New year, new me, new career….
Excited to announce I will be stepping into the Service Industry by joining the awesome team at
@CleanProSTL
Give us a follow, check out our website, and reach out if you have any needs for a residential, commercial or fleet wash in 2024.
Excited to announce I’ll be joining the coaching staff of Lindenwood Men’s soccer. Extremely grateful for the past 3 years working at SLSG under Brad, Jeff and Tritt. The time has come to return to college soccer, coaching alongside
@kris_bertsch
. Let’s get to work.
#NewLevel
Thank you soccer!! 🙏
As the old saying goes, all good things must come to an end. 31 years and hundreds of people I’ll never forget. But now it’s time for new memories in a new career, watching my kids play the sports they love.
⚽️ 💚
10.25.18 // 5:51pm
Mia Katherine Henry has decided to join the family a few days early and we couldn’t be any happier.
Both Mom and Baby are doing great!
❤️ 👶
What a journey. Learned so much about myself and what I can do to make an impact on the players I coach. Thanks to all my peers and
@ussoccer_coach
instructors who have helped me along the way. Excited to apply these experiences on the boys at
@SLSGsoccer
Let’s goooo!!!
When you think St Louis, three things come to mind….. Toasted Ravioli, Thin Crust Pizza and Soccer. This draft is proof STL is Soccer Capital USA. And it’s only going to get better once
@stlCITYsc
kick off in 2023. Watch out America. We’re about to blow up.
1 year ago we made the move to Arkansas as I joined the staff at UCA Men’s Soccer, and what an unforgettable year it has been. Living together again as a family, winning an MVC double, and adding a precious daughter to the clan. Couldn’t have asked for a better year.
#Blessed
Last 4 games VS the teams picked to finish 1st and 2nd in preseason.
UCA 1-0 Loyola ✅
UCA 1-0 Missouri St ✅
UCA 2-2 (5-4 PK) Missouri St ✅
UCA 2-1 Loyola ✅
What a feeling winning the
@MVCsports
Regular Season and Tournament. Wouldn’t have it any other way.
#DoubleChamps
Tomorrow… ⏳
Excited to finally connect with the 2025 graduates about our program. Many have been on our radar for a while, but it’s never too late to grab our attention.
There’s no better time to be a part of the
@LindenwoodMSOC
future.
📧: MSOC
@lindenwood
.edu
This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone. What Kalish has managed to do to SLU is remarkable. Many say it’s impossible to play pretty football and win! But to do it with local Saint Louis players….. you can only top your hat.👏 congrats Kalish.
What’s a week!! Got to coach 4 teams at the
@MLSNEXT
Flex event. Couldn’t be prouder of these kids. Competed against some some of the best teams in the country, and turned some heads in the process.
Can’t wait to get back to the training ground as we continue to improve.
💚💙🤍
Very few things in life make me cry, but this right here, this hit the heart strings. God I have such a wonderful son who’ll never know how something so small, can mean so much to me. I am so proud of this kid and so lucky to be his dad. And just wait… His sister is a duplicate!
Going through a presentation today with a player and his parent about the college recruitment process and the program we’ve developed at
@SLSGsoccer
to help them find a home, just reminded me how how privileged we are to be a part of our kids journeys to the next level.
💚💙🤍
2 good preseason games today vs
@stlCITYsc
with lots of talent on display. This city is a sleeping giant and I cannot wait to see several of these lads in the 1st team come 2023 and beyond! Good luck this spring lads and thanks so much for the game!!
0-4 to start the season with the 07 and 08 academy. Many people will hang their heads and hide the results…
Not us. We understand you must suffer before having success. Plenty positives and several negatives, but we took our 1st step and ready to knuckle down and get better.
Fantastic ending to a game of football.
@SLSGsoccer
ACM Johnny Klein scores in the 89th min to take a 2-1 lead, only to concede 3 mins into stoppage time. But the boys dug deep and went right up the other end, bagging the game winner through Jacob Bilyeu.
#3pts
Let’s go
@SLSGAcademy
It’s tough to get one team in… great to get two. But
@SLSGsoccer
is one of the few clubs in the country to qualify for EVERY age group (4 teams) of the
@MLSNEXT
fest.
What:
@ussoccer_coach
B License
Where: Dallas, TX
When: This past week
Who:
@CoachMaren20
, Nathan Hunt and several enjoyable characters I can call my peers
Why: To continue to learn and develop as a coach, and better serve our players at
@SLSGsoccer
Wow. Goosebumps. Our 06
@SLSGECNLGirls
have won the National Championship!!
This is what makes our club so great. From top to bottom you are surrounded by people looking to achieve greatness, and this group of ladies and their coaches have done that!
Congrats! We are so proud!
They did it !
National Champions!
#missionaccomplished
Congratulations to
@ECNLgirls
2006 Navy on winning the National Championship.
A first half PK from Alex Pfeiffer was the difference in a 1-0 victory
Feeling blessed and loved right about now!! Thank you so much to everyone who reached out to wish me a Happy Birthday! Wish I could have spent it with everyone, but I look forward to catching up with you all very soon!
“When you learn how to compete, you’ll know how to win!”
Couldn’t be prouder of the
@SLSGAcademy
program during the MLSNext Fest this past week. Not only was there some brilliant football on display, but these kids dug deep and competed at a level I’ve not seen before! 💚💙🤍👏
Regular Season Champs 2018. Hats off to the boys and their effort they’ve put in so far this season and to the gaffer who has prepared us all year. But we’re not satisfied yet. We still have business to take care of next week.
#BearClawsUp
It’s Winter Break for
@SLSGAcademy
…
It’s a Friday evening…
It’s freezing rain…
Yet this lad still wants to train.
You can’t beat the passion of these
@SLSGsoccer
players, who continue to put their development ahead of everything else.
💚💙🤍
Watching 5 of my former players competing the NCAA quarter final between Indiana (Wagoner, Maher, Miller) and Notre Dame (Gennenbacher, Lewis). Can’t help but be proud to see them playing at this level. What a game it has been so far!
👏😃 This club!
Several current college & pro players from
@SLSGsoccer
came out tonight to give our 03/04
@SLSGAcademy
a game, as did our 03 Elite who gave our 07/06/05 players a game.
Thanks to all for stepping up on short notice and helping us out.
🔝Players ✅
🔝People ✅
Love watching these lads compete, but it’s even more enjoyable watching them have fun!!
Great morning at the Park as several
@SLSGsoccer
Academy Players showed up during an off weekend to hang out with everyone from SPENSA.
Successful 1st day in the office today ✅
Smashed the NCAA recruiting exam (💯), started cracking away at some tasks for the season, and have met some really nice people who have made me feel very welcome.
#BEACOUGAR
Season ending injuries suck. If there’s anyone who can overcome this though its Caleb Bircher. I’ve never seen a kid as positive as him, even when i’m yelling at him! Torn ACL in training 2 weeks back, and hasn’t missed a session until tonight to undergo surgery. You got this! 🙏
What a day in Central Arkansas. So good to have my family in town and taking in the beautiful scenery on our hike up Pinnacle Mountain. Blessed to be working at UCA where the things outside of the office are just as enjoyable as the ones inside the office.
#BearClawsUp
Head coach Kris Bertsch finalizes the 2023
@LindenwoodMsoc
roster⚽️
The Lions have added 21 new players to their roster for this upcoming fall!
Lindenwood will open up their 2023 schedule at DePaul on Aug. 23rd 👀
#NewLevel
Enjoying some banter with the lads on our night off!! We must encourage our players to exhibit their ability on the field, and their personalities off it, because a 🔝 player with 💪personality is dangerous. Hats off to the lads for showing some vulnerability, and having fun.
What a fantastic day of camp. HUGE thank you to all the players and their parents for taking time out of their busy schedules, so they could train and showcase themselves in front of our staff and the other programs who were present. The future is bright for
@LindenwoodMsoc
Congratulations to
@TimKellyGK
and
@luiswisher
on your appointment with STL City SC. Two of the best in the business! It was a pleasure to work along side you both at
@STLFCAcademy
and excited to see where your futures take you!
Hey mom 👋 I did it! 👍
After an 8 year hiatus in my
@ussoccer_coach
license pathway, I got back on the horse, where I was challenged to self evaluate and learned a lot.
Im excited to apply myself with
@SIUEMensSoccer
this fall and pursue this journey of continuous development
Privileged to have an opportunity to coach along side these guys this summer. Excited to get the season started and hoping to help this squad achieve its goals both collectively and individually!
#Path2Pro
What a Season. What a FAMILY!!
Thank you to everyone who supported us during this record breaking fall season. What incredible memories these young men created. We cannot wait to recreate and exceed more of these memories in 2024.
🎥:
#OneRoar
#LUMSOC
Let’s goooo!!!! Congrats to everyone at
@SLSGsoccer
and
@SLSGECNLGirls
What an accomplishment for these young women and their coaches. This is not an easy task, and we are all so proud and excited to see you all in the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!!
👏 ⚽️ 💪
Solid performance from the boys. Showed resilience and adaptability! Every day getting stronger and stronger! Buzzing for the gaffer to get his first of many as head coach (which he will try and deflect) but his hard work and dedication is showing in these men.
First full week with UCA MSOC in the books. Great group of lads who have worked hard in training 🏋️, competed in games⚽️, and volunteered their Saturday, putting smiles on the faces of several kids at Top Soccer 😁. Can't wait to continue the rest of Spring.
#BearClawsUp
Wow. Overwhelmed by the number of messages I have received today wishing me a happy birthday. I am so grateful for the relationships I have with so many awesome people from all over the world. Thank you so much to everyone who reached out. We will celebrate together soon!!! 🍻
When the CB wants to prove he can play up top!!!
Love seeing plays like this more and more in training. The joy of competition is starting to take over the stress of it. I said a few weeks back… don’t sleep on this group! Day by day they are showing improvements.
The Fall season is complete for the u15 and u16
@SLSGsoccer
academies. The U15s ended with a 3-0 record at the
@MLSNEXT
Fest event, topping their group and finishing 3rd in the country. Fantastic achievement for a group who remain undefeated since the 1st week of the season.
Successful weekend on the recruiting trail. There’s no better way to evaluate players than watching them play live. So much talent here in the STL area, and we even got to watch several quality kids from outside the region / country who were in town competing.
It’s easy to see someone’s success, but hard to see their sacrifices. 🎩‘s off to these lads who showed up for a 6am training session on Saturday morning, to work on their individual defending technique. 👏 💪 ⚽️
Excited for tomorrow. So many high quality players from 25 states will be on our beautiful campus, showcasing their abilities to our staff as well as 13 other programs. Can’t wait to get going.
Mia’s night was made, as she managed to get a photo with “her boys” after the game tonight. 😂
Blessed to work with a group of lads who are not just quality footballers, but quality people too.
The hardest thing to do in soccer is score goals. The quality the U17 STLFC boys have shown in front of goal this Fall has been tremendous, resulting in an average of 3.14 goals per game.
Check out some of the highlights from their Fall Season here.
There are fewer games I look forward to than
@vardarmichigan
. A quality program with an exemplary staff who do everything in their power to develop their players.
So proud of these lads (and those not pictured) for putting on a performance against a quality club.
😮
Wow. Would be interesting to know where that ranks amongst other clubs in the country. Either way, SLSG knows what it’s doing when it comes to producing players to compete at the highest level.
Interesting Fact! 🤔
Did you know, there are 23 former
@SLSGsoccer
players competing in the
@NCAASoccer
D1 Sweet 16 this weekend.
Can you name them all and who they are playing for?
Absolutely buzzing for Big E
@e_017
on signing his first professional contract with
@NashvilleSC
looking forward to watching him smash in a couple bangers this year.
Not true. Just rumors. I’m well and good and available for selection for anyone interested in having me play. 5 a side is my game these days but open to giving 7’ a go too.
2 years ago we sat on the same sideline together! Today we face off against each other.
Looking forward to seeing
@JoshOldroyd
again, and competing against his UK Men’s Soccer side.
Huge week for my best mate
@StLouisHoop
(Ger Coppinger), who not only married the love of his life, but was promoted to the Associate Head Coach of the Akron Mens Soccer Program. Congrats Gerso!!! Proud of you lad.
Check out the beautiful
@LindenwoodU
campus, home of
@lindenwoodmsoc
Come visit our campus and train with our staff at one of our Fall ID Camps (Sept 24, Oct 14 and Nov 19)
Sign up:
Absolutely buzzing for my boy
@JoshOldroyd
who is named the GK coach at UK Men’s Soccer. Really enjoyed the last 2+ years working together and very excited to see how you do next year mate.
#LeftPeg
Great day with the family. Mia came on her 1st hike! Noah got to see his 1st waterfall and I have a new found appreciation for Christina who hiked Pinnacle Mountain last year while pregnant, when today, I had Mia strapped to me. ⛰
Great night at the
@ucasports
Bear Choice Awards.
@ucamenssoccer
wins the Team GPA and Coach of the Year Award. Congrats the to lads for a fantastic achievement and to the boss
@CoachRossDuncan
for leading this group. Grateful to be a part of this staff!
#BearClawsUp
🥇 📚 ⚽️
Despite the name… the number that matches the twitter handle… and the position… want to clarify that is not me playing LCB for the MLS all stars. However that IS former
@SLSGsoccer
defender Fritz Volmar in the XI. Well done Fritz. We are all so proud of you. 👏
A hard fought battle in Creve Couer this afternoon. So proud of these kids. They’ve been through some tough times in the last few weeks. But the character they’ve built during that time, showed out today.
Well done lads!! 👏
Imagine trying to keep up with a grilling preseason schedule, yet still finding time to have fun with with your community. This is what makes students at
@LindenwoodU
so special. Blessed to be surrounded by such top class individuals.
#CommunityOverSelf
Today is the first day of classes at
@LindenwoodU
and also the first day of school at many area elementary schools 🚌✏️📚
Our 🦁 student-athletes visited
@ImmanuelEagles
and
@_HarvestRidge
today to greet and cheer on the kiddos as they start another year of school!
#NewLevel
If you’re not excited about this group after tonight’s performance, I don’t know what to say. Potentially the youngest team in the league with less than 2 weeks together, playing one of the leagues best in Des Moines and unlucky not to get a result.... love the support Stu. 🙏 👏
Not even a drop of rain could wipe the smiles off these
@SLSGcamps
participants.
A little bit of a change of pace from coaching the
@SLSGAcademy
u17 and u19 teams but nothing more satisfying for a coach than seeing the joy on a kids face as they kick a ⚽️.
@SLSGsoccer
This kid deserved this. We’ve had a lot of talk over the last few weeks, not just about his play, but also his desire to make his family proud. He’s put the head down! He worked hard for his team. And he got the reward today. Well done lad, I bet the family are proud tonight! 👏
So proud of these players and the work they put in this week. Both the U17s and U19s preserve a 100% record, by winning both of their games to start the year. Time to maintain humility by keeping the head down and pushing forward on the path of development.
Yes AP!!!! Love it lad. DePaul are getting a phenomenal defender with a lot of weapons to be a huge success in the Big East!! Watch out. This lad hasn’t even scratched the surface of his potential!!
🚨COMMITMENT ALERT🚨
Congratulations to
@SLSGsoccer
U19 Academy Defender Alex Peters on his commitment to
@DePaulMSOC
The Saint Louis, MO native will join up with the Chicago based
@BIGEAST
program in the Spring of 2023.
@MLSNext
#MLSNext
Happy St Patrick’s Day!!! Extremely proud of my country and to be able to call myself Irish. Not a day goes by that I don’t miss this place and can’t wait to get back and visit soon. 🇮🇪🍀
Tough result, but lots of positives. 21 new faces arrived on campus 14 days ago. 8 freshmen played their 1st college game on the road, with 7 on the field at the same time. Today we got better playing against a quality DePaul side. Time to regroup and recover.
#OneRoar
#LUMSOC
Final from Chicago, IL
@LindenwoodMSOC
drop a late one as DePaul find a rebound inside the 6 yard box with 7 mins remaining, to win 1-0.
The focus now turns to Loyola Chicago on Sunday at 1pm.
#OneRoar
#LUMSOC