# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shep-messing
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:19:27.899Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shep-messing"
name: "Shep Messing"
slug: "shep-messing"
description: "Shep Norman Messing is an American retired soccer goalkeeper and current broadcaster who works as a studio analyst for the MLS Season Pass team. In 2021, he took the position of chairman of the Major Arena Soccer League."
tagline: "American soccer player and broadcaster"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shep_Messing_-_MSG_Post_Game_Show_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1949-10-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.51
  momentum:             6.350589441312147
  historical:           5.581506666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shep_Messing"
    title: "Shep Messing"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%BE_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "شيپ ميسينج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shep_Messing"
    title: "Shep Messing"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%BE_%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%86%DA%AF"
    title: "شیپ میسنگ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%BE_%D9%85%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF"
    title: "شپ مسینگ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shep_Messing"
    title: "Shep Messing"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7494407"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump