George Chapla
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George Chapla is a retired American soccer defender who played one season each in the North American Soccer League and the American Soccer League.
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Personal information | |||
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Place of birth | United States | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
1968–1971 | Montclair State University | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1974 | Rhode Island Oceaneers | ||
1975 | Hartford Bicentennials | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ethnically Ukrainian,[1] Chapla graduated from Union High School in 1968. He attended Montclair State University, playing on the men's soccer team from 1968 to 1971.[2] In 1974, Chapla turned professional with the Rhode Island Oceaneers. He spent the 1975 season with the Hartford Bicentennials of the North American Soccer League. On August 28, 1975, he scored a goal for the U.S. Olympic soccer team in a 4-2 loss to Mexico in a 1976 Summer Olympics qualification game. The U.S. failed to qualify for the tournament.[3] He also played on the 1975 U.S. Pan American Games soccer team.[4]
He coached the Union High School freshmen soccer team in the mid-2000s.