He was a member of the United States U-20 men's national soccer team at the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship and has coached at the collegiate level including three seasons as the head coach of the UCLA Bruins men's soccer team.
[1] In 1980, the Los Angeles Aztecs of the North American Soccer League drafted Saldana out of high school.
[3] He played twenty-one games and scored three goals as the Sun won the league championship.
[6] In 1981, Saldana played two games for United States U-20 men's national soccer team at the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship.
In 1995, he was hired as head coach of Cal Poly Pomona before moving to the Loyola Marymount Lions in 1997 where he had a 6–9–1 season.