Ike MacKay


Ike MacKay is a Canadian former soccer forward.

Club career

A Nanaimo area product, MacKay graduated from Oak Bay High School. MacKay played four North [American Soccer League (1968-1984)|North American Soccer League] seasons. He played for the Vancouver Royals in the league's inaugural season, 1968. MacKay later played three seasons with the Portland Timbers, 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 North American Soccer League season">North American Soccer League (1968-1984)">North American Soccer League season as the Nanaimo school board would not approve a leave of absence from his teaching position.

International career

MacKay played nine times, scoring one goal, for the Canada men's national [soccer team|Canadian national soccer team]. He played in four 1974 [FIFA World Cup qualification] 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 1978 [FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)|qualifying for the 1978 World Cup].
MacKay was also an Olympic soccer team member, playing in one qualifying match for the 1968 Summer Olympics. 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.

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
129 August 1972Memorial Stadium, Baltimore, United States1–02–21974 [FIFA World Cup qualification]