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Topic: Sigi Schmid

	Player Bio: Kurt Schmid :: Men's Soccer
		Schmid led the UCLA Bruins to the 2002 National Championship and was a four-year letterwinner at the collegiate level.
		Schmid began his coaching at South High School in Torrance, CA and was the head coach of the South Bay Soccer Club.
		Sigi managed the Los Angeles Galaxy for six years and was the head coach at UCLA for 18 seasons.
	smcgaels.cstv.com /sports/m-soccer/mtt/schmid_kurt00.html (142 words)

	American Soccer News - L.A. Galaxy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Schmid acknowledged that he was shocked at the decision, which was relayed to him at lunch by Galaxy General Manager Doug Hamilton just hours before the hastily called press conference to announce his dismissal.
		Schmid admits he has not given any real thought to what might lay in his future, although with the upcoming MLS expansion and the annual turnover of league head coaches at season’s end, he seems likely to pick and choose any job in the country.
		Some speculate that Schmid’s inability to speak Spanish may have been another factor in his dismissal, and that perhaps the arrival next year of Chivas USA might have put pressure on the Galaxy organization to seek a coach with the language skills to appease the Spanish-speaking media.
	www.cybersoccernews.com /mls/galaxy/040830schmid.shtml (2149 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Sigi Schmid
		Schmid's record over 19 seasons at UCLA was 322-63-33, winning three College Cups, in 1985, 1990, and 1997.
		Schmid was fired by the Galaxy on August 16 2004, despite the team being in first place in the league, and Schmid having coached the Western Conference in the All-Star game that year, due to the Galaxy's lack of an "entertaining style of play." He was replaced by former US national team coach Steve Sampson.
		Sigi Schmid was appointed U.S. Under-20 national team coach in January 1998 and at the finals of the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Sigi_Schmid (332 words)

	Sports Features Communications - Press Point (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Schmid takes over the U.S. U-20s as the team begins their final preparations for competition at the CONCACAF Qualifying Tournament from January 12-16, 2005, as they attempt to qualify for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship, which will be held in the Netherlands.
		Schmid led the U.S. through a strong performance on the world stage as they finished second in Group E with two victories, a first for the U-20 program, and advanced to the Round of 16.
		Schmid is also recognized as one of the most successful collegiate coaches of all time, accumulating a 322-63-33 (.810) record in 19 seasons at UCLA from 1980-99.
	www.sportsfeatures.com /PressPoint/show.php?id=16767 (1280 words)

	Sigi right coach at right time
		Schmid said one challenge was to increase intensity in practice and make tactical changes without burning the players out for the games.
		Schmid, whose first name is Siegfried, was born in Tuebingen, Germany, and moved with his family to Torrance in 1962.
		Schmid was an assistant coach for the U.S. national team in the 1994 World Cup and the coach of the under-20 team since January 1998.
	www.press-enterprise.com /newsarchive/1999/07/17/932182546.html (851 words)

	NameTraq \| Last Name: Schmid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Galaxy Coach Sigi Schmid, who came close to being fired at the end of the 2003 Major League Soccer season, said Sunday that he is not a candidate for the...
		Cliff Schmid, who with wife Caryl are among the organizers of the Gopher Hole group, said irrigation district directors downplay the importance of leasing water...
		Galaxy Coach Sigi Schmid said the move is a win-win situation, because the MLS club will not lose any service time.
	nametraq.org /Jan04/S/Schmid.shtml (2370 words)

	BigSoccer Boards - Sigi Schmid - should there be a role for him with the national teams?
		With the Galaxy's culmination title, I wonder if Sigi Schmid should get some sort of a role with the USSF or be talked about as a potential successor or alternative to Arena.
		I doubt that a coach of Sigi's importance (he's also the Galaxy's director of player personnel, remember) would have the time to take on anything more than an advisory role with the national team program, unless they were going to hire him as the full Nats head coach.
		Thus, for example, the fact that Bob and Sigi have only one MLS title is in my view LESS significant than that they have had a number of legitimate shots at the Cup.
	www.bigsoccer.com /forum/printthread.php?t=20356 (1884 words)

	Daily Breeze: Galaxy give Schmid a long-term deal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Galaxy coach Sigi Schmid describes October's Major League Soccer championship as the centerpiece of a four-year stint in Los Angeles in which the Galaxy also captured the 2000 CONCACAF Champions' Cup and the 2001 U.S. Open Cup title.
		Schmid's overall record of 61-35-16 since taking over for Octavio Zambrano on April 22, 1999 is better than all active coaches during his tenure.
		Schmid, the 1999 MLS Coach of the Year, came to the Galaxy after 19 years as head coach at UCLA (1983-99), where he won three NCAA titles and had a.810 winning percentage (322-63-33).
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4187/is_20030329/ai_n9893051 (444 words)

	MLSnet.com - News - 08/16/2004
		Schmid was notified of the club's decision during a lunch Monday with Hamilton, and according to Hamilton, Schmid was disappointed with the decision, but respected it nonetheless.
		Schmid, who took the helm of the Galaxy when Octavio Zambrano was let go five games into the 1999 season, guided the Galaxy to three championships in his four-plus seasons with the club.
		Schmid led the Galaxy to three first-place finishes in the Western Conference and three of their four MLS Cup appearances.
	sanjose.earthquakes.mlsnet.com /MLS/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20040816&content_id=11703&vkey=news_mls&fext=.jsp (799 words)

	Profile: Sigi Schmid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Schmid is recognized as one of the most successful collegiate coaches of all time, accumulating a 322-63-33 (.810 winning %) record in 19 seasons at UCLA.
		Schmid's UCLA players have advanced out of the college game to play at the highest levels in the world.
		In addition, twenty-two of Schmid's players, the most amongst all colleges in the nation, were on Major League Soccer rosters at the start of the 1998 professional season.
	www.soccertimes.com /usteams/roster/u-20men/schmid.htm (368 words)

	ESPN.com - SOCCER - Win or lose, Sigi a success
		Schmid was a respected coach in SoCal at the helm of the successful UCLA program for 19 years, but that didn't make him the obvious choice coming into the '99 season.
		"Sigi comes up to me after a game and says, 'See you on the state team,'" said Wynalda, who retired from soccer earlier this season and is now coaching in southern California and working as an analyst for ABC and ESPN.
		Ask Schmid what his secret is and he won't give you any Zen-like talk or philosophical mish-mosh like a better-known coach in L.A. He really just believes coaching is about adapting and changing on the fly as things change.
	espn.go.com /soccer/s/2002/1019/1448218.html (1687 words)

	American Soccer News - U.S. Men's National Team (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In the November camp in Florida, Schmid lead his young charges to convincing victories over Honduras (2-0) and Mexico (2-1), and this time they faced their Canadian counterparts and Necaxa of Mexico, who were in pre-season training in Los Angeles.
		Schmid commented that it was sometimes difficult for those who had always been the star player on their team to adjust when they came into national team training camp and found that there were several players competing for a position they had always claimed as their own.
		As the qualifiers draw near, Schmid says that although the team does have a home-field advantage with the games to be played in California, it is somewhat minimized by the conditions offered to the opposition.
	66.221.11.74 /usmen/041220mnt_U-20.shtml (904 words)

	Saldana steps up to replace Schmid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		It may seem like it's been a millennium since someone besides Sigi Schmid roamed the UCLA sideline, but Schmid's successor will not be unfamiliar to Bruin soccer.
		Saldana, 37, first played for Schmid as a youth and then served as an assistant coach to the legendary Bruin at UCLA from 1989-95, helping guide the Bruins to the 1990 national championship.
		It may only be a coincidence that Schmid's first national team and professional player would succeed him in Westwood, but Saldana admits there was difficulty in accepting his dream job.
	www.dailybruin.ucla.edu /DB/issues/99/05.25/sports.saldana.html (570 words)

	SportingNews.com - Crew picks Schmid as new coach
		COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Sigi Schmid, who led the Los Angeles Galaxy to three MLS Cup appearances and a championship, was hired Thursday as coach of the Columbus Crew.
		Schmid was fired in 2004 after a five-game winless streak with the Galaxy even though the club led the MLS with 34 points at the time.
		"Sigi Schmid is broadly regarded as one of the top soccer minds in the country," general manager Mark McCullers said.
	www.sportingnews.com /soccer/articles/20051020/664520-p.html (279 words)

	MLS: Galaxy fires Schmid as coach despite sitting at top of table.
		Sigi Schmid led the Galaxy to the 2002 MLS title, as well as winning the U.S. Open Cup and the CONCACAF Champions Cup.
		Schmid led the Galaxy to three MLS Cup finals, winning the 2002 championship and one champions, as well as Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (2001) and CONCACAF Champions Cup (2000) titles.
		Sigi is a good man that has given a lot to this club and this community.
	www.soccertimes.com /mls/2004/aug16.htm (476 words)

	CyberSoccerNews.com - Commentary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The prevailing theory of why Sigi was left twisting in the wind between November 10 and the day before Thanksgiving is that other coaches were contacted, all of whom told AEG they were busy washing their hair.
		It seemed to me like Schmid lost his players the way Bo-Peep lost her sheep, which is astonishing with such a strong core of players linked with Sigi since their college days.
		Schmid took the Galaxy to MLS Cup in 1999, so AEG might be forgiven for concluding that this is an intelligent way to manage a coaching transition.
	www.cybersoccernews.com /columnists/loney/031205loney.shtml (1368 words)

	LA Galaxy News Blog: January 2004
		Today's OC Register has comments from both Sigi Schmid and Doug Hamilton saying LA would be looking to add attacking minded players to the squd.
		The LA Times decided to ask Sigi Schmid if he would be interested in going back to coaching UCLA.
		Sigi Schmid dismissed the notion that Gonzalo Romero was in fact signed with the MLS.
	lagnews.blogspot.com /2004_01_01_lagnews_archive.html (3397 words)

	Spring 2003 - Trojan Family Magazine
		Schmid still works hard despite the 1-0 victory over New England in the championship game last season – because one title isn’t enough.
		He excelled as a player too: Schmid was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1996 as one of the first members of the American Youth Soccer Organization, and he had a successful career with the Bruins as a four-year starter from 1972 to ’75.
		Schmid also applies leadership skills, like trusting his instincts.
	www.usc.edu /dept/pubrel/trojan_family/spring03/accountant.html (444 words)

	LA Galaxy News Blog: August 2004
		The Galaxy was in its familiar position, the one Schmid had the team in seemingly every year: first place in the Western Conference, among the league leaders in goals and attendance.
		"We are truly grateful to Sigi for his contributions to the team and the community over the last six years with the Galaxy and his many years in Southern California," added Hamilton.
		In what must be the most lackluster and uninspired performance in the 9 year history of the LA Galaxy, fans booed the team off the pitch after their 0-0 tied with Columbus Crew.
	lagnews.blogspot.com /2004_08_01_lagnews_archive.html (2431 words)

	Sigi Schmid named Crew head coach
		Schmid is a proven winner and is one of the most successful coaches in Major League Soccer and NCAA Men’s Division I history.
		Before joining the Galaxy in 1999, Schmid was head coach at UCLA for 19 years and led the Bruins to three NCAA titles (1985, 1990 and 1997), an overall record of 322-63-33 and 17 consecutive playoff appearances.
		“Sigi Schmid is broadly regarded as one of the top soccer minds in the country,” said McCullers.
	www.mysoccer.com /mls5/clb1020.php (572 words)

	ESPNSoccernet.com: MLS: L.A. keeps Schmid despite losing year
		Schmid is credited with helping to bring Guatemalan Carlos Ruiz, the league's 2002 MVP, to the Galaxy.
		Schmid, who signed a new multiyear contract last March, said the team needs to add talent on offense.
		Schmid, 50, has a 70-47-25 record since becoming the Galaxy coach on April 22, 1999.
	soccernet.espn.go.com /headlinenews?id=284339&cc=5901 (419 words)

	Columbus Crew: Youth Development: Crew Juniors Staff Profile
		Sigi Schmid, one of the most highly respected and decorated coaches in America, is in his first season at The Crew’s helm.
		Schmid helped groom a number of UCLA players to success at the highest levels of soccer in the world, with numerous Bruins alumni going on to play for the full U.S. Men’s National Team and in the professional ranks in the U.S. and overseas.
		Schmid has made his mark on American soccer history, not only as a coach, but also as a player.
	web.mlsnet.com /t102/youth/juniors/staff/schmid_sigi (706 words)

	MLSnet.com - News - 08/16/2004
		Sigi Schmid took over as Galaxy head coach six games into the 1999 season.
		The firing of Sigi Schmid by the Los Angeles Galaxy represents a rare sighting in MLS history on a number of fronts.
		Schmid's firing marks just the third time that a coach in a major U.S. league was let go with his team in first place - and the first time ever that a coach was dismissed with his team holding the best record in the league.
	sanjose.earthquakes.mlsnet.com /MLS/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20040816&content_id=11745&vkey=news_mls&fext=.jsp (861 words)

	Crew Trades Top Scorer Buddle for 19-Year-Old - Business - RedOrbit
		But in the mind of first-year coach Sigi Schmid, the long-rumored deal, in which Columbus also gained the rights to Pickerington graduate Chris Leitch, is sound.
		Schmid said he would like to see Gaven score between eight and 12 goals this season.
		Although Schmid has crafted a solid defense, the offense is a work in progress.
	www.redorbit.com /news/business/449135/crew_trades_top_scorer_buddle_for_19yearold/index.html (805 words)

	D.C. United - News - 07/05/2004
		Schmid will be taking the helm of an All-Star team for the first time in his MLS career.
		The 51-year-old Schmid has led the Galaxy to every major club championship in the United States and the CONCACAF region since taking over the reins of the squad six games into the 1999 season.
		A fixture on the California soccer scene, Schmid served as head coach of his alma mater UCLA for 19 seasons prior to joining the Galaxy and he led the Bruins to three NCAA championships and 16 consecutive postseason appearances.
	dcunited.mlsnet.com /MLS/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20040705&content_id=7299&vkey=news_dcu&fext=.jsp&team=dcu (902 words)

	DAILY BRUIN ONLINE - Shak-adelic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Schmid saw during Shak's freshman year that he had potential.
		Schmid scoured up and down the bench and finally decided to replace Coy with the walk-on from Cerritos who had impressed him in practice with his improved play and work ethic.
		But Schmid was paying attention to Shak's passing and he liked what he saw.
	www.dailybruin.ucla.edu /db/issues/99/10.20/sports.shak.html (1461 words)

	Los Angeles Coaches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Schmid led the Galaxy to their first MLS Cup Championship and sixth Western Conference Championship.
		Schmid also was an assistant coach for team USA at the 1994 World Cup.
		Schmid was born in Tuebingen, West Germany on March 20, 1953, Schmid moved with his family to Torrance, California in 1962.
	www.angelfire.com /bug/sportco0/coaches.html (274 words)

	Globeinvestor.com: Former LA Galaxy Head Coach Sigi Schmid Makes Guest Appearance on MLS Wrap This Saturday (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Sigi will sit down with MLS Wrap hosts John Harkes and Sean Wheelock to talk about what may have led to this decision by Galaxy President and General Manager Doug Hamilton, and his successful U.S. soccer career.
		Sigi Schmid took the helm of the Galaxy late in the 1999 season, replacing Octavio Zambrano.
		Sigi steered the Galaxy to the 2000 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, and a 2001 U.S. Open Cup victory.
	www.globeinvestor.com /servlet/ArticleNews/print/BWIRE/20040826/20040826005634 (275 words)

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