Shep Messing
Messing during an MSG broadcast of a New York Red Bulls game.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Shep Norman Messing | ||
| Date of birth | October 9, 1949 | ||
| Place of birth | Bronx, New York, United States | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1968–1969 | New York University | ||
| 1970–1971 | Harvard University | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1973–1974 | New York Cosmos | 9 | (0) |
| 1975–1976 | Boston Minutemen | 27 | (0) |
| 1976–1977 | New York Cosmos | 30 | (0) |
| 1978 | Oakland Stompers | 25 | (0) |
| 1979 | Rochester Lancers | 29 | (0) |
| 1978–1984 | New York Arrows (indoor) | 163 | (0) |
| 1984 | New York Cosmos (indoor) | 3 | (0) |
| 1984–1985 | Pittsburgh Spirit (indoor) | 3 | (0) |
| 1986–1987 | New York Express (indoor) | 13 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1978 | Oakland Stompers | ||
| 1983 | New York Arrows (interim) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Shep Norman Messing (born October 9, 1949 in The Bronx, New York) is a retired American soccer goalkeeper and current broadcaster. He played seven seasons in the North American Soccer League and six in the Major Indoor Soccer League. He was also a member of the U.S. soccer team at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Messing, along with his brother Roy, attended high school at The Wheatley School in Old Westbury, New York. He began his collegiate soccer career at New York University. He graduated from Harvard University in 1972 after playing on the school's men's soccer team. He was a two-time second team All-American.
He joined the U.S. national team that played in the 1971 Pan American Games in Cali, Colombia. He went on to play with the U.S. team at 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The U.S. went 0-2-1 in group play and failed to qualify for the second round. Messing manned the net in the U.S.'s third game of the games, a 7-0 loss to West Germany. After the Olympics, Messing received offers from teams in Mexico and Germany, but was invited to play for the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League (NASL), where his teammates would eventually include Pelé, Franz Beckenbauer and Giorgio Chinaglia.
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