Broadcaster
Messing has been a soccer broadcaster for sixteen years. He began as an analyst for the Major Indoor Soccer League games on ESPN. He broadcast the 1986 FIFA World Cup from Mexico, the 2002 FIFA World Cup from Japan/South Korea, and the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany for ESPN. He has also been the main analyst for the MetroStars and the re-branded New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer, working both on radio and television since 2001.
Despite his role as a broadcaster/analyst for MLS and other soccer matches, he is the player agent for U.S. under-20 and former D.C. United midfielder Danny Szetela. This has led to some, including Washington Post soccer reporter Steven Goff, to question his objectivity in his work as an analyst.
He is a member of the New York Sports Hall of Fame and the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, and the author of a book on soccer, while appearing in several films on the sport.
In 2006, he was inducted into the Nassau County Sports Hall of Fame.Messing has been the color analyst for Madison Square Garden for twelve years broadcasting the New York Red Bulls games in Major League Soccer. He has also been the color analyst for the 2002, 2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cups for ESPN.
Messing served as an analyst for NBC Sports coverage of Soccer at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
He was also one of three commentators with Greg Lalas and Jason Saghini on MLS ExtraTime around 2008.
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