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OVERVIEW

Phoenixville Area Soccer Club (PASC) endeavors to provide a safe and competitive environment for Recreation and travel-level youth soccer players (boys and girls).local Travel soccer leagues for boys and girls.

MISSION

PASC's mission is to provide a high-energy soccer environment that allows players and coaches to reach their highest potential through skill development, education, and competitive soccer.

The purpose of this Club, a Pennsylvania 501 (c) (3) non-profit corporation, shall be to provide public, educational soccer training and competition for youth.

HISTORY

Founded in 1969 by Alex Gojkovich, an immigrant from Yugoslavia who had a storied history with the beautiful game. His club soccer career in his native Yugoslavia was halted when he went to serve in World War II. After spending time in a POW labor camp in Germany, Gojkovich went on to stay in West Germany and play professionally for Club Bayern in Munich.

Ultimately, Gojkovich preferred playing soccer for fun rather than money. In 1952, he landed in the United States, as he did not want to return to Communist Yugoslavia. A search for work brought him to Phoenixville Steel, where he found employment and a place to raise his family. What he didn't find was his favorite sport, so he set out to bring soccer to the area.

In 1964, Phoenixville Marian Youth Club started a soccer program, which Alex joined as a coach, placing his 8-year old son, Alex, Jr., on a team. Seeking wider opportunities for local soccer players, Gojkovich led the charge to form Phoenixville Area Soccer Club, which fielded its first teams in the Inter County League in 1969.

In 1971, PASC was using the Northern Chester County Technical School's (now TCHS) fields, and in 1982, work began on the current PASC fields on the grounds of Valley Forge Christian College (now University of Valley Forge).