0-0 | 1-0-0 | ||
Carlynton | 0-0-0 | 1-1-0 | ||
Seton LaSalle | 0-0-0 | 1-1-0 | ||
Chartiers-Houston | 0-0-0 | 1-3-0 | ||
Serra Catholic | 0-0-0 | 0-2-0 | ||
Bishop Canevin | 0-0-0 | 0-3-0 | ||