Sidekicks host Kansas City
December 4, 2003 - Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2)
Dallas Sidekicks News Release
The Dallas Sidekicks (5-5) return home for the first of a three-game home stand as they take on the Kansas City Comets (2-5) of the Central Division for the first time this season. Last season, Dallas and Kansas City split the series 3-3 with the visiting team taking each victory. Dallas' only road wins in the 2002-03 season came in Kansas City. Dallas is currently 4-2 at home and 1-0 against the Central Division at home.
Tonight is Nick Stavrou's 280th game with the Sidekicks, passing Doc Lawson for sixth in number of games played with the Sidekicks.
RADIO: All Sidekicks regular season games are on KSKY 660 AM as well as at www.dallassidekicks.com. All broadcasts begin fifteen minutes prior to listed kickoff. Pete Stein calls the action and Robert Trammel serves as the analyst. Shawn Matthews handles sideline reporting duties.
SIDEKICKS ON TV: Dallas will have nine road games on KFWD Channel 52 this season. The next game is Saturday December 20 at the San Diego Sockers. The Sidekicks are 1-0 on KFWD this season after a 5-2 victory at St. Louis November 22. 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.
2003-04 TV Schedule
Sat. Nov. 22 at St. Louis Steamers W, 5-2
Sat. Dec. 20 at San Diego Sockers 9:00 p.m.
Sat. Jan. 10 at Baltimore Blast 6:30 p.m.
Sun. Jan. 11 at Philadelphia Kixx 12:00 p.m.
Sat. Feb. 7 at Kansas City 7:30 p.m.
Sun. Feb. 15 at Cleveland Force 2:00 p.m.
Wed. Mar. 17 at St. Louis Steamers 7:30 p.m.
Sat. Mar. 20 at Milwaukee Wave 6:00 p.m.
Sun. Mar. 28 at Philadelphia Kixx 12:00 p.m.
All games live on KFWD Channel 52
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 68-58 (.540) 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 - 665, Michael King of Milwaukee - 658), second for goals with 857 (Marinaro of Cleveland - 1204), second in assists with 728 (Zoran Karic of Cleveland - 828), second in points with 1585 (Marinaro - 1892), second in shots with 4396 (Marinaro - 4902), tied for second in game-winning goals with 77 (Marinaro - 99, 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 1019 points from 617 goals and 402 assists. Doyle is in the top-20 on the career list of almost every offensive category. He is eighth in goals with 617 (Michael King- 658), 16th in assists with 402 (Goran Hunjak - 437, Kim Roentved - 437), tenth in points with 1019 (Michael King- 1031, Andy Chapman - 1027), tied for third in power play goals with 86 (Tatu - 113, Steve Zungul - 89), and fourth in game-winning goals with 67 (Marinaro - 99, Tatu - 77, Zungul - 77). Doyle is near the top of the Sidekicks record book in several categories. He is fifth in games with 300 (Wes McLeod - 321), second in goals with 390 (Tatu - 736), third in assists with 292 (Tatu - 672, Kevin Smith - 299), second in points with 681 (Tatu - 1408), second in shots with 2008 (Tatu - 4182), fourth in blocks with 348 (Smith - 387), second in power play goals with 60 (Tatu - 98), second in game-winning goals with 44 (Tatu - 68), and tied for third in overtime goals with 4 (Tatu - 7, Mark Karpun - 6, Doc Lawson - 4). He has been selected to play in seven All-Star games. 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 105 regular season games and eight postseason games. He has accumulated 6,079 minutes in goal. He faced 2611 shots, saving 1578 and allowing 443 goals for a save percentage of .781. His record is 50-50 (.500) in four seasons. Sagu holds the record for most assists by a Sidekicks goalkeeper with 16. He also holds the Sidekicks record for penalty minutes served by a goalkeeper with 62. He is ranked in the top three of the Sidekicks record book in almost every goalkeeper category. He is third in minutes with 5,698 (Krys Sobieksi-10,785, Joe Papaleo-10,529), third in shots faced with 2386 (Papaleo-5565, Sobieski-4752), and third in saves with 1440 (Papaleo-2363, Sobieski-2014). He is also third in wins with 48 (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 (0.776 save percentage) and 26 goals allowed. 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 seventh on the Sidekicks all-time list in games played with 279 (David Doyle-300, Doc Lawson-279). He is ranked in the top five of the Sidekicks record book in almost every offensive category. He is third in goals with 186 (Tatu-736, Doyle-390), and fourth in assists with 153 (Kevin Smith-299, Doyle-292), in points with 338 (Doyle-682, Smith-454), and in shots with 916 (Smith-962). He is also fifth in blocks with 342 (Smith-387, Doyle-348). 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, Bet-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. KANSAS CITY: This is the first meeting between the two teams this season. Last season, the Sidekicks split the series with KC taking 3 wins on the road & 3 losses at home. Last Meeting: March 14, 2003 at Kansas City - The Dallas Sidekicks defeated the Kansas City Comets 9-8 at Kemper Arena Friday night. The win ends a six-game losing streak for the Sidekicks. David Doyle had one goal and one assist in the game and has 999 career points. Doyle needs one point to become the tenth player in indoor history to 1000. The Sidekicks (8-25) rallied from a 6-2 second-quarter deficit. The comeback started when Eric Dade scored a two-pointer on an assist from Tatu with six seconds left in the first half. Doyle followed with a three-pointer 28 seconds into the third to give Dallas a 7-6 edge. Brad Flanagan later tallied from Doyle at 12:25 of the third for a 9-6 lead. Kansas City added a goal from Nino Dasilva with 3:53 left to give the final margin of 9-8. The Comets (17-16) took a 6-2 lead late in the second after goals from Dino Delevski at 12:18 and Alex Zotinca at 13:08. Delevski scored on a penalty kick after Jose Alvarado of Dallas was called for intentional handball in the penalty arc. The Comets scored the first goal of the game when Nat Houser found the net 29 seconds into the opening period. Nicola Corneli assisted for the first of two in the game. Patrick Shamu then tied the game at 4:47 of the first with an assist from Armando Valdivia.
2003-04 Meetings
Sunday December 7 at Dallas 6:05 p.m. CT
Wednesday December 31 at Kansas City 7:35 p.m. CT - KFWD Channel 52
Saturday January 3 at Dallas 7:05 p.m. CT
Saturday February 7 at Kansas City 7:35 p.m. CT - KFWD Channel 52
PENALTY KILLING: The Sidekicks have only allowed one power play goal in the last ten attempts. The last time an opponent scored a power play goal against the Sidekicks was Philadelphia on 10/22/03 at 4:04 in the second quarter.
20,000 SHOTS AT THE GOAL: The Sidekicks reached the 20,000th shot in team history during the fourth quarter at Monterrey (11/30). As a team, Dallas has taken 20,011 shots in 19 seasons.
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS: The Sidekicks will play four of their next seven games at home, including the 12/27 game vs. Baltimore in Dallas.
ONE IS THE LONLIEST NUMBER: Dallas is 0-2 in games decided by one goal in 2003-04. This continues a ten game losing steak of games decided by one goal. The last time the Sidekicks won a game that was decided by one goal was 9/28/02 vs. Philadelphia in the 2002-03 season opener.
OVERTIME, UNDER-PLAYED: Dallas' 4-5 overtime loss in Monterrey extends a seven-game losing streak of overtime games. The last time Dallas won an over time game was on October 21, 2001 at Utah (3-2, OT).
A QUARTER'S DIFFERENCE: The Sidekicks lead the league in goal differential in the first quarter, outscoring their opponents by 13. They are second in the league in the fourth quarter, outscoring their opponents 17-8. In seven of the last nine games, Dallas has either been even or in the red in the third quarter. The team's performance in the third quarter vs. St. Louis (11/29) moved them to 8th in the league, and placed St. Louis 9th for the third quarter.
ONCE IS ENOUGH: The Sidekicks play the same opponent in consecutive games seven times this season. Dallas is 3-0 in the first game and 1-2 in the second game.
1000 + 500 = 2: David Doyle currently has 1019 points from 617 goals and 402 assists along with 499 blocks. If Doyle reaches 500 blocks in his career, he will be the second player in indoor soccer to be over 1000 points and 500 blocks. Hector Marinaro was the first and is at 1892 points (1204g + 688a) and 507 blocks.
SEVEN MORE TO NUMBER TWO: David Doyle (292) needs seven more assists to tie him with Kevin Smith (299) for second in team history.
ASSISTS
1 Tatu 672
2 Smith, Kevin 299
3 Doyle, David 292
HIS TITHE OF SHOTS: David Doyle has taken 2,008shots as a member of the Sidekicks, exactly 10% of the shots ever taken by the Sidekicks franchise. He reached the 2,000 mark with a goal at 3:19 of the third quarter vs. St. Louis on November 29.
GET TO THE POINT: Eric Dade needs one point to become only the 17th player in Sidekicks history to earn 100 or more points with Dallas. He currently has 99 points from 61 goals and 38 assists.
A GREAT START: Rookie Shaun David has scored nine goals in 10 games this season. The Sidekicks record for most goals scored by a rookie is 13, scored by Curtis Partain during the 1994 season. David currently leads the team in goals.
SINISA ALEBIC: Started the third quarter scoring frenzy at 0:51 with and assist from Doyle vs. St. Louis (11/29)...assisted Shaun David at 1:37 in the first at St. Louis (11/22)...had two fouls and two blocks after missing three games with a sore calf vs. San Diego (11/1)...scored his first goal as a Sidekick at 14:44 of the 2nd quarter and added another one at 13:19 of the fourth vs. Monterrey (10/5)...had four blocks in the season opener vs. Monterrey (10/4)...took two shots vs. Cleveland at the preseason classic (9/27)...took one shot and committed one foul vs. St. Louis at the preseason classic (9/26).
JOSE ALVARADO: Had three blocks before getting ejected in the second quarter at Monterrey (11/30)...had the play of the game when he saved a St. Louis shot with Sagu out of position at St. Louis (11/22)...tallied two blocks at Baltimore (10/24)...assisted Alebic in the second quarter vs. Monterrey (10/5)...had one block vs. Cleveland at the preseason classic (9/27).
BEAU BROWN: Assisted Fabinho at 6:38 of the third at St. Louis (11/22)...assisted Nash at 2:26 of the second at Baltimore (10/24)...scored his first game-winner for the season along with one unassisted goal vs. Philadelphia (10/22)...scored in the fourth quarter to tie the game at five vs. Cleveland (10/19)...had two blocks vs. Monterrey (10/5)...scored two goals and had one assist vs. Monterrey (10/4)...scored a power play goal vs. Cleveland at the preseason classic (9/27)...scored one goal from one shot and had one foul vs. St. Louis at the preseason classic (9/26).
KENNY BUNDY: Assisted Fabinho at 4:48 of the fourth quarter vs. San Diego (11/1)...scored his first career goal at 13:52 of the third vs. Monterrey (10/5)...scored the game-winning goal and had an assist vs. Cleveland at the preseason classic (9/27)...scored one goal and had one assist vs. St. Louis at the preseason classic (9/26).
KILEY COUCH: Had a team season-high nine blocks at Monterrey (11/30)...blocked three shots vs. St. Louis (11/29)...scored a VS6 goal to seal the win at St. Louis (11/22)...collected his first two penalty minutes of the season at San Diego (11/6)...led the team in blocks with four after missing four games due to a separated shoulder vs. San Diego (11/1)...scored two goals, including the game-winner, and had an assist before going out for a separated shoulder vs. Monterrey (10/4)...had one assist and took two shots in the Veterans vs. Rookies game (9/13).
SHAUN DAVID: Scored one goal from five shots at Monterrey (11/30)...scored the first goal of the game vs. St. Louis (11/29)...scored his seventh goal in eight games at St. Louis (11/22)...had a hat trick, becoming the third rookie in team history to have a hat trick vs. San Diego (11/1)...scored one goal from one shot vs. Philadelphia (10/22)...scored one goal from four shots vs. Monterrey (10/5)...scored the first goal of his career at 7:02 of the 3rd vs. Monterrey (10/4).
DAVID DOYLE: Had his first hat trick of the season and one assist, reached 2,000 shots with the Sidekicks on his second goal, and became the 4th player in indoor history to reach 60 power play goals with one team vs. St. Louis (11/29)...had the game-winning goal at St. Louis (11/22)...assisted Ricardinho's goal at 10:18 of the fourth to stretch his assist streak to seven games vs. San Diego (11/1)...assisted Dugas at 14:59 of the second to give him 400 career assists at Baltimore (10/24) making him the tenth player in indoor soccer to have at least 400 goals and 400 assists...scored one goal from a penalty kick, making it his 386th career goal with the Sidekicks, tying him with Joe Reiniger for sixth all-time with one franchise vs. Philadelphia (10/22)...scored one goal and had one assist in his 500th regular season game vs. Cleveland (10/19)...was named MISL offensive player of the week for 10/6 for his performance vs. Monterrey (10/4 & 10/5)...had two assists vs. Monterrey (10/5)...scored one goal and had a team-high three assists for four points vs. Monterrey (10/4).
MARTIN DUGAS: Scored a sixth-attacker goal at 13:38 of the fourth to put the game into overtime at Monterrey (11/30)...scored at 8:13 of the third with an assist from Ricardinho vs. St. Louis (11/2)...scored at 3:41 of the first at St. Louis (11/22), and has scored in the last six consecutive games...assisted Dallas' lone goal at 11:20 in the fourth quarter at San Diego (11/6)...Scored the game-winner vs. San Diego (11/1)...scored a bicycle kick power play goal with one second left in the half at Baltimore (10/24)...assisted Stavrou's power play goal vs. Philadelphia (10/22)...scored one power play goal and had two assists in his first game as a Sidekick vs. Cleveland (10/19).
FABINHO: Had his second multi-point game for the season with one goal and one assist at Monterrey (11/30)...scored one goal from one shot vs. St. Louis (11/29)...scored one goal from three shots at St. Louis (11/22)...scored one goal and had an assist for his first multi-point game vs. San Diego (11/1)...assisted Ricardinho at 4:25 of the fourth vs. Monterrey (10/5)...scored one goal from two shots and had four fouls vs. Monterrey (10/4).
FRANK FILO: Had two blocks vs. San Diego (11/1)...tallied five blocks at Baltimore (10/24), and led the league in blocks as of 10/26/03...had three blocks, for the third consecutive game vs. Philadelphia (10/22)...had one assist in his third consecutive game and had three blocks vs. Cleveland (10/19)...assisted David Doyle at 6:12 of the fourth and had three blocks vs. Monterrey (10/5).
MARTIN NASH: Had a season-high two assists vs. St. Louis (11/29)...assisted Nick Stavrou's goal at 14:12 of the first vs. San Diego (11/1)...scored for the third consecutive game vs. Baltimore (10/24)...scored one goal and had one assist vs. Philadelphia (10/22)...scored his first goal as a Sidekick, as well as Dallas' first power play goal of the 2003-04 season at 12:05 of the first quarter vs. Cleveland (10/19).
LEO PERNIA: Assisted Dugas at 3:41 of the first at St. Louis (11/22)...tallied two points from one goal and one assist vs. San Diego (11/1)...scored one VS6 goal vs. Philadelphia (10/22)...tallied three blocks and four penalty minutes before being ejected vs. Monterrey (10/5)...scored one goal from one shot and had one block vs. Monterrey (10/4)...scored one power play goal from three shots and had one block vs. St. Louis in the preseason classic (9/26).
RICARDINHO: Had a season-high two assists vs. St. Louis (11/29)...scored the final goal vs. San Diego (11/1)...assisted Martin Dugas' power play goal in the second quarter vs. Cleveland (10/19)...scored the first goal of his career at 4:25 of the fourth vs. Monterrey (10/5)...sssisted David Doyle's restart goal at 11:10 of the second vs. Monterrey (10/4).
SAGU: Had a season-high 26 saves and 31 shots-faced at Monterrey (11/30)...assisted two goals, including the game-winner, allowed only two goals and had 12 saves with the win at St. Louis (11/22)...allowed only two goals and saved nine shots at San Diego (11/6)...named MISL Goalkeeper of the week for saving 17 of 20 shots faced and assisting one goal vs. San Diego (11/1)...had a season-high 19 saves at Baltimore (10/24)...scored his first goal of the season, the third of his career in the fourth quarter vs. Philadelphia (10/22)...had 12 saves vs. Cleveland (10/19)...had nine saves and allowed six goals vs. Monterrey (10/5)...allowed zero goals and had eight saves in 59:33 minutes in goal vs. Monterrey (10/4)...totaled 48 minutes and faced seven shots, had six saves and allowed one goal vs. Cleveland at the preseason classic (9/27).
PATRICK SHAMU: Scored at 4:22 of the third quarter vs. St. Louis (11/29)...scored Dallas' lone goal at 11:20 of the fourth at San Diego (11/6)...scored one goal after missing four games due to an ankle injury vs. San Diego (11/1)...sssisted two goals vs. Monterrey (10/4)...scored one goal and had one assist vs. Cleveland at the preseason classic (9/27)...scored two goals including the game-winner vs. St. Louis at the preseason classic (9/26).
NICK STAVROU: Selected as player of the game for scoring one power play goal and having two assists vs. Philadelphia (10/22)...scored one goal from two shots and had two blocks vs. Cleveland (10/19)...scored one goal and had one assist vs. Monterrey (10/5)...scored one goal from three shots vs. Monterrey (10/4)...had one assist vs. St. Louis (9/26).
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