coincidence that jay boystrom, the teacher who recruited diren to big sky, also happened to be the school s soccer coach. no holds barred, just go get it done. and when diren played that s how he played. i think the guys were immediately, like, this guy s cool, you know kind of a bad ass. he was, like, pretty stocky kid. liked to lay people out. yeah. he was tough. yeah. for sure. he threw down. reporter: and according to his friends, diren s soccer skills and his good looks definitely helped him with the opposite sex. he was always talking to girls. i mean, here in america and the girls back home in germany. a man of the world. exactly. yeah. the other soccer girls always said that he would never miss a chance to take his shirt off when he was running around the field. because they knew that he was going to put on a show for them. reporter: diren lived with host parents randy and kate in the prospect neighborhood, a hilly subs vision of missoula. he was ju