Sidekicks host Milwaukee at Reunion Arena Sunday
October 24, 2002 - Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2)
Dallas Sidekicks News Release
The Dallas Sidekicks (2-3) and the Milwaukee Wave (4-0) meet for the first time in a regular season game Sunday October 27, 2002. The game at Reunion Arena marks the first meeting of the two oldest franchises in indoor soccer. Both began play during the 1984-85 season, but were in different leagues. Dallas was in the original MISL while the Wave played in the American Indoor Soccer Association (AISA). The AISA became the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) in 1990. The Wave then moved into the current MISL for its inaugural 2001-02 season. The Sidekicks moved from the original MISL to the Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL) in 1993 and the to the World Indoor Soccer League (WISL) in 1998. The Sidekicks moved into the current MISL when it merged with the WISL in December of 2001.
NEXT GAME: The Sidekicks play at Harrisburg Saturday November 2 at 6:35pm CT. This will be the first time the Sidekicks have played at Harrisburg. Dallas defeated Harrisburg 16-10 at Reunion Arena October 12.
RADIO: All Sidekicks games are on Fox Sports 1190 AM. They are also available on the internet at www.foxsports1190.com. All broadcasts begin five minutes prior to listed kickoff and will last three hours. Pete Stein calls the action and John Clemens hosts the halftime and post-game shows. There are two games that will be tape delayed on Fox Sports 1190 AM: November 6 (game starts at 10:45 a.m. and comes on 1190 AM at 6 p.m.) and December 31 (game starts at 1 p.m. and comes on 1190 AM at 6 p.m.).
PLAYER/HEAD COACH TATU: Tatu begins his 18th season as a player for the Dallas Sidekicks, his fifth as head coach. Tatu has led the Sidekicks to the World Indoor Soccer League finals all four years as head coach, winning the 1998 and 2001 Championships. In 1998, Tatu replaced Gordon Jago, who retired, as head coach. He has a 56-29 (.659) regular season record, and 7-3 (.700) postseason record. Tatu's .659 winning percentage is the best in indoor soccer history for anyone with more than 50 games as a head coach.
PLAYER: Tatu is in his 21st season in indoor soccer, his 18th with the Sidekicks. Tatu enters the season near the top of the career list in several categories. He is ninth with 605 games played (Ralph Black is eighth at 608), second for goals with 842 (Hector Marinaro - 1192), second in assists with 703 (Zoran Karic - 821, Pato Margetic 717), third in points with 1545 (Marinaro - 1863, Karic - 1573), third in game-winning goals with 76 (Marinaro - 99, Steve Zungul - 77), and first with 111 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, 10-time all-star, and three-time championship series MVP. He also hold Sidekicks franchise records for games - 529, goals - 721, assists - 647, points - 1368, shots - 4075, power play goals - 96, game-winning goals - 67, and overtime goals - 7.
ALL-TIME INDOOR SOCCER WINNING PERCENTAGE LEADERS
COACH G W L PCT.
1 Tatu 85 56 29 0.659
2 de Boer, Klaas 50 32 18 0.640
3 Miller, Bruce 236 149 87 0.631
4 Liekoski, Timo 492 308 184 0.626
5 Geyer, Erich 266 166 100 0.624
6 Newman, Ron 593 370 223 0.624
7 Popovic, Don 411 256 155 0.623
8 Namazi, Omid 143 87 56 0.608
9 Tozer, Keith 765 465 300 0.608
SERIES HISTORY vs. MILWAUKEE: This is the first regular season meeting between these franchises. Both franchises have been cornerstones for their respective leagues and have been instrumental players in the history and development of indoor soccer. Below are some of the all-time rankings of the Sidekicks and Wave in major categories.
2002-03 Meetings
Sunday 10-27-2002 at Dallas 6:05 p.m. CT
Saturday 11-30-2002 at Dallas 7:05 p.m. CT
Sunday 12-8-2002 at Milwaukee 1:05 p.m. CT
Tuesday 12-31-2002 at Milwaukee 1:05 p.m. CT
Saturday 1-25-2003 at Dallas 7:05 p.m. CT
Saturday 3-15-2003 at Milwaukee 1:05 p.m. CT
INDOOR SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIPS
1 10 San Diego Sockers (1) NASL 1982, 84; MISL1 1983, 85, 86, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92
2 5 Canton Invaders AISA 1985, 86, 88, 89, 90
3 4 New York Arrows MISL1 1979, 80, 81, 82
4 Dallas Sidekicks MISL1 1987; CISL 1993; WISL 1998, 2001
5 3 Cleveland Crunch/Force (2) NPSL 1994, 96, 99
3 Monterrey La Raza CISL 1995, 1996; WISL 2000
3 Milwaukee Wave NPSL 1998, 2000, 01
INDOOR SOCCER SEASONS
1 22 Wichita Wings
2 19 Milwaukee Wave
3 18 Dallas Sidekicks
REGULAR SEASON WINS
1 493 Wichita Wings
2 395 San Diego Sockers (1)
3 395 Milwaukee Wave
4 365 Baltimore Blast (1) - Houston Summit
5 340 Dallas Sidekicks
REGULAR SEASON WINNING PERCENTAGE GP W L PCT
1 Monterrey La Raza 186 127 59 0.683
2 New York Arrows 236 158 78 0.669
3 Louisville Thunder 122 79 43 0.648
4 San Diego Sockers (1) 626 395 231 0.631
5 Baltimore Blast (1) - Houston Summit 632 365 267 0.578
6 Philadelphia KiXX 252 145 107 0.575
7 Kansas City Comets (2)/Attack - Atlanta Attack 531 302 229 0.569
8 Cleveland Crunch - Force (2) 556 317 239 0.570
9 Milwaukee Wave 718 395 323 0.550
10 Dallas Sidekicks 621 340 281 0.548
ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON ATTENDANCE
1 3,401,095 Wichita Wings
2 2,899,039 Kansas City Comets (1) - San Francisco Fog - Detroit Lightning
3 2,635,542 Baltimore Blast (1) - Houston Summit
4 2,528,470 San Diego Sockers (1)
5 2,507,048 Saint Louis Steamers (1)
6 2,487,994 Dallas Sidekicks
7 2,349,732 Milwaukee Wave
ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON MINUTES
1 59,026.32 Wichita Wings
2 43,351.74 Milwaukee Wave
3 38,701.32 Baltimore Blast (1) - Houston Summit
4 38,337.90 San Diego Sockers (1)
5 38,074.42 Montreal Impact - Columbus Invaders - Canton Invaders
6 37,981.79 Dallas Sidekicks
NOT SO SPECIAL TEAMS: The Sidekicks are 2-8 (25.0%) on the power play, eighth in the MISL. The Sidekicks are also fifth on the penalty kill at 6-11 (54.5%) with one shorthanded goal. The Sidekicks did stop Philadelphia on all three power plays October 19.
THIS DATE IN SIDEKICKS HISTORY - OCTOBER 27: This is the third time the Sidekicks have played on October 27. Both previous games have been at Reunion Arena and resulted in a Sidekicks loss.
Season Opponent Result SK-opp Attendance SK Record GK of Record GWG (GWA) 1990-91 Tacoma L 2-3 7,235 1-2 Papaleo 2001 St. Louis L 2-4 5,117 8-6 Sagu
2-0 FOR SUTTON & SHAMU: The Sidekicks are 2-0 when Antonio Sutton and Patrick Shamu find the net.
PUTTING HIS TIME IN: Sidekicks goalkeeper Sagu needs just 52:05 in goal to become the 68th player in indoor soccer history with 4,000 minutes in net.
THE BEST DEFENSE IS A GOOD OFFENSE: Defender Frank Filo has three goals on five shots in the first five games. He scored two goals in the October 19 loss at Philadelphia. It was his first career multi-goal game. He had three goals for the entire 2001 season.
A TATU ON THE SCORING LIST: Tatu has been a permanent fixture at or near the top of the league scoring throughout his career, winning 11 scoring titles in his first 20 seasons. He is tied for third in the MISL at 14 points entering this weekend.
POINTS TEAM GP 3PG 2PG AST POINTS
Farias, Carlos SD 5 2 3 5 17
Howes, Gregory MIL 4 1 6 1 16
Marinaro, Hector CLE 4 1 4 3 14
Tatu DAL 5 0 5 4 14
BETA BLOCKER: Defender Brad Flanagan is third in the MISL with 14 blocks.
BLOCKS TEAM BLK
Dieter, Jason BAL 14
Pernia, Gaston SDG 14
Flanagan, Brad DAL 12
Johnson, Lance BAL 10
Alvarado, Jose DAL 9
MAJOR MILESTONES IN THE ALL-TIME LISTS:
POWER PLAY GOALS
1 111 Tatu (Antonio Pecorari)
2 89 Zungul. Steve
3 84 Kia (Kia Zolgharnain)
4 78 Doyle, David
GAME-WINNING GOALS
1 99 Marinaro, Hector
2 77 Zungul. Steve
3 76 Tatu (Antonio Pecorari)
4 64 Doyle, David
MINOR MILESTONES: Nick Stavrou needs nine blocks to be the 220th player to 300 career blocks. Armando Valdivia needs two assists to be the 109th player to 100 career assists.
DEFEND THE GOAL: Sidekicks goalkeeper Sagu is 39-25 (.609) as a goalkeeper. That is eighth-best winning percentage among goalkeepers with 50 or more decisions. He faces Victor Nogueira, which is sixth on the list. He is tied for fifth for best goals against average for goalkeepers over 2000 minutes.
All-time GK winning percentage (minimum 50 decisions)
W L PCT
1 109 45 0.708 Salas, Raul
2 167 83 0.668 Toth, Zoltan
3 46 23 0.667 Naumovski, Bill
4 296 150 0.664 Swanner, Jamie
5 139 78 0.641 Van Eron, Keith
6 416 237 0.637 Nogueira, Victor
7 107 64 0.626 Messing, Shep
8 39 25 0.609 Sagu (Edilson Xavier)
9 158 102 0.608 Gorsek, Jim
10 133 87 0.605 Pappas, Pete
All-time GK goals against average (minimum 2000 minutes)
GAA MIN GA
1 4.02 15,309 1,025 Toth, Zoltan
2 4.12 11,845 814 Letteri, Tino
3 4.14 17,211 1,189 Sobieski, Krys
4 4.20 4,026 282 Mausser, Arnie
5 4.29 3,948 282 Sagu (Edilson Xavier)
4.29 2,728 195 Zigante, Nenad
7 4.30 4,545 326 Mowlik, Peter
8 4.32 22,794 1,643 Ilijevski, Slobo
9 4.33 6,655 480 Petroni, Victor
10 4.40 13,185 966 Van Eron, Keith
FIVE ALIVE: The Sidekicks have five of their top-eight all-time goal scoring leaders on the roster. Patrick Shamu is eighth, needing two goals to tie Beto for seventh in team history.
Sidekicks Goals Leaders
1 Tatu 721
2 Doyle, David 357
3 Stavrou, Nick 162
4 Smith, Kevin 155
5 Karpun, Mark 146
6 Pedroso, Giampaulo 105
7 Beto 88
8 Shamu, Patrick 86
YOUR ASSISTANCE PLEASE: Patrick Shamu and Giampaulo Pedroso are 11th and 13th in team history for assists. Shamu has 56 and needs six to tie Uremovich for 10th. Pedroso has 53 and need one to tie Rusty Troy for 12th in team history.
Sidekicks Assists Leaders
1 Tatu 647
2 Smith, Kevin 299
3 Doyle, David 262
4 Stavrou, Nick 135
5 Beto 92
6 Karpun, Mark 76
7 Lawson, Doc 72
8 McLeod, Wes 69
9 Powers, Michael 65
10 Uremovich, Mike 62
Shamu, Patrick 56
Troy, Rusty 54
Pedroso, Giampaulo 53
POINT MADE: Patrick Shamu is quickly moving up the Sidekicks career points list.
Sidekicks Points (Goals + Assists) Leaders
1 Tatu 1368
2 Doyle, David 619
3 Smith, Kevin 454
4 Stavrou, Nick 297
5 Karpun, Mark 222
6 Beto 180
7 Pedroso, Giampaulo 158
8 Lawson, Doc 146
9 McLeod, Wes 143
10 Shamu, Patrick 142
FIRE AWAY: Nick Stavrou is one shot from tying Doc Lawson for fourth on the Sidekicks career list at 798.
Sidekicks Shots Leaders
1 Tatu 4075
2 Doyle, David 1784
3 Smith, Kevin 962
4 Lawson, Doc 798
5 Stavrou, Nick 797
BLOCK THAT KICK: David Doyle and Nick Stavrou are moving up the Sidekicks all-time blocks list.
Sidekicks Blocks Leaders
1 Powers, Michael 904
2 McLeod, Wes 630
3 Smith, Kevin 387
4 Snyder, Troy 309
5 Doyle, David 308
6 Stavrou, Nick 296
WINNING THE GAME: Nick Stavrou is one game-winner from tying Beto for fourth in club history.
Sidekicks Game-Winning Goals Leaders
1 Tatu 67
2 Doyle, David 41
3 Karpun, Mark 20
4 Beto 17
5 Stavrou, Nick 16
XAVIER THE SAVER: Sagu (real name Edilson Xavier) is 34 saves from becoming the third player in Sidekicks history to the 1000 mark.
Sidekicks Saves Leaders
1 Papaleo, Joe 2,363
2 Sobieski, Krys 2,014
3 Sagu 966
FRANCHISE PLAYER: Only 33 of 102 teams/franchises have more goals than Tatu's 842. The Portland Pride (CISL 1993-97) are 33rd all-time with 887 goals.
SIX PACK: When Tatu entered game one against Philadelphia (9/28/02), it was his first in the new MISL. He is the only player to play in all six modern top-tier professional indoor soccer leagues: Continental indoor Soccer League (CISL), original MISL, new MISL, North American Soccer League (NASL), National Professional Soccer League (NPSL), and the World Indoor Soccer League (WISL).
GOALKEEPER OF THE YEARS: Sagu won the 2000 and 2001 WISL Goalkeeper of the Year awards. Those are the only two full seasons he has played since joining the Sidekicks in the middle of the 1999 campaign.
HONORS & AWARDS:
9-30-2002 Tatu MISL Offensive Player of the Week 3 goals, 1 assist, 7 points in 14-13 win vs. Philadelphia 10-14-2002 Patrick Shamu MISL Offensive Player of the Week 3 goals, 2 assists, 9 points in 16-10 win vs. Harrisburg
JOSE ALVARADO: Had one block vs. Harrisburg (10/12) Had six blocks and one shot at San Diego (10/05).
DANNY BARBER: Had one block at Philadelphia (10/19) Had three blocks vs. Baltimore (10/13).
ERIC DADE: Had two blocks at Philadelphia (10/19) Had two shots and one block vs. Baltimore (10/13) Had one assists vs. Harrisburg (10/12).
DAVID DOYLE: Faced 16 shots and made 11 saves in the net, also had one assist at Philadelphia (10/19) Had one three point goal and one two point goal for five multi-points vs. Baltimore (10/13) Had one goal from nine shots for two points at San Diego (10/05).
FRANK FILO: Scored a career high two goals for four points and made two blocks at Philadelphia (10/19) Assisted Brad Flanagan vs. Baltimore (10/13) Blocked three shots vs. Harrisburg (10/12) Had one goal, one assist and two blocks in opener vs. Philadelphia (9/28).
BRAD FLANAGAN: Had two blocks at Philadelphia (10/19) Had his first goal of the season vs. Baltimore (10/13) Had four blocks vs. Harrisburg (10/12) Had one assist and took four shots at San Diego (10/05).
GIAMPAULO PEDROSO: Assisted Tatu on a power-play goal vs. Baltimore (10/13) Had one goal for two points and one block at San Diego (10/05).
LEO PERNIA: Had one block at Philadelphia (10/19) Had one goal and one assist for three points vs. Philadelphia (9/28).
SAGU: Faced 26 shots, had 10 saves, and allowed 6 goals vs. Baltimore (10/13) Faced 35 shots and had 14 saves vs. Harrisburg (10/12) Faced 32 shots and had 17 saves against Philadelphia (9/28).
PATRICK SHAMU: Had one assist and two blocks at Philadelphia (10/19) Scored Dallas first three-point goal for the season and ended the night with a hat trick and two assists for nine multi-points vs. Harrisburg (10/12) Had two assists in the opener vs. Philadelphia (9/28).
NICK STAVROU: Scored one goal and had two blocks at Philadelphia (10/19) Had two blocks vs. Baltimore (10/13) Scored his first goal of the season (3PG) and had two assists for five multi-points vs. Harrisburg (10/12).
ANTONIO SUTTON: Had one assist and one block at Philadelphia (10/19) Scored a hat trick, including one shorthanded goal, the first for the team since 9/17/00 vs. Monterrey, and made one assist for seven multi-points vs. Harrisburg (10/12) Had one goal for two points and three shots vs. Philadelphia (9/28).
TATU: Scored one goal and made one assist four three points at Philadelphia (10/19) Scored one power-play goal and had one assist for three multi-points vs. Baltimore (10/13) Had one assist and seven shots at San Diego (10/05) Named MISL Player of the week (week 1 9/30) for three goals, including game-winner, and one assist against Philadelphia (9/28). At 10:52 into the third quarter of Game 1 vs. Philadelphia (9/28/02), Tatu assisted Leo Pernias goal, his 700th career assist joining Zoran Karic (821) as the only men to reach 700 assists.
ARMANDO VALDIVIA: Assisted Suttons SHG vs. Harrisburg (10/12) Had one goal for two points and two shots vs. Philadelphia (9/28).
TRANSACTIONS: September 9: Sidekicks trade rights of midfielder Marco Coria, goalkeeper Raul Salas, and defender Genoni Martinez to Harrisburg for the rights to forward Justin Labrum, midfielder Danny Barber, and financial considerations.
September 23: sign Patrick Shamu, Brad Flanagan, and Danny Barber to active roster.
September 27: Sidekicks acquire rights to Beau Brown from Cleveland in three-way trade with Harrisburg. Dallas gets rights to forward Beau Brown from Cleveland; Harrisburg gets rights to Marco "Chikis" Lopez from Dallas; Cleveland gets first round pick in 2002 MISL college draft from Dallas and rights to midfielder Steve Klein, defender Eric Kvello, and forward Bernie Lilavois from Harrisburg.
October 3: Sidekicks sign defender Michael Curtis, forward Juan Sastoque, and midfielder Ben Waldrum.
APPROACHING 2.5 MILLION: The Sidekicks have attracted 2,487,994 fans at home through 17-plus regular seasons.
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