# David Socha

> David Stanley Socha was an American soccer referee. He is best known for supervising two matches in the FIFA World Cup, one in 1982 and one in 1986. 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 and two seasons for Portsmouth in the 1950s. At Portsmouth, he was a reserve.

*American soccer referee (1938-2025)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/david-socha

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Football / Soccer Player ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857))
- **Category:** Footballers
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1938-09-27
- **Died:** 2025-02-10
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 41.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.8 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 7.9 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 9.8 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 50.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 55.0 / 100

## Sources
- [ڈیوڈ سوچا](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%DB%8C%D9%88%DA%88_%D8%B3%D9%88%DA%86%D8%A7)
- [ديفيد سوخا](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AE%D8%A7)
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- [David Socha](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Socha)
- [데이비드 소차](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8D%B0%EC%9D%B4%EB%B9%84%EB%93%9C_%EC%86%8C%EC%B0%A8)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q902716)

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