Kids on the Pitch (Scholastic and Youth Soccer in Western PA)

In this week's edition of Kids on the Pitch (Scholastic and Youth Soccer Podcast), it's a Point Park College 1990s reunion as PSN's John Krysinsky brings on Plum boys head coach Rafal Kolankowski.   Plum is off to a 3-0-1 start to the season.

Kolankowski's Plum squad is off to a strong, 3-0-1 start after two weeks, including a big 2-0 win last Thursday against section rival Franklin Regional. 

Among the topics discussed on the Kids on the Pitch podcast included: 

Plum's positive start to the 2022 against tough competition
Measuring up a very deep group of strong teams contending in Class 3A this season
A look back at how WPIAL Soccer has evolved over the years, since Kolankowski was a player in the late 1980s and early 1990s, seeing multiple generations of players circling through, many at the same high schools
Experience staying home, and playing at Point Park, when the soccer program was still in its early years when both John and Raf played and later coached in the early-to-mid 1990s
Approach to coaching young players and keeping their priorities in check
And much more

Show Notes

Kolankowski's Plum squad is off to a strong, 3-0-1 start after two weeks, including a big 2-0 win last Thursday against section rival Franklin Regional. 

Among the topics discussed on the Kids on the Pitch podcast included: 
  • Plum's positive start to the 2022 against tough competition
  • Measuring up a very deep group of strong teams contending in Class 3A this season
  • A look back at how WPIAL Soccer has evolved over the years, since Kolankowski was a player in the late 1980s and early 1990s, seeing multiple generations of players circling through, many at the same high schools
  • Experience staying home, and playing at Point Park, when the soccer program was still in its early years when both John and Raf played and later coached in the early-to-mid 1990s
  • Approach to coaching young players and keeping their priorities in check
  • And much more

What is Kids on the Pitch (Scholastic and Youth Soccer in Western PA)?

From the maker's of Pittsburgh Soccer Now comes a show all about scholastic and youth soccer across Western PA.