Schmid, who grew up in the South Bay, played in the first season of AYSO youth soccer in 1964. And though he went on to become a midfielder at UCLA, earning All-Far West honors as a senior, his parents didn’t think soccer held a future for their son and urged him to concentrate on his studies – which he did, earning a degree in economics in Westwood and a masters in business administration from USC.
Source: latimes.com – Los Angeles Times