Ike MacKay

Ike MacKay (born August 2, 1948) is a Canadian former soccer forward.

Ike MacKay
Personal information
Date of birth (1948-08-02) August 2, 1948
Place of birth Gabriola Island, British Columbia, Canada
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Alberta Golden Bears
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1968 Vancouver Royals 15 (2)
1976–1978 Portland Timbers 51 (4)
International career
1972–1977 Canada 9 (1)
Managerial career
Canadian Futsal Women
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

A Nanaimo area product, MacKay graduated from Oak Bay High School.[1] 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.[2]

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.[3]

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.[3] He also played for the Canadian Futsal team at the 1983 Pan American Cup.[4]

International goals
Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
129 August 1972Memorial Stadium, Baltimore, United States United States1–02–21974 FIFA World Cup qualification

References
  1. Oak Bay Sports Hall of Fame
  2. "A part-time Timber". The Capital Journal. Portland, Ore. United Press International. 24 March 1978. p. 3D. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  3. "Ike MacKay". www.canadasoccer.com. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  4. Futsal Canada


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