Just a few items for this week's soccer email:

1. Kindergarten Programs – Let me know if your school has a kindergarten program and if you are looking for a few scrimmages and/or if you are interested in having a tournament style experience for them either at the end of this season or next.  It may be a little tight to get it in this fall, but I'd like to gauge interest and either pull something together with the help of another school or possibly fold something into next spring's DSL tournament if they are interested.

2. Score Control – At the JV and Varsity levels, I am seeing some score cards come in that exceed our league rule of maximum goal differential of 7.  As a reminder, games that result in a goal differential of 8 or more are subject to immediate review and may be set aside and not count for standings as violative of that rule.  If you have any questions on this rule or how to mitigate excessive score differentials, please reach out to me in advance so that we can discuss.  Once the violation occurs though the conversation is much different than what it would have been had we had a discussion prior to the infraction.

3. Developmental and All Girls Tournament – Friday, October 11th is the last day to register teams for the DSL Developmental Tournament or to change your registrations.  After Friday, work will begin on the scheduling and each school will be expected to field a squad as registered.  In the unlikely event that a team has to withdraw after this Friday please note that registration fees are still due, as a lot of time and care goes into the scheduling of games and if you pull out after Friday, I cannot redo schedules and will still need to pay referees for their time at the field, even if you decide not to play.  This usually is not an issue and I don't expect it to be one this season, but I wanted to make sure we were all on the same page and you understood the rationale of having things final for Friday. 

I expect Saturday the 26th to be a very busy tournament day as we have already broken our previous record for tournament size.  As a result, we will probably be using every minute of our 8am to 8pm field slots and may possibly need to extend this to 9pm.  I'll get you all a schedule as soon as we are able and in the meantime, please review your school's current registrations below and let me know if any changes are needed.

SCHOOL NAME	1st	1st/2nd	2nd	3rd	3rd/4th	4th	JV Girls	Varsity Girls	Total
Aquinas Academy	1	0	1	2	0	1	1	1	7
Archangel Gabriel	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	4
Ave Maria Academy	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	1	9
Blessed Seelos	3	0	3	2	0	1	0	0	9
Blessed Trinity Academy	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
Butler Catholic	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
Carlow	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Christ the Divine Teacher	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Divine Mercy Academy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eden Christian Academy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guardian Angel Academy	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	6
Holy Cross Academy	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	4
Holy Family	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Holy Sepulcher	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
Mary of Nazareth	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	3
Mother of Mercy Academy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northside Catholic Assumption	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Our Lady of Fatima	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	4
Providence Heights Alpha	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
Sacred Heart	1	0	3	1	0	2	0	2	9
St. Bede	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	4
St. James	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
St. Kilian	3	0	3	2	0	3	1	1	13
St. Louise de Marillac	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
St. Monica	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sts. Peter and Paul	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Southhills Catholic Academy	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3