SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15 – SEWICKLEY AREA SOCCER ALUMNI PARTY! Current and past Sewickley Area Soccer players and their parents are invited to an SAS Alum party!
When: Saturday, October 15, 7:00 p.m. Where: Mr. and Mrs. Kenny Pryor’s home, Sewickley What: Mix and mingle with fellow SAS players of today and years past. Drinks and hors d’oeuvres will be served.
Click here to R.S.V.P. by Friday, October 14
The Pryor’s address will be provided via email when registration closes.
MAKE A GIFT
Click the links below to make a tax deductible gift. QVRFDF is a 501(c)3.
Be ahead of the game, and give your tax deductible contribution today.
For gifts of $500 or more, please make a check payable to Quaker Valley Recreation Facility Development Fund (QVRFDF) and mail to:
QVRFDF
PO Box 385
Sewickley, PA 15143
Donor Categories
Hall of Fame: $100,000+
Wall of Fame: $25,000 – $99,999
*Legacy/Gene Klein Circle: $10,000 – $24,999
Walk of Fame: $5,000 – $9,999
Foundation Donors: $500 – $4,999
Community Donors: Up to $499
*Legacy Donors ($10,000 – $24,999) who contribute to the Leo Moss Memorial Field campaign have the option to be included in the honorary Gene Klein Circle. (Please indicate on your check which designation you would like your donation to be recognized – Legacy or Gene Klein Circle.) In addition to being the former head coach of the Pittsburgh Riverhounds S.C., Gene Klein is one of the most accomplished scholastic coaches in Pennsylvania history. Klein won a record six PIAA state championships and more than 500 games coaching the boys’ soccer team at Quaker Valley High School in Leetsdale, Pa., where he taught social studies for 33 years. He is a two-time inductee to the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League Hall of Fame, both as an individual and as coach of the undefeated 1996 Quakers. He also served as Director of Coaching for the PA West state association and as President of the PA Soccer Coaches Association.
GALA POSTPONED
SAVE THE (NEW) DATE: Saturday, March 4, 2023
Due to website accessibility issues which prevented many community members from purchasing tickets, we have postponed the Gala for Goals scheduled for this Sunday, October 16.
The SAS Alumni Party for all current and past SAS players and their families at the Pryor residence scheduled for Saturday, October 15 is still on! Please R.S.V.P. by Friday, October 14, and join us for food, beverages, and soccer stories!
A History of the Legacy Fields Development at Bell Acres Park
In 2007, Quaker Valley Recreation Association (QVRA) signed a lease agreement with the QV School District in when the District found the ground at the park could not support a school building. The lease runs for 50 years and has a provision that QVRA will build WPIAL-compliant baseball and softball fields.
QVRA quickly developed a plan that included not only baseball and softball fields, but also a turf soccer field, an additional lacrosse/soccer field, a little league baseball field, restroom and concession facilities, playgrounds, and pathways for walking, running, biking, and horseback riding. Finally, a first-class comprehensive recreation facility to serve the entire community!
Many citizens of Quaker Valley’s 11 municipalities made significant contributions toward the campaign, it became even more evident that this was something the community not only wanted but needed.
As work began on the Legacy Fields Development, it became evident that vast sums would be required to minimize water runoffs into the Little Sewickley Creek Watershed. QVRA spent $2 million for improved grading and rain gardens. Since 2013, we have planted approximately 2700 trees with Tree Pittsburgh, Boy Scouts, and school groups.
QVRA leadership understands the importance, need, and value of the water runoff reduction. We have spent the money, done the work, and secured the property. Soccer families and other citizens of the area, though, are deeply disappointed about where their donations had to go.
We all expected a soccer field, playgrounds, and trails. Fourteen years after we started, the citizens of all 11 communities are more ready than ever to build the park our community needs and deserves! To this end, in 2022, the Quaker Valley Recreation Facility Development Fund (QVRFDF) was founded in order to complete the field development project.
Support the Leo Moss Memorial Field at Bell Acres Park, and be a part of the Legacy!
It takes a generous, dedicated community to successfully develop a comprehensive recreation facility like this one! Quaker Valley Recreation Association (QVRA) and its affiliated foundation, Quaker Valley Recreation Facility Development Fund (QVRFDF), is committed to providing a long overdue park for the community to enjoy. We need your help!
Your tax deductible contribution to the Leo Moss Memorial Field Campaign is an investment in the future of the Sewickley Valley region. The Legacy Fields at Bell Acres Park will serve the 11 municipalities of the Quaker Valley community for generations!
For gifts of $500 or more, please make a check payable to Quaker Valley Recreation Facility Development Fund (QVRFDF) and mail to:
QVRFDF
PO Box 385
Sewickley, PA 15143
Donor Categories
Hall of Fame: $100,000+
Wall of Fame: $25,000 – $99,999
*Legacy/Gene Klein Circle: $10,000 – $24,999
Walk of Fame: $5,000 – $9,999
Foundation Donors: $500 – $4,999
Community Donors: Up to $499
*Legacy Donors ($10,000 – $24,999) who contribute to the Leo Moss Memorial Field campaign have the option to be included in the honorary Gene Klein Circle. (Please indicate on your check which designation you would like your donation to be recognized – Legacy or Gene Klein Circle.) In addition to being the former head coach of the Pittsburgh Riverhounds S.C., Gene Klein is one of the most accomplished scholastic coaches in Pennsylvania history. Klein won a record six PIAA state championships and more than 500 games coaching the boys’ soccer team at Quaker Valley High School in Leetsdale, Pa., where he taught social studies for 33 years. He is a two-time inductee to the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League Hall of Fame, both as an individual and as coach of the undefeated 1996 Quakers. He also served as Director of Coaching for the PA West state association and as President of the PA Soccer Coaches Association.
BID IN THE LIVE ONLINE AUCTION Take your chance at beautiful paintings by a local artist, autographed memorabilia, and other items of interest. Winning bids are tax deductible contributions. Winners will be announced at the Gala and recognized as donors under the appropriate donor category.
All gifts are tax deductible, as QVRFDF is a 501(c)3.
Dear Friends and Families of Sewickley Area Soccer,
As you may know, our umbrella non-profit organization Quaker Valley Recreation Association (QVRA) has worked very hard over the course of several years to develop youth sports fields at the Legacy Fields at Bell Acres Park, located over 37 acres at the intersection of Fern Hollow Road and Camp Meeting Road in Bell Acres, where today baseball and softball families enjoy watching their children play in a picturesque setting.
In order for Sewickley Area Soccer to continue its commitment to teach the sport of soccer to our community’s youth, we have started a fundraising effort to develop a Leo Moss Memorial Soccer Field in this park. In 2022, a separate fund – the Quaker Valley Recreation Facility Development Fund (QVRFDF) – was founded in order to complete the field development of the Leo Moss Memorial Soccer Field.
In 1976, just after the Pittsburgh Steelers won the Superbowl for the second time in the city’s history, a small group of parents led by Leo Moss (1930-2012) founded Sewickley Area Soccer. Much like the Steelers and their success in Pittsburgh at that time, little did these Sewickley parents know that so many years later Sewickley would become one of the biggest soccer towns in the state of Pennsylvania, with a flourishing community youth soccer organization and highly successful local public and private middle and high school soccer programs.
It’s been said that Leo’s time spent overseas as a younger man in the U.S. Navy and later in the Peace Corps with his young family provided him exposure to the world’s favorite sport. Those of us who had the pleasure of knowing Leo Moss and his late wife Lois remember Leo as a kind and thoughtful man. His wife Lois was warm and welcoming and had a great sense of humor. Together the Moss’s owned and operated the United Men’s Clothing Store and Soccer Shop on Beaver Street in Sewickley, where for nearly 20 years boys and girls alike found all the soccer apparel a kid could need, which, back then, was often a pair of tight shorts and white cleats.
Much has changed since then, both in the sport of soccer and in the Sewickley community. SAS has continued to grow gradually each year. In 2021, we experienced our highest number of youth registrants in the past 30 years. This likely reflects the growth of soccer in the United States as well as the continued success of our local high school soccer teams. But more importantly, this increase in registrations lays bare the crucial need for additional field space for our young, developing players.
Through his founding of Sewickley Area Soccer 46 years ago, Leo Moss touched the lives of thousands of parents and children in our community, and many in our community continue to support soccer in very significant ways. Recently, long-standing SAS supporters Dr. Joel and Mrs. Maria Swanson made an initial pledge of $100,000 to fund the Leo Moss Memorial Soccer Field. We hope that you will join us in this project of developing well needed field space to ensure the continued success of the sport of soccer in the Sewickley area for generations to come.
Sincerely,
Noah Rahm
President, Sewickley Area Soccer
2022-2023 SAS Teams at QV and SA Fields
Leo Moss: A Local Legend
— Gene Klein, former teacher QVHS, former head coach QVHS boys’ soccer team
Gene Klein inducted into Pittsburgh Riverhounds Soccer Club Hall of Fame
QVRA is grateful for the generous contributions of so many of our community members during the initial campaign to build baseball and softball fields. As the Legacy Field development proceeds, we look forward to recognizing our founding donors and those who contribute to current and future campaigns.
Hall of Fame: $100,000 and up
The Bouchard Family
The Simmons Family
The Braksick Family
Child Health Association of Sewickley
DCNR
Esmark
Wall of Fame: $25,000 – $99,999
CSI Bars, LLC
Dick’s Sporting
Heritage Valley Health System
Jim & Julie Wiltman
Joel & Maria Swanson
Larry & Bev Zamer
Mary Means
The Knapp Family Foundation
Thomas Reiter & Stephanie Dangel
Tom & Sara McCargo
United Steel Group
Walk of Fame: $5,000 – $24,999*
Annika & Duke Thomas
Anthony & Sandra Cook
Bill & Brooca Recker
Brendan M. & Dana M. Foley
Chris & Susie Keller
Christian Zernich
Clearview Federal Credit Union
David & Gail Becker
First Niagara Bank Foundation
Fran & Fred Fetterolf
Gene & Jennifer Giotto
Glenn Charitable Trust/RW “Mike” Glenn
Gregory T. & Susan M. Kaminski
Hugh & Eliza Nevin
James & Danielle Gillespie
Jeff & Heather Bresch
Jeffrey & Suzanne Watters
Jim, Lynn, Victoria & Aaron Cunningham
Ken & Nancy House
Mario & Nathalie Lemieux
McGuire Woods
Paul H. O’Neill, Jr.
Pirates Charities
Richard & Jill Webb
Rick & Val Johnson
Scott & Mary Francis
Scott, Linda & Alex Schober
Shelly McQuone & James E. Blaugrund
The Pilewicz Family
The Simakas Family
Westwood Family Foundation
Foundation Donors: $500 – $4,999
Andrew & Gretchen Flowers
Len & Holly Merriman III
Andy & Tracy Kaye
Lisa & Mark Cantalamessa for David E. Oliver
anonymous
Littlefield Family
Bobby & Shadley Gordon
Marc T. Kennedy & Diana B. Schwab
Brian & Ingrid Eagon
Mary Pat & Stan Blaylock
Bryant Baker Smith
Matthew & Maureen Commens
Bryon C. & Maria G. Donohue
Matthew & Vaishali Schuchert
Caroline Markfield
Miguel & Carol Regueiro
Catherine & James Gregory
Mike & Denise Gedeon
Christopher Wentz & Elisabeth
Mr. & Mrs. David C. Boyd
Clifford C. Benson
Neal & Dorothy Pollon & Family
David & Ellen Geller
Oliver & Janette Poppenberg
David & Pamela Lasorda
Patrick Gallagher
Donna & Frank Courtney
Paul & Sandy Griffith
Dr. & Mrs. John Paul Piccolo & Family
Perry Henschke
Drs. David & Gretchen Medich
Phillip K. & Leslie G. Liebscher
Ed & Kirsten Stripay
Pirate event – fund raiser
Edward W. & Margaret H. Kleeman Fund of
QV Baseball Boosters
Elizabeth & Mike Riordan
Rebecca & Luke Scrivanich
Ellen & John Urda
Richard & Keelie Garbee
Ernie & Carol Westwood
Richard Saladino
Federal Home Loan Bank of Pgh (at the
Rick & Laurie Johnson
Follett Family (Scott & Nancy)
Rob & Tina Thomas
Frank & Deborah Coonelly
Roger & Caroline Markfield
Gene, Sheila & Maggie Scanlon
Ross & Nellie Kraus (RAK Medical, Inc.)
Gensheimer Family (Anne & Mark)
Sandy & Richard Roberts
Gianni Floro
Scott & Amy Elste
Grant & Cindy Scott
Scott & Jennifer Tanabe
Grant D. Duffield
Shane & Caroline Conlan
Henry & Shelley Clement
Shauna & Mike Nuzzo
James & Heather Terrell
SIPT
James & Mary Beth Bonomo
Strategic Pricing Solutions
James (William) & Cynthia Dyer
Susan Hans & Kolia O’Conner
Janis & Marc Pereira
Ted & Jenna Stevenson
Jeff & Sandra Martchek
The Anderchak Family in honor of
Jeffrey J. Fecko, Jr.
The Bunde Family
Jim and Sandee Cosman
The Ciesinski Family (David & Patricia)
Joan & Dan Hilson
The Fecko Family
Joe & Chrissy Peduzzi
The Guerin Family
Joe Zunic & Stacy Westwood
The Klaber Family
Joel & Susan Nagel
The Pugh Family (John & Barbara)
John & Annette Atwood
The Siuciak Family
John & Kathy Keller
The Sponseller Family (Mary Sponseller)
Jonathan & Gretchen Bender
The Weber Family (Mary & Richard Weber)
Joseph A. Marrone
The Zack Family (Matthew Zack)
Joseph P. & Hope Lynn Diggins Jr
Thomas & Amber Ray
Juergen & Julie Kloo
Tim & Renee Hall
Ken & Beth Rom
Timothy P. & Helen B. Miller
Kristen & Christopher Hale
Tom & Debra Duddy
Kristen & Chuck Hammel
Tom & Jenny Hay
Kristen A. Stephen & David Saint-Jacques
Trevor & Michele Edwards
Larry & Claudia Pryor
W. Bruce Bartholomew
Lawrence C. & Louann E.T. Deihle
Community Donors: Up to $499
A Small Shoppe
Jordan Garber & Randi Morgan
Allison Wiles
Julia Poepping
Amy & Rob Lang
Julie & Ron McCormick
Andrew Frishkorn
Julie Reboton
Anne Foulkes & Paul Steliotes
Katherine & Paul Pigman
Arnold Thomas, DMD
Keith & Jane Kirkland
Bob & Rosie Wyche
Kerry Monahan
Brad Sherry
Larry & Kathleen Carley
Brad, Penny & Emma Bellotte
Lauri & Scott Wroblewski
Brian & Deborah McTiernan
Leslie Riker
Capt. John J. Lednak
Lisa & Chip Burrows
Charles & Nancy Auer
Lynne & Jimmy Amato
Chris & Jean O’Donnell
Marcia & David Gordon
Chris & Jenny Miller
Mariann McElwain & Jonathan Urffer
Chris Blazak
Mark & Donna Rodgers
Chris Inacio & Denise Ombres Family
Marvin Wedeen
Christian & Laurel Echavarria
Matthew & Sandra Cooper
Clayton & Heather Saftner
Michael & Gail Mangan
Company match
Michele & Jim Cox
Coury Financial Group, LP (Paul Coury)
Michelle R. Boord
Craig DeBiase
Monroe Nash
Craig Taylor & Susan Turner
Mr. & Mrs. John M. Roberts
Daniel & Susan Lynch
Mr. & Mrs. R. Craig Kirsch
Dave Derrico
Mr. & Mrs. William G. Harbison
Dave Fuller
Nancy Goldfarb & Karl (Cooper) Klinges
David & Beth Genter
Oliver & Janette Poppenberg
David & Matha Selleck
Oliver & Michaela Heuwold
David A. & Joan W. Murdoch
Paul & Susan Dimmick
David A. Gramc
Peter & Vicki Stinson
David A. Nimick
Rich & Sharon Papke
Dean & Christine Pregel
Richard A. Bowers & Miriam J. Rader
Debora & Gregory Miller
Rick & Marianne Gardinier
Don & Estelle Kemerer
Rob & Tina Thomas
Don & Robin Billings
Robert & Catherine Snyder
Donna Amato
Robert & Dana Yant
Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence M. Wei
Robert & Stephanie Peirce
Drs. Joseph & Christy Clapper
Ronald & Anna Carlson
Edward & Sarah Heres
Schroeder Industries, LLC
Gary & Beverly McQuone
Scott & Amy Fox
Giles & Susan Gaca
Scott & Tringa O’Hara
Gregory & Margaret Curran
Shelley N. & Jeremy G.Garvey
Griffin E. Schultz
Simon & Elizabeth Wilson
Halama Brothers Electric, Inc.
Steve & Holly Colafella
Helen Rho & Michael Oh
Sue & Any Pulkowski
J. David & Belinda M. Thompson
Sue Ellen & Len Ganz
James C. Bly
Terry & Valerie Jackovic
Jeff & Karen Russell
The Craig & Susan Dobbins Family
Jeffrey & Shelley Lipton
The Seymour Family (Henry & Lisa)
Jennifer & Christopher Andrews
The Sparano Family
Jim & Karyn Healey
Thomas & Lorrie Kuny
Jim & Linda Edson
Thomas & Dolores Samuels
Joachim & Patricia Peilert
Tim Bedard
John & Amy Emery
Tom & Courtney Jones
John & Eileen Edson
Tom & Melissa Doyle
John & Janet Schwartz
Tom & Michele Antonelli (& Nick Briggs)
John & Jodi Carver & Family
Tom & Suzonne Smith
John & Kathryn Moyer
*As a Legacy Donor ($10,000 – $24,999) to the Leo Moss Memorial Field campaign, you have the option to be included in the honorary Gene Klein Circle.
In addition to being the former head coach of the Pittsburgh Riverhounds S.C., Gene Klein is one of the most accomplished scholastic coaches in Pennsylvania history. Klein won a record six PIAA state championships and more than 500 games coaching the boys’ soccer team at Quaker Valley High School in Leetsdale, Pa., where he taught social studies for 33 years. He is a two-time inductee to the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League Hall of Fame, both as an individual and as coach of the undefeated 1996 Quakers. He also served as Director of Coaching for the PA West state association and as President of the PA Soccer Coaches Association.
Ray Moss
In 1973, when I was 12 years old, my father Leo took me to sign up for youth soccer in Montgomery County, MD. At registration they told him they did not have enough coaches and asked if he could help. He told them he knew little about soccer and less about coaching, but they signed him up, anyway. My father took the responsibility seriously. He read several books about soccer and coaching at that early time. He embraced the game and proved to be an effective coach. He coached for three years in Maryland, advancing from the community league to competitive travel teams.
In 1976, he and my mother Lois moved to Sewickley and purchased a clothing store the United Men’s Store. At that time there was no organized youth soccer in the Sewickley area. Leo found other interested parents and together founded Sewickley Area Soccer.
Through the years, soccer became an important part of his life. In addition to coaching, he also became a referee, and he owned several retail stores that included a soccer section. He remained involved in soccer as long as age and health allowed.
Leo was born in Pittsburgh, educated at the University of Pittsburgh, and served his country in the U.S. Navy. His early career included being Peace Corp Director of the US Trust territories in Micronesia and subsequently in Malaysia, where he encouraged, supervised and guided hundreds of volunteers in order to help improve the lives of others. His service to others and his deep community involvement later earned him the honor of being named 1987’s Sewickley’s Man of the Year. Volunteerism and helping other people remained important to him. Later in life, my father became a Big Brother and a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for at-risk youth.
After the death of my mother Lois in 2000, he moved to Maryland to be closer to his daughters, my sisters. He passed away peacefully in 2012.
My father was a modest man who did not seek recognition. But it is certainly heart-felt to see that he had such a profound impact on Sewickley, a community he cared for greatly.
— Ray Moss, QVHS graduate 1979, QV boys’ soccer team 1979, Sanibel, Florida resident
Sewickley Area Soccer Alumni
Current and past Sewickley Area Soccer players and their parents are invited to an SAS Alum party!
When: Saturday, October 15, 7:00 p.m. Where: Mr. and Mrs. Kenny Pryor’s home, Sewickley What: Mix and mingle with fellow SAS players of today and years past. Drinks and hors d’oeuvres will be served.
Click here to R.S.V.P. by Wednesday, October 12
The Pryor’s address will be provided via email when registration closes.
The Sewickley area is a community rich in soccer history. We are home to legends like Leo Moss and Gene Klein. Both Sewickley Academy and Quaker Valley High School have competitive teams year after year, and QV boasts nine PIAA state championship titles. Sewickley Area Soccer (SAS) always has the largest group of registrants of all QVRA’s youth athletics programs, with a record 900 in 2022.
