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==Early life and playing career== {{Infobox football biography | name = Nick Sakiewicz | image = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1961|1|14}} | birth_place = [[Passaic, New Jersey]] | height = | position = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]] | collegeyears1 = 1979β1982 | college1 = [[New Haven Chargers]] | years1 = | years2 = 1983β1984 | years3 = 1984 | years4 = 1990 | clubs1 = [[FC Nantes]] | clubs2 = [[New York Arrows]] (indoor) | clubs3 = [[Belenenses]] | clubs4 = [[Tampa Bay Rowdies (1975β1993)|Tampa Bay Rowdies]] | caps1 = | caps2 = | caps3 = 2{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}} | caps4 = 6 | goals1 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | goals3 = 0 | goals4 = 0 | manageryears1 = | managerclubs1 = [[College of Boca Raton|Lynn Fighting Knights]] ''(assistant)'' }} 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.<ref>[http://www.nscaa.com/awards-detail.php?it=II&yr=1982 1982 NSCAA All Americans]</ref> 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 [[MISL I|Major Indoor Soccer League]] during the 1983β1984 season.<ref>[http://www.nasljerseys.com/MISL/Players/S/Sackiewicz.Nick.htm MISL statistics]</ref> 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 (1975β1993)|Tampa Bay Rowdies]] of the [[American Professional Soccer League]].<ref>[http://a-leaguearchive.tripod.com/1990/statsasl90.htm#TB 1990 Tampa Bay Rowdies]</ref> Following his retirement as a player, Sakiewicz coached youth soccer in Florida and was an assistant coach with the [[College of Boca Raton]]. In the late 1980s, Sakiewicz was a co-owner of the South Florida-based Ezell-Titterton Inc.
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