We celebrated the end of our most successful season yet this past Sunday at Mountain View Park. We had a great turn out. The food was great, the facility was fantastic and the festivities were a blast! Thank you to everyone who pitched in to help with the picnic. A very big THANK YOU to Diana Banashefski for organizing the event. Great job Diana! We are looking forward to next season already. Check out the photos and have a great summer.
PASS Mom Finishes Boston Marathon
The coaches, players, friends and family would like to extend a very heart felt "CONGRATULATIONS!" to Darleen Mostellar on her tremendous achievement. Darleen recently participated in, and completed, the Boston Marathon. Way to go Darleen! You truly are a GREAT role model for all PASS players. Darleen is the mother of current Rocket player Teddy Mostellar.
PASS Visits NY Red Bulls 4/19/08
NY Red Bulls welcome PASSFC in style!
PASSFC - In The News
Set bar high for youth sports boostering
July 19, 2007
Editor, the Pocono Record:
Think of children's sporting events. All sorts of images come to mind: the happy faces, children running with wild abandon and seemingly boundless energy, the cheering crowd. Unfortunately, when youth sporting events make the news, it is usually because of inappropriate, outrageous or dangerous behavior by parents or coaches ... role models. My experience as a soccer coach has been different.
After we lost our very first game, morale was low. Parent Teresa Hicks responded. She made a team banner and mascot costume, a "Rocket Fuel" cover for a water cooler and brought "cheering equipment" for spectators.
The big finish? Teresa put on a child-friendly tailgate party that NFL fans would envy. Our team parents jumped on board and tailgates became a weekly event. After seeing our game and post-game photos, a fellow coach commented that he could not guess if we had won or lost.
Teresa rallied the parents at the season's end and hosted an unforgettable team party. She and her husband created a beautiful, funny and emotional video retrospective of our first season .
These parents understand what being a "Soccer mom" means and provide an atmosphere of camaraderie and fun.
We may not all have Teresa's creativity — but we are able to remember that our children are young for a short time and we wish for most of their memories to be good ones. We can do that by finding ways to highlight the positive, pool our resources as parents and find age-appropriate ways to build their confidence. Leave the coaching to the coaches. Be our children's biggest, loudest cheerleaders — without bringing the other team down. They are someone's children, too.
I am fortunate and honored to have these great moms on my team. We can all follow their example. Like Teresa says, "Just do it!"
