Since the Parkland Area Soccer Club formed 10 years ago after breaking from the Schnecksville Playground Association, plenty of players and coaches have gone through its ranks.

At an upcoming event, PASC will bring together members that helped form the decade-long tradition.

The 10-year anniversary ceremony Saturday, Dec. 6, at St. Joseph's the Worker Church in Orefield is scheduled from 6-10 p.m.

"It's pretty neat to pull people back together," said Glenn Strause, the secretary of the PASC. "We're going to start doing periodic recognitions between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. We're just going to stagger them.

"If people want to come at 8, they can come at 8. If they want to come at 7:30, that's fine. We're going to be doing things throughout the whole night."

The event will be the second in November that the PASC has held. The first was geared toward the younger players.

The Dec. 6 event will recognize individuals such as state cup winners; current and past players and coaches; current and past board members; and founding members.

"We're extending an invitation to everybody that has been involved with the club since the beginning in 2004," Strause said. "We're going to do more of a recognition-type evening."

In addition, the PASC will honor Chuck Nace, one of the club's founders, who passed away earlier this year.

"We're renaming and rededicating our scholarship fund after him," Strause said. "It's going to become The Chuck Nace Memorial Scholarship Fund. We're going to do some 50-50 raffle drawings throughout the night, and all of the proceeds from that are going to go toward the scholarship."

The event includes a soccer game and a pre-game warmup" from 6-7 p.m.

Since it's formation 10 years ago, a number of drastic changes have occurred in the PASC. One of the more notable decisions has been making Patrick Birns, who is the head coach of the Parkland High School boys soccer team, the director of coaching of the PASC. Since then, the club has seen tremendous strides in the teaching techniques.

"Since he's been on, you have seen a lot of changes in how we teach the kids and what we teach the kids," Strause said.

"You see a lot of our kids that start in the earlier age, and then they work their way up. Some of them go to the high school. Even if they leave our club going to LVU [Lehigh Valley United]. They are that good that they're just going to LVU. We're a great feeder for the high schools and some of the upper clubs."

Past or present members that wish to attend can RSVP before the event at http://www.parklandsoccer.org/docs/signup.html.