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 USA. On August 3, 2017, he was elected to the

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on the builder ballot.

Player

Machnik was a soccer player at the Brooklyn Campus of Long Island University. In 1962, he was honored as an All-American goalkeeper. He was a member of the

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, winner of the 1965

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Coach/administrator

Machnik has held the following positions: * Head coach of 1966 LIU team that reached the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championship game * Coach of the men's and women's soccer team at University of New Haven; also coached the hockey team * Assistant coach for the U.S. National Team that reached the

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in Italy * Coach of the New York Arrows of the Major Indoor Soccer League * Commissioner of the

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No. 1 Soccer Camps

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. The camps have trained over 80,000 players ,including

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, and

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. Scurry and Machnik were elected to the

as part of the 2017 soccer class.

Referee

Machnik's soccer refereeing accomplishments include the following: * Director of Refereeing of MISL * Director of Refereeing of

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* Director of Refereeing of

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* Member of team to run the 2017 Gold Cup Referee Candidate Course in

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* Match commissioner for both

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and

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including overseeing

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qualifiers and

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games

Broadcaster

Machnik is the current rules and match commentator for soccer games broadcast by

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. He started in this role during the

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. He has been a commentator for many games including Gold Cups, Women's World Cup, MLS, U.S. National Team,

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, the

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and the

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Author

* ''So You Want to Be a Goal Keeper'' * ''So Now You are a Goalkeeper''

Personal life

Machnik has a Ph.D. from the

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in Recreation/Leisure Studies.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Machnik, Joe 1943 births Living people Long Island University alumni New Haven Chargers men's soccer coaches New York Arrows University of Utah alumni LIU Sharks men's soccer players LIU Sharks men's soccer coaches National Soccer Hall of Fame members Association football goalkeepers American soccer coaches New Haven Chargers women's soccer coaches College men's ice hockey coaches in the United States Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) coaches American Indoor Soccer Association Association football players not categorized by nationality