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

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Club career

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area product, MacKay graduated from Oak Bay High School. MacKay played four

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seasons. He played for the Vancouver Royals in the league's inaugural season, 1968. MacKay later played three seasons with the

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, 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

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as the

school board would not approve a leave of absence from his teaching position.

International career

MacKay played nine times, scoring one goal, for the Canadian national soccer team. He played in four

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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

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. Canada lost the match played in Edmonton 1–2 to Cuba and failed to advance. He also played for the Canadian Futsal team at the 1983 Pan American Cup.Futsal Canada
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International goals

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