DSC History
The Dubuque Soccer Club had its humble beginning on the front porch of Jim Ott's home in the summer of 1987. Jim, Chuck Isenhart, Dave Maier, Doug Schmidt, Mike Klass, Doug Storley, and Tom Holscher met to form Dubuque Soccer Club.
The original club comprised four teams (U12, U14, U16 and U19 boys). It was the intent to take teams to the first Iowa Sports Festival. The player selection process was simply to ask AYSO coaches to recommend players.
The first season was not very successful. This didn't stop the growth of the Dubuque Soccer Club. Within four years, DSC grew from four teams to eleven.
In the words of Dave Maiers, "in the beginning when we participated in tournaments, the comments were, 'Oh good, here comes Dubuque', and it wasn't long before that changed to 'Look out, here comes Dubuque'."
Thanks to the diligent work of these men and so many others, we have a thriving organization that continues to provide the youth of Dubuque with an exceptional opportunity to work together as a TEAM and share the rewards of a job well done.
