Schmid to realign men’s soccer team
By Daily Bruin Staff
Oct. 2, 1997 9:00 p.m.
Friday, October 3, 1997
Schmid to realign men’s soccer team
This weekend, UCLA’s Sigi Schmid will look more like a surgeon
than a soccer head coach.
Schmid faces the task of reassembling a team whose offense and
defense seemed to be in high gear before a knee injury to UCLA star
midfielder Sasha Victorine. Victorine, who suffered an
anterior-cruciate-ligament tear on his left knee Sunday, will be
lost for the remainder of the season, and the status for UCLA’s
starting lineup is in limbo at the moment.
Schmid’s first chance to operate on the ailing No. 3 Bruins
(7-1) comes Friday night at 8 p.m. against Cal-Poly San Luis Obispo
on Spaulding Field. UCLA will then play on Sunday at 2:30 p.m.
versus San Jose State (4-4) at El Camino College.
Friday’s contest against Cal Poly SLO (3-6) is UCLA’s first
Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match. The Bruins are poised to
get at least as large a berth in the Far West regional, but SLO’s
only chance to reach the playoffs is with an MPSF conference
title.
"For them it doesn’t matter that their record is 3-6," Schmid
said. "It’s like they are 0-0 coming into the game Friday."
Shaun Tsakiris, a true-freshman midfielder, will start on Friday
and take over as attacking midfielder. Pete Vagenas, a sophomore,
will drop down and replace Victorine.
