This Date in Sidekicks History Sepetember 29

Birthdays

• 1959: Dave Michaels
  • Youth soccer and alternate Public Address Announcer, 1986-1989.

Time Change

• 1994: The CISL announced that Game 1 of the CISL Finals (played on October 1, 1994) would begin at 10:05 PM Central Time (8:05 PM in Las Vegas, who hosted the game) so that the game could be shown live on the Prime Sports Network instead of tape delayed, as it was originally scheduled.

Not Without My Family

• 1986: Dallas Sidekicks coach Gordon Jago and general managing partner Jim Graham told the Dallas Morning News they would be contacting local congressmen to help get goalie Krys Sobieski's family out of Poland. Sobieski's wife, Ewa, and his two daughters went to Poland on vacation in early June. Sobieski's family was supposed to return the first week of August, but the Polish Immigration Department has withheld their passports.

M*A*S*H*ed

• 2001: Jose Alvarado suffered a knee injury vs Utah. He would be out the remainder of the season.

CISL Championship Series Games

• 1993: Game 1: at San Diego Sockers 6 Sidekicks 3
  • San Diego leads "Best of 3" series 1 game to 0

Regular Season Games

• 1996: Sidekicks 8 at Houston Hotshots 7 (OT)
• 2000: at Sacramento Knights 6 Sidekicks 5 (OT)
• 2001: at Sidekicks 5 Utah Freezz 3

Exhibition Games

• 1990: Sidekicks 8 Wichita Wings 4 at Ft. Worth, Texas