He coached at the collegiate level at UCLA and has spent over thirty years in various executive positions with FIFA, USSF and Major League Soccer.
Salcedo attended the University of California, Riverside where he played on the men's soccer team from 1967 to 1969.
In 1971, he was part of the U.S. Pan American Games soccer team which finished with a 0-4-1 record.
In 1982, he became part of the organizing committee developing the soccer tournament for the 1984 Summer Olympics.
In 2005, Salcedo was hired by Proactive Sports Management, the leading agency representing U.S. soccer players.