Nick Sakiewicz
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | January 14, 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Passaic, New Jersey, United States | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1979–1983 | University of New Haven | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984 | New York Arrows (indoor) | 2 | (0) |
| 1990 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 0 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| –1990 | College of Boca Raton (assistant) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Nick Sakiewicz (born January 14, 1961) is a sports and entertainment executive and former professional soccer goalkeeper. He is the current commissioner of the National Lacrosse League. He is a 21-year veteran of Major League Soccer and was part a small group of people that started the League in 1995. He helped launch the League as its first VP of Sponsorship Sales and went on to manage two inaugural teams in Tampa and New York. He also led the efforts to build two soccer specific stadiums (New York and Philadelphia) and was cofounder of Major League Soccer's 16th expansion franchise the Philadelphia Union. Until October 2015, he served as the CEO and Operating Partner of Keystone Sports & Entertainment, LLC, the ownership group of the Philadelphia Union. He played in the Major Indoor Soccer League and American Professional Soccer League and coached at the youth and college levels. He was the president of both the Tampa Bay Mutiny and the MetroStars.
Sakiewicz, the son of a Polish immigrant father and mother, attended the University of New Haven where he played on the school's NCAA Division II soccer team from 1979 to 1982. He was a 1981, 1982 and 1983 All New England and 1982 Division II Second Team All American goalkeeper. After graduating from New Haven, he moved to Europe where he played in FC Nantes as a developmental player. He also spent a short time with Belenenses of Portugal in 1984. He returned to the United States and played for the New York Arrows of the Major Indoor Soccer League during the 1983-1984 season. He spent an extended hiatus from the professional game after a serious leg injury and pursued business opportunities, continuing with the game by coaching and playing at the amateur level. In 1990, he returned to the professional game for one season with the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the American Professional Soccer League.
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