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
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.
I didn't agree with that statement then and I don't agree with it now. For us, the way we played tonight ... 0-0 would have been good for us today. To snag a victory makes it all the more satisfying.
Frankie needs to step up in a more vocal leadership role, off as well as on the field. He has always been viewed as the surfer dude. He is not going to quit being that guy, but I need him to be Frankie the surfer dude who is also a good leader. I think Frankie is ready for that.
We are very excited about the addition of Tim Ward. He is a very good young player with a bright future ahead of him and he can play a number of different positions.
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.
He's bigger than people realize and a little bit faster than people realize as well. His desire is good and his work rate is good. He is still in a phase where he's learning.
I think we've created a much more competitive environment. There is competition in all of the facets of the field.
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.
Joel is a young guy who can play a number of different positions. He is big plus for us as well.
Joel is a versatile defender who was here for our mini-camp in November. He can play centrally or on the right and is a young player with great potential.
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.
We've got to get him the ball in the box. He hasn't had a lot of opportunities in the box yet and so as we become better and as we become more in sync as a team, that will improve.
We have seven guys out injured. That makes it tough.
He should be getting some minutes for us this year. That's our expectation. That's why we drafted him. If we didn't expect him to play, we wouldn't have taken him.