Our Mission:
We are dedicated to providing a competitive and supportive environment that inspires our players to be the best versions of themselves on the field and in their communities.

Our Core Values: ambition, accountability, respect, persistence, loyalty. 

The St. Louis Stars strives to provide a positive, competitive youth soccer experience for players, coaches and families. We emphasize long-term player development of physical, emotional and social skills. We teach individual skill development and tactical development that fit within our club’s specific philosophy and style of play.

Coaching: The St. Louis Stars coaching staff consists of both paid and volunteer coaches. The coaching staff is led by our Sporting Director Will Eskay, and our Technical Director, Vadim Cojocov who oversees training and coaching education for all teams.

Contact:

Boys

U16-U19 Age Groups: Nic Powers
U13-U15 Age Groups: Nic Powers

Contact: Nic@stlstars.club

U11-U12 Age Groups: Ryan Werkmeister
U9-U10 Age Groups: Hasan Ahmetspahic
U6-U8 Age Groups: Hasan Ahmetspahic

Contact: Hasan@stlstars.club

Girls
U8-U15 Age Groups: Thomas Hutcheson
U6-U7 Age Groups: Nicole Howard

 

Our Staff

Sporting Director

Will Eskay

Club Administrator

Hasan Ahmetspahic

Girls Director

Thomas Hutcheson

Girls Coach

Bree Halverson

Brionna Halverson played club soccer with Futura FCKC while also playing for Bolivar High School where she earned four varsity letters and set the Bolivar records for goals (57) and points (125). Throughout College she consistently made the All-Conference teams for the selected year while being nominated her senior year SLU’s NCAA Woman of the Year nominee. She finished second on SLU’s career lists for games played (101) and games started (100).

Club President

Matt Hulsey

Eskay hails from Frederick, MD where he played youth soccer for FC Frederick and Urbana High School. He owns his high school’s all-time points (129), goals (50), and assists (29) record … In 2013, he set the single-season records in points (69) and goals (28). Eskay lead Urbana to a perfect 20-0 season, which was the first perfect season in Frederick County, Md. history, and the 3A State Championship. He earned NSCAA All-South Region team in 2012 and 2013, All-Area Offensive Player of the Year (2013), first-team all-state (twice), and first team all-conference (three times).

Eskay played collegiately for The College of William and Mary (NCAA Div. 1). He started 76 games of his career and played 5739 minutes. He tallied 20 goals and 20 assists during his tenure and earned All-Midwest Region honors, VaSID All-State honors (twice), All-CAA honors (three times), and CAA All-Rookie Team.

Executive Director

Jim Thebeau

Director of Operations

Ryan Day

Director of Finance

Tara Luhr

Brionna Halverson played club soccer with Futura FCKC while also playing for Bolivar High School where she earned four varsity letters and set the Bolivar records for goals (57) and points (125). Throughout College she consistently made the All-Conference teams for the selected year while being nominated her senior year SLU’s NCAA Woman of the Year nominee. She finished second on SLU’s career lists for games played (101) and games started (100).

Director of Player Performance

Justin Campbell

Age Group Director

Ryan Werkmeister

Girls Age Group Director

Nicole Howard

Director of Youth Programs

Gavin Kalish

Brionna Halverson played club soccer with Futura FCKC while also playing for Bolivar High School where she earned four varsity letters and set the Bolivar records for goals (57) and points (125). Throughout College she consistently made the All-Conference teams for the selected year while being nominated her senior year SLU’s NCAA Woman of the Year nominee. She finished second on SLU’s career lists for games played (101) and games started (100).

Programs Director

Nic Powers

Eskay hails from Frederick, MD where he played youth soccer for FC Frederick and Urbana High School. He owns his high school’s all-time points (129), goals (50), and assists (29) record … In 2013, he set the single-season records in points (69) and goals (28). Eskay lead Urbana to a perfect 20-0 season, which was the first perfect season in Frederick County, Md. history, and the 3A State Championship. He earned NSCAA All-South Region team in 2012 and 2013, All-Area Offensive Player of the Year (2013), first-team all-state (twice), and first team all-conference (three times).

Eskay played collegiately for The College of William and Mary (NCAA Div. 1). He started 76 games of his career and played 5739 minutes. He tallied 20 goals and 20 assists during his tenure and earned All-Midwest Region honors, VaSID All-State honors (twice), All-CAA honors (three times), and CAA All-Rookie Team.

Director of Goalkeeping

Carlos Tofern

Eskay hails from Frederick, MD where he played youth soccer for FC Frederick and Urbana High School. He owns his high school’s all-time points (129), goals (50), and assists (29) record … In 2013, he set the single-season records in points (69) and goals (28). Eskay lead Urbana to a perfect 20-0 season, which was the first perfect season in Frederick County, Md. history, and the 3A State Championship. He earned NSCAA All-South Region team in 2012 and 2013, All-Area Offensive Player of the Year (2013), first-team all-state (twice), and first team all-conference (three times).

Eskay played collegiately for The College of William and Mary (NCAA Div. 1). He started 76 games of his career and played 5739 minutes. He tallied 20 goals and 20 assists during his tenure and earned All-Midwest Region honors, VaSID All-State honors (twice), All-CAA honors (three times), and CAA All-Rookie Team.

Club Development Advisor

Kevin Stoll