Welcome to the start of the 2008-2009 soccer season.

 

This year we celebrate two key milestones in the history of the Parsippany Soccer Club. We kick off the season with opening day which is the 35^th in Club history. In October we celebrate the 20^th anniversary of the Parsippany Pride tournament. These two events embody the philosophy of the Parsippany Soccer Club, the celebration for the players and the celebration for the community. As we celebrate our 35^th opening day we celebrate our players. These young women and men are our current players, but our future leaders. As many things transpire in their lives, our commitment is to try and make soccer a positive influence.

 

PSC has grown from a couple of hundred kids to now over 1,700 kids playing the game in the fall with our high school players joining us in the spring. Our intramural program has five divisions ranging from Pre-K and Kindergarteners in Division 7 to Division 3 for our 7^th, 8^th, and 9^th graders. Our travel program starts at 7 years old and goes through 18. Our players are learning the fundamental skills of soccer and life at the same time; the skills of dribbling, passing, and shooting combined with teamwork, socializing and friendship; the cornerstones to good soccer players and good citizens.

 

Building good citizens builds a good community. Our players help keep our community growing and with it the Soccer Club helps by hosting one of the largest soccer tournaments on the East Coast. Our tournament brings over 25,000 participants, including players, parents, siblings, grandparents, and referees to Parsippany for a weekend. This not only benefits our players, who get to play and see some great soccer, but also our community as our local establishments enjoy the increase in business as a result of this event.

 

Our ability to celebrate the impeding success of our 35^th season and our 20^th Pride tournament could never be accomplished with the dedicated volunteers who make up our Board of Directors, committee members, and coaches; the support of Mayor Luther, the Parsippany-Troy Hills Town Council, the Parsippany-Troy Hills Board of Education and the other youth organizations in town. We must say a special thanks to the Parks and Forestry Department and the Recreation Department for their efforts in providing the fields that we play on.

 

As we celebrate the “Beautiful” game, we celebrate our children and our community. Let us all go enjoy the effort and the enthusiasm of the celebrations; the celebration on our children’s faces as they smile and enjoy the game.

 

 

Thanks,

Bob Birth

President