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Steve Sampson
Full name	Steve Sampson
Date of birth	January 19, 1957 (1957-01-19) (age 50)
Place of birth	Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Youth clubs
1975-1976 1977-1978	Foothill Community College San Jose State University
Teams managed
1982-1985 1986-1993 1993-1995 1995-1998 2002-2004 2004-2006	Awalt High School Foothill Community College (assistant) UCLA (assistant) Santa Clara University U.S. national team (assistant) U.S. national team Costa Rica national team Los Angeles Galaxy
² National team caps and goals correct as of 22 June 2006. * Appearances (Goals) January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... The Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is Salt Lake Citys top tourist draw. ... Official language(s) English Capital Salt Lake City Largest city Salt Lake City Area Ranked 13th - Total 84,889 sq mi (219,887 kmÂ²) - Width 270 miles (435 km) - Length 350 miles (565 km) - % water 3. ... Entrance to Foothill College Example of Foothills unique campus architecture Foothill College is a community college located in Los Altos Hills, California and is part of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District. ... San Jose State University San José State University, commonly shortened to San Jose State and SJSU, is the oldest university in what became the California State University system. ... Entrance to Foothill College Example of Foothills unique campus architecture Foothill College is a community college located in Los Altos Hills, California and is part of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District. ... The UCLA Bruins are the sports teams for UCLA. The Bruin mens and womens teams participate in NCAA Division I-A as part of the Pacific Ten Conference. ... The Santa Clara Mission is a notable on-campus landmark. ... First international Unofficial: USA 0 - 1 Canada (Newark, NJ, USA; November 28, 1885) Official: Sweden 2 - 3 USA (Stockholm, Sweden; August 20, 1916) Biggest win USA 8 - 1 Cayman Islands (Mission Viejo, CA, USA; November 14, 1993) USA 7 - 0 El Salvador (Los Angeles, CA, USA; December 5, 1993) USA... First international Unofficial: USA 0 - 1 Canada (Newark, NJ, USA; November 28, 1885) Official: Sweden 2 - 3 USA (Stockholm, Sweden; August 20, 1916) Biggest win USA 8 - 1 Cayman Islands (Mission Viejo, CA, USA; November 14, 1993) USA 7 - 0 El Salvador (Los Angeles, CA, USA; December 5, 1993) USA... First international Costa Rica 7 - 0 El Salvador (Guatemala City, Guatemala; Sept 14, 1921) Biggest win Costa Rica 12 - 0 Puerto Rico (Barranquilla, Colombia; December 10, 1946) Biggest defeat Mexico 7 - 0 Costa Rica (Mexico City, Mexico; August 17, 1975) World Cup Appearances 3 (First in 1990) Best result Round... Year founded 1995 League Major League Soccer Nickname Gals, Cozmos, Goatbusters, Los Galacticos de Los Angeles Stadium The Home Depot Center Carson, CA Coach Frank Yallop Owner AEG First Game Los Angeles Galaxy 2â€“1 MetroStars (Rose Bowl; April 13, 1996) Largest Win Dallas Burn 1â€“8 Los Angeles Galaxy...

Steve Sampson (born January 19, 1957 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is a soccer coach, the former head coach of the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer. January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... The Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is Salt Lake Citys top tourist draw. ... Official language(s) English Capital Salt Lake City Largest city Salt Lake City Area Ranked 13th - Total 84,889 sq mi (219,887 kmÂ²) - Width 270 miles (435 km) - Length 350 miles (565 km) - % water 3. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... Year founded 1995 League Major League Soccer Nickname Gals, Cozmos, Goatbusters, Los Galacticos de Los Angeles Stadium The Home Depot Center Carson, CA Coach Frank Yallop Owner AEG First Game Los Angeles Galaxy 2â€“1 MetroStars (Rose Bowl; April 13, 1996) Largest Win Dallas Burn 1â€“8 Los Angeles Galaxy... Major League Soccer (MLS) is a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada. ...

Sampson played college soccer at UCLA, Foothill College, Foothill Community College in Los Altos Hills, California and San Jose State University. At Foothill Community he earned All-American honors while playing on the 1976 California junior college state championship team. He then transferred to San Jose State where he graduated. He minored in Spanish, which he later put to good use as coach of the Costa Rican national soccer team. He also earned a masters degree in education from Stanford University. While at Stanford he coached the Awalt High School boys varsity soccer team in Mountain View. After graduation, he served as an assistant men's soccer coach at Foothill College.

In 1982, UCLA hired Sampson as an assistant men's soccer coach. In 1985, he was on staff when UCLA won the NCAA men's soccer championship.

At the end of the 1985 season, Santa Clara University hired him away from UCLA to serve as their men's soccer head coach. In 1989, he achieved his greatest success as a college coach when he led Santa Clara to the NCAA Men's Soccer Championship. Santa Clara's opponent in the final was the University of Virginia. Santa Clara and Virginia played even through regular time and four overtimes before NCAA officials stopped the game, much to the frustration of the players and two coaches, and named Santa Clara and Virginia as co-champions. When he left Santa Clara, he had compiled a 64-19-19 record and was named the 1989 NCAA Men's Soccer Coach of the Year.

After leaving Santa Clara, Sampson became an assistant to Bora Milutinović on the United States men's national soccer team in 1993 and was on the staff when the U.S. hosted the 1994 FIFA World Cup. In addition to his coaching duties, he served as the Vice President/Competition Management for the World Cup organization.

When Bora resigned from the team after the World Cup, the United States Soccer Federation named Sampson as the interim coach in April of 1995. But after leading the US to a surprising fourth-place finish at the Copa América 1995, including a 3-0 romp over Argentina, as well as a victory over arch-rivals Mexico in the quarterfinals, Sampson was promoted to full-time national team coach in August 1995. The 1995 Copa AmÃ©rica football (soccer) tournament was staged in Uruguay. ...

The U.S. team had developed an amazing cohesion since the 1990 World Cup. The lack of a domestic league had forced the players to play almost entirely for the national team. As a result, they knew each other almost as well as most professional clubs' players do. Sampson's predecessor, Milutinovic, had micro-managed the team. While this led to a high level of tactical awareness, it often stifled the team's creativity. Sampson coached the team to an historic 1-0 victory over Brazil in the 1998 Gold Cup just prior to the World Cup.

In 2002 Sampson coached the Costa Rica National Football team.

Sampson was hired as the Galaxy Head Coach on August 18, 2004. The Galaxy won the U.S. Open Cup and the MLS Double.

Preceded by Bora Milutinovic	United States men's national soccer team Head Coach 1995-1998	Succeeded by Bruce Arena
Preceded by Sigi Schmid	Los Angeles Galaxy Head Coach 2004-2006	Succeeded by Frank Yallop

Persondata
NAME	Sampson, Steve
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Professional soccer coach
DATE OF BIRTH	January 19, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH	Salt Lake City, Utah
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

	United States squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup
1 Friedel \| 2 Hejduk \| 3 Pope \| 4 Burns \| 5 Dooley \| 6 Regis \| 7 Wegerle \| 8 Stewart \| 9 Moore \| 10 Ramos \| 11 Wynalda \| 12 Agoos \| 13 Jones \| 14 Preki \| 15 Deering \| 16 Sommer \| 17 Balboa \| 18 Keller \| 19 Maisonneuve \| 20 McBride \| 21 Reyna \| 22 Lalas \| Coach: Sampson Velibor Bora MilutinoviÄ‡ (Serbian Cyrillic: Ð’ÐµÐ»Ð¸Ð±Ð¾Ñ€ Ð‘Ð¾Ñ€Ð° ÐœÐ¸Ð»ÑƒÑ‚Ð¸Ð½Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ›) (born September 7, 1944 in Bajina BaÅ¡ta, Serbia, then Yugoslavia) is a Serbian football coach, and the only person to have coached five different teams at the World Cup: Mexico (1986), Costa Rica (1990), the United States (1994), Nigeria (1998), and China (2002). ... First international Unofficial: USA 0 - 1 Canada (Newark, NJ, USA; November 28, 1885) Official: Sweden 2 - 3 USA (Stockholm, Sweden; August 20, 1916) Biggest win USA 8 - 1 Cayman Islands (Mission Viejo, CA, USA; November 14, 1993) USA 7 - 0 El Salvador (Los Angeles, CA, USA; December 5, 1993) USA... Bruce Arena was a winning college soccer coach at the University of Virginia for 18 years, ultimately achieving five NCAA Championships there (in 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1994). ... Siegfried Sigi Schmid (born 20 March 1953 in Tuebingen, West Germany) is a soccer who currently heads the U.S. under-20 Mens Team. ... Year founded 1995 League Major League Soccer Nickname Gals, Cozmos, Goatbusters, Los Galacticos de Los Angeles Stadium The Home Depot Center Carson, CA Coach Frank Yallop Owner AEG First Game Los Angeles Galaxy 2â€“1 MetroStars (Rose Bowl; April 13, 1996) Largest Win Dallas Burn 1â€“8 Los Angeles Galaxy... Frank Yallop (born April 4, 1964 in Watford, England) is a former English-Canadian soccer player, and the current manager of the Los Angeles Galaxy. ... January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... The Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is Salt Lake Citys top tourist draw. ... Official language(s) English Capital Salt Lake City Largest city Salt Lake City Area Ranked 13th - Total 84,889 sq mi (219,887 kmÂ²) - Width 270 miles (435 km) - Length 350 miles (565 km) - % water 3. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... First international Unofficial: USA 0 - 1 Canada (Newark, NJ, USA; November 28, 1885) Official: Sweden 2 - 3 USA (Stockholm, Sweden; August 20, 1916) Biggest win USA 8 - 1 Cayman Islands (Mission Viejo, CA, USA; November 14, 1993) USA 7 - 0 El Salvador (Los Angeles, CA, USA; December 5, 1993) USA... Qualifying countries The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th staging of the World Cup, was held in France from June 10 to July 12 after 60 years to celebrate the third edition scheduled in 1938. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Bradley (Brad) Howard Friedel (born May 18, 1971 in Lakewood, Ohio) is an American international football (soccer) goalkeeper who plays for Blackburn Rovers in the English Premier League. ... Frank Daniel Frankie Hejduk (born August 5, 1974 in La Mesa, California) is an American soccer player who currently plays midfielder and defender for the Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer, where he is team captain. ... George Edward Eddie Pope, December 24, 1973, in Greensboro, North Carolina is a soccer defender, who currently plays for Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer and is an important part of the United States national team. ... Mike Burns (born September 14, 1970 in Marlborough, Massachusetts) is a retired professional and United States national team soccer player, currently Director of Soccer for the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer. ... Thomas Dooley (born May 12, 1961, in Bechhofen, Germany) is an German-American soccer defender and defensive midfielder, a long-time member and captain of the United States national team. ... David Regis (born December 2, 1968 in La TrinitÃ©, Martinique), is a former French-American soccer defender, who played for the United States at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, and was an unused substitute at the 2002 World Cup. ... Roy Wegerle (born March 19, 1964 in Pretoria) is a South African-American soccer player, who played for the United States in the 1994 and 1998 World Cups. ... Earnie Stewart (born March 28, 1969 in Veghel, Netherlands) is an American soccer player who was a regular midfielder for the U.S. national team from 1990s until his retirement in 2005. ... Joe-Max Moore (born February 23, 1971 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is a former American soccer forward, who last played for the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer. ... This Biography does not cite any references or sources. ... Eric Wynalda (born June 9, 1969 in Fullerton, California) is a former American soccer forward, and the all-time leading scorer for the U.S. National Team. ... Jeffrey (Jeff) Alan Agoos (born May 2, 1968 in Geneva, Switzerland) is a former American soccer defender, one of the all-time appearance leaders for the United States national team. ... Cobi Jones (born June 16, 1970 in Detroit, Michigan) is one of the most recognizable and successful American soccer players of all time. ... Predrag RadosavljeviÄ‡ (Serbian Cyrillic: ÐŸÑ€ÐµÐ´Ñ€Ð°Ð³ Ð Ð°Ð´Ð¾ÑÐ°Ð²Ñ™ÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ›), known simply as Preki (ÐŸÑ€ÐµÐºÐ¸) (born June 24, 1963 in Belgrade), is a Serbian-American soccer player, one of the most decorated players in the history of Major League Soccer. ... Chad Deering (born 2 September 1970) is an American football (soccer) player. ... Juergen Sommer (born February 27, 1969) is a former American soccer goalkeeper, who became the first American goalkeeper to play in the English Premier League, when he suited up for Queens Park Rangers in 1995. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Kasey Keller, (born November 29, 1969 in Lacey, Washington, United States) is a football goalkeeper, four time World Cup participant and one of the first American goalkeepers to become a regular in the English Premier League. ... Brian Maisonneuve (b. ... This biography does not cite any references or sources. ... Claudio Reyna (born July 20, 1973 in Livingston, New Jersey) is an American soccer player. ... Panayotis Alexander (Alexi) Lalas (b. ...

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Profile: Steve Sampson (564 words)
	Steve Sampson became the first American-born coach to qualify the U.S. National Team into a World Cup finals when he guided the USA to a berth in the 1998 World Cup finals after finishing first in the semifinal round of qualifying for the 1998 World Cup in France.
	Sampson was appointed head coach of the U.S. National Team Aug. 2, 1995, after holding the interim position from April 14, 1995.
	Sampson served as an assistant at UCLA from 1982-85, and was on staff when the Bruins won the 1985 NCAA title, its first of four soccer championships.

Steve Sampson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (397 words)
	Steve Sampson (born January 19, 1957 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is a soccer coach, the former head coach of the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer.
	Sampson played college soccer at San Jose State University and was an assistant at UCLA from 1982 to 1985.
	Sampson became an assistant to Bora Milutinovic on the United States national team in 1993 and was on the staff when the U.S. hosted the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

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