Dallas Sidekicks Players

#8 Wes McLeod

Position:

Midfielder/Defender

Height:

5'9"

Weight:

152

Birthdate:

October 24, 1957

Birthplace:

Vancouver, British Columbia

Citizenship:

Canada

Previous Club:

Cosmos (New York)

Nicknames:

"Mackey" and "Wild and Wooley Wes"

Seasons Pro:

15

Seasons with the Sidekicks:

7

 

Escape From New York

Joined the Sidekicks after the Cosmos folded on February 25, 1985.

 

McLeod Through the Years

Pictures of McLeod as they appeared in Dallas Sidekicks Media Guide's for the appropriate season:

Wes McLeod, 1985-86 media guide photo

Wes McLeod, 1986-87 media guide photo

Wes McLeod, 1987-88 media guide photo

1985-86

1986-87

1987-88

Wes McLeod, 1988-89 media guide photo

Wes McLeod, 1989-90 media guide photo

Wes McLeod, 1990-91 media guide photo

1988-89

1989-90

1990-91

Wes McLeod, 1991-92 media guide photo

1991-92

 

It's Bad Luck to Be Superstitious

McLeod always wore white tassles on his socks for good luck.

 

Number Retired

McLeod's #8 jersey was retired by the Sidekicks on January 24, 2004.

 

Answered the Call

McLeod played for Team Canada in 1978 and 1982 World Cup Qualifying. He is listed as the youngest player, at age 17, to play for Canada (a match against the United States in December, 1976)

 

Record Book

 

Honor Roll

 

Leading the Team

Wes McLeod led the Sidekicks in the following statistical catagories during the appropriate season:

Season Catagory
1987-88 Shorthanded Goals (2)
Hat Tricks, tied with Mark Karpun (1)
Playoff Assists (4)
1988-89 Playoff Blocked Shots (28)
1989-90 Blocked Shots (154)
Playoff Blocked Shots (10)
1990-91 Blocked Shots (128)
1991-92 Blocked Shots (91)

 

Top 10

McLeod's statistics were good enough to rank among the Top 10 players in the Major Indoor Soccer League in the appropriate catagory during the following years:

Season

Catagory

Number

Rank

1984-85

Penalty Minutes1

21

9th

1987-88 Blocked Shots 113 5th
1989-90 Blocked Shots 154 1st
1990-91 Blocked Shots 128 1st

1- only 4 of these minutes were while McLeod played for Dallas. The remainder were with the Cosmos.

 

 

Sidekicks Highlights

1985-86

 

1986-87

 

1987-88

 

1988-89

 

1989-90

 

1990-91

 

Regular Season Statistics

with Dallas

Note: personal fouls were not an offical MISL statistic until the 1990-91 season.

GP

G

A

PTS

SH

PIM

F

BL

PPG

SHG

GWG

OTG

1984-85

13

4

3

7

36

4

0

3

1

0

0

0

1985-86

43

12

19

31

125

16

56

33

0

0

1

0

1986-87

46

13

11

24

121

10

88

49

1

0

1

0

1987-88

56

13

8

21

128

12

86

113

0

2

4

0

1988-89

29

6

4

10

50

6

0

59

0

0

1

0

1989-90

52

10

8

18

113

16

0

154

0

0

0

0

1990-91

49

10

8

18

70

12

81

128

0

0

2

1

1991-92

33

6

8

14

41

6

38

91

0

0

0

0

Dallas Totals

321

74

69

143

684

82

349

630

2

2

9

1

All-Time Ranking

4

11

9

10

6

6

4

2

25

5

10

11

 

Playoff Statistics

GP

G

A

PTS

SH

PIM

F

BL

PPG

SHG

GWG

OTG

1985-86

4

2

1

3

15

0

8

4

0

0

0

0

1986-87

13

2

4

6

49

8

23

31

0

1

0

0

1987-88

4

1

4

5

5

2

0

7

0

0

0

0

1988-89

7

1

1

2

8

4

0

28

0

0

0

0

1989-90

6

0

0

0

12

4

0

10

0

0

0

0

1991-92

12

4

3

7

13

8

15

37

0

1

0

0

Dallas Totals

46

10

13

23

102

26

46

117

0

2

0

0

 

Where Did He Go?

Wes McLeod announced his retirement at the Sidekicks final home playoff game in May of 1992 and returned to Tampa. He is currently a mortgage broker for Harborside Mortgage of Florida.