The women’s varsity soccer team is welcoming new coach Kevin Legg for the 2025 season. He attended the University of San Diego as a student athlete, and advanced to the finals with the team. His resume also includes being a professional soccer player for 10 years, playing for the Los Angeles Galaxy and the Portland Timbers. 

“After I got done playing professional soccer, I just thought I’d give back and go into coaching,” Legg said.

Legg had to make some choices when deciding what he wanted to do, as he played many sports when he was younger and needed to choose. 

“[I played soccer in] second grade, then played basketball, baseball, but then got into high school, and I had to choose my best one, so it was soccer,” Legg said.

Kylee Schrek, senior, is captain of the team and has been on varsity since her freshman year. Schrek hasn’t been with Legg long, but has been getting to know him during practices. 

”I think [Coach Legg] is really good, he knows a lot about soccer, he played professionally, so having him help everyone know where to mark, how to switch, how to defend, and get up the field will help a lot,” Schrek said.

Legg had various reasons to become a new coach at West Linn High School.

“Just the history here, it was open, and I knew some people, so I thought it’d be good,” Legg said.

This season, the team has changed their playing style, and it has impacted their positioning on the field. The distribution of players on the pitchfield can change the way the teamthey plays the game, and their position. 

“We changed to a 3-5-2, which we were at a 4-3-3, so I think that will help a lot because we do have fast people going up the field, and more defenders help not score that much,” Schrek said.

Legg had a certain philosophy on what inspired him to become a coach for West Linn.  

“I’ve had a lot of good coaches, a lot of bad coaches, but they all [have] inspired me [on] what not to do and what to do,” Legg said. “All the different coaches I’ve had growing up had an influence on me.”

Legg has had an impact on this team, an impact that Schrek notices, and how it’s helped them stay organized.

”How we defend, how we go from offense to defense, the quickness of it has changed a lot since the past three years, just knowing where to be on the field, and he helps a lot,” Schrek said.

Legg sees some early signs of success from his soccer players.  

“Just a lot of growth, we’re learning new systems, different ideas out on the field, and it’s gonna go down before it goes back up, but we’ll be peaking right at the right time,” Legg said.

Legg’s coaching method has been motivating the team to become better. 

“I think he pushes us hard to do good in practice and on the field; he expects a lot from us, which helps push us to do better,” Schrek said.