Tübingen, West Germany, he moved to the United States with his family
when he was a child. He played college soccer as a midfielder from 1972
to 1975 at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He coached
his former college team between 1980 and 1999 and became one of the most
successful collegiate coaches of all time. The UCLA Bruins made 16
consecutive playoff appearances from 1983 to 1998, winning the national
championship in 1985, 1990, and 1997. Schmid also worked with US Soccer
throughout the 1990s. Schmid has coached the Los Angeles Galaxy and the
Columbus Crew in Major League Soccer (MLS). He became the head coach of
Seattle Sounders FC in 2009. Throughout his career, Schmid has received
praise from critics for his ability to identify new talent. His
defensive tactics are also highly regarded in the press, although their
deployment in his final two seasons with Los Angeles led directly to the
termination of his contract. 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.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigi_Schmid>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
907– Zhu Wen forced Emperor Ai into abdicating, ending the Tang
Dynasty after nearly three hundred years of rule.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Ai_of_Tang>
1364:
King of Poland Casimir III issued a royal charter to establish
Jagiellonian University, the nation's oldest university.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagiellonian_University>
1881:
Under the threat of invasion, the Bey of Tunis Muhammad III
as-Sadiq signed the Treaty of Bardo to make Tunisia a French
protectorate.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_conquest_of_Tunisia>
1926:
The crew of the airship Norge (pictured), led by Roald
Amundsen, became the first people to make a verified trip to the North
Pole.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norge_(airship)>
1958:
Canada and the United States signed a formal agreement
establishing the North American Air Defense Command to provide aerospace
warning and defense for North America.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Aerospace_Defense_Command>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
deskfast:
Breakfast eaten at work, particularly while sitting at a desk.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/deskfast>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
 Education is not a function of any church — or even of a
city — or a state; it is a function of all mankind.
--Philip Wylie
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Philip_Wylie>
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