Sidekicks Fall 6-5 to Cleveland
Published on October 19, 2003 under Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2)
Dallas Sidekicks News Release
DALLAS - The Sidekicks fell to 1-2 on the season with a 6-5 loss to the Cleveland Force in front of 4,421 at Reunion Arena Sunday.
Lee Edgerton broke the 5-5 tie as he tallied the winner for Cleveland with 3:47 to play. Nevio Pizzolitto got the ball near midfield and threaded a pass to Edgerton on the right side, who hit the lower-left corner past a diving Sagu. Beau Brown had tied the game for Dallas at 7:04 of the fourth quarter. Brown scored from the middle of the keeper area when Martin Dugas passed from a double-team on the left side.
Cleveland (1-0) had trailed 4-1 late in the second period before scoring four unanswered goals. John Ball started the rally just before the half ended. Ball stole a pass headed for David Doyle from Sidekicks goalkeeper Sagu and placed it over the net-minder to close the gap to 4-2 at the break. Ato Leone and Adauto Neto teamed for the next two Force tallies. Leone scored from Neto at 1:58 of the third quarter; then Neto buried a Leone pass at 6:29. Neto also assisted Lee Edgerton on the next goal at 8:43 of the third period.
The Sidekicks earned the 4-1 lead with four unanswered goals of their own after Justin Evans gave the Force a 1-0 edge 5:23 into the game. Martin Nash started the Sidekicks scoring on a Doyle assist at 12:05 of the opening quarter. Doyle followed with a goal 54-seconds later on a Frank Filo setup. Dugas assisted Nick Stavrou 21 seconds into the second period and then scored a goal of his own at 8:52 of the same stanza.
Doyle's became the 32nd player in indoor soccer history to play 500 regular season games.
The Sidekicks host the Philadelphia Kixx (2-0) at Reunion Arena Wednesday October 22 at 10:45 a.m. Coverage on KSKY 660 AM begins at 10:30 a.m.
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