Visit coach Jorge Salcedo when he’s home and chances are he’ll be watching a soccer game. Almost everything in his life is about soccer and the UCLA men’s soccer team that he has coached for the past 10 years. Soccer had been passed down to Salcedo by his father. Salcedo grabbed the ball and ran […]
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Women’s soccer’s Courtney Proctor up to speed after ACL injury
Heading into her sophomore year, UCLA women’s soccer player Courtney Proctor was primed for a breakout season. After struggling in her freshman year, the forward worked tirelessly in the offseason to prepare for the next season; She said she wanted to have a bigger impact on the team and produce for the coaching staff that […]
UCLA soccer senior Reed Williams looks forward to shaking off slump
Seventeen games played. Six hundred and eighty minutes on the field. One goal scored. Senior forward Reed Williams is in a slump. Scoring goals is what forwards live for, and it’s something that used to come naturally for Williams. It was as habitual as breathing. During his high school and club days, it was almost […]
Soccer player juggles commitments to UCLA, New Zealand’s national team
For Rosie White, picking which jersey to wear is not just a question of color. It’s a question of time and place. In one instance in mid-September, after spending 12 days away in Switzerland, the junior forward finally got to set foot on the UCLA campus once again. And the next thing on her agenda? […]
Steve Alford balances tradition, own approach as coach
Steve Alford sat in a small booth at a local diner in Tarzana, Calif. A plate of eggs and bacon was on the table before him, a birthday cake sat opposite him and the face of John Wooden smiled down at him from the wall. UCLA’s new men’s basketball coach spent the morning of Oct. […]
Atonye Nyingifa positively leads UCLA women’s basketball team
Atonye Nyingifa is always smiling. While running wind sprints in practice, the smile races by, sideline to sideline, in a blur. In games, the smile could be misconstrued as softness until she plows her way through two defenders for the offensive rebound and two points. For five years, that smile has been a front for […]
Zach LaVine looks forward to dunking UCLA experience
Zach LaVine waited anxiously on the UCLA bench in the opening minutes of an exhibition game against Cal State San Bernardino. “I tried not to seem like I had jitters or anything, but it’s human nature,” LaVine said. “My hands got a little sweaty.” After having just a little over five basketball minutes to contemplate […]