Roy Messing (born March 4, 1958, in

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) is a retired American

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who played in both the

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and Major Indoor Soccer League. He is currently a Senior Managing Director at Ankura Consulting Group. Messing, brother of Shep, played college soccer at

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. In 1978, Messing signed with the

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of the

. He then played for the Cincinnati Kids of the newly established Major Indoor Soccer League during the 1978-1979 indoor season. He returned to the NASL in 1979 with the Rochester Lancers. During the 1980-1981 MISL season, he played for the

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. However, a blow to the head led to a partially detached retina which put him out of playing for roughly a year.''SOCCER 'S MASKED MESSING LOOKS LIKE HOCKEY GOALIE'' Miami Herald, The (FL) - Sunday, November 7, 1982 Messing retired in 1988. He then attended

, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree before earning an

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from

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. Messing ran a goalkeepers camp called "Messing Goalkeeper Academy" in 1988 based in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Messing, Roy 1958 births Living people American soccer players American people of Latvian-Jewish descent Jewish American sportspeople Cincinnati Kids players Association football goalkeepers Hartford Hellions players Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players New York Arrows players San Francisco Fog (MISL) players Rochester Lancers (1967–1980) players Soccer players from New York (state) Yale Bulldogs men's soccer players People from Roslyn, New York Harvard Business School alumni Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) commentators The Wheatley School alumni