Jorge Salcedo (born September 27, 1972 in Cerritos, California) is an NCAA soccer coach for UCLA.

[edit] Personal

Salcedo, son of Hugo Salcedo, grew up in Cerritos, California and attended Cerritos High School. He graduated from UCLA with a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science. He is married with a child.

[edit] Playing career

[edit] High school and college

Salcedo attended Cerritos High School where he twice earned Parade high school soccer All-America recognition. He then played for UCLA from 1990 to 1993. Salcedo and his family have strong ties with UCLA. He was a ball boy for UCLA during its first championship year in 1985. His father, Hugo, was an assistant coach from 1978-79, and his brother Eddie was a UCLA letterwinner in 1995. During his four seasons with the Bruins, Salcedo was a four-year starter, playing 74 games and tallying six goals and seven assists for 19 points. He was part of three of the Bruins' four NCAA Championship teams. As a freshman, he scored the decisive penalty kick in the shootout during the 1990 NCAA Championship game to give UCLA its second national title. In 1993 as a senior, he earned first-team All-America honors.

[edit] Professional

Following his four seasons with the Bruins, Salcedo signed with the Los Angeles Salsa of the American Professional Soccer League. He then moved to Monarcas Morelia of the Mexican First Division for half a season in 1995. He joined Major League Soccer in 1996. In his rookie season in the league, he was a starter for the Los Angeles Galaxy and helped take his team to the MLS Cup Final. On February 1, 1997, The Galaxy traded him to the Columbus Crew for the first pick in the 1997 Supplemental Draft. On November 6, 1997, the Chicago Fire selected Salcedo with the ninth pick of the Expansion Draft. Half way through the 1998 season, on June 29, 1998, the Fire traded him to the Tampa Bay Mutiny for Josh Keller and the first draft pick in the 1999 MLS College Draft. On August 13, 1999, the Mutiny traded Salcedo to the Galaxy for Daniel Hernandez. The Galaxy released him during the season and he played two games with the Orange County Zodiac of the USL A-League.^[1]

[edit] National team

Salcedo was also a member of the US men's national soccer team, earning three caps with the full national team and captaining the U-17 team at the 1989 World Youth Championships and the U-20 team at the 1990 CONCACAF Tournament.

[edit] Coaching

[edit] Assistant

Salcedo was UCLA's assistant coach from 2001-03 and helped lead the Bruins to the 2002 NCAA Championship and to two Pac-10 team championships. In 2002, he served as acting head coach in a crucial road victory at Stanford in November that helped the Bruins capture their first-ever Pac-10 title. He also served as acting head coach in the spring of 2002 in the coaching transition between Todd Saldaña and Tom Fitzgerald and had served in a similar capacity after Fitzgerald announced his resignation.

[edit] Head coach

In early 2004, Salcedo was named the head coach of the soccer program at UCLA. During his first season, Salcedo earned Pac-10 Co-Coach of the Year honors after leading UCLA to its third-straight conference title. His Bruins ended the regular season ranked No. 3 by Soccer America and advanced to the third round of the NCAA Tournament, where they finished the year with a 14-4-2 record.

In 2006, he took his team to the NCAA Championship Game where his team lost to UC Santa Barbara.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• November 2006 Interview
• Sams-Army profile