Lissek attended Rock Canyon High School.[1] In 2008, he and the school's soccer team won the Colorado 4a state championship.[4] That season he was named second team all-league.[5]
College
Lissek spent all four years of his college career at Fairleigh Dickinson University (Management, '14) between 2010 and 2013, for the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights.[6][2] Lissek played goalkeeper, and the team won the Northeast Conference (NEC) Championship and reached the third round of the NCAA Tournament in 2012.[2] He holds the Knights’ all-time career record for shutouts (26).[3][2] He was an NSCAA All-North Atlantic Region Third Team selection his junior year in 2012, when he had a goals-against average of 0.93, was NEC Player of the Week on September 3, 2013, and twice was a member of the NEC All-Tournament Team, and was the NEC Tournament MVP in 2012.[2][7][8][9]
Professional
Lissek began his professional career with USL Pro side Charlotte Independence when he joined on June 5, 2015.[10] He was with them until March 2016.[11]
On April 29, 2017, Lissek was loaned to MLS side FC Dallas.[3][12] Dallas made his loan permanent in April 2017.[13] He was with them until February 2018.[11]
Following his release from Dallas, on February 15, 2018, Lissek signed for Penn FC.[11] He was with them for one season, until January 2019, but did not make a first-team appearance.[2][11]
On January 30, 2019, Lissek joined USL Championship side Hartford Athletic ahead of their inaugural season.[14] Lissek made his professional debut when he started Hartford's first ever game, a 2–0 loss to Atlanta United 2.[15] He would be in goal for his and the team's first win, in a 2-1 U.S. Open Cup victory over New York Cosmos B on March 15, 2019.[16] Lissek was not re-signed at the end of the 2019 season.
Lissek played for Team USA at the 2013 Maccabiah Games in Israel.[7] The team won the gold medal, defeating Argentina in the final.[1] Lissek was named the goalkeeper of the tournament.[18]
