Alain F. Maca is a retired Belgian-American

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defender and former President of the JFK International Air Terminal (Terminal 4). Maca was the first person drafted by the

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and spent four seasons in the league. He also earned five

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with the U.S. national team between 1973 and 1975.

College

Maca's father

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was a member of the U.S. team at the

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. Maca attended

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(SUNY Brockport) where he played on the men's soccer team from 1968 to 1971. He was a second team

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n in 1969 and a third team All-American in 1970 and graduated in 1972 with a

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in sports science. The University inducted Maca into its Athletic Hall of Fame in 2000.
/sup> Inducted into the Brockport Athletic Hall of Fame in 2000.

Soccer career

Professional

On February 9, 1972, the

(NASL) held its first college draft. The

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drafted Maca with the first draft pick in that draft. Maca spent the 1972 NASL season in Miami, seeing time in eleven games. He moved to the

Baltimore Bays The Baltimore Bays were a professional soccer team based in Baltimore, Maryland founded in 1967 as one of the ten charter members of the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL). When the NPSL and the rival United Soccer Association (USA) me ...

of the American Soccer League (ASL) for the 1973 season. In 1974, the expansion

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of the NASL signed Maca. He spent three seasons with the Dips. He finished his playing career with the ASL

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in 1977 and 1978.
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National team

Maca earned five

with the USMNT, U.S. national team. His first cap came in a 1-0 win over

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on September 9, 1973. His last came in a 2-0 loss to

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on August 24, 1975.
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Aviation career

KLM

Maca joined

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in 1972. Over his years playing soccer, Maca also spent time during the athletic off seasons working for KLM in airports in New York,

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and

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. After a brief time working for Ogden Aviation Services in 1994, he rejoined the company and remained with it until 1998. His final position with the company was the Area Director Customer Services North America.

JKK International Terminal

After leaving KLM in 1998, Maca was the General Manager at the JFK International Air Terminal (JFKIAT). In that capacity, he oversaw the reconstruction of the terminal. When the reconstruction was complete in May 2001, Maca moved to GlobeGround Aviation. He has since returned to JFKIAT where he serves as its president.
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Amsterdam Schiphol Airport

In 2005, he spent about nine months as the interim Chief Operating Officer at

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External links

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NASL Stats
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