Sigi Schmid
Sigi Schmid
Siegfried "Sigi" Schmidis a German-American soccer coach who most recently coached Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer. 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 , 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,...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth20 March 1953
CityTubingen, Germany
immensely last objective title turn win
My objective is that we want to win a title this year. If it doesn't happen, we are going to be immensely better than last year. It doesn't take that long to turn around a team.
confidence great half huge liked past seen somebody turns
I have great confidence in what I've seen from Kei in the past and if it turns out half as good, I'll be very happy. Kei is somebody I've liked for a while and he has a huge upside.
extremely frankie guy guys locker plays room strong talk turn younger
He's not that much different than Frankie in how he plays right back. He's a strong personality in the locker room and he's extremely motivated. He's a guy that the younger guys will be able to turn to and talk to.
cup fringe guys national players prepares team three
I want to those three guys not to be fringe national team players, but national team players as the team prepares for the World Cup in 2010.
against contact expect fire gone next period time week
I thought it (play against the Fire) was okay, especially considering he had been gone for a period of time and the one thing he didn't have was contact with the ball. I expect a lot more from him next week in L.A.
age age-and-aging battle build came games roll sleeves success till
I thought we came of age a little bit. This was what we have to do to build this team?s character. You have to have success in games like that, where you roll your sleeves up, where you battle till the end.
competition created facets
I think we've created a much more competitive environment. There is competition in all of the facets of the field.
chad couple free giving goal good marshall played second soft
We played much better in the first half. I thought Chad's goal was a good one off the free kick. We should have scored a couple more. I thought Chad Marshall was very good. Can't say the same about everyone that played in the second half, giving up soft goals.
careful gives guy player push quickly reins type
We don't want to push him too quickly too early. With a player like Duncan, you need to be careful because he is the type of guy that gives you everything he has. We have to keep the reins on him.
determination grit played smarter
We played with a lot of grit and determination. And we played smarter than we have before.
concentration forward good half improve leading mentally proved second stride
We need to improve on our concentration. We made a stride forward in the second half and proved that we can play good soccer. We should have been leading at halftime. We have to become mentally stronger.
learning nuances runs trying
Danny's very exuberant, so we're trying to get him to make his runs at the right times and in the right place. He's still young and he's still learning the nuances of the game.
goals happy held objective start together week
The No. 1 objective this week was not to give up goals. Offensively we need to get better, but I'm happy we held it together defensively and that we got a point. You've got to start one at a time.
although broke goals number objective
The number one objective for us was not to give up goals. We were doing that in the first two weeks. I thought defensively we did pretty well although we broke down on the one goal.