for the Yugoslavia game, the team lost 1–0. Failing to win a game and finishing in last place, Sampson resigned as coach on June 29, 1998. In February 2010, Sampson said that Harkes was dropped from the 1998 World Cup because of an affair between John Harkes and Amy Wynalda, the wife of U.S. striker Eric Wynalda. Long rumored as the reason Harkes was dropped, Sampson finally cleared the air after Eric Wynalda confirmed the rumors during a discussion about the situation for the English National team in the run up to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Costa Rica national team In 2002, the Costa Rica national team hired Sampson as its head coach. In his first international post, he helped Costa Rica win the 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup, going undefeated. Costa Rica also finished fourth in the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup. In 2004, Costa Rica ranked 17 in the world, their highest ever at the time. However, after Costa Rica needed the away goals tiebreaker to get past Cuba in the second round of qualifying for the 2006 World Cup, Sampson was fired. Los Angeles Galaxy Sampson was hired as the LA Galaxy coach on August 18, 2004, replacing Sigi Schmid. Despite an array of talent, the team was inconsistent the rest of the year and struggled for large stretches of 2005. Many of the players whom Sampson had brought into the team were absent from the Galaxy squad due to national team commitments for the US, Costa Rica, and Guatemala. As the season continued the Galaxy improved and eventually won the "double" of the U.S. Open Cup and MLS Cup, the latter as the lowest seed in the playoffs. The Galaxy failed to build on their success in the 2005 season and Sampson was fired on June 6, 2006 after Alexi Lalas, who played for Sampson on the US National Team, was hired as president. Cal Poly Steve Sampson was hired as the head men's soccer coach at California Polytechnic State University on December 4, 2014. References External links SoccerTimes.com profile 1957 births Living people Sportspeople from Salt Lake City Soccer players from Salt Lake City American soccer players Association footballers not categorized by position Stanford Graduate School of Education alumni Foothill Owls men's soccer players San Jose State Spartans men's soccer players American soccer coaches UCLA Bruins men's soccer coaches Santa Clara Broncos men's soccer