New UO - Soccer Coach Kat Mertz

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Coming out of right field from St. Louis Univ. Good luck and lets get the program headed in the right direction.

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New UO - Soccer Coach Kat Mertz

This is a great hire for the Oregon soccer team. There are many very talented ladies already on the roster and I've heard from several sources the incoming 2013 recruit class is outstanding. This will give Coach Mertz a great foundation on which to build. Sometimes a program needs a kick-start after becoming stagnant and Coach Mertz is the right person at the right time. Her experience at the national team level, as well as her time coaching at UCLA and Texas will be invaluable as Oregon begins to rebuild. If you look at the Texas roster the caliber of players she was able to recruit is pretty impressive. So combine her past recruiting experience and connections, along with Oregon's impressive facilities and Coach Mertz should have no problem continuing to bring the nations top players to Oregon. The local soccer fans out in Eugene should definitely be excited about the future of Duck soccer!!!!

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We are very happy with U of O 's selection. Go Ducks!!

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We are very happy with U of O 's selection. Go Ducks!!

Then it must be a good hire....thanks for the softball

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We are very happy with U of O 's selection. Go Ducks!!

Was St.Louis one of the "many" D1 offers for your DD?

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New Oregon Coach

Was St.Louis one of the "many" D1 offers for your DD?

What does this post even mean or what is it referring to???

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Just a troll trying to take digs at another parent

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New Oregon Soccer Coach

Coach Mertz seems to have experience in the right areas to help improve Oregon's program. However, there will be a lot of pressure on her right away to turn things around. Go Ducks!!!

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There's lots of excitement for the program around the community right now. Let's hope Coach Mertz is the answer to take things to the next level!!!

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If this coach is what people say, the new 2013 recruits won't be pleased.

The 2013 recruits smack of Tara and Mac with their look at me run fast and foul people on the way type of style.

Hopefully Kat can turn the program around, get it on track with California style teams, and show OSU that UoO can play good skilled soccer as well. As of right now, UoO is known as a track style team and nothing more. The 2013 recruits won't change that.

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If this coach is what people say, the new 2013 recruits won't be pleased.

The 2013 recruits smack of Tara and Mac with their look at me run fast and foul people on the way type of style.

Hopefully Kat can turn the program around, get it on track with California style teams, and show OSU that UoO can play good skilled soccer as well. As of right now, UoO is known as a track style team and nothing more. The 2013 recruits won't change that.

How many of the recruits have you seen? Most if not all are rather adaptable to the style of play.

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If this coach is what people say, the new 2013 recruits won't be pleased.

The 2013 recruits smack of Tara and Mac with their look at me run fast and foul people on the way type of style.

Hopefully Kat can turn the program around, get it on track with California style teams, and show OSU that UoO can play good skilled soccer as well. As of right now, UoO is known as a track style team and nothing more. The 2013 recruits won't change that.

That way the next time they play OSU they can.... WIN AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You are an idiot.

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If this coach is what people say, the new 2013 recruits won't be pleased.

The 2013 recruits smack of Tara and Mac with their look at me run fast and foul people on the way type of style.

Hopefully Kat can turn the program around, get it on track with California style teams, and show OSU that UoO can play good skilled soccer as well. As of right now, UoO is known as a track style team and nothing more. The 2013 recruits won't change that.

I am not certain that I understand where you are coming from. There are some amazing recruits coming into U of O and there is amazing talent already there. I agree with the previous poster that said highly sought after recruits are also highly adaptable to style of play.

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Sounds to me like somebody's daughter wanted to play for the UO but didn't get an offer. Sour grapes maybe?????

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If this coach is what people say, the new 2013 recruits won't be pleased.

The 2013 recruits smack of Tara and Mac with their look at me run fast and foul people on the way type of style.

Hopefully Kat can turn the program around, get it on track with California style teams, and show OSU that UoO can play good skilled soccer as well. As of right now, UoO is known as a track style team and nothing more. The 2013 recruits won't change that.

To be clear, most of the entire current team members were recruited by Lauren when she was the assistant coach. Either way, great soccer players can adapt to any system and the current team and incoming recruit class will be just fine with their new coach.