While many schools have a bye week this week, the season is beginning for a few of you this week.  

I won't try to remind you of everything as we head into week 1, but I would encourage you to go back and read the kickoff email I had previously sent and also remind you to communicate with your opposing team's coach well in advance of your game to coordinate game logistics– Most of the problems we encounter could avoided by confirming things like game days, times, locations,  jersey colors.  To that end, attached is an updated contact list, there are a few schools/teams for which I am still missing information on with respect to their head coaches.  In those instances please communicate with the soccer coordinator until we get that information completed.

Also, for JV/Varsity matches please remember to upload your game card (see attached for the form), right after the game, preferably from the field while it's fresh on your mind and before you lose the game card.  As always, the winner is responsible for uploading game cards, and, in the event of a tie, the home team is responsible for uploading game cards.  Failure to upload the game cards in a timely manner will result in the game results not being counted for standings.

Please let me know if any questions arise.  I'll be travelling a bit over the weekend, but other than some time on the lower yough, I'll have my cell phone generally with me (412-491-9377).

Finally, I wanted to let the developmental coaches in the league know of an opportunity to get a few more touches if they are interested.  When we partnered with No Offseason Sports as a venue for our Developmental Tournaments they had expressed some interest in providing more soccer opportunities for youth soccer players in the Pittsburgh region.  I am helping them put together a few tournaments under the lights on a few Saturday evenings this fall.  The format is 5v5 soccer, similar to our tournaments.  There is a boys tournament where boy or co-ed teams can play on Saturday, September 24, from 5-9pm, and there is a girls tournament for all girl teams on Saturday October 1.  There will be a U-6 bracket, U-8 bracket, U-10 bracket and a U-12 bracket.  Registration is not limited to Diocese teams, any recreational, school, travel or cup team can register.   I've attached a pdf of the registration flyer with more details if anyone is interested.

Regards,

Rob Glentzer

DSL Commissioner