Tonya Pinkerton grew up in Dallas, Texas where she began playing soccer at 4 years old. With her Dad as a coach and her sister on the field with her, soccer was a big part of her family's life. She moved to Baltimore, Maryland in high school, where she played on the varsity soccer team and later for Purple Haze, a team who played in a post collegiate, competitive league in the state of Maryland.
Tonya has over 10 years of experience in youth soccer at the recreational, club & semi-pro level, including but not limited to; new program initiatives, the concept phase, strategy, marketing and operations of tournaments, training programs, camps, youth coaching and team management.
In addition, while working for the St. Louis Lions USL 2 & WPSL teams, she helped the Owner and General Manager with marketing, ticket sales, corporate partnerships, event planning and the GameDay operations of the USL 2 & WPSL teams.
Tonya is the Owner of RedCard Graphics LLC. This company acts as a Website & Graphics department for many soccer clients, including the St. Louis Ambush, SLYSA League, Tony Glavin SC, St. Louis Lions USL 2 & WPSL teams, CORE Soccer Training and The National Women's Hockey League. Tonya transferred the management and all operations of this company over once Keeper Wars Ink was conceived and born, so that she could give 100% to the shared dream of building a goalkeeper platform and community.
Tonya is the Co-Founder & President of Keeper Wars Ink which she officially launched with Casey Clark January 31, 2020.
Tonya is also the Far West Program Manager for US Youth Soccer's Presidents Cup and US Youth Soccer's National Championships Series.
"I am blessed to have always had soccer in my life, to all of the places it has taken me and for all of the people I have met because of it. I am very excited that we were able to bring the vision of Keeper Wars Ink to life for the neglected heroes in the net! To be a part of changing the game for this generation and future generations of goalkeepers, to have a platform to provide support, to develop and impact not only the goalkeepers but their families as well is a dream come true! We are grateful to have partners like US Youth Soccer and the State Associations on our team. Blessed to help build this community with our amazing team and partners and continue my soccer journey with them."