Jorge Salcedo (soccer)

Jorge Salcedo

Personal information
Date of birth	(1972-09-27) September 27, 1972
Place of birth	Cerritos, California, United States
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1990–1993	UCLA
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1995	Los Angeles Salsa
1995	Monarcas Morelia	6	(0)
1996	Los Angeles Galaxy	29	(2)
1997	Columbus Crew	28	(1)
1998	Chicago Fire	11	(0)
1998–1999	Tampa Bay Mutiny	38	(1)
1999–2000	Los Angeles Galaxy	8	(0)
2000	Orange County Zodiac	2	(0)
International career
1994–1998	United States	3	(0)
Managerial career
2001–2003	UCLA Bruins (assistant)
2004–	UCLA Bruins
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jorge Salcedo (born September 27, 1972 in Cerritos, California) is the current head coach of the UCLA Bruins men's soccer team. He is a retired American soccer defender who played professionally in Mexico and Major League Soccer. He earned three caps with the United States men's national soccer team.

Player

High school and college

Salcedo, son of Hugo Salcedo, grew up in Cerritos, California. He attended Cerritos High School where he twice earned Parade high school soccer All-America recognition. He then attended UCLA and played soccer for Bruins from 1990 to 1993. During his four seasons with the Bruins, Salcedo 74 games, scored six goals and added seven assists. In 1990, his freshman season, Salcedo scored the decisive penalty kick shootout goal to give the Bruins the NCAA Men's Soccer Championship. He was a 1993 first-team All-America and graduated with a bachelor's degree in political science.

Professional

Following his four seasons with the Bruins, Salcedo signed with the Los Angeles Salsa of the American Professional Soccer League. He then moved to Monarcas Morelia of the México Primera División for half a season in 1995. He joined Major League Soccer in 1996. In his rookie season in the league, he was a starter for the Los Angeles Galaxy and helped take his team to the MLS Cup Final. On February 1, 1997, The Galaxy traded him to the Columbus Crew for the first pick in the 1997 Supplemental Draft. On November 6, 1997, the Chicago Fire selected Salcedo with the ninth pick of the Expansion Draft. Half way through the 1998 season, on June 29, 1998, the Fire traded him to the Tampa Bay Mutiny for Josh Keller and a first-round pick in the 1999 MLS College Draft. On August 13, 1999, the Mutiny traded Salcedo to the Galaxy for Daniel Hernandez. The Galaxy released him during the season and he played two games with the Orange County Zodiac of the USL A-League.

National team

Salcedo was also a member of the US men's national soccer team, earning three caps with the full national team and captaining the U-17 team at the 1989 World Youth Championships and the U-20 team at the 1990 CONCACAF Tournament.

Coach

In 2001, Salcedo became an assistant coach with the UCLA Bruins. During his three seasons as an assistant, UCLA won the 2002 NCAA Championship and two Pac-10 championships. In 2002, he spent two short stints as acting head coach. In early 2004, UCLA hired Salcedo to replace Tom Fitzgerald as head coach. Salcedo was named the 2004 Pac-10 Co-Coach of the Year after leading UCLA to its third-straight conference title. In 2006, the Bruins went to NCAA Championship Game where they lost to UC Santa Barbara.

External links

• November 2006 Interview
• Sams-Army profile
• FIFA: Jorge Salcedo
• UCLA Bruins: Jorge Salcedo
• MLS stats