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American soccer referee
David Socha Full name
David Stanley Socha Born
(1938-09-27 ) September 27, 1938 (age 85)
Springfield, Massachusetts Years
League
Role 1979–1986
FIFA -listed
Referee
David Socha (born September 27, 1938) is a former
soccer referee from the United States. He is best known for supervising two matches in the
FIFA World Cup , one in
1982
[1] and one in
1986 .
[2] The 1982 match between
Scotland and
New Zealand marked the second ever World Cup match supervised by an American referee after Henry Landauer in 1970. Socha played in the semiprofessional leagues of the United States
[3] and two seasons for
Portsmouth in the 1950s.
[4]
Socha is known to have served as a
FIFA referee during the period from 1979
[5] to 1986.
[2] His other international events include the
1984 Olympic tournament
[6] in Los Angeles and qualifying matches for the
1982
[7] and
1986
[8] World Cups. In the
NASL , Socha was the head referee for
Soccer Bowl '82 , and for game 1 of
Soccer Bowl '84 .
[9]
[10] He was also an assistant referee at
Soccer Bowl '78 .
[11]
References
^ FIFA.
"Match Report - Scotland - New Zealand 5:2 (3:0)"
Archived June 29, 2009, at the
Wayback Machine . June 15, 1982. Retrieved on June 5, 2013.
^
a
b FIFA.
"Match Report - Korea Republic - Italy 2:3 (0:1)"
Archived July 6, 2013, at the
Wayback Machine . June 10, 1986. Retrieved on June 5, 2013.
^ Vecsey, George (June 10, 1986).
"Sports of the Times; Only Yank In the World" . The New York Times . Retrieved November 6, 2021 .
^
"The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search" .
^ Reyes Padilla, Macario.
"Mexico - International Results Details 1970-1979" .
RSSSF , September 18, 2008. Retrieved on June 5, 2013.
^ FIFA.
"Match Report - Cameroon - Iraq 1:0 (1:0)" . August 1, 1984. Retrieved on June 5, 2013.
^
"Honduras v Mexico, 22 November 1981" . November 22, 1981. Retrieved on June 5, 2013.
^
"El Salvador v Honduras, 10 March 1985" . March 10, 1985. Retrieved on June 5, 2013.
^
"NASL Soccer Bowl 84 - Game 1 (Sting vs. Blizzard) - First Half - YouTube" .
YouTube .
Archived from the original on January 6, 2014. Retrieved June 29, 2013 .
^
"NASL Soccer Bowl 84 - Game 1 (Sting vs. Blizzard) - Second Half" .
YouTube .
^ TVS Broadcast footage
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