Kathy Kastner
Class of 2024
Kathy's time with WSC began in 2000 when her oldest son Mike decided to play travel soccer.
During those first few years, Kathy managed her son’s team, The Windsor Raptors, and
volunteered to work on the Columbus Day Tournament as the T-shirt coordinator, which back
then, meant ordering and sorting (by team) the CDT commemorative t-shirts. In 2003, Kathy’s
younger son Dan joined the travel program, so of course she signed up to manage his team,
The Windsor Rage.
In 2002 Kathy joined the Board of Directors as the Club Registrar. During that time,
she became the Assistant Tournament Director under Windsor Soccer Hall of Fame member
Mark Lacafta. Kathy was part of the group that not only brought in the largest number of teams
to ever participate in a Windsor Soccer tournament, but also raised the most money of any
tournament to that point. In 2010 Kathy became the Tournament Director for the 25th
anniversary of the CDT while still managing the Windsor Rage. Kathy's tenure as Tournament
Director continued in 2011 and in the spring of 2012, with both her kids having aged out of the
club, she decided was time to retire. Or was it? In 2015,with her now step-son Sebastian
joining travel soccer, Kathy came back for 2 more years as Tournament Director. Clubs across
CT, MA and NY began hosting their own Columbus Day Tournaments, making it increasingly
difficult to recruit teams to attend Windsor's tournament. All the “regulars” were now looking for
different tournaments and experiences so in the fall of 2016, the WSC Columbus Day
Tournament came to an end.
Over the course of a dozen years, Kathy dedicated her time and efforts to the WSC and truly
believes those were some of the best years of her life. The friendships she made all those years
ago continue to this day. “I love the WSC and will always be grateful I had those years with my
kids and for the wonderful friends I made and the people I met and worked with across the
years.”