Pasadena City College
Women's Soccer
Head Coach:
Cherif Zein (1997-present, 13th season in 2009)
Office: (626) 585-7225
E-mail: cherifsoccer@earthlink.net
A 33-year veteran soccer coach at the college, high school and club levels,
Cherif Zein is the only field general the Pasadena City College women's
soccer team has ever had. He directed the inaugural team in 1997 (men
began in 1998) and is in his 13th season behind the sideline bench at PCC in 2009.
Except for an injury-plagued campaign in 2006, the women's soccer program has been highly competitive every season in the South
Coast Conference, a league that generated six of the last eight state champion teams. PCC has a winning record in 11 of Zein's 12 seasons coaching.
Zein has a successful PCC career coaching record of 130-81-27. The Lancers went to the Southern California regional playoffs
three consecutive years from 1999-2001. In 2005, the Lancers made their fourth appearance in the playoffs after sending shockwaves across the state by ending state power Long Beach City College's national record 99-match unbeaten streak. In 2007, the team advanced to its fifth postseason, losing in the first round to San Diego Mesa.
Twice, PCC reached 16 wins in
a season (2000, 2001). The Lancers have winning records against conference rivals
East Los Angeles, El Camino and LA Harbor. In 2005, Pasadena was the only team to earn a win (and a tie) against eventual state champion Long Beach.
Zein guided the play of PCC's two all-time leading scorers in Kelley
Hull (1997-1999), who scored 53 goals and also tied for most career assists
with 23, and Jennifer Fish (1998-99), who scored 51 career goals. In 1997,
Hull's 80 scoring points (two points for each goal, one for each assist)
led the state in scoring. Fish was selected PCC's Women's Athlete of the
Year in the 1998-99 school year and went on to play at Cal State Northridge. Melissa Payne would also lead the state in scoring with 32 goals in the 2000 season when she set a Lancer record for goals in a game with seven against LA Harbor.
Other Zein coaching/personal highlights
- Coached Glendale Community College to men's state soccer championships
in 1979 and 1983
- Also coached at USC, Cal State San Bernardino and Occidental College
- At the prep level, coached Pasadena High School as well as at Salesian,
Glendale, St. Francis and La Salle
- Played NCAA Division I soccer at UCLA, helping the Bruins to Final
Four appearances in 1972-1974. Earned a language degree in Spanish
- Born in Cairo, Egypt and was raised in Morocco and Tunisia
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