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Sigi Schmid

April 08, 2023

Siegfried "Sigi" Schmid (German: [ˈziːkfʀiːt ˈziːɡiː ʃmiːt]; March 20, 1953 – December 25, 2018) was a German-American soccer coach who had the most wins in the history of Major League Soccer (MLS).[1] Born in Tübingen, West Germany, he moved to the United States with his family when he was a child. He played college soccer from 1972 to 1975 at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he was a starting midfielder in each of his four years. He coached his former college team, the UCLA Bruins, between 1980 and 1999. During that period, he became one of the most successful collegiate coaches of all time, leading the Bruins to a record of 322–63–33 (wins–losses–draws). The team made 16 consecutive playoff appearances from 1983 to 1998, winning the national championship in 1985, 1990, and 1997. Schmid also worked with U.S. Soccer throughout the 1990s.

Sigi Schmid
Schmid after a Sounders match in 2010
Personal information
Full name Siegfried Schmid
Date of birth (1953-03-20)March 20, 1953
Place of birth Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
Date of death December 25, 2018(2018-12-25) (aged 65)
Place of death Los Angeles, California, United States
Position(s) Midfielder
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1975 UCLA Bruins
Managerial career
Years Team
1980–1999 UCLA Bruins
1998–1999 United States U20
1999–2004 LA Galaxy
2005 United States U20
2006–2008 Columbus Crew
2009–2016 Seattle Sounders FC
2017–2018 LA Galaxy

Schmid coached the Los Angeles Galaxy and the Columbus Crew in MLS, before becoming the head coach of Seattle Sounders in 2009. Despite never having played soccer at a professional level, he has the most coaching wins in MLS history and was the recipient of the MLS Coach of the Year Award in 1999 and 2008. Throughout his career, Schmid received praise from critics for his ability to identify new talent. His defensive tactics were also highly regarded in the press and often cited as a factor in his success. However, their deployment in his final two seasons with Los Angeles led directly to the termination of his contract.

After winning the MLS Cup with Columbus in 2008, Schmid was hired by the expansion Seattle Sounders as their first head coach. From 2009 to 2016, Schmid led the Sounders to seven playoff appearances, four Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup titles, and an MLS Supporters' Shield in 2014. After lackluster performances in the playoffs and missteps during the first half of the 2016 season, Schmid left the club on mutual terms and was replaced by Brian Schmetzer as interim head coach. Schmid joined ESPN as a studio analyst and was named the head coach of Los Angeles once again in 2017, replacing Curt Onalfo. He resigned from the position in September 2018 and was replaced by assistant coach Dominic Kinnear.

With Bachelor of Economics and Master of Business Administration degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Schmid was a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) before coaching full-time. Schmid and his wife had four children. Schmid died on December 25, 2018, weeks after being hospitalized in Los Angeles with a heart-related condition.

Early life

Sigi Schmid was born in Tübingen, West Germany, on March 20, 1953. At the age of four, he moved with his family to the United States; they took up residence in Torrance, California, in 1962.[2][3] Schmid's father, Fritz, who had been a prisoner of war during World War II, worked at Pabst Brewing; his mother, Doris, ran a Los Angeles-based German deli, where Schmid worked on weekends.[4] Schmid's family spoke German at home, making him feel German despite spending so much of his life in America.[3] He began school in the United States with little understanding of English and a stuttering speech disorder he did not overcome until high school.[5] In his youth, Schmid visited Germany every summer, playing soccer with the local children and watching Bundesliga clubs play exhibition matches in neighboring towns.[5] In 1964, Schmid played for one of the inaugural American Youth Soccer Organization teams, and was inducted into the AYSO Hall of Fame in 1996.[6]

Despite Schmid's early soccer experience, his parents thought a career in the sport was unfeasible and encouraged him to pursue business. He enrolled at UCLA in 1972 and was a starting midfielder for the UCLA Bruins from 1972 to 1975.[7] In his first two seasons, the Bruins were national runners-up in the championships,[8] and advanced to the national semifinals in 1974.[9] In his senior year, Schmid was selected to the 1975 All Far-West team.[7] Schmid completed his playing career at UCLA ranked 11th in all-time assists at the school.[10]

He received his Bachelor of Economics degree in 1976 before earning a Master of Business Administration from the University of Southern California.[5] Between 1978 and 1984, he worked eight months of the year as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).[11]

Coaching career

UCLA and U.S. Soccer

Schmid's first coaching experience was in 1975 for Bishop Montgomery High School. He also founded and coached a small club called the South Bay Vikings.[12] Between 1977 and 1979, he served as an assistant coach under Steve Gay at UCLA.[7] Schmid took over as head coach after Gay left the position in 1980.[10] He began focusing solely on coaching before the 1984 season and was named "Coach of the Year" by the magazine Soccer America.[5][7] UCLA then won the 1985 NCAA Division I championship by defeating American University 1–0 after eight periods of overtime.[13] In his first 10 years as coach, the Bruins won or tied 85 percent of their games.[14]

The Bruins won the 1990 national championship by defeating Rutgers 4–3 on penalty kicks after a scoreless regulation, two sessions of overtime, and another two periods of sudden death.[15] During the 22-game season, UCLA outscored their opponents 61–16.[16] The team continued to thrive in the following season, part of their success coming from Schmid's decision to move Cobi Jones from a midfield position to forward.[17] Jones later played for Schmid in the MLS and became a top player for the national team.[18] Schmid was named the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Coach of the Year for three years straight (1995–97),[7] and NCAA Coach of the Year in 1997 after UCLA defeated the University of Virginia to win a third NCAA championship.[19] A reporter for the Richmond Times-Dispatch wrote that after winning just two titles in 17 postseason appearances, UCLA had finally shed "its 'underachiever' label".[20] The writer also applauded Schmid's decision to move the team's leading striker into a midfield position which led to the player scoring the winning goal.[20]

Schmid spent 19 seasons as the head coach at UCLA, accumulating a record of 322–63–33 (wins–losses–draws),[11] and reaching 16 consecutive playoffs between 1983 and 1998. He earned a reputation for producing some of the nation's best goalkeepers when David Vanole, Brad Friedel, and Matt Reis came through the university.[21] By 1994, he had coached 16 players at UCLA who were later selected for the U.S. national team.[7] Schmid avoided recruiting foreign talent to bolster his squad. He relied mainly on players from California, whom he believed to be less physically aggressive but more creative and attacking.[10]

Sigi comes up to me after a game and says, "See you on the state team." But I wasn't on the state team. Next thing I knew, I got a tryout and was on the team, and it was his doing. Obviously, I owe a lot to him.

Eric Wynalda, National Soccer Hall of Fame inductee[18]

While coaching at UCLA, Schmid began to work with the U.S. national team. He was the assistant coach at the 1991 World University Games and traveled with the team to Germany in the fall of 1992. In January 1993, he was selected as an assistant to Bora Milutinović for the 1994 FIFA World Cup,[22][23] during which five of Schmid's UCLA players appeared for the national team.[9] He continued as an assistant during the 1995 Pan American Games.[22] After being appointed U.S. Under-20 national team coach in January 1998, Schmid built his squad around defensive tactics. The team achieved second place in their group during the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship, defeating England and Cameroon, but were eliminated by the eventual champions Spain in the opening knockout round.[18][24] Schmid returned to coach the U-20 national team at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship.[24] The U.S. won the group in the opening stage of the tournament without conceding a goal,[25] but lost to Italy in the first round of the knockout stage.[26] One of the forwards on the national team, Eric Wynalda, said that Schmid's organization on the field was disciplined. Wynalda commented that Schmid had a "great handle on the defensive side of the game" while he also admired that the strikers were allowed to be creative.[18] Schmid was inducted into the UCLA Hall of Fame in 2004 after working with UCLA, the national team, and the Los Angeles Galaxy.[27]

LA Galaxy

Schmid left UCLA to replace Octavio Zambrano as head coach of the Los Angeles Galaxy five games into the 1999 MLS season.[28] At the time, the team was ranked fifth in the Western Conference with a tally of only three goals.[28] Under Schmid in the remainder of the season, the team had a record of 17–9, finished with the second-best record in the league and won their conference, earning him the MLS Coach of the Year Award.[29] The team's captain, Robin Fraser, gave credit to Schmid's emphasis on defense after being named the MLS defender of the year.[30] Los Angeles lost 2–0 to D.C. United in that year's MLS Cup.[31] Schmid made critical comments of the referees after the match; he received a $1,000 fine and suspension for the first game of the following season.[32]

In 2000, Schmid guided Los Angeles to the playoffs but lost in the semifinals to the Kansas City Wizards. The team also played in that year's CONCACAF Champions' Cup, a competition consisting of the best clubs from North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. The Galaxy defeated the Honduran champion Olimpia 3–2 to win the Cup.[33][34] Schmid was forced to play an atypical squad since the final was held during the MLS off-season while adjustments to the following season's lineup were being made.[35]

His successful team of 2001 enjoyed attacking play.[36] The squad included experienced players such as Cobi Jones, Sasha Victorine, Luis Hernández, Simon Elliott, and Mauricio Cienfuegos. The Galaxy won the conference by two points and finished fourth overall with a 14–7–5 record.[37] The team went on to lose to the San Jose Earthquakes in the MLS Cup,[38] but won the U.S. Open Cup a week later with a 2–1 overtime victory against the New England Revolution.[39]

From the moment you are signed with Los Angeles you come in to an environment that not only encourages but demands 100 percent effort.

Alexi Lalas, American former soccer player[18]

Success followed in 2002 when the Galaxy won the Supporters' Shield for having the best regular season record in the league. Schmid was lauded for his defensive tactics after adjusting the team's standard formation to a 3–5–2 early in the season.[40] The shift allowed Alexi Lalas to play as a sweeper without specific marking responsibilities in the three-man defensive line.[18][41] Schmid also brought Guatemalan forward Carlos Ruiz to the team; Ruiz won league Most Valuable Player (MVP) award that year.[42] Amidst criticism for failing to win in previous years, the franchise won its first MLS Cup with a 1–0 overtime victory against New England.[43][44] The team again reached the Open Cup final but lost to the Columbus Crew.[45]

Victory in the MLS Cup earned the team another berth in the 2003 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.[46] Los Angeles advanced past Motagua in the first round but fell against Necaxa in the quarterfinals.[47] In MLS, the club had its first losing season with a 9–12–9 record and no victories on the road.[48] The Galaxy failed to score goals consistently during the year, managing only a fourth-place finish in the five-team Western Conference. In the first round of the playoffs, Los Angeles defeated San Jose 2–0 in the first leg, but during the second leg, conceded five goals in the second half of the match and were eliminated. Schmid was criticized by fans and the press speculated he would not return in 2004.[42][49] A local writer put some of the blame on a switch to defensive style of play while some players questioned his tactics.[48] After it was announced that he would remain in his role next season, Schmid expected a year of rebuilding the team.[50] The following year, he was picked to coach the Western Conference in the All-Star game. Midway through the season, with the Galaxy in first place, Schmid was fired after a five-game stretch without any wins, in which the team scored only three goals.[51] General manager Doug Hamilton said that the team had a mission "to compete for and win championships", and that "a more entertaining and attractive product on the field." was needed.[52] Schmid left with an overall record of 79–53–32 with a 16–7–3 mark in the playoffs.

Reflecting on his demeanor in Los Angeles, Lalas said Schmid had "epic explosions".[53] One reporter called him "combustible",[54] while another referred to him as "fiery".[53] Lalas also commented that playing for Schmid in Los Angeles required professionalism on and off the field.[18]

Columbus Crew

 
Schmid in 2008

Schmid returned to the league as coach of the Columbus Crew in 2006, rated by the team's general manager Mark McCullers as "the best coach in America".[55] The team contained young talent but lacked depth and had no star players.[56] In August, after a streak of 13 winless matches, Schmid considered resigning.[57] The team suffered from injuries and inconsistent lineups throughout the season, finishing last in the Eastern Conference with just 30 goals, the lowest in the league.[58][59]

By the start of 2007, Schmid had rebuilt the roster, keeping only three players he had inherited and acquiring Argentine attacker Guillermo Barros Schelotto.[53] Schmid cut the Crew's goalkeeper, Jon Busch, who had been with the team for five years. Schmid had concerns over Busch's playing style and fitness. Busch later criticized Schmid's management skills, and said he would never work for the coach again, but gave credit to Schmid's tactical approach.[60] Scheletto's contributions were crucial to Columbus's improvement that season, but the team failed to make the playoffs.[55] A writer for ESPN speculated that the Crew suffered because the team management would not spend more money, while Schmid lamented that he could not attract a foreign star to the little-known city of Columbus.[56][61]

The Crew's performance improved remarkably in the 2008 season. Schmid adjusted their offensive tactics to be based on ball possession and flank speed. He made Schelotto a central part of the plan in a roaming playmaker position, a role in which Schelotto excelled and the Argentinian was named the league's MVP.[62] With a 1–0 victory over the Houston Dynamo at Crew Stadium on April 26, Schmid became the second MLS coach to win 100 regular-season games.[63] The Crew went on to win the Supporters' Shield with the best record in the league. In the playoffs, Columbus defeated the New York Red Bulls 3–1 at Schmid's former home stadium, Los Angeles's Home Depot Center, to win the MLS Cup.[64] Schmid received the Coach of the Year Award for the second time.[65] Part of the success was attributed to Schmid's restructuring of the squad in 2006 and 2007.[62]

Schmid declined a contract offer from Columbus after the 2008 season and became coach of Seattle Sounders. The Crew's ownership believed that Schmid had been in contact with Sounders despite being denied permission to talk to other teams during the season. It was also alleged that he shared confidential information with Seattle after his contract with the Crew had ended.[66] The MLS ruled that no tampering had occurred, but ordered Sounders FC to financially compensate the Crew.[67]

Seattle Sounders FC

Schmid was named the first coach of the new expansion franchise, Seattle Sounders FC.[68] In their 2009 inaugural season, Seattle defeated D.C. United to win the U.S. Open Cup.[69] On October 24, 2009, Seattle defeated FC Dallas 2–1, giving Schmid his 125th career MLS regular season win; this win moved Schmid past Bob Bradley for the most wins in MLS history.[70] He led Seattle to the playoffs where, in the first round, the Dynamo defeated the team 1–0 in overtime of the second leg. Seattle was the first expansion team to make the playoffs in an inaugural season since the 1998 Chicago Fire, when the league was just two years old.[69]

 
Schmid and a member of his staff before a 2010 U.S. Open Cup match

The team began the 2010 MLS season slowly with injuries to key players that impacted Schmid's starting lineups. The team had a record of 4–8–3 over the first 15 games.[71] The Sounders also advanced through the preliminary round of the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League but failed to get past the group stage.[72] The 2010 U.S. Open Cup campaign culminated in Schmid winning his third championship with a 2–1 victory over the Crew at Seattle's Qwest Field. No MLS team had previously won back-to-back Open Cups.[73] The Sounders rebounded in the second half of the regular season with a 10–2–3 record to qualify for the playoffs. The team faced Bruce Arena's Galaxy in the two-legged quarter-final. Both coaches are considered to be among the best in the MLS, and it was the first meeting between the two in the playoffs. The Sounders lost by a 3–1 aggregate and Arena moved within one game of Schmid's MLS postseason record of 19 wins.[74][75]

In 2011, Schmid's Sounders FC had many setbacks and a slow start to the season (the club won just 3 of its first 10 matches). Schmid signed a long-term contract extension on July 14, 2011, which could keep him with the club through the 2015 MLS season.[76] The extension is dependent on some club options and performance triggers. Although some fans had become frustrated with what they saw as tactical inflexibility and mismanagement of players, general manager Adrian Hanauer praised Schmid's professionalism and success.[77][78] The Sounders went on to finish the regular season with the second-best record in the league at 18 wins, 7 losses, 9 draws, and qualified for the playoffs for a third consecutive year.[79] Schmid again led his club to the final of the U.S. Open Cup tournament. They defeated the Chicago Fire 2–0 to become the first team since 1968 to win the tournament three times consecutively.[80] Seattle also advanced to the knock-out stages of the CONCACAF Champions League.[81] However, in the MLS playoffs, Sounders FC was again eliminated from the MLS Cup playoffs in the conference semifinal round by Real Salt Lake.[82]

 
Schmid in 2011

In 2012, Seattle lost in the 2-legged 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League quarter finals by an aggregate score of 7–3 to Santos Laguna. The Sounders advanced to the finals of the Open Cup where they were defeated by Sporting Kansas City after penalty kicks. Schmid was furious over what he saw as a controversial call that handed Kansas City the victory. The team finished the regular season with a 15–8–11 record to make the playoffs where they advanced past Real Salt Lake to reach the conference championship series against the Galaxy. The team played defensive and suffered a 3–0 blowout in the first leg. They won on the return leg but lost on aggregate.

The Sounders began the 2013 regular season without a win until their sixth match. After advancing through the early stages of the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League the year prior, Seattle lost in the semifinals to Santos Laguna. The team was knocked out of the 2013 Open Cup in their first match against the lower division Tampa Bay Rowdies. Seattle would rally during the middle of the season to put the Supporter's Shield and the regional Cascadia Cup in reach. However, the team ended the season on a skid of seven matches without a win that included substantial losses to both Colorado and rival Vancouver. The Sounders beat Colorado in the knockout round of the 2013 MLS Cup Playoffs before losing two matches against arch-rival Portland. At the end of the season, a poll in The Seattle Times showed that many fans wanted to see Schmid fired. Pundits speculated on the possibility of his termination based on what they saw as poor tactics, a history of mismanaging skilled players, and a fan base that had higher expectations.[83] Owner Joe Roth held a post-season meeting with Hanauer and Schmid. Roth later said that the possibility of Schmid losing his job was "close", but instead opted for personnel changes to the squad.[84]

Consequently, Schmid met with a core group of players represented by Osvaldo Alonso, Clint Dempsey, and Brad Evans. The group agreed on changes to the team. Starting striker Eddie Johnson was later traded while a new central defender, winger, midfielder, goalkeeper, and depth at the forward position were brought in. The team played 2014 with Dempsey and Obafemi Martins playing more through the middle as the Sounders won the US Open Cup and the Supporters Shield.[84]

He spent part of the 2015–16 offseason with AS Roma to study their training methods.[85] During the first half of the 2016 season, the Sounders failed to meet expectations, placing near the bottom of the league with 6 wins, 12 losses, and 2 draws. After a 3–0 loss on July 24 to Sporting Kansas City, in which the Sounders had only one shot,[86] Schmid left the club on mutual terms and was replaced by assistant coach Brian Schmetzer.[87]

After leaving the Sounders, Schmid joined ESPN as a studio analyst.[88]

Return to LA Galaxy

On July 27, 2017, the LA Galaxy named Schmid as their new coach, replacing Curt Onalfo—the assistant coach and successor to Bruce Arena, who had departed the Galaxy in November 2016 to take over the United States men's national team.[89] Under Onalfo, the Galaxy had lost half of their 20 matches and were on a five-match losing streak in mid-July, missing several key players to injuries.[89][90] Schmid's first match for the Galaxy in 2017 ended in a scoreless draw against the Seattle Sounders, but the team would only win two matches before ending the season in last place—missing the playoffs for the first time since 2008 and the fourth time in their history.[91][92]

Schmid was given greater powers related to player personnel decisions by the Galaxy, similar to that of Arena's tenure and replacing roles served by general manager Pete Vagenas, and looked to enter the 2018 season with a "winning" roster.[93] During the offseason, the Galaxy overhauled its roster and declined to re-sign several starting players, including captain Jermaine Jones and homegrown player Gyasi Zardes. Schmid replaced the core team with free agents and trades from other MLS teams, including Perry Kitchen, Chris Pontius, Ola Kamara, and David Bingham.[94][95] The Galaxy also signed star striker Zlatan Ibrahimović, who Schmid hoped would be a "positive impact" on the team.[96]

The Galaxy started the season with injuries to key players and some of its new arrivals.[97] The team scored an early victory against new rival Los Angeles FC in the inaugural match of "El Tráfico", with Ibrahimović debuting as a substitute and leading the team to a 4–3 win.[98] The Galaxy then slipped and lost four matches in a row, several by a single goal, but recovered and embarked on a nine-match unbeaten streak that lasted until August.[99][100] The Galaxy then failed to win its next five matches under Schmid and slipped to eighth place in the Western Conference, conceding 11 goals in two away matches to Seattle and Salt Lake.[101] Schmid resigned from the Galaxy on September 10, 2018, and was replaced by assistant coach Dominic Kinnear.[92] Kinnear replaced Schmid's 3–5–2 formation with a conventional 4–4–2 lineup and returned the team to playoff contention, but ultimately failed to clinch a playoff berth.[102]

Personal life

Schmid lived in Bellevue, Washington, during the soccer season.[5] He was married to Valerie Schmid and had four children: Erik, Lacey, Kurt, and Kyle.[103] Kurt has been the head scout for Sounders FC[104] and was also the Director of Player Personnel and Scouting for the L.A. Galaxy.[105] Kyle played as a defender at UC Irvine and was in the USL Premier Development League with Orange County Blue Star.[11] Kyle is now head coach at Loyola Marymount University.[106] Sigi rarely missed game days in MLS, but took time off for Lacey and Kurt's weddings and Kurt's college graduation.[107] Schmid's younger brother, Roland, lived in Sammamish, Washington, and having family in the area was one of the factors which persuaded Schmid to accept the Seattle job.[108][109] After leaving the Galaxy in September 2018, Schmid stated that he planned to join another MLS club's front office or write a book.[110]

Schmid was hospitalized several times during his later career, including once for a bout of pneumonia in 2009 and again for an undisclosed issue in 2015 that required him to miss a regular season match with the Sounders.[111][112]

Illness and death

Schmid had weight and heart issues that later factored into his decision to retire from the LA Galaxy in 2018. He was hospitalized on December 10, 2018, in Los Angeles and placed in intensive care at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center while awaiting a heart transplant.[113] Schmid died on December 25, 2018, at the age of 65.[110][114] A memorial service was held in Manhattan Beach, California, on January 18, 2019.[115]

Legacy

Schmid has been described as one of the two "godfathers" of American soccer, alongside long-time rival Bruce Arena, with connections to the coaching and technical staffs across MLS.[116] In the days after his death, Schmid's contributions to the game and his treatment of players and coaches under his wing were highlighted in eulogies and memorials.[117][118][119] On January 11, 2019, MLS announced that it would rename its Coach of the Year Award to the Sigi Schmid Coach of the Year Award in honor of Schmid's contributions to the league.[120]

Coaching statistics

As of match played September 1, 2018[121]
Coaching record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L Win %
LA Galaxy   April 22, 1999 August 16, 2004 218 110 44 64 050.46 [122]
Columbus Crew   October 20, 2005 December 16, 2008 101 39 26 36 038.61 [123]
Seattle Sounders FC   December 16, 2008 July 26, 2016 331 158 69 104 047.73 [124]
LA Galaxy   July 27, 2017 September 10, 2018 44 13 12 19 029.55 [125]
Total 694 320 151 223 046.11 —

Honors

Coach

College

Professional

Individual

See also

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sigi, schmid, siegfried, sigi, schmid, german, ˈziːkfʀiːt, ˈziːɡiː, ʃmiːt, march, 1953, december, 2018, german, american, soccer, coach, most, wins, history, major, league, soccer, born, tübingen, west, germany, moved, united, states, with, family, when, child. Siegfried Sigi Schmid German ˈziːkfʀiːt ˈziːɡiː ʃmiːt March 20 1953 December 25 2018 was a German American soccer coach who had the most wins in the history of Major League Soccer MLS 1 Born in Tubingen West Germany he moved to the United States with his family when he was a child He played college soccer from 1972 to 1975 at the University of California Los Angeles UCLA where he was a starting midfielder in each of his four years He coached his former college team the UCLA Bruins between 1980 and 1999 During that period he became one of the most successful collegiate coaches of all time leading the Bruins to a record of 322 63 33 wins losses draws The team made 16 consecutive playoff appearances from 1983 to 1998 winning the national championship in 1985 1990 and 1997 Schmid also worked with U S Soccer throughout the 1990s Sigi SchmidSchmid after a Sounders match in 2010Personal informationFull nameSiegfried SchmidDate of birth 1953 03 20 March 20 1953Place of birthTubingen Baden Wurttemberg West GermanyDate of deathDecember 25 2018 2018 12 25 aged 65 Place of deathLos Angeles California United StatesPosition s MidfielderCollege careerYearsTeamApps Gls 1972 1975UCLA BruinsManagerial careerYearsTeam1980 1999UCLA Bruins1998 1999United States U201999 2004LA Galaxy2005United States U202006 2008Columbus Crew2009 2016Seattle Sounders FC2017 2018LA GalaxySchmid coached the Los Angeles Galaxy and the Columbus Crew in MLS before becoming the head coach of Seattle Sounders in 2009 Despite never having played soccer at a professional level he has the most coaching wins in MLS history and was the recipient of the MLS Coach of the Year Award in 1999 and 2008 Throughout his career Schmid received praise from critics for his ability to identify new talent His defensive tactics were also highly regarded in the press and often cited as a factor in his success However their deployment in his final two seasons with Los Angeles led directly to the termination of his contract After winning the MLS Cup with Columbus in 2008 Schmid was hired by the expansion Seattle Sounders as their first head coach From 2009 to 2016 Schmid led the Sounders to seven playoff appearances four Lamar Hunt U S Open Cup titles and an MLS Supporters Shield in 2014 After lackluster performances in the playoffs and missteps during the first half of the 2016 season Schmid left the club on mutual terms and was replaced by Brian Schmetzer as interim head coach Schmid joined ESPN as a studio analyst and was named the head coach of Los Angeles once again in 2017 replacing Curt Onalfo He resigned from the position in September 2018 and was replaced by assistant coach Dominic Kinnear With Bachelor of Economics and Master of Business Administration degrees from the University of California Los Angeles UCLA Schmid was a Certified Public Accountant CPA before coaching full time Schmid and his wife had four children Schmid died on December 25 2018 weeks after being hospitalized in Los Angeles with a heart related condition Contents 1 Early life 2 Coaching career 2 1 UCLA and U S Soccer 2 2 LA Galaxy 2 3 Columbus Crew 2 4 Seattle Sounders FC 2 5 Return to LA Galaxy 3 Personal life 4 Illness and death 5 Legacy 6 Coaching statistics 7 Honors 7 1 Coach 7 2 Individual 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksEarly life EditSigi Schmid was born in Tubingen West Germany on March 20 1953 At the age of four he moved with his family to the United States they took up residence in Torrance California in 1962 2 3 Schmid s father Fritz who had been a prisoner of war during World War II worked at Pabst Brewing his mother Doris ran a Los Angeles based German deli where Schmid worked on weekends 4 Schmid s family spoke German at home making him feel German despite spending so much of his life in America 3 He began school in the United States with little understanding of English and a stuttering speech disorder he did not overcome until high school 5 In his youth Schmid visited Germany every summer playing soccer with the local children and watching Bundesliga clubs play exhibition matches in neighboring towns 5 In 1964 Schmid played for one of the inaugural American Youth Soccer Organization teams and was inducted into the AYSO Hall of Fame in 1996 6 Despite Schmid s early soccer experience his parents thought a career in the sport was unfeasible and encouraged him to pursue business He enrolled at UCLA in 1972 and was a starting midfielder for the UCLA Bruins from 1972 to 1975 7 In his first two seasons the Bruins were national runners up in the championships 8 and advanced to the national semifinals in 1974 9 In his senior year Schmid was selected to the 1975 All Far West team 7 Schmid completed his playing career at UCLA ranked 11th in all time assists at the school 10 He received his Bachelor of Economics degree in 1976 before earning a Master of Business Administration from the University of Southern California 5 Between 1978 and 1984 he worked eight months of the year as a Certified Public Accountant CPA 11 Coaching career EditUCLA and U S Soccer Edit Schmid s first coaching experience was in 1975 for Bishop Montgomery High School He also founded and coached a small club called the South Bay Vikings 12 Between 1977 and 1979 he served as an assistant coach under Steve Gay at UCLA 7 Schmid took over as head coach after Gay left the position in 1980 10 He began focusing solely on coaching before the 1984 season and was named Coach of the Year by the magazine Soccer America 5 7 UCLA then won the 1985 NCAA Division I championship by defeating American University 1 0 after eight periods of overtime 13 In his first 10 years as coach the Bruins won or tied 85 percent of their games 14 The Bruins won the 1990 national championship by defeating Rutgers 4 3 on penalty kicks after a scoreless regulation two sessions of overtime and another two periods of sudden death 15 During the 22 game season UCLA outscored their opponents 61 16 16 The team continued to thrive in the following season part of their success coming from Schmid s decision to move Cobi Jones from a midfield position to forward 17 Jones later played for Schmid in the MLS and became a top player for the national team 18 Schmid was named the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Coach of the Year for three years straight 1995 97 7 and NCAA Coach of the Year in 1997 after UCLA defeated the University of Virginia to win a third NCAA championship 19 A reporter for the Richmond Times Dispatch wrote that after winning just two titles in 17 postseason appearances UCLA had finally shed its underachiever label 20 The writer also applauded Schmid s decision to move the team s leading striker into a midfield position which led to the player scoring the winning goal 20 Schmid spent 19 seasons as the head coach at UCLA accumulating a record of 322 63 33 wins losses draws 11 and reaching 16 consecutive playoffs between 1983 and 1998 He earned a reputation for producing some of the nation s best goalkeepers when David Vanole Brad Friedel and Matt Reis came through the university 21 By 1994 he had coached 16 players at UCLA who were later selected for the U S national team 7 Schmid avoided recruiting foreign talent to bolster his squad He relied mainly on players from California whom he believed to be less physically aggressive but more creative and attacking 10 Sigi comes up to me after a game and says See you on the state team But I wasn t on the state team Next thing I knew I got a tryout and was on the team and it was his doing Obviously I owe a lot to him Eric Wynalda National Soccer Hall of Fame inductee 18 While coaching at UCLA Schmid began to work with the U S national team He was the assistant coach at the 1991 World University Games and traveled with the team to Germany in the fall of 1992 In January 1993 he was selected as an assistant to Bora Milutinovic for the 1994 FIFA World Cup 22 23 during which five of Schmid s UCLA players appeared for the national team 9 He continued as an assistant during the 1995 Pan American Games 22 After being appointed U S Under 20 national team coach in January 1998 Schmid built his squad around defensive tactics The team achieved second place in their group during the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship defeating England and Cameroon but were eliminated by the eventual champions Spain in the opening knockout round 18 24 Schmid returned to coach the U 20 national team at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship 24 The U S won the group in the opening stage of the tournament without conceding a goal 25 but lost to Italy in the first round of the knockout stage 26 One of the forwards on the national team Eric Wynalda said that Schmid s organization on the field was disciplined Wynalda commented that Schmid had a great handle on the defensive side of the game while he also admired that the strikers were allowed to be creative 18 Schmid was inducted into the UCLA Hall of Fame in 2004 after working with UCLA the national team and the Los Angeles Galaxy 27 LA Galaxy Edit Schmid left UCLA to replace Octavio Zambrano as head coach of the Los Angeles Galaxy five games into the 1999 MLS season 28 At the time the team was ranked fifth in the Western Conference with a tally of only three goals 28 Under Schmid in the remainder of the season the team had a record of 17 9 finished with the second best record in the league and won their conference earning him the MLS Coach of the Year Award 29 The team s captain Robin Fraser gave credit to Schmid s emphasis on defense after being named the MLS defender of the year 30 Los Angeles lost 2 0 to D C United in that year s MLS Cup 31 Schmid made critical comments of the referees after the match he received a 1 000 fine and suspension for the first game of the following season 32 In 2000 Schmid guided Los Angeles to the playoffs but lost in the semifinals to the Kansas City Wizards The team also played in that year s CONCACAF Champions Cup a competition consisting of the best clubs from North America Central America and the Caribbean The Galaxy defeated the Honduran champion Olimpia 3 2 to win the Cup 33 34 Schmid was forced to play an atypical squad since the final was held during the MLS off season while adjustments to the following season s lineup were being made 35 His successful team of 2001 enjoyed attacking play 36 The squad included experienced players such as Cobi Jones Sasha Victorine Luis Hernandez Simon Elliott and Mauricio Cienfuegos The Galaxy won the conference by two points and finished fourth overall with a 14 7 5 record 37 The team went on to lose to the San Jose Earthquakes in the MLS Cup 38 but won the U S Open Cup a week later with a 2 1 overtime victory against the New England Revolution 39 From the moment you are signed with Los Angeles you come in to an environment that not only encourages but demands 100 percent effort Alexi Lalas American former soccer player 18 Success followed in 2002 when the Galaxy won the Supporters Shield for having the best regular season record in the league Schmid was lauded for his defensive tactics after adjusting the team s standard formation to a 3 5 2 early in the season 40 The shift allowed Alexi Lalas to play as a sweeper without specific marking responsibilities in the three man defensive line 18 41 Schmid also brought Guatemalan forward Carlos Ruiz to the team Ruiz won league Most Valuable Player MVP award that year 42 Amidst criticism for failing to win in previous years the franchise won its first MLS Cup with a 1 0 overtime victory against New England 43 44 The team again reached the Open Cup final but lost to the Columbus Crew 45 Victory in the MLS Cup earned the team another berth in the 2003 CONCACAF Champions Cup 46 Los Angeles advanced past Motagua in the first round but fell against Necaxa in the quarterfinals 47 In MLS the club had its first losing season with a 9 12 9 record and no victories on the road 48 The Galaxy failed to score goals consistently during the year managing only a fourth place finish in the five team Western Conference In the first round of the playoffs Los Angeles defeated San Jose 2 0 in the first leg but during the second leg conceded five goals in the second half of the match and were eliminated Schmid was criticized by fans and the press speculated he would not return in 2004 42 49 A local writer put some of the blame on a switch to defensive style of play while some players questioned his tactics 48 After it was announced that he would remain in his role next season Schmid expected a year of rebuilding the team 50 The following year he was picked to coach the Western Conference in the All Star game Midway through the season with the Galaxy in first place Schmid was fired after a five game stretch without any wins in which the team scored only three goals 51 General manager Doug Hamilton said that the team had a mission to compete for and win championships and that a more entertaining and attractive product on the field was needed 52 Schmid left with an overall record of 79 53 32 with a 16 7 3 mark in the playoffs Reflecting on his demeanor in Los Angeles Lalas said Schmid had epic explosions 53 One reporter called him combustible 54 while another referred to him as fiery 53 Lalas also commented that playing for Schmid in Los Angeles required professionalism on and off the field 18 Columbus Crew Edit Schmid in 2008 Schmid returned to the league as coach of the Columbus Crew in 2006 rated by the team s general manager Mark McCullers as the best coach in America 55 The team contained young talent but lacked depth and had no star players 56 In August after a streak of 13 winless matches Schmid considered resigning 57 The team suffered from injuries and inconsistent lineups throughout the season finishing last in the Eastern Conference with just 30 goals the lowest in the league 58 59 By the start of 2007 Schmid had rebuilt the roster keeping only three players he had inherited and acquiring Argentine attacker Guillermo Barros Schelotto 53 Schmid cut the Crew s goalkeeper Jon Busch who had been with the team for five years Schmid had concerns over Busch s playing style and fitness Busch later criticized Schmid s management skills and said he would never work for the coach again but gave credit to Schmid s tactical approach 60 Scheletto s contributions were crucial to Columbus s improvement that season but the team failed to make the playoffs 55 A writer for ESPN speculated that the Crew suffered because the team management would not spend more money while Schmid lamented that he could not attract a foreign star to the little known city of Columbus 56 61 The Crew s performance improved remarkably in the 2008 season Schmid adjusted their offensive tactics to be based on ball possession and flank speed He made Schelotto a central part of the plan in a roaming playmaker position a role in which Schelotto excelled and the Argentinian was named the league s MVP 62 With a 1 0 victory over the Houston Dynamo at Crew Stadium on April 26 Schmid became the second MLS coach to win 100 regular season games 63 The Crew went on to win the Supporters Shield with the best record in the league In the playoffs Columbus defeated the New York Red Bulls 3 1 at Schmid s former home stadium Los Angeles s Home Depot Center to win the MLS Cup 64 Schmid received the Coach of the Year Award for the second time 65 Part of the success was attributed to Schmid s restructuring of the squad in 2006 and 2007 62 Schmid declined a contract offer from Columbus after the 2008 season and became coach of Seattle Sounders The Crew s ownership believed that Schmid had been in contact with Sounders despite being denied permission to talk to other teams during the season It was also alleged that he shared confidential information with Seattle after his contract with the Crew had ended 66 The MLS ruled that no tampering had occurred but ordered Sounders FC to financially compensate the Crew 67 Seattle Sounders FC Edit Schmid was named the first coach of the new expansion franchise Seattle Sounders FC 68 In their 2009 inaugural season Seattle defeated D C United to win the U S Open Cup 69 On October 24 2009 Seattle defeated FC Dallas 2 1 giving Schmid his 125th career MLS regular season win this win moved Schmid past Bob Bradley for the most wins in MLS history 70 He led Seattle to the playoffs where in the first round the Dynamo defeated the team 1 0 in overtime of the second leg Seattle was the first expansion team to make the playoffs in an inaugural season since the 1998 Chicago Fire when the league was just two years old 69 Schmid and a member of his staff before a 2010 U S Open Cup match The team began the 2010 MLS season slowly with injuries to key players that impacted Schmid s starting lineups The team had a record of 4 8 3 over the first 15 games 71 The Sounders also advanced through the preliminary round of the 2010 11 CONCACAF Champions League but failed to get past the group stage 72 The 2010 U S Open Cup campaign culminated in Schmid winning his third championship with a 2 1 victory over the Crew at Seattle s Qwest Field No MLS team had previously won back to back Open Cups 73 The Sounders rebounded in the second half of the regular season with a 10 2 3 record to qualify for the playoffs The team faced Bruce Arena s Galaxy in the two legged quarter final Both coaches are considered to be among the best in the MLS and it was the first meeting between the two in the playoffs The Sounders lost by a 3 1 aggregate and Arena moved within one game of Schmid s MLS postseason record of 19 wins 74 75 In 2011 Schmid s Sounders FC had many setbacks and a slow start to the season the club won just 3 of its first 10 matches Schmid signed a long term contract extension on July 14 2011 which could keep him with the club through the 2015 MLS season 76 The extension is dependent on some club options and performance triggers Although some fans had become frustrated with what they saw as tactical inflexibility and mismanagement of players general manager Adrian Hanauer praised Schmid s professionalism and success 77 78 The Sounders went on to finish the regular season with the second best record in the league at 18 wins 7 losses 9 draws and qualified for the playoffs for a third consecutive year 79 Schmid again led his club to the final of the U S Open Cup tournament They defeated the Chicago Fire 2 0 to become the first team since 1968 to win the tournament three times consecutively 80 Seattle also advanced to the knock out stages of the CONCACAF Champions League 81 However in the MLS playoffs Sounders FC was again eliminated from the MLS Cup playoffs in the conference semifinal round by Real Salt Lake 82 Schmid in 2011 In 2012 Seattle lost in the 2 legged 2011 12 CONCACAF Champions League quarter finals by an aggregate score of 7 3 to Santos Laguna The Sounders advanced to the finals of the Open Cup where they were defeated by Sporting Kansas City after penalty kicks Schmid was furious over what he saw as a controversial call that handed Kansas City the victory The team finished the regular season with a 15 8 11 record to make the playoffs where they advanced past Real Salt Lake to reach the conference championship series against the Galaxy The team played defensive and suffered a 3 0 blowout in the first leg They won on the return leg but lost on aggregate The Sounders began the 2013 regular season without a win until their sixth match After advancing through the early stages of the 2012 13 CONCACAF Champions League the year prior Seattle lost in the semifinals to Santos Laguna The team was knocked out of the 2013 Open Cup in their first match against the lower division Tampa Bay Rowdies Seattle would rally during the middle of the season to put the Supporter s Shield and the regional Cascadia Cup in reach However the team ended the season on a skid of seven matches without a win that included substantial losses to both Colorado and rival Vancouver The Sounders beat Colorado in the knockout round of the 2013 MLS Cup Playoffs before losing two matches against arch rival Portland At the end of the season a poll in The Seattle Times showed that many fans wanted to see Schmid fired Pundits speculated on the possibility of his termination based on what they saw as poor tactics a history of mismanaging skilled players and a fan base that had higher expectations 83 Owner Joe Roth held a post season meeting with Hanauer and Schmid Roth later said that the possibility of Schmid losing his job was close but instead opted for personnel changes to the squad 84 Consequently Schmid met with a core group of players represented by Osvaldo Alonso Clint Dempsey and Brad Evans The group agreed on changes to the team Starting striker Eddie Johnson was later traded while a new central defender winger midfielder goalkeeper and depth at the forward position were brought in The team played 2014 with Dempsey and Obafemi Martins playing more through the middle as the Sounders won the US Open Cup and the Supporters Shield 84 He spent part of the 2015 16 offseason with AS Roma to study their training methods 85 During the first half of the 2016 season the Sounders failed to meet expectations placing near the bottom of the league with 6 wins 12 losses and 2 draws After a 3 0 loss on July 24 to Sporting Kansas City in which the Sounders had only one shot 86 Schmid left the club on mutual terms and was replaced by assistant coach Brian Schmetzer 87 After leaving the Sounders Schmid joined ESPN as a studio analyst 88 Return to LA Galaxy Edit On July 27 2017 the LA Galaxy named Schmid as their new coach replacing Curt Onalfo the assistant coach and successor to Bruce Arena who had departed the Galaxy in November 2016 to take over the United States men s national team 89 Under Onalfo the Galaxy had lost half of their 20 matches and were on a five match losing streak in mid July missing several key players to injuries 89 90 Schmid s first match for the Galaxy in 2017 ended in a scoreless draw against the Seattle Sounders but the team would only win two matches before ending the season in last place missing the playoffs for the first time since 2008 and the fourth time in their history 91 92 Schmid was given greater powers related to player personnel decisions by the Galaxy similar to that of Arena s tenure and replacing roles served by general manager Pete Vagenas and looked to enter the 2018 season with a winning roster 93 During the offseason the Galaxy overhauled its roster and declined to re sign several starting players including captain Jermaine Jones and homegrown player Gyasi Zardes Schmid replaced the core team with free agents and trades from other MLS teams including Perry Kitchen Chris Pontius Ola Kamara and David Bingham 94 95 The Galaxy also signed star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic who Schmid hoped would be a positive impact on the team 96 The Galaxy started the season with injuries to key players and some of its new arrivals 97 The team scored an early victory against new rival Los Angeles FC in the inaugural match of El Trafico with Ibrahimovic debuting as a substitute and leading the team to a 4 3 win 98 The Galaxy then slipped and lost four matches in a row several by a single goal but recovered and embarked on a nine match unbeaten streak that lasted until August 99 100 The Galaxy then failed to win its next five matches under Schmid and slipped to eighth place in the Western Conference conceding 11 goals in two away matches to Seattle and Salt Lake 101 Schmid resigned from the Galaxy on September 10 2018 and was replaced by assistant coach Dominic Kinnear 92 Kinnear replaced Schmid s 3 5 2 formation with a conventional 4 4 2 lineup and returned the team to playoff contention but ultimately failed to clinch a playoff berth 102 Personal life EditSchmid lived in Bellevue Washington during the soccer season 5 He was married to Valerie Schmid and had four children Erik Lacey Kurt and Kyle 103 Kurt has been the head scout for Sounders FC 104 and was also the Director of Player Personnel and Scouting for the L A Galaxy 105 Kyle played as a defender at UC Irvine and was in the USL Premier Development League with Orange County Blue Star 11 Kyle is now head coach at Loyola Marymount University 106 Sigi rarely missed game days in MLS but took time off for Lacey and Kurt s weddings and Kurt s college graduation 107 Schmid s younger brother Roland lived in Sammamish Washington and having family in the area was one of the factors which persuaded Schmid to accept the Seattle job 108 109 After leaving the Galaxy in September 2018 Schmid stated that he planned to join another MLS club s front office or write a book 110 Schmid was hospitalized several times during his later career including once for a bout of pneumonia in 2009 and again for an undisclosed issue in 2015 that required him to miss a regular season match with the Sounders 111 112 Illness and death EditSchmid had weight and heart issues that later factored into his decision to retire from the LA Galaxy in 2018 He was hospitalized on December 10 2018 in Los Angeles and placed in intensive care at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center while awaiting a heart transplant 113 Schmid died on December 25 2018 at the age of 65 110 114 A memorial service was held in Manhattan Beach California on January 18 2019 115 Legacy EditSchmid has been described as one of the two godfathers of American soccer alongside long time rival Bruce Arena with connections to the coaching and technical staffs across MLS 116 In the days after his death Schmid s contributions to the game and his treatment of players and coaches under his wing were highlighted in eulogies and memorials 117 118 119 On January 11 2019 MLS announced that it would rename its Coach of the Year Award to the Sigi Schmid Coach of the Year Award in honor of Schmid s contributions to the league 120 Coaching statistics EditAs of match played September 1 2018 121 Coaching record by team and tenure Team Nat From To Record RefG W D L Win LA Galaxy April 22 1999 August 16 2004 218 110 44 64 0 50 46 122 Columbus Crew October 20 2005 December 16 2008 101 39 26 36 0 38 61 123 Seattle Sounders FC December 16 2008 July 26 2016 331 158 69 104 0 47 73 124 LA Galaxy July 27 2017 September 10 2018 44 13 12 19 0 29 55 125 Total 694 320 151 223 0 46 11 Honors EditCoach Edit College College Cup 1985 1990 1997 11 Professional CONCACAF Champions Cup 2000 11 Lamar Hunt U S Open Cup 2001 11 2009 69 2010 126 2011 2014 MLS Supporters Shield 2002 2008 11 2014 MLS Cup 2002 2008 11 Individual Edit National Soccer Hall of Fame 2015 127 NCAA Coach of the Year 1997 11 MLS Coach of the Year Award 1999 2008 128 UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame inductee 1996 7 See also Edit Association football portalList of Major League Soccer coachesReferences Edit Former LA Galaxy coach Sigi Schmid dies at 65 Reuters December 27 2018 Archived from 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