Portal:Seattle Sounders FC/Selected biography

The Selected biography box on the portal chooses one of the following at random when displaying the page. Follow the instructions below for adding a new biography to the list.

Usage

American soccer related articles can be added directly to this list without nomination.

Template

{{Portal:Seattle Sounders FC/Selected biography/Layout
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[[Category:Seattle Sounders FC portal selected biographies|{{SUBPAGENAME}}]]
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Note that the prefix Image: is not required when using this template, also - the template will auto-wikilink the article entered in the link= field. Further information on this template can be found at Portal:Seattle Sounders FC/Selected biography/Layout.

To add a new biography

1. Click on the next successive empty entry or red link from this page.
2. Paste the above layout template if it isn't already there.
3. Write three or four paragraphs in the text field using information from the selected notable article, you may find it useful to examine the existing entries for an idea of the length required. Please try to keep the text as date neutral as possible, avoiding terms such as "is currently playing for" and similar. If this information is essential, consider rephrasing to "joined X FC in 2007" or "was playing for X FC in [[2007 in football|2007]]. This is to avoid the bio snippet disagreeing with any up-to-date information that may be in the article.
4. Ensure the main title of the article is in bold and add this same article to the link field.
5. Add a free image and caption.
6. Preview the page, check that the image size is correct. If the image is too big, add 100px to the size field.
7. Save the page.
8. Go to the main Portal:Seattle Sounders FC page.
9. Click on edit page.
10. Update "max=" to its new total for the {{Random portal component}} on the main page. The line which is edited is this one: {{Random portal component|max=4|header=Selected biography|subpage=Selected biography}} Make sure that "max=" is the same numerical value as the article entry added above (i.e. if you added article 43, then max=43)

Selected biography list

biographies 1 - 20

Portal:Seattle Sounders FC/Selected biography/1

File:Sigi Schmid crop.jpg

Sigi Schmid (born 1953) is a German-American soccer coach. Born in 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.

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