“I remember it like it was yesterday,” says Steve Sampson, his face breaking into a smile before spending his morning reminiscing about what has frequently been described as the most politically charged match in World Cup history.
“I remember it like it was yesterday,” says Steve Sampson, his face breaking into a smile before spending his Friday morning reminiscing about what has frequently been described as the most politically charged match in World Cup history. Sampson has just retired as the coach of California Polytechnic State University’s men’s soccer team, but 24 years ago the American was at the helm for the US men’s national soccer team during a never to be forgotten period in soccer history.
’s media officer at France 1998, said: “There were a lot of rumors, the US team was thought to have been the target of certain radical groups. There was a lot of security around the US national team training camp in France. There was also some rumors of [an] anti-Iranian government group who wanted to take advantage of the occasion.
wanted, politics and soccer were intertwined for this head-to-head. On the eve of the match, the Iranian team had received orders from its government not to shake hands, which was
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