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Sakiewicz, the son of a Ukrainian immigrant father and a Polish immigrant 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 claims to have joined FC Nantes as a developmental player, though Nantes has no official record of him playing there. He also allegedly spent a short time with Belenenses of Portugal in 1984. He returned to the United States and played two games 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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