by Bob Mueser

DSL Season Update

All:
A few quick things:
1. Coordinators, I updated the email distribution to include new emails from your registration form.  Please check with your coaches to see if they have received this email and let me know of anyone else (and their emails) that you would like me to add to the list.
2.  Season Kick off Meeting will be next Thursday, August 20th, at 7:30 PM.  I will share a meeting invite on Monday with dial in information and Agenda.  It would make sense to have at least one person from each school on the call, as well as any new coaches so they can get a season overview and have a chance to ask any questions.
3. Draft Schedules – I plan on getting a draft of Schedules out to the league over the weekend.  I'd ask you not to upload things to team snap or share with players/parents yet as this is a draft. Instead, double check the information for your teams and make sure that the times and days look correct.  I'd ask for any issues to be brought to my attention by the end of day Monday.  On Tuesday I will then get out a final schedule that can be shared with players.  I did my best to accommodate all of the black out requests that I could.  If new dates have been added to your blackout requests or if I couldn't make the requested ones work, coaches will need to check with opposing coaches next week about reschedules and let me and the ref coordinators know of any changes.  
4. Coach Contact List – I will also circulate a draft of the Coach Contact List.  there are still a lot of TBD's throughout, once you can get me that information I will update the list.  I will circulate a revised list on Tuesday so any changes that I can make by then I will.  After that I will take the changes as they come in but will only recirculate the list every two weeks as needed.  Otherwise you will get approximately 17 different versions sent and inevitably we will forget which one is the current one.  If coach information is not in the list and you need to contact that team for information or a reschedule, please contact that school's soccer coordinator in the interim (that information will also be on the contact list.

by Bob Mueser

meeting update

  All, apologies, I know that we had a meeting scheduled this evening, but between working on the DSL schedules and my day job, I will need to move that meeting.  I will follow up with a date and meeting link shortly.  Again, apologies for the late notice of this update.  

by Bob Mueser

DSL – Fall Registration Update

All:
Thank you for getting in registrations, below is the list of schools for which I have received registrations for (or have heard back and their registration will be in later today).  If your school's name is not listed below and you want to participate in the fall season, it is important that you reach out to me by the end of the day.
Also, I currently have two girls JV 5v5 teams (Aquinas and Sacred Heart).  I need one more to make a season out of it.  Please let me know if anyone has a girls JV team that you would like to enter.

Schools that I have registrations for:

Aquinas Academy
Archangel Gabriel
Ave Maria Academy 
Blessed Seelos (will be coming today)
Blessed Trinity Academy
Butler Catholic
Eden Christian Academy
Guardian Angel Academy
Holy Cross Academy
Holy Sepulcher
Mary of Nazareth
Our Lady of Fatima
Sacred Heart 
St. Bede
St. James
St. Kilian (Dev received, JV/V will be coming in today)
St. Louise de Marillac
Sts. Peter and Paul
South Hills Catholic Academy
-Rob

by Bob Mueser

DSL – Fall 2026 Registration Open

All:
Registration for Fall DSL soccer is open starting today and will reamain open until July 31.  Once you have an understanding of your teams, please complete the attached registration form.  Also, as  reminder we need game days/times/field locations complete at closing (ideally coach information as well, but that can follow if needed) so please start that process of confirming fields now, if you have not already done so.  Let me know if you have any questions, I will respond to them when I get from vacation.

Fall 2026- DSL Timeline

 

July 1st

Registration is open

 

July 31st

School Registrations to the DSL are due (the registration form is attached, and the form can be pdf’d to me at [email protected])

 

July 31st

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)

 

August 6th

DSL Kickoff meeting – 7:30pm (link to follow closer to the date)

August 10th

Practices can start on or after this date

 

August 24th

Schedules to be distributed

 

August 28th

Rosters are due and can be pdf’d to me at [email protected]

 

August 28thth – August 30th

First week of games

 

September9 through October 9th

Developmental Tournament & JV/Varsity All Girls Tournament Registration is open

 

October 24th

Tentative date for Developmental Tournament

 

November 1st

Last day to complete JV/Varsity games for playoff determinations

 

November 2nd– November 8th

Tentative dates for JV/Varsity Championship Series

 

 

Finally, note that I will be travelling  internationally from July 1st through July 14th.  If you have any questions during that time note that I won't have much in the way of cellular or wifi access but I can answer any questions that may have arisen when I return on July 15th.
Regards,
Rob
by Bob Mueser

DSL – End of Season Wrap Up and Timeline for Fall 2026

All:

I wanted to thank you all for your time and efforts this past spring for our soccer season.  I hope all of the kids had a good time playing the sport and learning life lessons along the way such as teamwork, sportsmanship, and playing in a christ like manner.  At the JV/V co-ed level, a special congratulations to our Champions:  MLS JV – Archangel Gabriel, MLS Varsity Holy Cross, Premier JV – St. Kilian Green, Premier Varsity – St. Kilian Green.  Below are the results from all the championship week games as well:
        2026 Spring DSL Tournament Series        
                         
  Wednesday, June 3, 2026 @ Seton LaSalle High School   Saturday, June 6, 2026 @ Seton LaSalle High School   Sunday, June 7, 2026 @  Seton LaSalle High School  
  Time Home  Away   Time  Home  Away   Time  Home  Away  
  6:30 PM Ave Maria JV – 4 Aquinas JV – 2   9:00 AM Holy Cross JV – 0 Archangel Gabriel JV – 5   1:00 PM* Archangel Gabriel JV – 7 Mother of Mercy JV – 3  
          10:15 AM Holy Sepulcher JV – 3 Mother of Mercy JV – 7   2:20 PM* Holy Cross Var – PK's 1 Holy Sepulcher Var – PK's -0  
  Friday, June 5, 2026 @ Seton LaSalle High School   11:30 AM Holy Sepulcher Var – 4 Blessed Seelor Var – 0     Field Change  
  Time Home  Away   12:45 PM Holy Cross Var – 7 Sacred Heart Red Var – 2   3:40 PM* St. Kilian Green JV – 4 Sacred Heart Black JV – 1  
  6:00 PM Blessed Trinity JV – 4 Mother of Mercy JV – 8     Field Change   5:00 PM* St. Kilian Green Var -2 Sacred Heart Black Var – 1  
  7:15 PM St. James Var -PK's – 0 Sacred Heart Red Var – PK's -1     2:15 PM St. Kilian White JV – 2 Sacred Heart Black JV – 8          
  8:30 PM Blessed Seelor Var – 4 St. Bede Var – 1   3:30 PM St. Kilian Green JV -2 Ave Maria JV -1          
          4:45 PM Sacred Heart Black Var – 2 Ave Maria Var – 1          
                  * Denotes Championship Game    
                         
Looking forward to the Fall season, note that the timeline is always a little tighter from spring to fall then it is from fall to spring.  Registration is open starting as of July 1 and closes on July 31st.  Please time your sports registrations so that you will know how many teams you need by July 31st.  After July 31st we will start the scheduling process and there is no guarantee that additional teams can be accommodated after July 31st and teams registered as of July 31 will be expected to play throughout the entirety of the fall season.  I have attached a timeline and registration form to this email for your use and reference.  Note that the timeline has August 28th as the first week of games.  I am going to try to maintain that but there is a chance that we have to push it up a week to August 21st to accommodate a diocese wide black out date on September 19 for a diocese wide event.  Once I start scheduling if we need to move the date up a week to get the games in I will let you know.  Here is the timeline for your reference.

Fall 2026- DSL Timeline

 

July 1st

Registration is open

 

July 31st

School Registrations to the DSL are due (the registration form is attached, and the form can be pdf’d to me at [email protected])

 

July 31st

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)

 

August 6th

DSL Kickoff meeting – 7:30pm (link to follow closer to the date)

August 10th

Practices can start on or after this date

 

August 24th

Schedules to be distributed

 

August 28th

Rosters are due and can be pdf’d to me at [email protected]

 

August 28thth – August 30th

First week of games

 

September9 through October 9th

Developmental Tournament & JV/Varsity All Girls Tournament Registration is open

 

October 24th

Tentative date for Developmental Tournament

 

November 1st

Last day to complete JV/Varsity games for playoff determinations

 

November 2nd– November 8th

Tentative dates for JV/Varsity Championship Series

 

 

Finally, note that I will be travelling  internationally from July 1st through July 14th.  If you have any questions during that time note that I won't have much in the way of cellular or wifi access but I can answer any questions that may have arisen when I return on July 15th.
Regards,
Rob
by Bob Mueser

Fwd: DSL – JV/V Playoff Week

All:
This week is our final week for Spring Soccer.  Below is a listing of this week's playoff schedule.  Please feel free to join us at Seton LaSalle High School for the playoff action.  We have play in games on Wednesday and Friday, Semi-final games on Saturday, and Championship games on Sunday.  For the teams that qualified for post season play, please see the attache championship series rules and playoff game cards.

Regards,

by Bob Mueser

Dev Wrap Up and JV/V Playoffs

Good Morning all, I hope you all had a great holiday weekend.  Not much on the soccer front other than a few late season/playoff updates for the JV/V league and an update on the Developmental and All Girls Tournament we had on May 16.
1. JV/Varsity – Final Regular Season Games and Playoffs.  As a reminder, all games must be played and uploaded by this Sunday in order to count for standings.  Please make every effort to get your games in and uploaded immediately following the end of the game so I can update things on my end in real time.  Unplayed games will either count as non-played games or forfeits, depending on the circumstances that arose for the originally scheduled game not being played.  If you foresee any issues with not getting your game in, please let me know ASAP.
Additionally, as we look ahead to next week for our playoffs I wanted to remind you all of how we determined playoffs.  First, in the event of a tiebreaker, any determinations of seedings/cutoffs are made manually as the webpage doesn't follow the same rules we use when breaking ties, so bear that in mind and understand that the webpage standings may not accurately reflect the actual seedings.  Second, we generally try to take 50% of teams in bracket plus 1 for playoff cutoffs.  Which means we will take the following number of teams for the applicable bracket:  Varsity Premier – 3 teams; Varsity MLS – 6 teams; JV Premier – 5 teams; and JV MLS – 5 teams.  And finally, the game dates for the Playoffs will more than likely be as follows (all games are at Seton LaSalle)- Wednesday June 3 – JV Premier play in game between 4 and 5 seeds at 6:30pm; Friday June 5 – JV MLS Premier play in game between 4 and 5 seeds at 6:00pm and Varsity MLS play in games between 4 and 5 seeds and 3 and 6 seeds at 7:15 and 8:30 pm; Saturday June 6 – Varsity Premier play in game between 2 and 3 seeds and all other bracket semi final games
by Bob Mueser

Tournament notes for today

All a few reminders for today:
1. Parking – it'll be a busy day, please do not triple park people.  There is alternate parking if you go past the fields and use the stage parking lot.  That one typically has lots of spaces.  If no spaces exist, drop off your player and circle the lot until one spot becomes available as teams will be coming and going all day.  If you do triple park, you car may be towed.
2. Weather wise we are mostly in the clear with a little rain here and a bit of wind, upwards of 15mph, please remember to secure your tents with weights.  Unsecured tents will not be be permitted and we will ask you to tear them down for safety reasons.
3.  Tent placement – as in the past, do not place any tents in the main walkway, we need to keep that area clear for ambulances in the event one is needed.  We will ask you to take down the tent if you don't follow this rule.  Any questions on tent placement can be directed to us at the admin tent and we can let you know where you can set up.
thats it, good luck everyone today.
Rob

by Bob Mueser

DSL – Final Tournament Schedule

All:
Attached please see this Saturday's tournament schedule with the corrections discussed last week (conforming the other tabs to the game times/field locations to the “Games” tab).  Let me know if you have any questions and I look forward to seeing you all Saturday.  Don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions, but note that my availability to respon on Friday will be very limited due to having to set up the fields for the tournament, so I'd recomend contacting me prior to Friday with any questions, or on Saturday at the administration tent.
Regards,
Rob