Willy Roy (born February 8, 1943) is a retired American soccer forward and coach.

After attending Reavis High School and winning the 1961 IHSA Wrestling Team State Championship and individual 145 lb State Championship in what is now Burbank, Illinois, he began playing semi-pro soccer in the Chicago area.

In 1966, Hansa won the Peter J. Peel Challenge Cup as the Illinois State Champion.

Through various negotiations, two of the groups merged to form the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL).

While the USSF and FIFA refused to recognize the NPSL, it gained a television contract with CBS, thereby guaranteeing some element of financial stability.

He earned his second cap nine days later in a tie with Honduras which ended the U.S. attempt to qualify for the 1966 World Cup.

That game, combined with a second loss to Haiti a month later spelled the end to yet another U.S. attempt to qualify for a World Cup.

Despite the team's dismal showing, Roy scored in three consecutive games, giving him a record six goals in World Cup qualifying matches.

He guided them to a division title, the league's best regular-season record, and into the finals, where they lost to the Edmonton Drillers, two games to none.

The NASL did not hold a full indoor season in 1982–83, so the Sting played that winter in the MISL where it finished third in the Eastern Division.

Ryan said, "The thing that defined Willy was, he was one of the most intense competitors as a player and that carried over to his coaching.

Roy was named the men's soccer head coach at Northern Illinois University on August 12, 1987.

[4] In 1990, the Huskies had the Mid-Continent Conference's best record and Roy was selected as the Mid-Con's Coach of the Year.

The school announced on February 18, 2003, that it was not renewing Roy's contract after the Huskies had three consecutive losing seasons.

Although his last season with the team saw a dismal 4–13–1, the Huskies ranked in the Division-I Academic top 20.