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Steve Sampson (born January 19, 1957) is a soccer coach, currently of the men's soccer program at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. He is also the former head coach of both the United States men's national team and the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer. By the media, he is nicknamed Uncle Sam.
Sampson attended UCLA briefly before transferring to Foothill Community College, located in Los Altos Hills, California, in 1975. 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 University in 1977. He graduated from San Jose State in 1979 with a minor in Spanish, which he later used as coach of the Costa Rican national soccer team.
After graduating from San Jose State, he moved to Stanford University where he earned a masters degree in education from the Stanford Graduate School of Education. While at Stanford he entered the coaching ranks with the Awalt High School boys varsity soccer team in Mountain View, California. Then, after graduating from Stanford, 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.
Interview with Steve Sampson on Fox Sports. Aired on 3/12/2015. Nice plug for the 1989 Santa Clara University's Men's Soccer Team - Go Broncos!
Soccer writer and analyst, D-Wreck interviews former US Men's Team manager Steve Sampson about the Eric Wynalda/John Harkes Scandal and his plans for the future managing the Faroe Islands. (Faux?) e-mail: dwreck1971@yahoo.com with your comments and visit the channel page to catch up on all the episodes you missed here: http://www.youtube.com/user/dwreck1971
Steve Sampson ministering at Living Faith Church in Manassas, VA. To view additional teachings and find more information please visit our website at www.livingbyfaith.com.
Cal Poly men's soccer head coach Steve Sampson discusses with Central Coast media his team's upcoming Big West Conference Tournament game against UC Irvine on Saturday at noon in Alex G. Spanos Stadium.
Cal Poly men's soccer coach Steve Sampson's post-game comments after Cal Poly's 3-2 double overtime victory over UCSB.
Cal Poly head men's soccer coach Steve Sampson fields questions from Central Coast Media on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015, on the first half of his team's recruiting class.
Cal Poly men's soccer head coach Steve Sampson discusses with Central Coast media his team's progress during the spring season. The Mustangs host Stanford on Saturday at 7 p.m. in Alex G. Spanos Stadium.
A recent short film aired on RTE 1 Nationwide on the 11th October 2010 Directed, Filmed & Edited by David Bickley @ www.alchemyelectronicarts.com Featuring Les Sampson, Eric Bell, Jeff Ward, Olive Finn & Steve Pawsey who were interviewed by Aidan Stanley.