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This Date in Sidekicks History

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Month-By-Month

Overview

This section is a day-by-day accounting of the life of the Sidekicks franchise. There is one page for each of the 366 possible dates (including February 29 during leap years) on the calendar.

Event Catagories

All events by catagory, and are organized in chronological order by year. The catagories below are listed in how they appear on each of the Calendar pages:

Event	Explanation
Holidays	Prominent national holidays that appear on the same day regardless of year.
Birthdays	Any player or staff member birthday
Honor Roll	Awards presented to a player or team on this date
Player Signed	When a player joined the Sidekicks Roster
Player Released	When a player left the Sidekicks Roster
Trade	When one player was exchanged for another
Record Book	An event that broke an exisiting individual, team, or league record.
Always Remember the First Time	The first time the team or a player did something
Things That Are Best Left Forgotten	Unflattering events in team history.
MASHed	Details of a player injury.
Overheard	Quotations from the broadcast or print media.
<other events as needed>	other events that fit no standard catagory

Game Scores

At the bottom of each page will be the scores of any match played on that date in this order:

Event	Explanation
Championship Games	League Championship game results
Playoff Game	Playoff Game results
Regular Season Games	Matches on the league schedule during a season.
Exhibition Games	Games not considered part of the Regular Season

How to Read the Game Score Line

Any game score will be listed by year, playoff series (if appropriate), then result (with the winning team listed first). The home team for the match will be noted with an "at" before thier name.

1986: Kansas City Comets 2 at Sidekicks 1
1992: at San Diego Sockers 6 Sidekicks 5
1987: Game 7: Sidekicks 4 Tacoma Stars 3 (OT)
- Sidekicks win Best of Seven MISL Championship Series 4 games to 3

Special Notation about the Multi-Point Scoring System Used in 2002-03

Game scores will be listed the same format as all other matches with one exception: The goal count for each team will be listed in parenthesis after the each team's score. For example:

2003: at Cleveland Force 16 (8) Sidekicks 8 (4)

What Do the Hyperlinks Point To?

Hyperlink	Points To
Personal Name	A page dedicated to that player or staff member
Opposing Team or League	That team or league's page in the Opponent's Section
Date	The specific page about that date in this section.
Year in the Game Score Line	Points to an available box score for the game listed.