Coaches:
Welcome to week 1 of our soccer season. I won't repeat everything from the schedule distribution email, but as we head into week 1, here are a few friendly reminders:
1. Communication – For all teams, Developmental and JV – Home teams, if you haven't already, reach out to your away teams to coordinate details. This is always a good idea, but even more so in the first few weeks of our season where weather can be a gating issue on whether or not games are played. I've attached the most current coach's contact list (only change from the previous list distributed is to the email address of Carlow's 1/2 grade team). As a reminder, we can and do play in the rain. We do not play during an active lightning storm and we do not play on fields that present a substantial health risk. Generally speaking, mud is fine, standing water is not. But I have seen standing water on playable fields and I've seen fields with mud bogs that were shin deep (and not safely playable). Prior to the game starting the home team determines if the game and field are playable and they should make that determination no fewer than three hours in advance (so for those 9 am games, someone should make the call by 6am if a game is going to be cancelled). During the game only a referee can call it due to rain. Also, once a determination is made the visiting team and referees should be notified immediately. See attached contact list for that information. For games utilizing PIAA referees, any decisions to cancel that are made within 48 hours of game time need to call/text Chuck as well. Failure to do so can result in the referees showing up for a cancelled game and the home team will be responsible to pay those refs for the games if they are not notified in a timely manner (generally speaking, notice to chuck via text/cell phone three hours or more prior to the start of the game should be sufficient).
2. Rosters – I am missing rosters for all teams other than Sts. Peter and Paul and Blessed Trinity. Those should be completed, signed by your principal and emailed to me by Friday. Failure to do so could result in your teams not being eligible for postseason play at the developmental tournament and JV/V playoffs.
3. DSL Registration fees. I have followed up with a few of you. At this point the fees should have been received almost a month ago. Please submit those to me ASAP and no later than Monday of this week. Tournament and Playoff eligibility may be impacted for teams that are not current on their registration fees.
4. Game Cards – For our JV/V teams, please use the attached game card form for your games. Players names and numbers should be written legibly (I've attached the form in word format if you want to type players and names into it and save it for future use.). Two copies of a roster need to be in hand for your games, one of which is given to the referees and one of which is given to the opposing coach. The winner of the game (or home team if there is a tie) is responsible for uploading the game results via the QR code immediately following the game. Game cards that are lost or not submitted within 24 hours of the game may not be counted for standing purposes and you could put your team at a competitive disadvantage for postseason play qualification. When uploading the game card please make sure you are clicking on the correct league (Girls/MLS/Premier), division (JV/V) and correct home team and away team as listed on the schedule. This is particularly relevant for schools that have multiple teams such as AMA where there is a blue team, a white team and a girls team. If you select the wrong team when uploading the results it wont register correctly. Don't hesitate to reach out to me if you have questions on this as the system works pretty good when the data is inputted correctly, but if you enter it wrong, the computer won't try to figure out what you really meant. It'll just reject the game card or overwrite or steal a spot for the teams that you indicated.
5. Referees. Home teams are responsible for paying the refs. The JV/V games typically have two refs (although the girls games could be one ref). The PIAA refs for most JV/V games are paid $50 per ref, per game so the home team needs to have $100 cash available to pay the refs for each game. Developmental games and girls games that are not using PIAA refs are responsible to pay their refs at the agreed upon rate that the home team sets. Also, while we are on the topic of referees please note that referee abuse will not be tolerated. At the JV/V level most referees will give a a verbal caution, then a yellow and then a red
DSL – Kickoff to Spring 25′ Season Email
Good evening,
Please see below and attached for information relating to the DSL Spring 25' Soccer Season:
Schedules:
For those that have coached before in the league, the format of the Schedules should be familiar. I've attached both in Excel formats, let me know if anyone has trouble opening them. In both documents, there is a tab for each of the following brackets:
- First Grade
- Second Grade
- First/Second Grade
- Third Grade
- Fourth Grade
- Third/Fourth Grade
- Girls JV/V
- MLS (7's JV/V bracket)
- Premier (11's JV/V bracket)
Home teams are listed first and are in blue, Away teams are listed second and are in yellow – if something doesn't look right let me know, it may be a typo or I should be able to explain it. For those that are new to coaching and are having trouble understanding the schedule, check with your coordinator, AD or a seasoned coach and they should be able to explain it. If you still can't make sense of it, reach out to me and I can walk you through it. Home game days, times and locations are listed for each school and if you are the away team refer to the hosting teams information rows for those details, unless the cell for your game contains a different time or location, then refer to that specific time/location. Generally speaking, each JV/V team plays 8 games and each developmental team plays 7. In developmental brackets that have an odd amount of teams, one randomly selecting team has an 8th game to make sure that all teams get at least 7 because of, well, math.
The attached schedule reflects our best efforts to accommodate all of the requests. If something changed from the date that you submitted your registration or I was not able to accommodate the request that you made, you will need to reach out to the opposing team to coordinate a new game time, please include me on those emails. Also, home teams must remember to include me on emails that update game information, and with respect to JV/Varsity matches and developmental matches that PIAA refs are utilized, they must include our referee coordinator, Chuck Pruss, who is cc'd here. Home Teams, please communicate issues as they are discovered with ample time and consideration provided to all involved. Away teams please be understanding and as flexible as you can when home teams reach out
Fwd: DSL – Soccer Update
Good Afternoon,
I just wanted to give you all a few updates, they are as follows:
1. Season Schedules – Initial Drafts have been prepared for each of the brackets and they are under review. I anticipate having no issues getting them to you by the initial date indicated in the timeline, March 17th, and there is a good chance that I am able to get them out as early as next week. Remember, games will begin the weekend of March 21.
2. Practice – From a Diocese perspective, teams are cleared to start practices as early as this Monday. Each school will determine the time that their practices actually start and it will be largely weather dependent.
3. Rosters – Season Rosters are due on March 21. A roster for each team is required to be completed and signed by your principal or pastor verifying that the students listed attend your school. Every team needs to have a roster on file, failure to do so can result in games being forfeited. Attached is a form of roster that should be used when completing your rosters.
4. Dicks Sporting Good Discount Day – See below and the following link for details on the 20% of most items at Dicks Sporting Goods. The coupon is good Friday March 14th through Monday March 17th.
5. Summer Soccer Camp – This Summer the DSL is partnering with Challenger Sports to host a one week soccer camp. The dates will be Monday July 28th through Friday August 1 at the soccer fields at St. Kilian in Cranberry Twp. They are offering the following options:
- 45 minute little tyke sessions for ages 3-5
- full day and half day sessions for ages 6-14.
- Costs vary on the option chosen and there are early bird discounts. The Camp flyer is below and a link for registration is as follows: https://challenger.configio.com/pd/261916/dicosese-of-pittsburgh-soccer-league?returncom=productlist
Thanks and let me know if you have any questions.
DSL Soccer Registration – 2/21 is final date to register
All:
This shouldn't be coming as a surprise to anyone since we have had the timeline out to the league since last November, but as a final reminder, tomorrow, Friday February 21 is the final day to submit registration and pay the registration fee. Registrations need to have, at a minimum, number of teams and age groups to be registered, home playing field location, home game days and times for each of the teams. After tomorrow's date, registration is closed and I cannot promise anyone who registers after that date a guaranteed spot in the league for this spring.
With respect to the schools that typically participate in the spring league, to date I have not received registrations from the following schools (If you sent me an email with the teams, but did not follow up with a registration form, you will be on this list – theform is necessary when putting together the schedule):
- Archangel Gabriel
- Blessed Seelos
- Blessed Trinity
- Carlow
- Christ the Divine Teacher
- Divine Mercy
- Holy Cross
- Mary of Nazareth
- Mother of Mercy
- Northside Catholic
- Our Lady of Fatima
- Providence Heights Alpha
- Sacred Heart
- St. Bede
- St. James
- St. Kilian
- Sts. Peter and Paul
- South Hills Catholic
Additionally, as of yesterday's mail run, I can confirm receipt of registration fees from Holy Family only.
Please let me know if you have any questions or need to discuss anything. Also, if you believe that you sent me either the registration forms or fees and you are on the list for not doing so, please let me know that as well. My inbox is large and I am not above missing an email, and despite my postal carrier's best efforts, mail has been lost in the past.
Fwd: DSL Registration Form S25.doc
All:
Happy President's Day. Just a follow up on registrations and registration fees and that they are due this Friday. By Friday I need a completed registration form from each school that wants to participate in Diocese soccer this Spring. That form needs to include the amount of teams, your game day, times and field location for each team. If coaching information is still being developed you can follow up with that in the following week. After Friday I cannot guarantee that any late registrations or modifications can be accommodated if I am to meet the deadline for distribution of the schedules. Let me know if you have any questions and I've attached the current registration form.
Fwd: DSL Registration Form S25.doc
Good Evening and happy GroundHog Day, in addition to 6 more weeks of winter we have roughly 6 weeks or so until the start of the Spring 25 Soccer Season. As a reminder, registrations and registration fees are due on or before February 21, so there is less than 3 weeks to get your registration forms in order. Additionally, I had four more items that I wanted to bring to the leagues attention, which are as follows:
1. Based on soft responses to date, it appears that I have one JV team interested (Aquinas) and 4 or 5 Varsity teams (1 or 2 from Aquinas and 1 each from MNZ, Sacred Heart and St. Bede) interested in the Girls 5v5 spring session. Based on that data, I envision a shorter 6 week season to test the waters and do a combined JV/V all girls league for those that are interested. If it is combined JV/Varsity please note that 4th graders would not be permitted to play up since that could mean that they are on the field against 8th graders and that is too big of an age gap. Those games would be in addition to the co-ed games that a school would participate in so a school that participates would need to, at a minimum, have field time for 3 home games this spring in addition to the other home games for the co-ed teams. A 5v5 field all girls JV/V field should be the size of the 3/4 grade fields, roughly 1/2 of a full field or close to the dimensions I use for the all girls tournament of 120 feet by 180 feet. We would conclude the girls season with the already existing all girls tournament that we have at No Offseason the weekend prior to memorial day weekend. Girls can and are encouraged to participate in both the all girls league and the co-ed league as we do not want schools having difficulty fielding a co-ed team due to the all girls league. Let me know if you have any questions and I'll circulate a revised registration sheet later this week that reflects an option for the girls league. Also, if we get an uptick in JV teams or lose some of the Varsity/JV combined teams we will revisit and either add a JV division or scrap the whole thing. Just like our regular season bracket determinations, this will all be driven by numbers provided to me by the schools.
2. For those that are planning any soccer expenditures or other expenditures around the 20% off day at Dicks Sporting Goods, that sale will be Friday March 14 through Monday March 17. More details to follow.
3. There has been some talk of Christ the Divine Teacher hosting an indoor kickoff spring soccer tournament this year, presumably in March. If this gets some legs and details get formalized, I will share additional information with you all once I receive it.
4. There is a chance that the DSL will partner with one of the organizations that runs soccer camps throughout the United States this summer for our players that would like to get a little extra training and a few extra touches for a week this summer. Once I get more details on this I will share it with the league as well.
Thanks all, enjoy the rest of your evening and don't hesitate to reach out with any questions.
Regards,
Rob Glentzer
On Thu, Jan 2, 2025 at 5:44 AM Rob Glentzer <dslcommissioner@gmail.com> wrote:
Good morning and happy New Year everyone. I know it's still January, but this is the time of year that my thoughts turn to DSL soccer and I have to start gearing up to get things ready for our spring season and our registration for schools for the spring season is officially open. Below is the Spring 25' timeline, which is substantially similar to the one I sent at the end of the fall season. Also, attached you can find a form of registration and form of player roster. As a reminder, registration is open now and will close on February 21. On 2/21 registration fees are also due, schools that have not submitted both the forms and the fees will not be scheduled. The first practice dates are set by schools, other than the requirement that no practices can start prior to 3/10. Player Rosters are due 3/21, and the first games start the week/weekend of 3/22 as well.Two other quick notes as well.1. So far the response for an all girls division at JV or Varsity (5v5 format) has not generated a lot of interest league wide. If this is something that you would like to register for please let me know, if we have enough teams I am happy to make a go of it, but currently there does not appear to be much in the way of demand.2. Starting today I will be out of office for two weeks and won't have any access to email or cellular phone during that time. Please hold any questions until I return on 1/16 and I can circle up with you then.
SPRING 2025- DSL Timeline
January 1st
Registration is open
February 21st
School Registrations and DSL fees are due, the check can be made out to the Pittsburgh Diocese and mailed to me at my home address 116 Wickerham Drive, Mars, PA 16046 (fees are $125 per team, so if you have one JV team and 2 developmental teams, send one check for $375)
March 10th
Practices can start on or after this date
March 17th
Schedules to be distributed
March 21st
Rosters are due
March 22nd
First weekend of games
April 1st through May 1st
Developmental Tournament & JV/Varsity All Girls Tournament Registration is open
April 17th-20th
Easter Holiday – No Games or Practices
May 17th
Tentative date for Developmental Tournament
May 25th
Last day to complete JV/Varsity games for playoff determinations (note this is Memorial Day Weekend; if you are unable to play this weekend, clearly indicate that conflict in your registration)
May 26th – June 1st
Tentative date for JV/Varsity Championship Series
Enjoy the remaining off season time andI'm sure we will be talking more over the next couple of months.
Fwd: DSL Registration Form S25.doc
Good morning and happy New Year everyone. I know it's still January, but this is the time of year that my thoughts turn to DSL soccer and I have to start gearing up to get things ready for our spring season and our registration for schools for the spring season is officially open. Below is the Spring 25' timeline, which is substantially similar to the one I sent at the end of the fall season. Also, attached you can find a form of registration and form of player roster. As a reminder, registration is open now and will close on February 21. On 2/21 registration fees are also due, schools that have not submitted both the forms and the fees will not be scheduled. The first practice dates are set by schools, other than the requirement that no practices can start prior to 3/10. Player Rosters are due 3/21, and the first games start the week/weekend of 3/22 as well.
Two other quick notes as well.
1. So far the response for an all girls division at JV or Varsity (5v5 format) has not generated a lot of interest league wide. If this is something that you would like to register for please let me know, if we have enough teams I am happy to make a go of it, but currently there does not appear to be much in the way of demand.
2. Starting today I will be out of office for two weeks and won't have any access to email or cellular phone during that time. Please hold any questions until I return on 1/16 and I can circle up with you then.
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SPRING 2025- DSL Timeline
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January 1st |
Registration is open
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February 21st |
School Registrations and DSL fees are due, the check can be made out to the Pittsburgh Diocese and mailed to me at my home address 116 Wickerham Drive, Mars, PA 16046 (fees are $125 per team, so if you have one JV team and 2 developmental teams, send one check for $375)
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March 10th |
Practices can start on or after this date
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March 17th |
Schedules to be distributed
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March 21st |
Rosters are due
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March 22nd |
First weekend of games
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April 1st through May 1st |
Developmental Tournament & JV/Varsity All Girls Tournament Registration is open
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April 17th-20th |
Easter Holiday – No Games or Practices
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May 17th |
Tentative date for Developmental Tournament
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May 25th |
Last day to complete JV/Varsity games for playoff determinations (note this is Memorial Day Weekend; if you are unable to play this weekend, clearly indicate that conflict in your registration)
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May 26th – June 1st |
Tentative date for JV/Varsity Championship Series
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Enjoy the remaining off season time andI'm sure we will be talking more over the next couple of months.
DSL – End of Season Wrap Up
Good morning:
I just wanted to reach out to you all and thank you for your efforts this season. This season doesn't happen without the hard work of a lot of people, so thank you. Before we look ahead to Spring 25 I also wanted to recognize our JV/V teams that made it to the championship games this weekend. The list of matchups and winners are listed below:
- JV USL – Butler Catholic defeated Ave Maria White 7-5.
- JV MLS – Sacred Heart Red and St. James were tied through regulation play and overtime and Sacred Heart prevailed in penalty kicks.
- JV Premier – St. Kilian Green and Aquinas were tied through regulation play and overtime and St. Kilian prevailed in penalty kicks.
- V USL – Ave Maria White defeated Holy Sepulcher 7-3.
- V MLS – St. James defeated Blessed Seelos 8-2.
- V Premier – St. Kilian White and
Sacred Heart Red were tied through regulation play and overtime and St. Kilian prevailed in penalty kicks.
Looking ahead to next spring, below is the timeline. Registration will open January 1 and close February 21. Each school will need to register their teams on or before February 21. If you have any questions don't hesitate to reach out, but not that I will be travelling January 2 through the 15 and won't be able to respond to emails/texts/phone calls until I return. Schools that play on turf, if you can try to get home game times lined up in week 1 and 2, I will to push as many of those first week games to turf to avoid the inevitable field cancellations that plague us in early spring.
Finally, I know that we have looked into this in the past, but a few schools would like me to check and see if there would be any interest in an all girls JV/Varsity teams. The way it would work is that it would be in addition to the regular co-ed teams and girls would play for both teams, their co-ed and the all girls. The all girls team would start with a format of 5v5 and play a shorter season, probably between 4 and 6 games, depending on registered team numbers. That format size could be revisited in future seasons, but for now, we are setting a lower number to try to capture as many teams as possible. There is a possibility for postseason play (perhaps instead of or in addition to our already existing all girls tournament), but I'd need to work on a few things before getting that into effect, it could happen this season, but it is not guaranteed. What I am asking is that each school's soccer coordinator let me know before February 1 if their school would be interested in participating and if so how many teams and at what age groups. If we have enough schools interested, we will try to make a go of it.
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SPRING 2025- DSL Timeline
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January 1st |
Registration is open
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February 21st |
School Registrations and DSL fees are due, the check can be made out to the Pittsburgh Diocese and mailed to me at my home address 116 Wickerham Drive, Mars, PA 16046 (fees are $125 per team, so if you have one JV team and 2 developmental teams, send one check for $375)
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March 10th |
Practices can start on or after this date
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March 17th |
Schedules to be distributed
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March 21st |
Rosters are due
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March 22nd |
First weekend of games
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April 1st through May 1st |
Developmental Tournament & JV/Varsity All Girls Tournament Registration is open
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April 17th-20th |
Easter Holiday – No Games or Practices
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May 17th |
Tentative date for Developmental Tournament
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May 25th |
Last day to complete JV/Varsity games for playoff determinations (note this is Memorial Day Weekend; if you are unable to play this weekend, clearly indicate that conflict in your registration)
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May 26th – June 1st |
Tentative date for JV/Varsity Championship Series
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DSL – Week 10 email
Good evening:
Just a few things as we close up our fall DSL soccer season:
1. This past weekend we had our Developmental and all girls tournament. It was great weather and it was good seeing so many teams from our league get together to end the season with some tournament play. I did want to recognize the teams that made it out of group play and into the semifinals/finals, they are as follows:
- First Grade – St. Kilian Green, Ave Maria, St. Kilian White, and St. Kilian Black all qualified for the semi finals. St. Kilian Black won the championship game 2-0 over St. Kilian White.
- Second Grade – St. Kilian Black, Aquinas, Sacred Heart, and St. Bede all qualified for the semi finals. St. Bede won the championship game 3-2 over St. Kilian.
- First/Second Grade – Holy Sepulcher, St. Bede, Sts. Peter and Paul, and Butler Catholic all qualified for the semi finals. Sts. Peter and Paul beat St. Bede 5-1 in the championship game.
- Third Grade – Sacred Heart, Ave Maria Blue, South Hills Catholic and Butler Catholic all qualified for the semi finals. Ave Maria beat South Hills Catholic 2-0 in the championship game.
- Fourth Grade – St. Kilian White, Sacred Heart Red, St. Kilian Green, and St Kilian Black all qualified for the semi finals. St. Kilian Green beat Sacred Heart 2-0 in the championship game.
- Third/Fourth Grade – St. Louise Green, Holy Cross, Butler Catholic, and Providence Heights Alpha all qualified for the semi finals. Holy Cross beat Butler Catholic in the championship game 2-1.
- JV Girls – Aquinas beat Ave Maria in the championship game 4-2.
- Varsity Girls – Sacred Heart beat St. Kilian in the championship game 2-0.
2. This upcoming weekend we will have our JV/Varsity playoff series. Friday's games will be played at the Riverview Turf Field and Saturday's and Sunday's games will be played at Seton LaSalle. At the bottom of the email I have included the weekend's schedule in the event that you would like to attend any of the games.
3. Next week I will send a closing email with the timeline for the Spring 2025 season. That timeline will include key dates for registration, season play, and end of season tournaments/playoffs.
That's it for me, I hope you all enjoy the beautiful weather we are having this week and I'll see quite a few of you this weekend for playoff soccer, good luck!
| 2024 Fall DSL Tournament Series | ||||||||||||
| Friday, November 1, 2024 @ Riverview Turf | Saturday November 2, 2024 @ Seton LaSalle High School | Sunday, November 3, 2024 @ Seton LaSalle High School | ||||||||||
| Time | Home | Away | Time | Home | Away | Time | Home | Away | ||||
| 6:00pm | St. Kilian White JV Premier | Blessed Seelos JV Premier | 9:00am | Ave Maria White JV USL | Mary of Nazareth JV USL | 1:00pm* | Lowest Seed JV USL | Highest Seed JV USL | ||||
| 7:15pm | Holy Sepulcher JV Premier | Guardian Angel JV Premier | 10:15am | ©South Hills Catholic JV USL | Butler Catholic JV USL | 2:20pm* | ©St. James JV MLS | JV MLS Winner of 2/3 Match | ||||
| 11:30am | Sacred Heart Red JV MLS | Aquinas Gray JV MLS | 3:40pm* | ©Holy Sepulcher Varsity USL | V USL Winner of 2/3 Match | |||||||
| 12:45pm | Ave Maria White Varsity USL | St. Bede Varsity USL | 5:00pm* | ©St. James Varsity MLS | V MLS Winner of 2/3 Match | |||||||
| 2:00pm | Blessed Seelos Varsity MLS | Ave Maria Blue Varsity MLS | Convert field to 11v11 | |||||||||
| Convert field to 11v11 | 6:20pm* | Lowest Seed JV Premier | Highest Seed JV Premier | |||||||||
| 3:30pm | St. Kilian Green JV Premier | Lowest Remaining Seed JV Premier | 7:40pm* | Lowest Seed V Premier | Highest Seed V Premier | |||||||
| 4:45pm | ©Aquinas Navy JV Premier | Highest Remaining Seed JV Premier | ||||||||||
| 6:00pm | St. Louise Green Varsity Premier | St. Kilian White Varsity Premier | ||||||||||
| 7:15pm | ©V St. Kilian Green Varsity Premier | Sacred Heart Black Premier Varsity | ||||||||||
| Convert field to 7v7 | * Denotes Championship Game | |||||||||||
| © Denotes Section Champ | ||||||||||||
DSL – Week 8 Email
All:
Just a few things this week as we rapidly approach the end of the 2024 fall soccer season:
JV/V – Please, please upload all game cards immediately following the end of the game. That will allow us to make sure that we get the playoff determinations correct. After you upload, check the site to verify that the website accepted the results. Final determinations of playoffs will occur on Sunday and if your game isn't uploaded it may be too late to do anything about it then. I hope to send out emails to the qualifying teams late sunday or early next week and will ask all teams to confirm their acceptance into the Playoff series or to decline.
Developmental and Girls JV/V teams – Weather looks to be crisp and sunny for Saturday, please dress appropriately, wearing layers as it will be a long day for some of our teams and with temperatures fluctuating from mild to cold that day players should be prepared.
Teams should be bringing registration fees and complete player rosters to the administrative tent prior to the start of their first game. failure to do so could render the team ineligible for play on Saturday. don't hesitate to reach out with any questions.
Parking at the venue should be a little better this season as No Offseason opened a second parking lot. See attached map that shows both parking lots. We will be playing on the turfed baseball fields nearest to the original parking lot (the ones labeled as Fields 1-3 and 4-7 respectively.
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