Sidekicks host Monterrey Sat. Oct. 4 - 7:05 PM
Published on October 3, 2003 under Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2)
Dallas Sidekicks News Release
The Dallas Sidekicks open their 19th season at Reunion Arena against the expansion Monterrey. This is the tenth time the Sidekicks have opened their season at home with a record of 8-2. They are currently on a five-game winning streak when opening their season at home.
The Sidekicks come off of a 9-27 season, tied for the worst in team history. Tatu returns as head coach and has added ten new players to the roster for this season. Dallas comes into the game after two wins during the MISL Preseason Classic. They defeated St. Louis 6-2 on September 26 and beat Cleveland 3-1 on September 27.
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 and will last three hours. Pete Stein calls the action with Dev Reeves adding color. John Clemens, Robert Trammel and Shawn Matthews host the halftime and post-game shows.
SIDEKICKS ON TV: Dallas will have nine road games on KFWD Channel 52 this season, beginning November 22 at St. Louis. 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 former Sidekick Dev Reeves will serve as the analyst. 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 last 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 7:00 p.m.
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 63-53 (.543) 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 is second with 21 seasons played (Victor Nogueira of Milwaukee - 23), seventh with 633 games played (Michael King of Milwaukee - 650), second for goals with 857 (Hector Marinaro of Cleveland - 1201), second in assists with 728 (Zoran Karic of Cleveland - 824), second in points with 1585 (Marinaro - 1886), second in shots with 4396 (Marinaro - 4869), 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 played a total of 497 regular season games and accumulated 1002 points from 610 goals and 392 assists. Doyle is in the top-20 on the career list of almost every offensive category. He is tied for 11th with 18 seasons, eighth in goals with 610 (Michael King- 648), 16th in assists with 392 (Goran Hunjak of Kansas City - 437, Kim Roentved - 437), tenth in points with 1002 (Michael King- 1015), tied for third in power play goals with 84 (Steve Zungul - 89, Kia - 84), tied for 18th in shorthanded goals with 7, and fourth in game-winning goals with 65 (Tatu - 77, Zungul - 77). Doyle is near the top of the Sidekicks record book in several categories. He is fifth in games with 290 (Wes McLeod - 321), second in goals with 383 (Tatu - 733), third in assists with 282 (Tatu - 672, Kevin Smith - 299), second in points with 665 (Tatu - 1405), second in shots with 1964 (Tatu - 4178), fourth in blocks with 337 (Smith - 387), second in power play goals with 58 (Tatu - 97), second in game-winning goals with 42 (Tatu - 68), and tied for third in overtime goals with 4 (Mark Karpun - 5, 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 in 1993, the Sidekicks have won Championships in 1993, 1998, and 2001.
SERIES HISTORY VS. MONTERREY: This is the first time the Sidekicks have faced this Monterrey franchise. This is the first of six meetings between these two teams. The Sidekicks will also close their season with the Fury on April 3 in Monterrey. Dallas went 15-13 (.536) against the Monterrey La Raza from 1993-97 & 1999-2000.
2003-04 Meetings
Saturday 10-4-2003 at Dallas 7:05 p.m. CT
Sunday 10-5-2003 at Dallas 6:05 p.m. CT
Sunday 11-30-2003 at Monterrey 6:35 p.m. CT
Sunday 2-22-2004 at Monterrey 6:35 p.m. CT
Friday 3-5-2004 at Dallas 7:05 p.m. CT
Sunday 4-3-2004 at Monterrey 6:35 p.m. CT
SEASON OPENER HISTORY: The Sidekicks are 12-6 in season openers, including an 8-2 record when the season opener is a home game. The Sidekicks are 3-0 in overtime and 1-0 in triple overtime.
Season Date Opponent Result SK-opp Attendance GK of Record
1984-85 11-2 vs. Las Vegas Americans L 3-7 5,034 Jan Van Beveren
1985-86 10-25 vs. Los Angeles Lazers W 7-5 6,299 Krys Sobieski
1986-87 11-13 vs. Chicago Sting W 6-3 9,822 Krys Sobieski
1987-88 11-4 at Tacoma Stars W 4-3 13,452 Joe Papaleo
1988-89 11-4 at Tacoma Stars W (3ot) 6-5 12,218 Joe Papaleo
1989-90 10-28 vs. San Diego Sockers (1) W 9-3 10,782 Krys Sobieski
1990-91 10-19 at Tacoma Stars L 2-3 8,566 Krys Sobieski
1991-92 10-19 at Baltimore Blast (1) W 7-3 11,154 Joe Papaleo
1993 6-19 vs. San Diego Sockers (1) L 5-6 6,472 Joe Papaleo
1994 6-11 vs. San Diego Sockers (1) W 6-3 10,183 Joe Papaleo
1995 6-24 at Monterrey La Raza L 10-11 3,500 Hank Henry
1996 6-14 at Anaheim Splash W 14-9 6,525 Shawn Ray
1997 6-14 vs. Houston Hotshots W (ot) 8-7 13,032 Antonio Cortes
1998 8-8 at Sacramento Knights L 1-8 4,627 Shawn Ray
1999 7-24 vs. Houston Hotshots W 10-9 11,412 Shawn Ray
2000 8-6 at Monterrey La Raza L 6-10 3,312 Sagu
2001 8-19 @ vs. San Diego Sockers (2) W (ot) 6-5 17,710 Sagu
2002-03 9-28 vs. Philadelphia Kixx W 14-13 6,887 Doyle
San Diego Sockers (1): folded after 1996 CISL season
San Diego Sockers (2): added as expansion team in the WISL for the 2001 season
Baltimore Blast (1): different franchise from the current Baltimore Blast - folded after the 1991-92 MISL season
@ Played at American Airlines Center - inaugural sports event in the AAC
HOME OPENER HISTORY: The Sidekicks are 13-5 in home openers. Dallas has won six straight home openers entering the 2003-04 season. The current streak is the longest in team history. The Sidekicks have opened the season at home ten times going 8-2 in those games. The Sidekicks have drawn 182,186 fans in 18 home openers for an average of 10,121 and 1,477 since the 1996 opener.
Season Date Opponent Result SK-opp Attendance GK of Record
1984-85 11-2 vs. Las Vegas Americans L 3-7 5,034 Jan Van Beveren
1985-86 10-25 vs. Los Angeles Lazers W 7-5 6,299 Krys Sobieski
1986-87 11-13 vs. Chicago Sting W 6-3 9,822 Krys Sobieski
1987-88 11-7 vs. Chicago Sting W 5-2 16,115 Krys Sobieski
1988-89 11-6 vs. Baltimore Blast (1) L 3-6 15,077 Krys Sobieski
1989-90 10-28 vs. San Diego Sockers (1) W 9-3 10,782 Krys Sobieski
1990-91 10-20 vs. San Diego Sockers (1) W 7-6 8,437 Joe Papaleo
1991-92 11-1 vs. St. Louis Storm W 8-3 5,166 Joe Papaleo
1993 6-19 vs. San Diego Sockers (1) L 5-6 6,472 Joe Papaleo
1994 6-11 vs. San Diego Sockers (1) W 6-3 10,183 Joe Papaleo
1995 6-25 vs. Monterrey La Raza L 4-5 9,526 Hank Henry
1996 6-15 vs. Sacramento Knights L 4-5 12,818 Kevin Smith
1997 6-14 vs. Houston Hotshots W (ot) 8-7 13,032 Antonio Cortes
1998 8-15 vs. Sacramento Knights W 10-2 10,621 Shawn Ray
1999 7-24 vs. Houston Hotshots W 10-9 11,412 Shawn Ray
2000 8-12 vs. Sacramento Knights W 5-3 7,859 Sagu
2001 8-19 @ vs. San Diego Sockers (2) W (ot) 6-5 17,710 Sagu
2002-03 9-28 vs. Philadelphia Kixx W 14-13 6,887 Doyle
San Diego Sockers (1): folded after 1996 CISL season
San Diego Sockers (2): added as expansion team in the WISL for the 2001 season
Baltimore Blast (1): different franchise from the current Baltimore Blast - folded after the 1991-92 MISL season
@ Played at American Airlines Center - inaugural sports event in the AAC
FACING A NEW CHALLENGE: The Sidekicks are 17-5 (.773) in their first meeting with an expansion team. The only other time the Sidekicks met an expansion team for their season opener was August 19, 2001 when they defeated the San Diego Sockers 6-5 in overtime at the American Airlines Center.
Date Opponent Result Attendance Record GK GW (GWA)
12-6-1987 New York Express W 6 2 8,770 1-0 Sobieski 1-0 Tatu (Knight)
11-4-1989 St. Louis Storm W (ot) 5 4 9,419 2-0 Sobieksi 2-0 Karpun (Powers)
11-24-1989 at Cleveland Crunch L 3 8 6,723 2-1 Sobieksi 2-1
6-20-1993 Arizona Sandsharks W 9 4 6,421 3-1 Papaleo 1-0 Scott (Tatu)
6-25-1993 at Sacramento Knights W 8 5 5,445 4-1 Papaleo 2-0 Tatu (Stavrou)
7-10-1993 Monterrey La Raza L (ot) 6 7 7,077 4-2 Papaleo 2-1
7-16-1993 Lost Angeles United W 4 3 5,646 5-2 Papaleo 3-1 Tatu (Reichart)
7-28-1993 Portland Pride W 8 5 4,009 6-2 Papaleo 4-1 Tatu (Reichart)
6-14-1994 at Houston Hotshots W 12 10 6,421 7-2 Papaleo 5-1 Doyle (Tatu)
6-15-1994 Washington Warthogs W 9 4 4,620 8-2 Papaleo 6-1 Tatu
6-19-1994 San Jose Grizzlies W 10 3 5,616 9-2 Henry 1-0 Doyle (Tatu)
6-26-1994 at Pittsburgh Stingers W 7 5 3,577 10-2 Papaleo 7-1 Prampin (Tatu)
7-10-1994 Carolina Vipers W 15 2 6,804 11-2 Henry 2-0 Doyle (Partain)
7-27-1994 at Detroit Neon W 9 7 7,266 12-2 Papaleo 8-1 Reichart (Doyle)
8-7-1994 at Las Vegas Dust Devils W 12 4 4,368 13-2 Henry 3-0 Tatu (Stavrou)
8-3-1995 at Seattle Sea Dogs W 6 5 2,067 14-2 Henry 4-0 Dade (Doyle)
8-27-1995 at Mexico Torros L 2 8 4,842 14-3 Henry 4-1
7-26-1996 at Indianapolis Twisters L (ot) 5 6 2,566 14-4 Doyle 0-1
9-29-1998 Arizona Thunder W 10 4 7,567 15-4 West 1-0 Tatu (Pedroso)
9-17-1999 at Utah Freezz L 5 6 7,523 15-5 Sagu 0-1
9-8-2000 at St. Louis Steamers (2) W 6 2 3,841 16-5 Sagu 1-1 Tatu (Doyle)
8-19-2001 San Diego Sockers (2) W (ot) 6 5 17,710 17-4 Sagu 2-1 Coria (Tatu)
BACK-TO-BACK BEGINNING: The Sidekicks are 3-5 (.375) when opening their season with a back to back. The only other time Dallas has had a back-to-back with the same team during the season opening weekend was with Monterrey's other franchise, the La Raza, in 1995.
Date Opponent Result Attendance GK GW (GWA)
10-19-1990 at Tacoma L 2 3 8,566 0-1 Sobieski 0-1
10-20-1990 San Diego W 7 6 8,437 1-1 Papaleo 1-0 DeBrito (Carrera)
6-19-1993 San Diego L 5 6 6,472 1-2 Papaleo 1-1
6-20-1993 Arizona W 9 4 6,421 2-2 Papaleo 2-1 Scott (Tatu)
6-24-1995 at Monterrey L 10 11 3,500 2-3 Henry 0-1
6-25-1995 Monterrey L 4 5 9,526 2-4 Henry 0-2
6-14-1996 at Anaheim W 14 9 6,525 3-4 Ray 1-0 Stavrou (Hudgell)
6-15-1996 Sacramento L 4 5 12,818 3-5 Smith 0-1
2002-03 SIDEKICKS RESUTLS
Overall Home Away
Overall 9-26 .257 6-11 .353 3-15 .167
East 5-12 .294 5-3 .625 0-9 .000
West 4-14 .222 1-8 .111 3-6 .333
2002-2003 SIDEKICKS RECORDS WHEN...
Home 5-12
First game of Back-to-back 5-4
Last Ten 8-2
Vs. Conference Opp. 4-14
At home vs. conf. opp. 1-8
THIS DATE IN SIDEKICKS HISTORY - OCTOBER 4: The Sidekicks are 2-0 on October 4.
Season Opponent Result SK-OPP Attendance SK Record GK of Record
1996 Anaheim Splash@ W 6-5 6,142 1-0 Shawn Ray
1998 Arizona Thunder W 8-2 11,557 3-0 Shawn Ray
@ CISL Quarterfinal Series (Dallas wins best-of-three series 2-0)
MAJOR MILESTONES ON THE ALL-TIME LISTS:
POINTS: David Doyle is tenth on the all-time points list. Doyle has 610 goals and 392 assists for 1002 points and is 13 behind Michael King of Milwaukee for ninth all-time.
1 1,886 Marinaro, Hector - CLE
2 1,585 Tatu
3 1,577 Karic, Zoran - CLE
4 1,242 Zungul, Steve
5 1,188 DiFlorio, Gino
6 1,165 McIntosh, Franklin
7 1,156 Margetic, Pato
8 1,027 Chapman, Andy
9 1,015 King, Michael - MIL
10 1,002 Doyle, David
POWER PLAY GOALS: David Doyle is tied with Kia for third all-time with 84.
1 113 Tatu
2 89 Zungul, Steve
3 84 Kia ( Zolgharnain)
84 Doyle, David
GAME-WINNING GOALS: David Doyle is fourth all-time with 65.
1 99 Marinaro, Hector - CLE
2 77 Zungul. Steve
77 Tatu - DAL
4 65 Doyle, David - DAL
STAVROU NEEDS A WINNER: Nick Stavrou is one game-winner from tying Beto for fourth in club history.
1 Tatu 67
2 Doyle, David 42
3 Karpun, Mark 20
4 Beto 17
5 Stavrou, Nick 16
SINISA ALEBIC: 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)...took two shots at West Texas A&M University (9/9).
JOSE ALVARADO: Had one block vs. Cleveland at the preseason classic (9/27).
LAURENCO ANDRADE: Had one assist and took two shots vs. St. Louis at the preseason classic (9/26)...scored a team-high two goals from two shots at WTAMU (9/9).
BEAU BROWN: 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)...scored the game-winning goal from two shots in the Veterans vs. Rookies game (9/13).
KENNY BUNDY: 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)...assisted Laurenco Andrade's first goal and took two shots at WTAMU (9/9).
VASSAR CATES: Took one shot and had one block vs. Cleveland at the preseason classic (9/27)...scored the Rookie Team's lone goal and also had one block in the Veterans vs. Rookies game (9/13)...took one shot at WTAMU (9/9).
KILEY COUCH: Had one assist and took two shots in the Veterans vs. Rookies game (9/13).
LEO PERNIA: Scored one power play goal from three shots and had one block vs. St. Louis in the preseason classic (9/26).
SAGU: Totaled 48 minutes and faced seven shots, had six saves and allowed one goal vs. Cleveland at the preseason classic (9/27)...totaled 90 minutes, three saves, and allowed zero goals in the shutout at WTAMU (9/9).
JUAN SASTOQUE: Attempted two shots and had one block vs. Cleveland at the preseason classic (9/27)...took one shot and had two fouls in the Veterans vs. Rookies game (9/13)...attempted two shots at WTAMU (9/9).
PATRICK SHAMU: 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)...scored two goals, had three assists and took eight shots in the Veterans vs. Rookies game (9/13)...scored the first goal with the assist from Nick Stavrou at WTAMU (9/9).
NICK STAVROU: Had one assist vs. St. Louis (9/26)...scored two goals and had one assist in the Veterans vs. Rookies game (9/13)...assisted Patrick Shamu & Eric Flores and took one shot at WTAMU (9/9).
TRANSACTIONS:
July 27: Dallas drafts forward Marco Lopez (D1-2003, 3rd overall), forward Kevin Jeffrey (D2-2003, 12th overall), defender Martin Hernandez (D3-2003, 21st overall), forward Mark Rowland (D4-2003, 30th overall) in the Harrisburg dispersal draft.
July 29: Dallas trades the rights to forward Marco Lopez and defender Martin Hernandez to Monterrey for the rights to defenders Sinisa Alebic and Kiley Couch and midfielders Martin Dugas, Martin Nash and Ryan Trout.
August 11: Sidekicks sign forward Beau Brown.
August 26: Sidekicks sign defenders Sinisa Alebic and Kiley Couch.
October 2: Sidekicks sign forwards Shaun David and Patrick Shamu, midfielders Kenny Bundy, Ricardo Barros Calvacante "Richardinho", Martin Dugas and Martin Nash, defender Fabio Leite Ribeiro "Fabinho", and goalkeeper Jesse Llamas.
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