Sigi Schmid

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Sigi Schmid

Personal information
Full name	Siegfried Schmid
Date of birth	March 20, 1953 (1953-03-20) (age 56)
Place of birth	Tübingen, West Germany
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Seattle Sounders FC (head coach)
Youth career
Years	Team
1972–1975	UCLA Bruins
Teams managed
Years	Team
1977–1979	UCLA (assistant)
1980–1999	UCLA
1998–1999	United States U-20
1999–2004	Los Angeles Galaxy
2005	United States U-20
2006–2008	Columbus Crew
2009–	Seattle Sounders FC

Siegfried "Sigi" Schmid (born March 20, 1953 in Tübingen) is a German-born American soccer coach. He is currently the head coach of Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer.

Despite never having played professional soccer at any level, he is the all-time most successful coach in Major League Soccer history^[1], and was the recipient of the MLS Coach of the Year Award in 1999 and 2008.^[2]

Contents 1 Early life 2 Playing career 3 Coaching career 3.1 UCLA 3.2 Los Angeles Galaxy 3.3 US U-20 national team 3.4 Columbus Crew 3.5 Seattle Sounders FC 4 Personal life 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Early life

Schmid moved with his family from Germany to Torrance, California in 1962, when he was just 9 years old. He received a B.S. in economics from UCLA in 1976, an M.B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Southern California (USC), and is a Certified Public Accountant.

[edit] Playing career

Schmid played college soccer at UCLA from 1972 and 1975, where he was a starting midfielder in each of his four years.

[edit] Coaching career

[edit] UCLA

Schmid was an assistant coach at UCLA in 1977 and 1979, before becoming head of the program in 1980. His record over 19 seasons at UCLA was 322-63-33, winning three College Cups, in 1985, 1990, and 1997. He was named NCAA Coach of the Year in 1997. Schmid was an assistant on the US national team at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

[edit] Los Angeles Galaxy

Schmid coached the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer from 1999 to 2004, where he won MLS Supporters' Shields in 1999 and 2002, an MLS Cup in 2002, the US Open Cup in 2001 and the CONCACAF Champions Cup in 2001. He 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.

[edit] US U-20 national team

Schmid was appointed U.S. Under-20 national team coach in January 1998 and at the finals of the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship. After leaving the Galaxy, he again coached the U-20s, this time at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship.

[edit] Columbus Crew

After the 2005 MLS season, he came back to the league, in charge of the Columbus Crew. With the Columbus Crew victory on April 26, 2008, Sigi Schmid won his 100th regular-season game, the second coach in MLS history to reach that milestone.^[3] He won the MLS Supporters' Shield and the MLS Cup later that same year. The coach also took home his second MLS Coach of the Year Award in 2008^[4]. Schmid left the Columbus Crew after the 2008 at season for the head coaching position for the Seattle Sounders FC.

[edit] Seattle Sounders FC

Starting with the 2009 season, Schmid manages MLS expansion franchise Seattle Sounders FC.^[5] He won the US Open Cup in his first season, defeating D.C. United in the final. On October 24, 2009, the Sounders FC defeated FC Dallas 2-1, giving Schmid his 125th career MLS regular season win, making him the all-time winningest head coach in MLS history.^[6]In their inaugural season, he also lead the Sounders to the MLS Cup Playoffs. They were defeated in the second leg of the Western Conference Semifinal 1-0 against the Houston Dynamo in overtime, but became the first expansion team to make the playoffs in their inaugural season since the 1998 Chicago Fire, when the league was just two years old.

[edit] Personal life

Schmid and his wife, Valerie, maintain a residence in Manhattan Beach, California. He has four children: Erik, Lacey, Kurt and Kyle. Kurt completed his second season as an assistant coach at UC Irvine in 2008; Kyle completed his career at UC Irvine in 2008^[7], and has also played in the USL Premier Development League for Orange County Blue Star.

[edit] See also

• List of current MLS coaches

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Seattle Sounders Coaching Bio

Preceded by Ralph Perez (Interim)	Los Angeles Galaxy Head Coach 1999–2004	Succeeded by Steve Sampson
Preceded by Robert Warzycha (Interim)	Columbus Crew Head Coach 2006–2008	Succeeded by Robert Warzycha
Preceded by First	Seattle Sounders FC Head Coach 2009–present	Succeeded by Incumbent

v • d • e Los Angeles Galaxy – Managers Osiander (1996–97) · Zambrano (1997–99) · Perez (interim) (1999) · Schmid (1999–04) · Sampson (2004–06) · Yallop (2006–07) · Gullit (2007–08) · Jones (interim) (2008) · Arena (2008–)

v • d • e Columbus Crew – Managers Liekoski (1996) · Fitzgerald (1996–01) · Andrulis (2001–05) · Warzycha (2005) · Schmid (2006–08) Warzycha (2009-) ·

v • d • e MLS Coach of the Year 1996: Rongen | 1997: Arena | 1998: Bradley | 1999: Schmid | 2000: Gansler | 2001: Yallop | 2002: Nicol | 2003: Sarachan | 2004: Andrulis | 2005: Kinnear | 2006: Bradley | 2007: Preki | 2008: Schmid | 2009: Arena

v • d • e Seattle Sounders FC – current squad 1 Eylander · 3 Evans · 4 Ianni · 5 Wahl · 6 Alonso · 7 Riley · 8 Vagenas · 10 Ljungberg · 11 Zakuani · 12 Sturgis · 14 Marshall · 15 King · 17 Montero · 18 Keller · 19 González · 20 Scott · 21 Jaqua · 23 Nyassi · 24 Levesque · 26 Graham · 28 Boss · 34 Hurtado · Head Coach: Schmid Assistant Coach: Schmetzer Assistant Coach: Hendrickson Goalkeeper Coach: Dutra General Manager: Hanauer

Persondata
NAME	Schmid, Sigi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schmid, Siegried (real name)
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Professional soccer coach
DATE OF BIRTH	March 20, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tübingen, West Germany
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH