Baldwin girls soccer coach Chiodo chosen for 30-under-30 program

By: Bill Beckner Jr.
Thursday, November 18, 2021 | 5:14 PM

Christine Chiodo has come a long way from her days as a ball girl for the West Allegheny football team.

Chiodo, who just completed her first season as the head girls soccer coach at Baldwin, is part of a national mentoring program for on-the-rise coaches.

She was named to United States Soccer Coaches 30-Under-30 Program, which provides participants with a year’s worth of advisory support as their coaching careers develop.

Chiodo, 27, also will receive an educational scholarship that includes registration for the United Soccer Coaches Convention and an advanced diploma course of the coach’s choosing.

A former soccer standout at West Allegheny and La Roche, she served as an assistant at Baldwin for two years before taking over the program in May. She is a registered nurse at St. Clair Health’s neurology department.

Chiodo also works as a PIAA referee.

The 30-under-30 group includes 17 colleges coaches, nine from the youth level and four from high school teams.

Here is the full list of coaches selected for the program:

Warren Backman (Boca Raton, Fla.)

Cameron Carter (San Antonio, Texas)

Cynthia Cervantes (El Paso, Texas)

Christine Chiodo (Pittsburgh)

Tori Christ (Boston, Mass.)

Collin Cone (Longview, Texas)

Stokely Davis (Atlanta, Ga.)

Aulani Fernandez (Turlock, Calif.)

Alyssa Finelli (Bethany, W.Va.)

Brad Gieske (St. Louis, Mo.)

Breanna Haberl-Kellogg (Des Moines, Iowa)

Maya Hayes (Minneapolis, Minn.)

Anthony Madonia (Hinsdale, Ill.)

Erik Marquis (Atlanta, Ga.)

Charlton Muhlauri (Mooresville, N.C.)

Alex Ng (Richmond, Va.)

Nicole Pacapelli (Binghamton, N.Y.)

Chelsey Patterson (Houston, Texas)

Debbie Pekel (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Elias Perez-Zetune (Mechanicsburg)

Matthew Pitcock (Abilene, Tex.)

Joshua Potter (Chicago, Ill.)

Kathy Prescott (Bronx, N.Y.)

Samuel Raper (Charlotte, N.C.)

Ashley St Aubin (Frostburg, Md.)

Caiman Stevens (Napa, Calif.)

Haleigh Svede (New York, N.Y.)

Daniel Szolosi (Columbus, Ohio)

Alyssa Taramona (Longview, Texas)

Mario Zuniga-Gil (Ann Arbor, Mich.)

Bill Beckner Jr. is a TribLive reporter covering local sports in Westmoreland County. He can be reached at bbeckner@triblive.com.

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