WPIAL Girls Soccer 2026-2027 realignment is set

On Monday, Pittsburgh Soccer Now has learned that WPIAL Boys and Girls athletic directors and soccer coaches recieved an email with 2026-2027 realignment grids.

We have the full listing of all four classifications along with each revamped section can be found below.

Among the most notable changes (on first review) for WPIAL Girls Soccer realignment include:

• •  Once again, we’ll have two defending WPIAL champions in the same classification, as Fox Chapel moves back up to Class 4A, and North Allegheny are the reigning title holders in that classification.  Fox Chapel won Class 4A in 2023.
  • Unlike the boys, there’s a little more more even breakdown of schools by classification, with Class 4A once again the smallest with 17 schools (with three sections), while the other classifications each will have four sections and are broken down as follows: 3A (25 teams), 2A (27 teams) and 1A (23 teams).

In addition to the 2026 season being the first of the two-year realignment, there will be additional changes coming including the removal of overtime (extra time) from regular season matches and approval for PIAA sanctioned matches to begin incorporating diagonal system of officiating (one main center official and two linesmen).

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2026-2027 WPIAL Girls Soccer Realignment by Classification

(c) — part of two-school cooperative partnership 

Class 4A

Section 1

• Armstrong
• Connellsville
• Fox Chapel (2025 WPIAL Class 3A Champion) 
• Gateway
• Hempfield Area
• Norwin

Section 2

• Baldwin
• Bethel Park
• Canon-McMillan
• Mt. Lebanon
• Peters Township
• Upper St Clair

Section 3 

• Butler
• North Allegheny (2025 WPIAL Class 4A Champion) 
• North Hills
• Pine-Richland
• Seneca Valley

Class 3A

Section 1

• Ambridge
• Blackhawk (c)
• Hampton
• Knoch
• Mars
• Shaler

Section 2

• Chartiers Valley
• Montour
• Moon
• South Fayette
• Trinity
• West Allegheny

Section 3 

• Albert Gallatin
• Belle Vernon
• Elizabeth Forward
• Laurel Highlands
• Thomas Jefferson
• Uniontown (c)

Section 4

• Franklin Regional
• Greater Latrobe
• Greensburg Salem
• Indiana
• Kiski Area
• Penn-Trafford
• Plum

Class 2A

Section 1

• Charleroi (c)
• Keystone Oaks
• McGuffey
• Ringgold
• Seton LaSalle
• South Park
• Waynesburg Central

Section 2

• Burrell
• Deer Lakes 
• Freeport
• Highlands
• North Catholic
• Oakland Catholic
• Valley

Section 3

• Avonworth
• Beaver
• Central Valley
• Hopewell
• Quaker Valley
• Riverside

Section 4

• East Allegheny
• Ligonier Valley
• Mt. Pleasant
• South Allegheny
• Southmoreland (c)
• West Mifflin
• Yough

Class 1A

Section 1

• Eden Christian
• Freedom Area
• Mohawk
• Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
• Sewickley Academy
• South Side (c)

Section 2

• Bentworth (2025 WPIAL Class 1A Champion) 
• Beth-Center
• Brownsville
• California
• Chartiers-Houston

Section 3 

• Aquinas Academy
• Bishop Canevin
• Carlynton
• Serra Catholic
• The Ellis School
• Winchester Thurston

Section 4

• Apollo-Ridge (c)
• Greensburg Central Catholic
• Riverview
• Shady Side Academy
• Springdale
• Steel Valley