Ike MacKay
{{short description|Canadian former soccer forward (born 1948)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name= Ike MacKay
| fullname =
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|8|2}}
| birth_place = Gabriola Island, British Columbia, Canada
| height =
| position = Forward
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Alberta Golden Bears
| years1 = 1968
| years2 = 1976–1978
| clubs1 = Vancouver Royals
| clubs2 = Portland Timbers
| caps1 = 15
| caps2 = 51
| goals1 = 2
| goals2 = 4
| nationalyears1 = 1972–1977
| nationalteam1 = Canada
| nationalcaps1 = 9
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| manageryears1 =
| managerclubs1 = Canadian Futsal Women
}}
Ike MacKay (born August 2, 1948) is a Canadian former soccer forward.
Club career
A Nanaimo area product, MacKay graduated from Oak Bay High School.{{Cite web |url=http://www.oakbay.sd61.bc.ca/alumni/halloffame.php |title=Oak Bay Sports Hall of Fame |access-date=2010-05-08 |archive-date=2013-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528194819/http://oakbay.sd61.bc.ca/alumni/halloffame.php |url-status=dead }} MacKay played four North American Soccer League seasons. He played for the Vancouver Royals in the league's inaugural season, 1968. MacKay later played three seasons with the Portland Timbers, scoring 3 goals in 10 games in 1976, 1 goal in 16 games in 1977, and 2 assists in 24 games in 1978. He missed eleven games of the 1978 North American Soccer League season as the Nanaimo school board would not approve a leave of absence from his teaching position.{{cite news |title=A part-time Timber |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/316880390/ |access-date=14 February 2022 |work=The Capital Journal |agency=United Press International |date=24 March 1978 |location=Portland, Ore |page=3D |language=en}}
International career
MacKay played nine times, scoring one goal, for the Canadian national soccer team. He played in four 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification matches in 1972, scoring a goal against the Americans in a 2–2 draw. Canada failed to advance. He later played five times in 1977 in qualifying for the 1978 World Cup.
MacKay was also an Olympic soccer team member, playing in one qualifying match for the 1968 Summer Olympics. Canada lost the match played in Edmonton 1–2 to Cuba and failed to advance.{{Cite web|url=https://www.canadasoccer.com/?pid=1949&t=profile&|title=Ike MacKay|website=www.canadasoccer.com|date=21 November 2019 |access-date=May 12, 2020}} He also played for the Canadian Futsal team at the 1983 Pan American Cup.[http://futsalcanada.blogspot.com/2010/03/futsal-coaching-tips-by-carlos-mateus-e.html Futsal Canada]
=International goals=
:Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.
| class="wikitable"
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition | ||||||
| 1 | 29 August 1972 | Memorial Stadium, Baltimore, United States | {{fb|USA}} | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://nasljerseys.com/Players/M/MacKay.Ike.htm NASL stats]
- {{Canada Soccer|1949}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20121108194946/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=53969/index.html FIFA player profile]
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Category:Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Category:Canadian expatriate men's soccer players
Category:Canadian men's futsal players
Category:Canada men's international soccer players
Category:Canadian men's soccer players
Category:Canadian people of Scottish descent
Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
Category:People from the Regional District of Nanaimo
Category:Portland Timbers (1975–1982) players
Category:Soccer people from British Columbia
Category:Vancouver Royals players
Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen
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