Joe Machnik (born January 13, 1943) is an American soccer player, coach, referee, and broadcaster. He is highly regarded for his contributions to the sport in the U.S. [1] On August 3, 2017, he was elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame on the builder ballot. [2]
Machnik was a soccer player at the Brooklyn Campus of Long Island University. In 1962, he was honored as an All-American goalkeeper. [3]
He was a member of the New York Ukrainians, winner of the 1965 U.S. Open Cup.
Machnik has held the following positions: [4]
Machnik started the No. 1 Goal Keeper's Camp in 1977. The camp was later expanded to include field players, and renamed to No. 1 Soccer Camps. [5] The camps have trained over 80,000 players ,including Nick Rimando, Brad Friedel, Tony Meola, David Vanole, Briana Scurry, and Herculez Gomez. Scurry and Machnik were elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame as part of the 2017 soccer class.
Machnik's soccer refereeing accomplishments include the following: [6]
Machnik is the current rules and match commentator for soccer games broadcast by Fox Sports. He started in this role during the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup. He has been a commentator for many games including Gold Cups, Women's World Cup, MLS, U.S. National Team, UEFA Champions League, Copa America, the 2018 FIFA World Cup and the Confederations Cup.
Machnik has a Ph.D. from the University of Utah in Recreation/Leisure Studies.
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