Jorge Salcedo
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Coaching Staff in the classroom, with 24 of 30 team members making the Director's Honor Roll during the school year. Jorge Salcedo The 2006 Bruins faced an uphill battle with injuries to several starters throughout the season, but they fought through the adversity and ended a successful post-season Head Coach run in the title game with a fi nal season record of 14-6-4. 12th Year In 2005, Salcedo's Bruins recorded a 12-5-3 record and ranked amongst the best in the nation in team defense, allowing just 14 goals and posting a team goals against UCLA '02 average of 0.67. The Bruins also captured the Pac-10 title for the fourth year in a row and earned a No. 5 seeding in the NCAA Tournament. During his fi rst 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 fi nished the year with a 14-4-2 record. 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 fi rst-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 Former UCLA All-American Jorge Salcedo is in his 12th season as head coach his resignation. for the Bruins, making him the second-longest tenured men's soccer head coach Salcedo, who is a scout for the U.S. National Team, was the head coach of the 2002 in UCLA history. In 11 previous seasons, Salcedo has led the Bruins to an overall U-16 SoCal ODP State team and was also the assistant coach of the U-17 team in 2001. record of 144-53-38. The Cerritos, Calif. native had an illustrious career at UCLA from 1990-93. Salcedo A product of UCLA's strong soccer tradition, Salcedo has maintained the Bruins' was a four-year starter, playing 74 games and tallying six goals and seven assists for standard for success, winning six conference titles and guiding his team to NCAA 19 points. As a freshman, he scored the decisive penalty kick in the shootout dur- Tournament appearances in each of his 11 seasons. Salcedo has signed the No. 1 ing the 1990 NCAA Championship game to give UCLA its second national title. In recruiting class in the nation six times (2015, 2014, 2013, 2010, 2006 and 2004) and 1993 as a senior, he earned NSCAA fi rst-team All-America honors. He prepped at those players have produced results, advancing all the way to the NCAA Champi- Cerritos HS, where he earned two Parade All-America honors. onship game in the 2006 and 2014 seasons, to the College Cup Semifi nals in 2011 Salcedo played for fi ve years in Major League Soccer (MLS). In his fi rst season in and to the quarterfi nals in 2009 and 2010. Over the last seven seasons, Salcedo's the league, he was a starter for the Los Angeles Galaxy and helped take his team teams have earned four Pac-12 titles and lost just eight conference games (50-8-12 to the MLS Championship game. He also played for Chicago, where he served as record). Salcedo's teams have also lost only four games away from home in the last team co-captain, Columbus and Tampa Bay before returning to the Galaxy in 1999. four seasons, going 28-4-8 in their last 40 road or neutral site matches. Prior to his MLS career, he played with the LA Salsa in the APSL and then for F.C. Since taking over the program in 2004, Salcedo has produced 33 Major League Soccer Morelia of the Mexican First Division. Salcedo was also a member of the U.S. Na- Draft Picks, including 17 fi rst round selections. Of those 17 fi rst round selections, tional Team program, earning three caps with the full national team and captaining 10 were taken within the top-10 picks, including Marvell Wynne (2006) and Chance the U-17 team at the 1989 World Youth Championships and the U-20 team at the Myers (2008) who were each selected fi rst overall. Overall, Salcedo has tutored 15 1990 CONCACAF Tournament. players who are currently playing in the professional ranks as of 2015. Salcedo has had extensive ties to the Bruin program for many years. He graduated In 2014, UCLA fi nished second in the conference after going 6-2-2 in Pac-12 play, from UCLA with a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and was part of three of while posting a 14-5-5 overall record. Senior Leo Stolz led the way, racking up a team- the Bruins' four NCAA Championship teams. He was a ball boy for UCLA during its high 24 points en route to earning the MAC Hermann Player of the Year Trophy and fi rst championship year in 1985, scored the game-winning penalty kick in the 1990 consensus fi rst team All-America honors. After a stellar regular season the Bruins Championship game and was an assistant coach for the 2002 squad. In addition, his earned the number two overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, solidifying their 42nd father Hugo was a UCLA assistant coach from 1978-79 and a member of the 1972 overall and 32nd-straight postseason appearance. The Bruins advanced all the way to U.S. Olympic team and will be serving as the FIFA Chairman of the 2014 World Cup. the College Cup Finals, making their 14th College Cup appearance and ninth NCAA His brother Eddie was a UCLA letterwinner in 1995. Finals appearance in school history. UCLA eventually fell in PKs to Virginia in the fi nals, but once again Salcedo led a talented bunch on another deep postseason run. Salcedo and his wife Rebecca have been married for 11 years, and they have four Overall, nine Bruins earned All-Pac-12 honors, including three fi rst team selections. children, Matteo (9), Malea (7), Marco (5) and Macsen (1). In 2013, the Bruins fi nished second in the conference with a 6-1-3 record while posting an 12-3-5 record overall. UCLA was awarded the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, marking the fi rst time since 2003 that the Bruins were selected Coach Salcedo's Year-By-Year Record (2004-14) as the top seed in the Tournament and giving the program its 31st straight appearance and 41st overall. For the third straight year, a member of the UCLA men's soccer Overall Pac-12 Pac-12 NCAA team took home conference Player of the Year honors, as Leo Stolz was named the Year Record Record Finish Finish Pac-12 Player of the Year. It was the fi rst time in Pac-12 history that a team has had 2004 14-4-2 (.750) 6-2-0 (.750) 1st T-9th a player win the conference Player of the Year award in three consecutive seasons and the sixth time that a UCLA player won the award. The Bruins also had six All- 2005 12-5-3 (.675) 7-1-2 (.800) 1st T-17th Conference selections in 2013. 2006 14-6-4 (.667) 4-3-3 (.550) 4th 2nd The 2012 squad secured UCLA's second consecutive Pac-12 title and reached 2007 9-9-3 (.500) 4-4-2 (.500) T-2nd T-17th the NCAA Tournament for the 30th consecutive year. The Bruins also landed a 2008 10-5-6 (.619) 7-1-2 (.800) 1st T-33rd conference-best four players on the fi rst-team All-Pac-12 squad while Salcedo took 2009 12-4-4 (.700) 5-1-4 (.700) 1st T-5th home his second straight Pac-12 Coach of the Year award. Under Salcedo's leadership, senior Ryan Hollingshead won the Pac-12 Player of the Year in 2012, marking the 2010 16-5-1 (.750) 8-2-0 (.800) 2nd T-5th fourth player Salcedo has coached to 2011 18-4-2 (.792) 10-0-0 (1.000) 1st T-3rd Conference Player of the Year honors 2012 13-3-3 (.763) 8-1-1 (.850) 1st T-17th (Patrick Ianni, 2004; Michael Stephens, 2008; Kelyn Rowe, 2011). 2013 12-3-5 (.725) 6-1-3 (.750) 2nd T-9th The 2011 Bruins ran the table in 2014 14-5-5 (.688) 6-2-2 (.700) 2nd 2nd conference play, going 10-0 and allow- Overall 144-53-38 71-18-19 ing just two goals in those 10 games. Salcedo, who earned his 100th career victory when UCLA clinched the con- ference title on Nov. 4, was named the Pac-12's Coach of the Year. The Bruins Highlights As a Coach then capped off the 2011 season with a long run in the NCAA Tournament • Asst. coach of UCLA's '02 NCAA Championship team and head coach of UCLA's that culminated in the school's 13th '06 & '14 NCAA fi nalist squad and '11 semifi nalist squad berth in the NCAA College Cup. • Has coached UCLA to eight Pac-12 Titles as an assistant coach or head coach The 2010 Bruins won 16 games and advanced to the NCAA quarterfi nals (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012) for the second consecutive year.