Kensington native Joe Harvey, from St. Hugh parish, was a Lighthouse Boys Club member before joining the NC Falcons Soccer team. He was a member of the 1972 varsity team who lost a tough PCL finals match to CD. Harvey was named All-Catholic after his junior and senior seasons
Joe went on to a 4 year collegiate soccer career with Philadelphia Textile (1974-77) on teams that were consistently ranked in the top 10 in the country. After college Joe Harvey went on to play in the Professional Major Indoor Soccer League with the Philadelphia Fever during the 1978/79 season. Wearing #4 Harvey played in 8 games as a defender.