http://www.pittsburghpanthers.com/sports/wsoccer/release.asp?RELEASE_ID=8904 Now if we could just get a field on campus rather than their apparently using Founders' up in Indiana Twp.
You've got to be kidding Pitt uses a pitch up in Indiana???????? Wow............... *Ex Pitt-er shocked* There are enough close by.... even HS ones that are quality and would be available... That's a serious shame..... Thanks for the shocker Footie
Not Indiana BOROUGH, which is waaaaaaaaaaay out there (IUP). I'm just talking Indiana TOWNSHIP aka Indianola , which is (if my sense of direction is correct) NE Allegheny County, which is still absurd. Pitt's the biggest school in the region and they still dont have a soccer field. At least CMU (where I DO watch women's soccer) has drawn lines on its football field. But yes, you're right, even a high school field, like Schenley, or Allderdice or SSA (if they have one), would be fine. I follow Pitt gymnastics. Why shouldn't I be able to watch Pitt soccer too, darnit!
Thank you for the clear up in speaking of Indiana.. I guess I woopsed a lot on that one When thinking of HS fields, I was primarily thinking of Bethel Park, where the Riverhounds play. Nice field, good stadium, and relatively close (20 minutes.. you can make it in 18 minutes from BP toCMU with traffic in morning conditions- a friend of mine did this.) BPHS also has substantial parking, and granted with all of the construction on 88 it may not be the best, but... If not, USC still has a field, no? It's even more absurd that Pitt doesn't have a field given that they spent how much money renovating or building a new football stadium???? It's silly....there's easily enough money sitting in Pitt to be able to fund at least half of the stadium..... soon.... maybe not location wise... not sure where you'd put one....... that area is already very crowded...... even sharing with CMU..... (what other sports use the CMU field???- do you know?) Hmmm...maybe I'll have to do some investigating.. ask around with those work at CMU... from which we do know that CMU is far superior to Pitt..
lol Well I'm sure both Pitt and CMU are good schools in their own little way. It's just that CMU has a nice, tidy, relatively compact campus compared with Pitt. Being a Riverhound fan, I wouldn't mind BP. I like the facility. I do go down there a lot even though it's a bit far (from Allison Park). I'd looooove NH. I think that stadium has lots of character and it's nice and close to moi. Doubt others would be too thrilled though. And on a different note, Pennsylvania, please get rid of duplicate town names!!! grrrrrrr!! Very confusing.
NH???? North Highlands? Yes, Bethel is a far call from Allison Park...wow... Duplicate names.. it certainly beats the duplicate major highways that exist in eastern MA!!! Oh, and re: CMU-Pitt.. it's only that a research project on which a friend of mine is working (at CMU with Pitt a bit).. the Pitt folks always muck up their end.. nothing more. I do adore Pitt..at least in the Cathedral of Learning sense...... spent many a summers wandering it...and creating magnificent art!
Oh, whoops. This is the first I noticed you were from Mass. Yes, indeed, eastern Mass is confusing. I used to go to college near Brattleboro, VT, and would go to Boston every so often. NH is Pittsburghese for North Hills high school, named for the group of townships and boroughs in the northern 'burbs where it lies. It's new football stadium is dug out of the ground on the side of US 19 (Perry Hwy), a busy surface street in Ross Township(?), and you can see the action as you are driving by. It's surrounded by a very pretty middle class neighborhood where tons of people can just walk over, and even just view the game from their lawn (which is a double edged sword). Oh, and as far as who else uses the CMU field? Not sure besides football. Do they have field hockey? Also, the field is surrounded by a track, and I think they have a team.
Ah..thanks for the info on NH as North Hills. I never used that.... I grew up in large part in Bethel Park..but never referred to North Hills as NH... I guess not being in the area solidly for the last 5 years has jaded my views on abbreviations.... I hope I would have picked up on NA if that had been typed The location of the stadium sounds interesting... knowing that area fairly well....... CMU does have a field hockey team.
They have a fair number of high school (gridball and soccer) games there, and I saw a Lacrosse tourney taking place there once, but since it's fake turf, it doesn't get chewed up regardless of what they play on it. Oh, regarding Bethel Park: BPHS football chews it up pretty good once September gets here. It would make for some ugly soccer by the time October rolls around. And regarding duplicate names: have you ever noticed the two towns called "Oklahoma, Pennsylvania," located about 80 miles from one another?
I live in the NA district! How 'bout them apples. Good point re: BP High getting a bit chewed up. It is indeed regarded widely as one of the worst A-League pitches/facilities in the land. One good reason is a big gaping hole to the left of the halfway line as you watch from the parking lot side bleachers. And it unfortunately figures into games on a regular basis. Re: duplicate names, no, I've never heard of Oklahoma, PA, but have noticed three Pine Townships, one in Allegheny Co. (part of wexford), one in Mercer Co. (a county east of Youngstown, OH), and one somewhere in the Johnstown/Altoona (Cambria/Blair Co.) region.