George Chapla is a retired American soccer defender who played one season each in the North American Soccer League and the American Soccer League.Ethnically Ukrainian, Chapla graduated from Union High School in 1968. He attended Montclair State University, playing on the men's soccer team from 1968 to 1971. 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.