Parkland Area Soccer Club

Registration for the fall 2014 season

Registration for the fall 2014 season is now OPEN for all Developmental (U5-U8) and Recreational Players. We welcome both new and returning player!

Go to https://www.youthleaguesusa.com/epys/14-15/0529/017/Welcome.html and register today!

2014 President�s Award Recipient Mike Flynn with Past-President Brett Reightler (Left) & his team (Right)

Parkland Area Soccer Club “2014 President’s Award” Recipient Announced

Parkland Area Soccer Club is very pleased to announce - and would like to congratulate - Mike Flynn as the recipient of the 2014 President’s Award.

Mike has been a huge contributor to PASC for many years. Mike started coaching with the Club at the U7 level and has continued to coach all the way through U14. As lucky as the girls have been to have had him coach them all these years, PASC is also very fortunate to benefit from his great attitude and tireless energy.

On top of the great job he’s done coaching, Mike has always gone out of his way to help whenever possible and necessary. He has been a very integral part of the success of our iSoccer Academy, a program he oversaw for two years and continued to be heavily involved after that. Mike has also organized accommodations and logistics for the many years of the teams that participate in the annual River Tournament in Delaware.

One of the things that set us apart from other Clubs is the use of former players as evaluators during our Travel tryouts. This was an idea that Mike suggested. Perhaps the best example of Mike’s selfless attitude and willingness to lend a hand happened this past spring. Mike knew we did not have enough referees for our weekend U7/U8 games and promptly volunteered his time to ensure thekids had a referee.

Thank you, Mike, for your endless hours of volunteering on behalf of Parkland Area Soccer Club.

PASC U-17 Blackhorse at the Beach Blast

PASC U-17 Blackhorse participating in the Beach Blast.
Thanks to Coach Steve Kramer for his many years with Parkland Area Soccer Club!

Summer Pickup Games Starting July 8th!

We are excited to announce that we will use TWO locations this summer for our Summer Pick-Up Games: Lone Lane and Neffs.

We will have eight pick-up nights at 6:00-8:00 pm each Tuesdays and Thursdays starting July 8th and finishing on July 31st.

Any coaches and/or parents who would like to help out please email doc@parklandsoccer.org

PASC pickups are open to all players from any club.

PASC Spring Raffle Winners‏

We would like to say thank you to everyone that helped make our Spring Raffle Fundraiser a great success.

Here are our winners:

1st Prize | Apple iPad: Mummey, Lehighton

2nd Prize | Laptop Computer: Dorothy Stahl, Macungie

3rd Prize | 32" Flat Screen TV: Kurt Huebschmen

4th Prize | Beats Headphones: Baran Piotr, Coplay

5th Prize | Great Wolf Lodge Gift Certificate ($250): Miko Gappa, Breinigsville

6th Prize | Red Robin/AMC Theater Family Pack: Holleran, Schnecksville

7th Prize | Dorney Park Season Pass: Anna Lorenzo

8th Prize | Wegmans Gift Certificate ($50): Shelly Papp, Orefield

9th Prize | Lehigh Valley IronPigs (4 tickets): David Engler

10th Prize | Starbucks Gift Certificate ($25): Olivia Habash, Allentown

11th Prize | Chris' Diner Gift Certificate ($25): Owen Iacobelli

12th Prize | Soccer Magic Gift Certificate ($25): Meagan Braim, Breinigsville

13th Prize | Kuhnsville Carwash Gift Certificate ($25): Ken Alspach

14th Prize | PASC Spirit Wear Gift Certificate ($25): Deb K.

15th Prize | PASC Spirit Wear Gift Certificate ($25): Lisa Barlok, Orefield

We ask that all winners please contact John Madeira at email johnmadeira13@gmail.com to make arrangements for receiving their prizes. Thank you!

We wish all our winners, along with ALL our member families, a great summer!

PASC Extreme U14G Soccer - Final Tryouts

Who: Interested players for U14G team this fall/spring. Players with goals of playing in PAGS at a high level in preparation for high school.

What: Final opportunity-open for new players

When: Open tryouts until we fill all available positions

Where: Levans Park, 3421 Levans Rd., Ironton, PA 18037

Why: Opportunity for Fall League Play, Assorted Tournaments, Winter Training, Indoor League Play, Indoor State Cup, Outdoor President's Cup and Spring League Play

Dedicated trainers with curriculum overseen by Patrick Birns, PASC Director of Coaching

For more information please contact: johnmadeira13@gmail.com

PASC 3rd Annual HS Transition Academy kicked off

The PASC 3^rdAnnual HS Transition Academy kicked off on June 16^th. Players attending the Academy are preparing themselves for their upcoming High School tryouts. Scott Mang, Ryan Kleintop and Trajano Bastidas are the Lead coaches and supported by HS Mentor players and PASC coaches. Good luck to the boys!

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Calendar: June-2014 July-2014 August-2014

The PASC High School Transition Soccer Academy is for HS age players looking for advanced technical, tactical and fitness workouts to best prepare them for upcoming High School tryouts. This is a weekly, intensive soccer development program specifically focused on transitioning players from club soccer to High School level soccer. Players will be trained by Lead Trainers with support of PASC licensed coaches to maintain low coach to player ratio’s during training.

PASC Fury Win at Hershey‏ Kick 4 Kids tournament

The Parkland Area Soccer Club U14 girls (Fury) completed a successful Spring season with a win at the Hershey Kick 4 Kids tournament. The Fury won all 4 games against teams from New Jersey and West Virginia with a decisive 5-0 win in the Championship match Also, the Fury won their division in the Philadelphia Area Girls Soccer League (PAGS) this Spring, outscoring their opponents 26 goals for and only 5 goals against. Congratulations Fury!

Remembering Chuck Nace

Chuck Nace (front center in black shirt) at Red Robin for an informal PASC five-year anniversary gathering in December 2009 together with (left to right) Kent Hickey, Joe Dolan, Bert Mukkulainen, John Madeira, Mark Hollan, Paul Frank, Ken Sullivan, Dave Guetzlaff, Kris Campbell, Jim Bus and Tim Tulio.

To Parkland Area Soccer Club families and friends:

For those of you who do not know me, my name is Timothy Tulio, and I was the first president of the Parkland Area Soccer Club, a soccer-only club formed nearly 10 years ago.

It is with great sadness that I report the recent and sudden passing of one of the founding members of the club, Charles “Chuck” Nace. For those of you who did not have the good fortune to know Chuck, let me tell you a little about him.

Chuck was the father of two sons, Charles J “Jesse” and Eric Nace, both now attending university. He was the husband of Ann “Brothers” Nace.

A champion wrestler, he graduated from West York High School. A graduate of Franklin & Marshall College in 1981, Charles was employed at Lehigh Valley Health Network as the Director of Finance for the last 23 years.

I have known Chuck for many years, going back to our early years of soccer at Schnecksville Playground Association, where he helped me coach the U9 and U10 SPA travel team for our sons Eric and Zach. Chuck was very knowledgeable about soccer and shared his passion for the game with the players he coached. Chuck was also very engaging, friendly and willing to step up and lend a hand in whatever needed to be done.

In 2004, when I asked Chuck to be part of the formation committee that created what you all know today as Parkland Area Soccer Club, Chuck immediately accepted, since he believed in what we were all trying to accomplish: to provide to the players of the Parkland and surrounding areas a better opportunity to learn and play the game of soccer at whatever level you desired, be it travel or recreational. Chuck was an eager and enthusiastic contributor on the committee, despite the tremendous amount of work and long hours in the early weeks and months to get the club formed. We recently reminisced with pride on what we and the other formation committee members helped create and for providing a stable foundation that subsequent PASC leadership have continued to develop into the successful club that PASC is today. Without Chuck's expertise and thoughtful stewardship, we could not have made this happen. He was a vital and integral team member, and I am proud to say my friend. I will miss him, but his legacy will live on along with the impact he has made on so many people. Please join me in expressing our deepest sympathy to his wife Ann and his sons Eric and Jesse.

You can read more about Chuck at this link.

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/mcall/obituary.aspx?pid=171061177

Also, please consider a contribution in Chuck’s name to the American Heart Association, as requested in the obituary. Here is a direct link:

http://donate.heart.org/site/c.fmJUKcOZJkI8G/b.8077571/k.6133/Donate_to_American_Heart_Association/apps/ka/sd/donorcustom.asp?msource=71LEG&trib_fname=Charles&trib_lname=Nace&honor=true

Clinics for Charity

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The Parkland High School Girls Soccer Teams will once again be offering team clinics throughout the spring and early summer.

These clinics (training) are for boys and girls soccer teams and can be designed specifically to an area you would like us to address or one we feel that best fits your age group. That evenings training session will be provided to the coach in diagram/written form.

8th Annual PASC Summer Skills Camp

8th Annual Parkland Area Soccer Club Summer Skills Camp in Partnership with Bastidas Soccer Academy.

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