COACHING STAFF JORGE SALCEDO HEAD COACH • 2ND YEAR • UCLA (‘02) Former UCLA All-American and assistant coach Jorge Salcedo enters his second season as head coach for the Bruins. In 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 CAREER HIGHLIGHTS served in a similar capacity after Fitzgerald announced his resignation. Salcedo made an •2004 Pac-10 Co-Coach of the Year immediate impact as head coach, snaring the •Helped coach UCLA to the 2002 NCAA No. 1-rated recruiting class in the country. Championship and 2002 and 2003 Pac- Salcedo, who is a scout for the U.S. National 10 Championships Team, was the head coach of the 2002 U-16 SoCal ODP State team and was also the •Scored the deciding penalty kick in assistant coach of the U-17 team in 2001. the 1990 NCAA Championship game The Cerritos, Calif. native had an illustrious career at UCLA from 1990-93. Salcedo was to help lead UCLA to its second na- a four-year starter, playing 74 games and tallying six goals and seven assists for 19 tional title points. As a freshman, he scored the decisive penalty kick in the shootout during the •U.S. National Team scout 1990 NCAA Championship game to give UCLA its second national title. In 1993 as a senior, he earned NSCAA fi rst-team All-America honors. He prepped at Cerritos HS, •Five-year Major League Soccer vet- where he earned two Parade All-America honors. eran Salcedo played for fi ve years in Major League Soccer (MLS). In his fi rst season in the league, he was a starter for the Los Angeles Galaxy and helped take his team to the MLS Championship game. He also played for Chicago, where he served as team co-captain, Columbus and Tampa Bay before returning to the Galaxy in 1999. Prior to his MLS career, he played with the LA Salsa in the APSL and then for F.C. Morelia of the Mexican First Division. Salcedo was also a member of the U.S. National Team program, earning three caps with the full national team, captaining the U-17 team at the 1989 World Youth Championships and the U-20 team at the 1990 CONCACAF Tournament. Salcedo has had extensive ties to the Bruin program for many years. He graduated from UCLA with a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and was part of three of the Bruins’ four NCAA Championship teams. He was a ballboy for UCLA during its fi rst champion- ship year in 1985, scored the game-winning penalty kick in the 1990 Championship game and was an assistant coach for the 2002 squad. In addition, his father Hugo was a UCLA assistant coach from 1978-79 and a member of the 1972 U.S. Olympic team, and his brother Eddie was a UCLA letterwinner in 1995. Salcedo and his wife Rebecca have been married for one year, and they are expecting their fi rst child in February. 6 2005 UCLA MEN’S SOCCER COACHING STAFF PETER VAN DE VEN ASSISTANT COACH • 5TH YEAR • WASHINGTON (‘98) Former University of Washington has experience at the club level, sional career and spent parts standout Peter van de Ven is in coaching the Irvine Lasers U-17 of the 2000 season with the Los his fi fth season as UCLA assistant and U-16 Boys and the San Juan Angeles Galaxy. As a member coach/goalkeeper coach. Soccer Club U-17 Girls. of the Orange County Waves in 2000, he had fi ve shutouts in During his fi rst four seasons at A fi rst-team Academic All-Ameri- 15 starts. UCLA, he tutored All-American can at the University of Washing- Zach Wells, who went on to set ton, van de Ven led his team to the The Santa Ana native was the CIF UCLA single-season records for 1998 MPSF Championship and to Goalkeeper of the Year, as well saves (101 in 2001), victories (20 NCAA Tournament berths from as an all-county and all-league in 2003) and goals against aver- 1996-98. As a senior, he earned selection at Mater Dei HS, where age (0.52 in 2003). fi rst-team All-MPSF acclaim after he posted 16 shutouts and cap- posting a 0.85 GAA with eight tained his squad to the CIF South- Van de Ven was an assistant at shutouts. He previously played ern Section title as a senior. Chapman University from 1999- two years at the University of 2000, coaching both the men’s Van de Ven, who has a U.S. Soccer Notre Dame, where he also and women’s teams to the second Federation "A" Coaching License, helped his team reach the 1994 round of the NCAA Tournament. earned his Master’s Degree in NCAA Tournament. From 1999-2001, he also served Sports Management at the Uni- as assistant coach/goalkeeper Upon graduating from Wash- versity of San Francisco in 2005. coach at Mater Dei HS, which ington in 1998 with a B.A. in He and his wife Rebecca were won back-to-back CIF Champion- Psychology, van de Ven enjoyed married in March 2005 and reside ships in 1999 and 2000. He also a successful three-year profes- in West Los Angeles. PAUL BRAVO JOSE LOPEZ ASSISTANT COACH • 2ND YEAR • SANTA CLARA (‘93) VOLUNTEER COACH • 11TH YEAR • UCLA (‘73) 131 points on 52 goals and 27 Following his senior season in assists. 1973, he was selected to play Bravo was the Director of Coach- in the College Senior Bowl and ing for the Colorado Rush soccer became UCLA’s fi rst-ever No. 1 club and an assistant coach for professional draft choice when the Region IV 88s in 2003 and he was chosen by the Los Angeles the 89s in 2004. He has an "A" Aztecs of the North American Coaching License. Soccer League. In his rookie He earned four career caps as season, he helped the Aztecs win a member of the U.S. National the NASL title, and in his second Team from 1994-95. He played year he was selected the Aztecs’ college soccer at Santa Clara Midfi elder of the Year. Lopez has University, scoring 26 goals with played with and against soccer 13 assists in his career and leading legends like Pele, Franz Becken- the Broncos to the 1989 NCAA bauer and George Best. Co-Championship. He earned A UCLA Hall of Fame inductee in Former Major League Soccer All- Jose Lopez, the fi rst soccer player 1993, Lopez also played baseball Star and U.S. National Team mem- his degree in Political Science ever to be inducted into the UCLA in 1993. and kicked on the freshman foot- ber Paul Bravo starts his second Hall of Fame, enters his 11th year ball team at UCLA. He lettered in season as assistant coach. After fi nishing his eligibility at as a volunteer assistant coach. Santa Clara, he played profes- baseball, football, basketball and Bravo was an assistant coach with He has aided the Bruin soccer track at Santa Ana Valley HS. the Colorado Rapids of Major sionally for the APSL’s San Fran- program with video taping since cisco Bay Blackhawks, where he 1987. Lopez coached soccer and base- League Soccer from 2002-03 after ball at Santa Monica HS and now playing for the Rapids from 1997- earned Rookie of the Year honors Lopez enjoyed a hugely success- in 1991 and helped his team teaches AP Spanish Language 2001. In his fi rst season playing ful playing career at UCLA, lead- and Literature. He has been mar- with Colorado, he helped lead capture the APSL Championship. ing the Bruins to their fi rst NCAA He was also a member of the ried to his wife Sheri for 28 years, the team to the 1997 MLS Cup Championship games in 1970, and they have two daughters championship game. The three- 1994 U.S. Open Cup champion 1972 and 1973 and playing on San Francisco Greek-Americans who graduated from UCLA, Ashlei time MLS All-Star selection (1996 two regular-season undefeated and Alexys. with the San Jose Clash, 1998 and squad and spent the 1995 season teams. A two-time team captain, 1999 with the Rapids) was the with the Monterey Bay Jaguars of Lopez never lost a home game in fi rst player in Colorado history the USISL, recording 19 goals and his four years as a Bruin. to record 100 career points and 13 assists in just 19 games. fi nished his six-year career with Bravo and his wife, Sara, have two children, Maya and Luca. 2005 UCLA MEN’S SOCCER 7 .