Sidekicks Open Preseason Sept. 9 at West Texas A&M

Published on September 8, 2003 under Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2)
Dallas Sidekicks News Release


The Dallas Sidekicks start the 2003-04 preseason with an outdoor exhibition game vs. West Texas A&M University on Tuesday. This is the fifth outdoor exhibition game for the Sidekicks, the second in Canyon. Dallas is 2-0-2 in outdoor games.

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 and Robert Trammel host the halftime and post-game shows. The first broadcast will be the home opener vs. Monterrey Fury, Saturday October 4 at 6:50 PM.

HISTORY vs. WEST TEXAS A&M: This will be second time the Sidekicks have traveled to Canyon to play West Texas A&M in an outdoor exhibition game. The last meeting was held in the latter part of the 1997 CISL season on August 26. The Sidekicks tied the Buffalo 2-2 with goals from WTAMU alum Beau Brown and Israel Rojas. Octavio Heredia and Jared Anderson added goals for the Buffalo.

Game Summary
Dallas 2-0--2
WTAM 0-2--2

First Half Scoring: DAL, Beau Brown (Isreal Rojas) 25th minute; DAL, Isreal Rojas (Hunter Goff) 44th minute.
Second Half Scoring: WTAM, Octavio Heredia (Michael Dougan) 52nd minute; WTAM, Jerod Anderson (Shane Ferrell) 82nd minute.

Goalkeepers: DAL, Hank Henry 90:00 15sf-10sv-2ga; WTAM Emile Unverzagt 90:00 12-4-2.

Shots: DAL 8-4--12 WTAM 6-9--15
Fouls: DAL 4-2--6 WTAM 5-4--9
Corner Kicks: DAL 4-2--6 WTAM 2-0--2
Attendance: 1,150

TAKE IT OUTSIDE: The Sidekicks are 2-0-2 in outdoor exhibition games.
Date Opponent Final
October 16, 1988 at SMU W, 3-0
September 24, 1989 at SMU T, 2-2
April 29, 1995 at Texas Lightning (USISL) W, 7-2
July 29, 1997 at WTAMU T, 2-2

CANYON CONNECTIONS: Four players on Dallas' roster today are West Texas A&M Alumni:
# Name Pos
2 Clay King M
8 Vassar Cates M
11 Eric Flores M/F
21 Beau Brown F

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.



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