Tom Saleska

Coach Tom Saleska came to Concordia in 1993 after a successful 14-year high school coaching career during which his teams won several conference, district, and regional titles plus a Michigan State Championship in 1987.

CAREER CUW COACHING RECORD    221-98-28

2009 12-4-5
2008 12-7-1
2007 12-7-1
2006 13-5-4 Tourney Finalist
2005 11-5-5
2004 15-4-1 Conf. Champ Tourney Finalist
2003 14-7-1 Conf. Champ; Tourney Champ; NCAA Tourney Rd. 2
2002 17-4-2 Conf. Champ; Tourney Champ; NCAA Tourney Rd. 2
2001 14-3-2
2000 10-9-0
1999 14-6-0  Conference Champ
1998 16-4-1 Conference Tournament Champ
1997 16-4-0 Conference Champ; Tournament Champ
1996 18-4-0 Conference Champ
1995 13-8-0
1994 10-6-3
1993  4-11-2

During his 17 year tenure at Concordia, the Falcons have won six Conference championships and three conference tournament championships.

Included in Coach Saleska’s list of accomplishments are a USSF National Coaching License, a Michigan High School State Championship, a Michigan State Coach of the Year award in 1987, and Lake Michigan Conference Coach of the Year in 1997, 2002, and 2004.

His overall coaching record of 372-158-43 includes 221 collegiate victories at Concordia. Concordia’s soccer program also has an excellent reputation around the central part of the country demonstrated by its regional ranking in the coaches’ poll in six of the past ten seasons.

Over the past 10 years, Coach Saleska has taken his soccer teams on four unique and exciting international soccer trips to places such as Brazil, Germany, Holland, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, and Barcelona Spain (2009) where team members have experienced a wide variety of cultures and played against outstanding international competition.

During his 30-year career, Saleska has coached a variety of recreational, club, high school, and collegiate teams. One of the main reasons for this coaching diversity is that Tom has been able to coach many of the teams for which his two sons, John and James (Concordia graduates) have played.

He also provided coaching advice to his daughter, Jenna, who played high school soccer. His wife of 30 years, Vanessa, is truly a soccer mom as she supports the family and Tom’s career during his busy soccer seasons.

Along with coaching, Tom also teaches at Concordia and was recently promoted to the rank of Full Professor. In the past 17 years Tom has taught two different biology courses, one life science course, a zoology course, a soccer coaching course and a secondary science methods courses.

Jason Burdge

Jason enters his sixth year as a collegiate coach with a wealth of playing and coaching experience. He played high school soccer for Pius and collegiate soccer for UW-Milwaukee.

After turning professional, Jason played goal keeper for the Chicago Power, the Chicago Stingers, the Milwaukee Wave and the Milwaukee Rampage. He enjoyed the mental and physical challenge of the goalkeeper position and benefited from the experience of competing against the best players in the Midwest on a day to day basis. The lessons he learned about goal keeping from his professional training should benefit him greatly as he pursues a coaching career.

Jason’s coaching experience includes being the current head girls' soccer coach at Brookfield Central. He finds time for summer camp work with the Concordia Soccer Academy, the Milwaukee Wave camps, the U-W Parkside camps, and the Vogelsinger camps. He also has coached various club teams such as the Northstars U-17 and New Berlin SC and high school teams such as Cedarburg and Brookfield.

According to Coach Saleska, Jason has been a significant addition to the coaching staff. Coach Burdge has provided the knowledge, experience, consistency, and stability that the program has been looking for in an assistant coach for several years.

John Saleska

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