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Irvine/Tarbut V’ Torah HS 6 Jasmine Wallace D 5-6 So. Oceanside/Oceanside HS 7 Jennifer Schafer D 5-7 Jr. Descanso/Steele Canyon HS 8 Molly Marsh D 5-6 Fr. Northampton, England/Guilsborough School 9 Perla Ramirez MF 5-9 Sr. Los Angeles/Santa Monica JC 10 Christine Buenrostro F 5-4 Sr. Santa Paula/Santa Paula HS 11 Amanda Matthews MF 5-2 Sr. San Jose/Archbishop Mitty HS 12 Kastidi Robles MF 5-7 Jr. Pasadena/Marshall Fundamental HS 14 Liz Franco MF 5-8 So. Oceanside/El Camino HS 15 Crystal Serrano MF 5-9 Fr. Long Beach/Long Beach Poly HS 16 Natalie Martin MF 5-6 Fr. Walnut/Walnut HS 17 Erica Thomas MF 5-8 So. Arroyo Grande/Chico State 18 Reauna Wong D 5-5 Jr. Long Beach/Long Beach CC 19 Samantha Miles D 5-7 So. Santa Monica/Pierce JC 21 Janet De La O F 5-7 Jr. Los Angeles/Glendale JC 22 Gabby Lovato MF 5-4 Jr. Fullerton/Whittier Christian HS 23 Sarah Califf F 5-4 Jr. Orange/Santiago CC 25 Jessyca Eagle D 5-5 Fr. San Diego/Yuma Catholic HS 26 Chantel Capra MF 5-2 Fr. Monrovia/Arcadia HS 30 Katie Hernandez GK 5-3 Fr. Covina/Charter Oak HS 31/20 Katherine Miles GK 5-7 Jr. Sacramento/UC San Diego Head Coach: Chris Chamides (6th year at CSULA) Assistant Coach: Michael Jacobson, Jerome Millet 2008 Golden Eagles Quick Facts Location Los Angeles, California Enrollment 21,000 Colors Black and Gold Home Facility Eagles Nest Conference California Collegiate Athletic Association National Affiliation NCAA Division II President Dr. James M. Rosser Director of Athletics Dr. Dan Bridges Sports Information Director Paul Helms SID Phone/Fax 323-343-5308/343-3199 Main Athletics Phone 323-343-3080 Head Coach Chris Chamides Alma Mater, Year Lafayette College, 1992 Dr. James M. Rosser Dr. Dan Bridges Assistant Coaches Michael Jacobson, Jerome Millet President Director of Athletics Soccer Office Phone 323-343-3089 2008 Cal State L.A. Golden Eagles Women’s Soccer 2 CHRIS CHAMIDES HEAD COA ch After leading the Golden Eagles to the most successful season in the program’s history in 2007, Chris Chamides returns for his sixth year as the head coach of the women’s soccer program at Cal State L.A. In his first five years at Cal State L.A., Chamides has turned around a program that had not produced a winning record before his arrival. He led the Golden Eagles to their first-ever trip to the four-team California Collegiate Athletic Association Championship Tournament and to their first-ever NCAA Division II playoff appearance in 2007. Cal State L.A. knocked off perennial power UC San Diego to reach the championship game in the CCAA tourney and then advanced past Chico State and Seattle University to the final of the Far West Regional. The Golden Eagles set a new single-season record Chris Chamides for wins with 13 and were ranked 15th in the nation at the end of the season. It marked the first time in the program’s Head Coach history that Cal State L.A. was nationally ranked. In addition, Cal State L.A. had a program-record three players earn All-Region honors and had six players earn All-Conference awards. The six All-CCAA award-winners tied a program record. Cal State L.A. flourished defensively and posted a new single-season record 12 shutouts. The Golden Eagles allowed one or no goals in 20 of 23 games last season under Chamides’ direction. The 2007 success came on the heels of an impressive 2006 season when the Golden Eagles, despite having a young team without a single senior, compiled a 9-7-3 overall record. The Golden Eagles were third in the tough CCAA South Division and just missed earning a spot in the CCAA Championship Tournament. An upset of No. 2-ranked Seattle Pacific, 2-0, in the Seawolf Classic at Sonoma State was a highlight of the season. In 2005, Chamides guided the Golden Eagles to a 9-8-1 overall record, while in 2004, he led the Golden Eagles to the program’s first-ever winning season after nine straight losing years. Cal State L.A. recorded a 9-8-2 record, which represented a huge jump for the program. The Golden Eagles had not won more than seven games in a season before that and had won five games or less for six straight years. In his first five years at Cal State L.A., Chamides has rebuilt a program that now owns a 40-29-10 overall record over the past four seasons and has become nationally-recognized. Chamides has also served as an assistant coach for Chivas USA of Major League Soccer for the past three seasons. In 2006, he worked under MLS Coach of the Year and current U.S. National Team head coach Bob Bradley and he currently works under second- year Chivas USA Head Coach Preki. In his time with Chivas USA, the roster has included Claudio Suarez, Ramon Ramirez, Paco Palencia and Jonathan Bornstein. Chivas USA reached the MLS playoffs in just its second season of existence in 2006 and Bornstein was named the 2006 MLS Rookie of the Year. Chamides came to Cal State L.A. from the San Jose Earthquakes of the Major League Soccer, where he served as the Senior Director of Soccer from 2000-02. While in the role, Chamides was directly involved in all soccer-related facets, including roster development. He helped build a San Jose squad that won the 2001 MLS Cup one year after having the league’s worst record. The roster included USA National Team members Landon Donovan and Jeff Agoos. From 1997-99, Chamides was the head men’s and women’s soccer coach at Flagler College in St. Augustine, Fla. The Flagler women’s team improved from 2-15 before his arrival to 12-7 in 1998. The men’s squad was ranked as high as 17th in the country and four Flagler players earned All-America honors during his tenure. During that time span, Chamides was also a coach in the Florida Olympic Development Program and was hired as the head coach in 1999 of the USL’s expansion Jacksonville Jade. In 1995, Chamides got his first collegiate coaching job when he was hired as an assistant for the University of Massachusetts’ women’s soccer program. During his two years in Amherst, Massachusetts was ranked as high as No. 6 in the country, won two Atlantic- 10 Conference titles, made two consecutive “Sweet 16” appearances in the NCAA Division I playoffs and compiled a 30-9-3record. His first head coaching job came in 1993 when he worked with both the junior varsity and varsity boys soccer teams at his alma mater, Xaverian High School in Brooklyn, N.Y. That same year, he was also tabbed by then-Virginia head coach and former USA National Team coach Bruce Arena to serve as a staff coach at the University of Virginia’s summer soccer camps. In 1994, he also revived the S.C. Gjoa U-16 boys club team in Brooklyn, leading the squad to the State Cup. Chamides played in college for NCAA Division I Lafayette from 1989-92 and helped the Leopards to a Patriot League runner- up finish in 1990. He was a team captain as a senior. Lafayette posted a winning record in each of his four seasons and had an overall mark of 43-32-5. He owns an “A” license from the U.S. Soccer Federation and has an Advanced National Diploma from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Chamides earned a Masters of Science degree in Sports Management from the University of Massachusetts. Chamides and his wife, Nancy, were married during the summer of 2005 and just celebrated the birth of their son, Ryan, in July. 3 www.csulaathletics.com ASSISTANT COA C HES A former Cal State L.A. assistant coach with experience in the California Collegiate Athletic Association, Michael Jacobson returns for his second season in his second stint with the Golden Eagles. He will be the assistant coach for the men’s and women’s soccer teams. Jacobson rejoined the Golden Eagle program prior to the 2007 season. Jacobson helped the Golden Eagles reach unprecedented success last season. Cal State L.A.’s women’s team reached the NCAA Division II playoffs for the first time in the program’s history and also qualified for the CCAA Championship Tournament.