1989–90 Dallas Sidekicks season

The 1989–90 Dallas Sidekicks season was the sixth season of the Dallas Sidekicks indoor soccer club. The season saw the team win their first division title in franchise history and make the playoffs for the fifth consecutive year. Not only was the team the best in the Western Division, it was the only team above .500. However, they were shockingly upset in the Division Finals by the eventually champion San Diego Sockers, the second consecutive year they eliminated the Sidekicks. On January 25, the team hosted the “Australian Select,” Australia’s best players in indoor soccer. The Sidekicks defeated them 7–3. The team’s 31 regular season wins were the most the most in a single season in franchise history.

Dallas Sidekicks

1989–90 season
Owner	Sidekicks I, Ltd.
Head Coach	Billy Phillips
Stadium	Reunion Arena
MISL	1st (Western Division)
MISL Playoffs	Lost Western Division Finals (vs. San Diego Sockers, 2–4)
Average home league attendance	9,004

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  USA Hank Henry 2 MF  ENG Terry Woodberry 3 DF  USA Troy Snyder 5 DF  USA Mike Powers 6 MF  YUG Dali 7 FW  CAN Roderick Scott 8 MF  ENG Wes McLeod 9 FW  BRA Tatu 10 FW  USA Kevin Smith

No. Pos. Nation Player 11 FW  ENG Steve Kinsey 16 FW  USA Eloy Salgado 18 MF  CAN Mark Karpun 20 MF  BRA Bruno Feretti 21 FW  COL Willie Molano 22 FW  USA Doc Lawson 24 GK  USA Joe Papaleo 25 MF  BRA Beto 31 GK  POL Krys Sobieski

Schedule & Results

Preseason

Preseason (2–1–1)
#	Date	Away	Score	Home	Arena	Record	Attendance
1	September 24	Dallas Sidekicks	2–2	SMU Mustangs	Ownby Stadium	0–0–1	N/A
2	N/A	Dallas Sidekicks	–	Richardson Rockets	N/A	1–0–1	N/A
3	October 13	Dallas Sidekicks	–	Houston Express	N/A Houston, Texas	2–0–1	N/A
4	October 21	Dallas Sidekicks	4–6	Wichita Wings	Kansas Coliseum	2–1–1	N/A

Regular season

1986–87 Regular Season (31–21)
October (1–0) # Date Away Score Home Arena Record Attendance 1 October 28 San Diego Sockers 3–9 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 1–0 10,782
November (5–3) # Date Away Score Home Arena Record Attendance 2 November 4 St. Louis Storm 4–5 (OT) Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 2–0 9,419 3 November 11 Kansas City Comets 4–5 (OT) Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 3–0 9,889 4 November 12 Dallas Sidekicks 2–6 San Diego Sockers San Diego Sports Arena 3–1 6,772 5 November 17 Dallas Sidekicks 3–0 Wichita Wings Kansas Coliseum 4–1 7,025 6 November 19 St. Louis Storm 4–3 (2OT) Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 4–2 7,094 7 November 21 Dallas Sidekicks 7–3 Baltimore Blast Baltimore Arena 5–2 5,560 8 November 24 Dallas Sidekicks 8–3 Cleveland Crunch Richfield Coliseum 5–3 6,723 9 November 26 Baltimore Blast 2–3 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 6–3 6,672
December (4–5) # Date Away Score Home Arena Record Attendance 10 December 1 Dallas Sidekicks 3–4 Wichita Wings Kansas Coliseum 6–4 7,059 11 December 2 Kansas City Comets 4–6 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 7–4 9,911 12 December 8 Dallas Sidekicks 1–3 Kansas City Comets Kemper Arena 7–5 11,539 13 December 9 San Diego Sockers 1–4 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 8–5 8,640 14 December 16 Tacoma Stars 4–5 (OT) Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 9–5 8,296 15 December 22 Dallas Sidekicks 5–3 Cleveland Crunch Richfield Coliseum 10–5 4,971 16 December 23 Dallas Sidekicks 3–4 St. Louis Storm St. Louis Arena 10–6 5,421 17 December 28 Baltimore Blast 5–1 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 10–7 9,035 18 December 30 Dallas Sidekicks 3–4 (OT) Tacoma Stars Tacoma Dome 10–8 5,761
January (6–2) # Date Away Score Home Arena Record Attendance 19 January 5 Dallas Sidekicks 2–1 St. Louis Storm St. Louis Arena 11–8 9,052 20 January 6 Tacoma Stars 2–5 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 12–8 10,006 21 January 12 Kansas City Comets 4–5 (OT) Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 13–8 8,214 22 January 14 Dallas Sidekicks 8–2 Kansas City Comets Kemper Arena 14–8 8,204 23 January 17 Dallas Sidekicks 4–5 Cleveland Crunch Richfield Coliseum 14–9 3,406 24 January 19 Dallas Sidekicks 6–7 Baltimore Blast Baltimore Arena 14–10 9,087 25 January 21 San Diego Sockers 2–4 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 15–10 8,495 26 January 27 Wichita Wings 3–4 (OT) Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 16–10 14,861
February (5–4) # Date Away Score Home Arena Record Attendance 27 February 4 Cleveland Crunch 4–5 (OT) Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 17–10 5,003 28 February 2 Dallas Sidekicks 4–5 (OT) Wichita Wings Kansas Coliseum 17–11 8,047 29 February 1 Dallas Sidekicks 2–6 San Diego Sockers San Diego Sports Arena 17–12 7,487 30 February 9 Baltimore Blast 4–3 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 17–13 8,877 31 February 11 Dallas Sidekicks 2–1 (OT) Tacoma Stars Tacoma Dome 18–13 5,237 32 February 16 Tacoma Stars 5–7 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 19–13 8,687 33 February 18 Cleveland Crunch 0–8 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 20–13 8,618 34 February 24 Dallas Sidekicks 4–3 Cleveland Crunch Richfield Coliseum 21–13 4,401 35 February 28 San Diego Sockers 9–5 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 21–14 5,787
March (6–4) # Date Away Score Home Arena Record Attendance 36 March 3 Wichita Wings 6–7 (OT) Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 22–14 10,445 37 March 4 Baltimore Blast 5–4 (2OT) Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 22–15 9,444 38 March 9 Dallas Sidekicks 8–4 St. Louis Storm St. Louis Arena 23–15 8,001 39 March 14 Dallas Sidekicks 4–3 Baltimore Blast Baltimore Arena 24–15 5,868 40 March 16 Dallas Sidekicks 4–3 (OT) Tacoma Stars Tacoma Dome 25–15 5,066 41 March 18 Wichita Wings 3–2 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 25–16 8,328 42 March 25 Dallas Sidekicks 3–4 Kansas City Comets Kemper Arena 25–17 10,688 43 March 27 Dallas Sidekicks 3–1 Wichita Wings Kansas Coliseum 26–17 6,283 44 March 29 Tacoma Stars 4–6 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 27–17 6,557 45 March 30 Dallas Sidekicks 2–3 San Diego Sockers San Diego Sports Arena 27–18 8,195
April (4–3) # Date Away Score Home Arena Record Attendance 46 April 6 Kansas City Comets 2–4 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 28–18 10,603 47 April 8 St. Louis Storm 2–4 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 29–18 10,033 48 April 13 Dallas Sidekicks 3–4 San Diego Sockers San Diego Sports Arena 29–19 9,008 49 April 14 Dallas Sidekicks 5–4 (OT) Tacoma Stars Tacoma Dome 30–19 7,129 50 April 18 Cleveland Crunch 3–2 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 30–20 6,629 51 April 19 Dallas Sidekicks 1–6 St. Louis Storm St. Louis Arena 30–21 4,547 52 April 21 St. Louis Storm 3–6 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 31–21 13,740
Legend:   Win   Loss

Postseason

Western Division Finals (2–4)
#	Date	Away	Score	Home	Arena	Series	Attendance
1	May 11	San Diego Sockers	4–2	Dallas Sidekicks	Reunion Arena	0–1	8,061
2	May 12	San Diego Sockers	1–6	Dallas Sidekicks	Reunion Arena	1–1	10,105
3	May 18	Dallas Sidekicks	4–1	San Diego Sockers	San Diego Sports Arena	2–1	9,009
4	May 20	Dallas Sidekicks	2–4	San Diego Sockers	San Diego Sports Arena	2–2	6,422
5	May 22	Dallas Sidekicks	0–4	San Diego Sockers	San Diego Sports Arena	2–3	7,678
6	May 24	San Diego Sockers	3–1	Dallas Sidekicks	Reunion Arena	2–4	7,664

Final standings

Western Division

		GP	W	L	Pct	GB	GF	GA
1	y-Dallas Sidekicks	52	31	21	.596	–	217	190
2	x-San Diego Sockers	52	25	27	.481	6	217	204
3	St. Louis Storm	52	24	28	.462	7	202	205
4	Tacoma Stars	52	20	32	.385	11	191	217

y – division champions, x – clinched playoff berth

External links

• 1989–90 Dallas Sidekicks season statistics at Kicks Fan fansite