Kostering is a proud member of the Musgamagw Dzawada’enuxw First Nation, but he grew up playing soccer on the ’Namgis First Nation on Northern Vancouver Island. He credits his involvement in the sport with motivating him to finish high school and complete a university degree majoring in First Nations Studies and Physical Education. Kostering briefly dropped out of high school, but soccer brought him back and the desire to play soccer for the Vancouver Island University (VIU), Mariners motivated him to attend university. “While I was playing soccer,” I worked on my degree,” he says. “I also met my wife at university and we started a family.”