Jorge Salcedo Salcedo Was a Four-Year Starter, Playing 74 Games and Tallying Six Goals and Head Coach Seven Assists for 19 Points
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Coaching Staff The Cerritos, Calif. native had an illus- trious career at UCLA from 1990-93. Jorge Salcedo Salcedo was a four-year starter, playing 74 games and tallying six goals and Head Coach seven assists for 19 points. As a fresh- 9th Year man, he scored the decisive penalty kick in the shootout during the 1990 UCLA '02 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, where he earned two Parade All-America honors. Salcedo played for fi ve years in Ma- jor League Soccer (MLS). In his fi rst season in the league, he was a starter for the Los Angeles Galaxy and helped Former UCLA All-American Jorge Salcedo enters his ninth season as head coach take his team to the MLS Champion- for the Bruins, becoming the second-longest tenured men's soccer head coach in ship game. He also played for Chicago, UCLA's NCAA history. where he served as team co-captain, Columbus and Tampa Bay before A product of UCLA's strong soccer tradition, Salcedo has maintained the Bruins' returning to the Galaxy in 1999. Prior standard for success, winning fi ve conference titles and guiding his teams to NCAA to his MLS career, he played with the Tournament appearances each year. He signed the No. 1 recruiting classes in the LA Salsa in the APSL and then for F.C. nation in 2010, 2006 and 2004, and those players produced results, advancing all the Morelia of the Mexican First Division. way to the NCAA Championship game in the 2006 season, to the quarterfi nals in Salcedo was also a member of the U.S. 2009 and 2010, and to the College Cup Semifi nals in 2011. National Team program, earning three Over the last four seasons, Salcedo's teams have earned three Pac-12 titles and lost caps with the full national team and just four conference games (30-4-6 record). The 2011 Bruins ran the table in confer- captaining the U-17 team at the 1989 ence play, going 10-0 and allowing just two goals in those 10 games. Salcedo, who World Youth Championships and the earned his 100th career victory when UCLA clinched the conference title on Nov. U-20 team at the 1990 CONCACAF 4, was named the Pac-12's Coach of the Year. The Bruins then capped off the 2011 Tournament. season with a long run in the NCAA Tournament that culminated in the school's Salcedo has had extensive ties to the 13th berth in the NCAA College Cup. Bruin program for many years. He graduated from UCLA with a Bachelor’s Degree The 2010 Bruins won 16 games, the most during Salcedo's tenure, and advanced to in Political Science and was part of three of the Bruins’ four NCAA Championship the NCAA quarterfi nals for the second consecutive year. In 2009, Salcedo's Bruins teams. He was a ball boy for UCLA during its fi rst championship year in 1985, scored won their second-straight Pac-10 Championship, and placed two players on the All- the game-winning penalty kick in the 1990 Championship game and was an assistant America team. Additionally, a school record-tying fi ve players were selected in the coach for the 2002 squad. In addition, his father Hugo was a UCLA assistant coach MLS SuperDraft at the conclusion of the season. In 2008, Salcedo guided UCLA from 1978-79 and a member of the 1972 U.S. Olympic team and will be serving to the Pac-10 Championship and was named the Pac-10 Coach of the Year for the as the FIFA Chairman of the 2014 World Cup. His brother Eddie was a UCLA let- second time in his tenure. terwinner in 1995. Salcedo's 2007 team extended UCLA's post-season appearance streak to 25 con- Salcedo and his wife Rebecca have been married for eight years, and they have three secutive years, advancing to the NCAA second round. The Bruins, who fi nished with children, Matteo (6), Malea (4) and Marco (2). a 9-9-3 record, scored in the classroom, with 24 of 30 team members making the Director's Honor Roll during the school year. The 2006 Bruins faced an uphill battle with injuries to several starters throughout Coach Salcedo's Year-By-Year Record (2004-11) the season, but they fought through the adversity and ended a successful post-season run in the title game with a fi nal season record of 14-6-4. Overall Pac-12 Pac-12 NCAA Year Record Record Finish Finish 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 2004 14-4-2 (.750) 6-2-0 (.750) 1st T-9th average of 0.67. The Bruins also captured the Pac-10 title for the fourth year in a 2005 12-5-3 (.675) 7-1-2 (.800) 1st T-17th row and earned a No. 5 seeding in the NCAA Tournament. 2006 14-6-4 (.667) 4-3-3 (.550) 4th 2nd During his fi rst season, Salcedo earned Pac-10 Co-Coach of the Year honors after 2007 9-9-3 (.500) 4-4-2 (.500) T-2nd T-17th leading UCLA to its third-straight 2008 10-5-6 (.619) 7-1-2 (.800) 1st T-33rd conference title. His Bruins ended 2009 12-4-4 (.700) 5-1-4 (.700) 1st T-5th the regular season ranked No. 3 by 2010 16-5-1 (.750) 8-2-0 (.800) 2nd T-5th Soccer America and advanced to the 2011 18-4-2 (.792) 10-0-0 (1.000) 1st T-3rd third round of the NCAA Tournament, where they fi nished the year with a Overall Totals: 105-42-25 (.683) 14-4-2 record. Pac-12 Totals: 51-14-13 (.737) Salcedo was UCLA's assistant coach Career Highlights from 2001-03 and helped lead the Bruins to the 2002 NCAA Champion- As a Coach ship and to two Pac-10 team champi- • Asst. coach of UCLA's 2002 NCAA Championship team and head coach of onships. In 2002, he served as acting head coach in a crucial road victory UCLA's 2006 NCAA fi nalist squad and 2011 semifi nalist squad at Stanford in November that helped • Has coached UCLA to seven Pac-12 Titles as an assistant coach or head coach the Bruins capture their fi rst-ever (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011) Pac-10 title. He also served as acting • 2008 and 2011 Pac-12 Coach of the Year, 2004 Pac-10 Co-Coach of the Year head coach in the spring of 2002 in • Signed the No. 1 recruiting classes in the nation in 2010, 2006 and 2004 the coaching transition between Todd Saldaña and Tom Fitzgerald and As a Player had served in a similar capacity after Fitzgerald announced his resignation. • As a freshman, scored the deciding penalty kick in the 1990 NCAA Champion- ship game to give UCLA its second national title Salcedo, who is a scout for the U.S. National Team, was the head coach • 1993 fi rst-team NSCAA All-American of the 2002 U-16 SoCal ODP State • Five-year Major League Soccer veteran team and was also the assistant coach • U.S. National Team member of the U-17 team in 2001. • Played in the Mexican First Division with F.C. Morelia 1985 • 1990 • 1997 • 2002 NCAA Champions 3 Coaching Staff Eddie Nick Patrick Soto Carlin-Voigt Seymour Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Asst./Goalkeeper 7th Year 1st Year Coach Cal State Fullerton Kalamazoo College 4th Year '95 '04 Chico State '00 Former Cal State Fullerton All-American Eddie Soto is Nick Carlin-Voigt enters his fi rst season as UCLA's as- Patrick Seymour joined UCLA in 2009 as the team's in his seventh season as UCLA assistant coach and his sistant coach after spending the previous fi ve seasons goalkeeper coach. During his three years on staff, the 12th season overall as an NCAA Division I coach. In his as the top assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Bruins have advanced to the NCAA Quarterfi nals all fi rst season at UCLA, he helped guide the Bruins to the George Mason. Carlin-Voigt is considered one of the best three seasons and to the College Cup in 2011. Seymour NCAA College Cup fi nals, and in the last four seasons, the recruiters in the country and while at George Mason, was coached both Brian Perk and Brian Rowe to All-American Bruins have won the Pac-12 title three times, advanced responsible for day-to-day operations of the program, seasons in 2009 and 2011 respectively. Rowe also led to the NCAA quarterfi nals three times, and advanced including fi eld player development, scouting, attendance UCLA to a shutout streak of eight games in 2011, which to the College Cup in 2011. marketing, scheduling, sports performance and academic tied the school record. affairs. Carlin-Voigt is also considered one of the few In addition to coaching at UCLA, Soto is the head coach soccer fi tness coaches in college soccer. As the head goalkeeper coach for the Cal-South ODP of the U.S. Beach Soccer National Team and a member program and member of the goalkeeping staff for the of the coaching staff for the U16 and U18 LA Galaxy Having emerged as one of the most talented and re- Region IV ODP program, Seymour has worked with many spected assistant coaches in the country, Carlin-Voigt Academy teams.