Sidekicks (14-12) host Milwaukee (18-6) Fri. 7pm
Published on February 18, 2004 under Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2)
Dallas Sidekicks News Release
The Dallas Sidekicks (14-12) enter their last contest before the MISL All-Star break against the Milwaukee Wave (18-8). Milwaukee leads the series 1-0 after defeating the Sidekicks 6-5 in a thrilling double-overtime match. The Sidekicks have yet to defeat the Wave since facing them for the first time during the 2002-03 season, and are currently 0-7 all-time against Milwaukee. The Sidekicks have a 2.5-game lead on the San Diego Sockers (11-14) in the MISL Western Division.
Three Sidekicks have been chosen to the 2004 MISL All Star game in St. Louis on February 29: defender Sinisa Alebic, forward David Doyle and goalkeeper Sagu. Head Coach Tatu will coach the MISL International Team.
Dallas' match-up with the Fury at Monterrey scheduled for February 22 has been postponed until further notice.
RADIO: All Sidekicks regular season games are on KSKY 660 AM as well as at www.dallassidekicks.com and www.ksky.com. All broadcasts begin fifteen minutes prior to listed kickoff. Pete Stein calls the action and Shawn Matthews serves as the analyst. Robert Barowski reports from the sideline.
SIDEKICKS ON TV: Dallas has nine road games on KFWD Channel 52 this season. The Sidekicks are now 1-4 on KFWD this season. The television package also includes all Dallas Sidekicks' road playoff games for the 2004 Major Indoor Soccer League playoffs. Pete Stein will call the action and Robert Trammel will serve as the analyst. Prior to this season, the Sidekicks last televised game was on KSTR 49 December 22, 2001 when the Sidekicks defeated the San Diego Sockers for the 2001 World Indoor Soccer League championship. The Sidekicks most recently televised regular season games during the 1997 season, the final year of the Continental Indoor Soccer League.
HEAD COACH TATU: Tatu is in his sixth season as the Head Coach of the Dallas Sidekicks. Tatu led the Sidekicks to the World Indoor Soccer League finals in each of his first four years as head coach, winning the 1998 and 2001 titles. In 1998, Tatu replaced Gordon Jago, who retired as head coach. He has a 77-65 (.542) regular season record, and 7-3 (.700) postseason record. On March 23, 2003, Tatu retired from playing 21 seasons of indoor soccer, 18 seasons with the Sidekicks. Tatu is near the top of the career list in several categories. He finished his career second with 21 seasons played (Victor Nogueira of San Diego - 24), seventh with 633 games played (Hector Marinaro of Cleveland - 675, Michael King of Milwaukee - 674, Andy Chapman - 670), second for goals with 857 (Marinaro of Cleveland - 1215), second in assists with 728 (Zoran Karic of Cleveland - 844), third in points with 1585 (Marinaro - 1908, Karic - 1603), second in shots with 4396 (Marinaro - 4953), tied for second in game-winning goals with 77 (Marinaro - 100, Steve Zungul - 77), and first with 113 power play goals. He has been part of all four Sidekicks' championship teams, winning titles in 1987, 1993, 1998, and 2001. Tatu is a six-time MVP, 11-time scoring champion, 12-time all-star, and three-time championship series MVP. Tatu is the only person to earn Player of the Year and Coach of the Year awards in the same season accomplishing this great achievement in 1998. He also holds Sidekicks franchise records for seasons - 18, games - 557, goals - 736, assists - 672, points - 1408, shots - 4182, power play goals - 98, game-winning goals - 68, and overtime goals - 7.
DAVID DOYLE: This is Doyle's 12th season with the Sidekicks, the 19th of his career. He has accumulated 1035 points from 629 goals and 406 assists. Doyle is in the top-20 on the career list of almost every offensive category. He is eighth in goals with 629 (Michael King of Milwaukee - 668), 16th in assists with 406 (Goran Hunjak - 437, Kim Roentved - 437), ninth in points with 1035 (King- 1048), tied for third in power play goals with 86 (Tatu - 113, Steve Zungul - 89), and fourth in game-winning goals with 68 (Hector Marinaro of Cleveland - 100, Tatu - 77, Zungul - 77). Doyle is near the top of the Sidekicks record book in several categories. He is fifth in games with 311 (Wes McLeod - 321), second in goals with 402 (Tatu - 736), third in assists with 296 (Tatu - 672, Kevin Smith - 299), second in points with 698 (Tatu - 1408), second in shots with 2067 (Tatu - 4182), fourth in blocks with 360 (Smith - 387), second in power play goals with 60 (Tatu - 98), second in game-winning goals with 45 (Tatu - 68), and third in overtime goals with 5 (Tatu - 7, Mark Karpun - 6). He has been selected to play in eight All-Star games, including the 2003-04 MISL All-Star game in St. Louis. He was the WISL MVP in 1998, and has been named to the All-League First Team six times. In 2001, he was named the Dallas Sidekicks MVP by the Dallas All Sports Association. Since his acquisition before the 1991-92 season, the Sidekicks have won Championships in 1993, 1998, and 2001.
SAGU: Sagu is in his fifth year with the Sidekicks as well as the fifth of his career. He has played a total of 119 regular season games and eight postseason games. He has accumulated 6,928 minutes in goal. He faced 2,830 shots, saving 1,727 and allowing 513 goals for a save percentage of .771. His record is 59-54 (.522) in five seasons. Sagu holds the record for consecutive shut out minutes at 118:14 from 1/24 - 1/31/04, most assists by a Sidekicks goalkeeper with 16 and penalty minutes served by a goalkeeper with 61. He is ranked in the top three of the Sidekicks record book in almost every goalkeeper category. He is third in minutes with 6,546 (Krys Sobieksi-10,785, Joe Papaleo-10,529), third in shots faced with 2,605 (Papaleo-5565, Sobieski-4752), and third in saves with 1,589 (Papaleo-2363, Sobieski-2014). He is also third in wins with 57 (Papaleo-104, Sobieski-98). He has recorded 451:12 minutes in the postseason with a record of 6-2 (0.75). He has faced 144 shots, recorded 90 saves (.776 save percentage) and 26 goals allowed. Sagu will make his first All-Star appearance in the 2003-04 MISL All-Star game in St. Louis on the International Team. This season, he was named MISL Goalkeeper of the month of December, and named MISL Goalkeeper of the week three times. He was named WISL Goalkeeper of the year in 2000 and 2001 when he was also named to the All-WISL First Team.
NICK STAVROU: This is Stavrou's 12th season with the Sidekicks. Stavrou has spent his entire professional career with the Sidekicks. He is ranked sixth on the Sidekicks all-time list in games played with 295 (David Doyle-311). He is ranked in the top five of the Sidekicks record book in almost every offensive category. He is third in goals with 200 (Tatu-736, Doyle-402), and fourth in assists with 161 (Kevin Smith-299, Doyle-296), in points with 361 (Doyle-698, Smith-454), and in shots with 965 (Smith-962). He is also fifth in blocks with 353 (Smith-387, Doyle-360). He is first in vs. sixth attacker goals with 8 (David Reichart-5, Doyle-4, Tatu-4) and fifth in game-winning goals with 15 (Mark Karpun-21, Beto-17). The Sidekicks made the playoffs each of his first ten seasons where he played 44 games with 26 goals and 20 assists for 46 points. Named to the All-WISL Second-Team two times. He was part of the 1993, 1998, and 2001 Championship teams.
SERIES HISTORY VS. MILWAUKEE: This is the second meeting vs. the Wave for the Sidekicks. The Sidekicks traveled to Milwaukee on 2/14 and lost 6-5 in double overtime, the first double overtime game in the current MISL history. Dallas is 0-7 against Milwaukee all-time. Game 25 - 2/14/04 at Milwaukee: The Dallas Sidekicks lost 6-5 to the Milwaukee Wave in double overtime at the US Cellular Arena on Saturday. This was the first double overtime game since the current Major Indoor Soccer League formed in 2001. Greg Howes had a hat trick and the game-winner at 3:22 of double overtime to give Milwaukee (18-6) the win. Howes also scored the equalizer for the Wave with only 44 seconds left in regulation. Frank Filo gave Dallas (14-11) their first lead of the night at 11:03 of the fourth. Martin Nash tallied three consecutive goals at 5:41 of the third, 11:38 of the third and 0:31 of the fourth to tie the game at 4. Nash finished with four goals for the second consecutive game. Howes scored Milwaukee's fourth goal at 2:14 of the third on a penalty kick after Jose Alvarado was called for an intentional handball inside the arc. Nash put the Sidekicks on the board by scoring a buzzer-beater before halftime. Milwaukee took a 3-0 lead with goals from Matthew Stewart at 10:43 of the first, Troy Dusosky at 13:35 of the first and Joe Reiniger at 3:12 of the second. Dallas' last double overtime game was March 4, 1990 vs. the Baltimore Blast which Dallas lost 5-4. Goalkeeper DJ Horvath had 17 saves in his first game with the Sidekicks. Dallas signed Horvath on 2/12 after Sagu was placed in injured reserve for a groin injury.
2003-04 Meetings
Saturday February 14 at Milwaukee L (2ot) 6-5
Friday February 20 at Dallas 7:05 p.m.
Saturday March 20 at Milwaukee 6:05 p.m.
Sunday March 21 at Dallas 6:05 p.m.
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