Dallas Sidekicks Players

#11 Pedro Gomez Debrito

How He Got Here the First Time

Signed as a Free Agent on September 10, 1985.

Before He Was a Sidekick

Debrito played for the Tampa Bay Rowdies and the Cosmos (New York, NASL/MISL) from 1982-1985.

Sidekicks Highlights

1985-86

• Scored 2 goals in each of 7 different games.
• Earned 2-three game goal scoring streaks:
  • November 2 (at Tacoma), November 7 (Tacoma), and November 13, 1985 (Baltimore)
  • February 14 (Cleveland), February 22 (2 goals vs Los Angeles), February 25, 1986 (Minnesota)

• Scored a goal in two straight games five times:
  • November 26 (Minnesota) and November 30 (at Wichita)
  • December 13 (Baltimore) and December 14 (at St. Louis)
  • December 20 (at Los Angeles) and December 21 (at San Diego)
  • January 21 (Wichita) and January 24 (at St. Louis)
  • March 2 (at Pittsburgh) and March 5 (Chicago)
  • March 13 (St. Louis) and March 16 (Cleveland)
• Scored Game Winning Goals on the following dates:
• December 20 at Los Angeles
• January 8 at Minnesota

• Awarded the Game Winning Assist on December 18.
• Lead the Sidekicks in Playoff Assists with 3.

1986-87

• Scored 2 goals in a game twice:
  1. November 21, 1986 (at Cleveland)
  2. December 12, 1986 (vs Los Angeles)

• Assisted on Marcio Leite's Powerplay goal at San Diego on December 20.
• Scored the Overtime Game Winning Goal at Wichita on February 17, 1987.

1987-88

• Scored the Opening Day Game Winning Goal

1990-91

• Returned to Dallas as a free agent.
• Scored a goal on back to back nights on two different occasions:
  • October 19 (at Tacoma) and 20 (vs San Diego)
  • November 2 (Wichita) and November 3 (at Wichita)
• Put together a 12 game point scoring (goal or an assist) streak from November 18 through December 30, 1990.
• Scored the final Sidekicks goal in the last game of the season on April 6, 1991 vs San Diego.

M*A*S*H*ed

Debrito suffered right knee ligiment damage during a February 13, 1987 game vs Cleveland and was out for the season.

While playing for Wichita during the 1987-88 season, Debrito fractured his right fibula and suffered a groin injury.

Regular Season Statistics

with Dallas

Field Player Statistics

6th Attacker Statistics

Playoff Statistics

with Dallas

Where Did He Go?

Pedro Debrito was released by the Sidekicks on December 4, 1987 in a salary cap move after a proposed trade that included him and Tacoma Stars forward Godfrey Ingram fell through. He signed with the Wichita Wings shortly thereafter.

Debrito signed with the Detroit Rockers (NPSL) on December 2, 1992, and retired as a player in 1994. According to a story published in the Miami Herald on February 10, 2003, he traveled to Portugal for a year, then returned to the United States.

Debrito currently lives in Miami, Florida, where he is developing a soccer academy.