by Bob Mueser

DSL – Week 2 Email

All:

Please find an updated coach contact sheet, the only changes are with respect to the first grade St. Kilian contact information.  Use this sheet when contacting opposing teams for this week's games.
Also, at this point, all rosters should have been submitted.  I am missing the following rosters from the following schools, please submit signed rosters ASAP.  Not having rosters submitted could result in forfeitures and impact playoff/tournament eligibility.  If you believe you sent it in already but are listed below, please resend as it is possible that I missed your email.
1. Archangel Gabriel – all rosters are outstanding
2. Ave Maria – all rosters are outstanding
3. Blessed Seelos – all rosters are outstanding
4. Blessed Trinity – all developmental rosters are outstanding
5. Eden Christian – JV roster is outstanding
6. Guardian Angel – all rosters are outstanding
7. Holy Family – all rosters are outstanding
8. Our Lady of Fatima – all rosters are outstanding (as are registration fees)
9. Alpha – Developmental rosters are in, but to the extent any JV/V players are playing with Seelos those rosters are due as well
10. St. James – all rosters are due
11. St. Kilian – all rosters are due
12. Sts. Peter and Paul – all developmental rosters are due.
That is all, good luck this weekend and if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out.
Rob

by Bob Mueser

DSL – Week 1 email

All:
As we head into the week I wanted to get you all a week one email that has the following attachments, in word/excel and pdf format:
1. Final Coach Contact List (applicable to grades 1-8)
2. Form of Player Roster (applicable to grades 1-8)
3. Form of Game Card (applicable to grades 5-8)
With respect to the contact list, I recommend including both the head coach from the other team and the soccer coordinator from the other team when reaching out to one another to coordinate game day details.
With respect to the Player roster, each school should complete a roster for each team and have the school's principal or priest sign to attest that the students are attending the school before Friday, August 30.  If your school is combining with another or having a player or two from another school joining, both principals/pastors need to sign off (and as a reminder, any school combinations need to be approved by me in advance or such schools risk having the games forfeited).  Each school is required to turn this roster in.  Failure to do so can result in any games played forfeited as this is how we make sure schools are having students from the school play and no other players.  If another team raises roster questions for your team I rely on this form to start my inquiry and failure to complete it and turn it in a timely manner results in the presumption that you have ineligible players playing on your team and that your games played to date are forfeited.  Finally, Schools are permitted to update this roster to include additional players on or before your fourth game (the update needs to be signed by your principal/pastor as well).  After the fourth game schools are no longer permitted to add new players.
With respect to the game card, JV and Varsity coaches should print two copies of it; have player numbers, player names and head coach names fill in, as well as the other relevant blanks; turn one copy into the referees and the other copy to the opposing coach.  At the end of the game the winning team (and with respect to a tie, the home team) should immediately upload the results using the web page and/or QR code.  If you have any questions don't hesitate to reach out (although in full disclosure I may be out of cell range a fair amount this weekend so leave a message if I don't pick up and I'll get back to you once I am able).
Finally, remember that the home team is responsible for paying of the referees fees and that should be done prior to the start of or immediately following, the game (PIAA refs are $50 per referee, per game and the JV/V games have two refs per game (so $100 per game).  If developmental teams are using PIAA referees then it is also $50 per referee, per game and if they are not PIAA referees the home teams set the referee pay scale.
That's it for me, if you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out (although my availability Friday through Monday may be somewhat limited).
Rob
by Bob Mueser

Fwd: DSL Schedules and Contact info

Attached please find a final schedule for the Fall 24' DSL Soccer season.  There are several changes throughout that should have been conveyed to affected parties via email, but regardless, please disregard the earlier draft schedule and refer to this one for all games.  Subject to any changes that the teams, ref coordinator and I sign off on, this is the final schedule.
At this time the schedule can be shared with your players.  Please note that any changes to this schedule will need to follow our protocol for reschedules (See previous email for that protocol).  I will not send further revised schedules going forward, but schools are free to reschedule as needed, subject to our protocols and with sign off from me and the Referee Coordinator (if PIAA refs are being used).
Also attached is the most current contact list.  Please review and let me know of any changes or corrections.  As you can see, we are still missing some information.  If any correspondence is required to be exchanged before that information is updated, please reach out to the school's soccer coordinator (also indicated on the contact list).  I am still missing information for the below 4 schools and will plan on recirculating this list one last time the week of August 26th when hopefully all such information will be completed:
  • Blessed Seelos – names and contact info for the 3 first grade coaches
  • Blessed Trinity – email and cell phone for Melissa Seaman, the 1/2 coach and name and contact info for the 3/4 coach
  • Holy Cross – name and contact info for the second grade coach
  • St. Kilian – cell number for Bryan Ross, the third grade coach
Finally, Soccer Coordinators please verify with your coaches that everyone that needs to is receiving my emails.  If there are additional emails that I need to add to my distribution list, please send them my way and I will update the list.
Regards,
Rob Glentzer

by Bob Mueser

Fwd: DSL – Schedules and Coach’s contact info

Good evening, 

Please see below and attached for information relating to the DSL Fall 24' 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 and pdf formats  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
  • USL (bottom 7's bracket)
  • MLS (top 7's bracket)
  • Premier (11's 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

by Bob Mueser

DSL Fall 24′ Kickoff Meeting

All:
For this evening's 7:30 pm call it would be helpful if each school had at least one representative dial in so that they can report back to the other coaches from that school.  It would also make sense for new coaches to also dial in as we will be going over various logistics of the fall season, which the veteran coaches know pretty well, but that can be a little overwhelming for the new coaches at first.  
Rob

On Wed, Aug 7, 2024 at 10:26 PM Rob Glentzer <dslcommissioner@gmail.com> wrote:
Please see below for a link for Thursday's DSL meeting.

Rob

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Fwd: DSL Fall 24′ Kickoff Meeting

Please see below for a link for Thursday's DSL meeting.

Rob

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by Bob Mueser

DSL Fall 2024 Meeting Agenda.docx

Good Afternoon:
A couple of quick items for this week:
1. Kick Off Meeting – I'll be hosting a kickoff call this Thursday, August 8th, at 7:30 pm.  During this call we will cover the items set forth in the attached agenda as well as answer any other questions that you may have.  I will forward a dial in/link on Wednesday that can be used to access the virtual meeting room.
2. This Weekend, Friday through Sunday, is our DSL Weekend at Dicks Sporting Goods, see below and attached for more information.
While soccer registrations are still ongoing through the end of July, I wanted to send to you a Dick's Sporting Goods Coupon Code for our DSL weekend which will take place Friday, August 9th through Sunday August 11th, at select DSG locations.  The coupon is good for 20% of your order, can be used multiple times, can be used for non-soccer gear and soccer gear and can be used by anyone who needs it (no need to be a participant in our league).  Below are more details, including a link and an image of the coupon.
Rob  
Below is the link to your 20% off Diocese of Pittsburgh Soccer fall Shop Weekend Coupon 8/9 thru 8/11 at either our Robinson, Monaca, Cranberry, or House of Sport Locations.

 

https://cmm.dickssportinggoods.com/crmcdn/getoffer.aspx?offer_entity_code=O241DGWZ&token=Dk3V8ijoZ3BI5LJYjpu8NpzVtrlyASmdxIoM8wK7NTu1X9O-80cBXZGkEk4BDhEmRaOnCDVd6LxLt9c8Zjw2

 

Please feel free to post on your League website, forward out in an email blast to all families or just make copies and hand deliver at your next event.  Whatever way is easiest for you. Families just need to have a hardcopy coupon in hand or pull it up on their phone at checkout.  This coupon is such an important piece of our sponsorship, the BARCODE is specifically made for your Shop Weekend. Obviously, I am hoping for a BIG turnout. Remember the 20% off is on most items NOT just Soccer.  Few exclusions such as Ping, Titleist, Callaway, TaylorMade, Nike Golf, Yeti, and Ugg.

 

Great time to buy those “Back to School” T’s and Shorts from NIKE, UA, and Adidas at 20% off.

 

In addition, if the store is out of an item or size but we carry the item online………the family can simply order the item online in-store that day….and still receive the 20% off discount.

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by Bob Mueser

Final Day for DSL Registration

All:  Just one last reminder that tomorrow, August 1 is the deadline for Fall Soccer registration for the DSL.  To date I have received the following registrations:

1. Ave Maria (Still need registration fee)
2. Butler Catholic (I have not received it yet, but understand that it is in the mail)
3. Eden Christian (
Still need registration fee)
4. Guardian Angel (Still need registration fee)
5. Holy Family (Still need registration fee)
6. Providence Heights Alpha (Still need registration fee)
7. Sacred Heart
(Still need registration fee)
8. St. Louise
If your name is not on the above list and you think that you have sent in registrations, please contact me.  For all schools not on the above list tomorrow is the deadline for registration.  
Thanks.
Rob

Good afternoon everyone.  As a reminder, team registrations for DSL Soccer and the corresponding league registration fees are due by this Thursday, August 1.  I've reattached the registration form and let me know if you have any questions.
Rob