With the win Wednesday against Salem International, men’s soccer head coach Jeroen Walstra became the leader in wins in Point Park University men’s soccer history. From four wins in his first season to eight wins in his most recent year, Walstra has turned the program around in his five years with the team.Walstra now has 24 career wins while coaching the men’s team, which surpasses previous head coach Oli Theodorrson’s previous record of 23 wins.  On top of that comes 18 more wins when he coached the women’s team from 2005 to 2009. Despite the accomplishment of reaching the top of the list of wins, Walstra is not quite satisfied.”Records mean very little to me. I like winning every game, but not just any game.  I hope to win some meaningful games this season,” Walstra said.Captain Shane Lucas, a Steel Valley native, has been a starter for Walstra’s team since his freshman year and has witnessed the program’s turnaround.”Coach Walstra and I have been here each for five years now, and as you can see from the results, our first year wasn’t very good,” Lucas said. “Fast forwarding to year number five, I am amazed at the level our team is at in such a short amount of time.”With a 82-216-5 overall program record, and the last post-season appearance coming in 1998, Walstra inherited a struggling team.  Despite the poor history, Walstra took a one-win team in 2009 and improved it to a 8-9 team the following season.  In 2010, three of their nine losses came in overtime and five of the losses were determined by one goal.  In his fifth year as the men’s coach, Walstra currently holds a 7-2 team ready to compete for the team’s first American Mideast Conference (AMC) playoff berth.Walstra is a native of Netherlands and served as a goalkeeper for Royal Haarlemsche Football Club.  Also, his experience comes from working as an assistant coach and goalkeeper coach for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds.  His coaching techniques and previous soccer experiences provide new insight to his current players.”He has brought a new style I have never been around before which would be a ‘European’ approach to the game,” Lucas said.  “He has a very good soccer resume and his mentality is something to learn from.”Along with his European style, Walstra has recruited not only locally, with players such as Lucas but also internationally.  Midfielder Alex Sala, an All-AMC pick last season, comes from Austria while the team’s returning top scorer, midfielder and forward Francis Tabi, is from Ghana.  The diversity is evident as nearly half of the team comes from the Pittsburgh area while the other half comes from different countries. The current roster represents nine different countries and reflects Walstra’s approach to recruiting.”This recruiting style helps the team because we get different styles of players that bring something to the table.  Whether it’s being a skilled player, tactical player, physical player or a leader, there are qualities you can put together and build a team around them,” Lucas said. Walstra believes that this recruiting not only helps his team, but the university as a whole.”Recruiting international student athletes brings diversity to our college and soccer knowledge and a different style of play that I like,” Walstra said.