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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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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deskfast: Breakfast eaten at work, particularly while sitting at a desk. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/deskfast

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