"Coach Kalish as well as his staff are some of the most political and arrogant coaches you will see. I get it that all coaches have favorites and play politics at some point, but they carry it to an extreme. It is also probably difficult when a lot of his friends have kids that he feels like he has to pick up. Some of the kids deserve it. Some absolutely do not. Every person I have talked to tells me how he puts on this image of being so caring and nice is a complete front. The experience some of the people I have talked to who had kids that played for him was nothing but negative. Their camps are a complete money grab and it is sad how they act like they are so interested in a kid to get them to keep coming back knowing they don't stand a chance."

"Having interacted with Coach Kalish in the past it appeared on the surface to be a positive experience. I was warned by several people that he puts on a great act and that he is not a good coach, and players do not like playing for him. I did not want to believe it and unfortunately I had to experience exactly what I was warned about. I would highly recommend you do not waste your time and money on his camps. He and his staff are too arrogant to see how much respect they continue to lose."

"Coach Kalish and his staff play games with athletes they have no intention of considering. He is notorious for using kids to make money at his camps. Even referees I have spoken to say a lot of his players do not like him. He puts up an image that is completely different when you get to know him. He thinks sucking up to St. Louis City SC and Jim Kavanaugh as well as others at WWT will get him somewhere. Based on my interactions as well as others who have played for him, he plays way too many games with young players who don’t have an in with the St. Louis soccer politics. He is a horrible example of what a true coach should be. "