Rob Baarts
Personal information
Full name	Robert Baarts
Date of birth	February 19, 1969 (1969-02-19) (age 40)
Place of birth	Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Forward / Defender
Youth career
1987-1990	University of Portland
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1989 1993-1997 1998-1999 2000	Portland Timbers Portland Pride (indoor) Portland Pythons (indoor) Utah Freezz (indoor)	00? (7) 126 (119)
Teams managed
1989-1990 1991-2003 1995-2002 2001- 2004-	Portland City United Portland Metro Sunset High School F.C. Portland University of Portland (assistant)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Robert "Rob" Baarts (born February 19, 1969 in Surrey, British Columbia) is a retired Canadian soccer forward who currently coaches youth soccer in the Portland, Oregon area of the United States.

[edit] College

Rob Baarts grew up in Surrey, British Columbia and attended college at the University of Portland. He spent four seasons on the Pilot’s soccer team under coach Clive Charles. When he finished his career at Portland, he had 29 goals and 14 assists. Baarts’ highlight with the Pilots came in 1988 when he, Scott Benedetti and Kasey Keller took Portland to the NCAA Final Four where they lost to eventual champions Indiana University.

[edit] Professional

In 1989, he also spent the collegiate off season with the Portland Timbers of the Western Soccer League. He was tied for seventh on the league’s scoring list with seven goals.^[1]

Baarts has also played professionally with the Portland Pride of the Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL), as well as the Portland Pythons and the Utah Freezz, both of the World Indoor Soccer League (WISL). In 1995, he was a CISL All Star with the Pride. In 1997, the Edmonton Drillers of the National Professional Soccer League selected Baarts in the dispersal draft after the CISL collapsed. However, he did not sign with the Drillers. In 1998, he signed with the Portland Pythons of the Premier Soccer Alliance but he collided with Tatu during an early season game against the Dallas Sidekicks.^[1] The collision resulted in a season ending injury.^[2] In the spring of 2000, the expansion St. Louis Steamers drafted Baarts, then traded him to the Utah Freezz in exchange for future considerations.^[3] He was the 2000 WISL Defensive Player of the Year. In 2001, Baarts joined the Portland Timbers of the USL First Division. However, he was injured after impressing the coaching staff during the pre-season. The Timbers released him before he played a game with them.^[2]

[edit] Coaching

Baarts has held numerous coaching positions at the youth level. In 1989, he became a coach with Portland City United. In 1992, he moved to Portland Metro where he coached for twelve years. While coaching Metro, he also served as the Sunset High School boys soccer coach beginning in 1995. He left that position in 2002. In 2001, he joined the F.C. Portland staff. Finally, in June 2004, the University of Portland hired Baarts as an assistant to both the men’s and women’s soccer teams.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• FC Portland bio
• University of Portland bio

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