Record Book

• 2004: Shaun David earned three assists in a match.
  • This established the Sidekicks record for a Sidekicks rookie.

M*A*S*H*ed

• 1987: Goalkeeper Mark White left the game with a mild concussion that was the result of blocking a Shootout attempt with his face in the third quarter.

• 2004: David Doyle was injured at the end of the match and missed the next game.

Just the Facts

• 1986: Highlights of how the match on this date was reported in the Dallas Morning News:

  As the 4th Quarter began, and the ball played down in the left corner, Dallas goalkeeper Krys Sobieski came to the edge of the box to stop the Comets' Stuart Lee. But when he made the stop, referee Feliks Fuksman called Sobieski for a handball just outside the penalty box. Charlie Fajkus lofted the resulting free kick over the Dallas defense to Ty Keough, who volleyed a shot that Sobieski could only partially block. Keough's first goal of the season tied the game, 1-1, 47 seconds into the period.

  Mark Evans was called for a push, his team's sixth foul of the 4th quarter, with 2:23 left, and Angelo DiBernardo scored on the resulting power play with 22 seconds left, lifting the Comets to a 2-1 victory.

Overheard

• 1986:

To lose the game on two decisions, I think was extremely harsh.. There were some very questionable decisions by that referee, as far as I'm concerned. In a battle like that where it's so vital, you wanted a performance from the referees as good as the two teams', and we didn't get that. And that comment's probably going to cost me money. But that's how I feel.

It's the first time I've been so upset, because of the state of that game. That game should not be decided on two very questionable decisions. That was a tragedy because the game, the players, warranted better than that.

--Sidekicks Coach Gordon Jago on the Officiating that evening.

 

• 1987:

I came out, stood up and didn't dive, and the guy blasted at right in my face, I didn't have time to react with my hands so that's the only thing I could use to keep it out of the goal -- my face. I don't even remember the shot so it guess it came pretty fast. It jarred my brain.

--Mark White on how he blocked the Shootout attempt that resulted in his leaving the match with a concussion that evening.

 

Regular Season Games

• 1986: Kansas City Comets 2 at Sidekicks 1
• 1987: at Sidekicks 8 Chicago Sting 4
• 1992: at San Diego Sockers 6 Sidekicks 5
• 2003: at Cleveland Force 16 (8) Sidekicks 8 (4)
• 2004: at Sidekicks 7 Kansas City Comets 5
• 2013: Rio Grande Valley Flash at Sidekicks