1985–86 Dallas Sidekicks season

Dallas Sidekicks

1985–86 season
Owner	Don Carter
Head Coach	Gordon Jago
Stadium	Reunion Arena
MISL	3rd (Eastern Division)
MISL Playoffs	Lost Eastern Division Semifinals
Average home league attendance	6,654
← 1984–85 1986–87 →

The 1985–86 Dallas Sidekicks season was the second season of the Dallas Sidekicks indoor soccer club. It saw the team move to the Eastern Division and make the playoffs for the first time in franchise in history.

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 0 GK Billy Phillips 1 GK Jan van Beveren 2 DF David Stride 3 DF Victor Moreland 4 DF Mike Uremovich 5 DF Martin Donnelly 6 MF Ed Radwanski 7 FW Perry Van der Beck 8 MF Wes McLeod 9 FW Tatu 10 FW Kevin Smith 11 MF Pedro DeBrito 12 MF Billy Caskey

No. Position Player 13 MF Louis Nanchoff 14 FW Jeff Rogers 15 FW Jim Gabarra 15 FW Oscar Fabbiani 16 FW Diego Castro 17 DF Mark Evans 18 MF Mark Karpun 19 MF Rickard Strombeck 20 FW Steve Gardner 20 FW Charlie Cooke 22 FW Doc Lawson 31 GK Krys Sobieski

Schedule and results

Pre-season

Preseason (4-1)
#	Date	Away	Score	Home	Arena	Record	Attendance
1	October 8	Dallas Sidekicks	7-3	Wichita Wings	Tulsa Convention Center	1-0	617
2	October 12	Wichita Wings	3-6	Dallas Sidekicks	Bayfront Center	2-0	N/A
3	October 16	Dallas Sidekicks	9-3	Phoenix Select	N/A (Phoenix, Arizona)	3-0	N/A
4	October 18	Dallas Sidekicks	3-4	Baltimore Blast	Kansas Coliseum	3-1	4,500
5	October 19	Dallas Sidekicks	8-1	Los Angeles Lazers	Kansas Coliseum	4-1	4,600

Regular season

1985–86 Regular Season (25-23)
October (1-0) # Date Away Score Home Arena Record Attendance 1 October 25 Los Angeles Lazers 5-7 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 1-0 6,299
November (2-6) # Date Away Score Home Arena Record Attendance 2 November 2 Dallas Sidekicks 3-4 Tacoma Stars Tacoma Dome 1-1 4,126 3 November 7 Wichita Wings 7-6 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 1-2 4,126 4 November 13 Baltimore Blast 7-3 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 1-3 4,196 5 November 16 Tacoma Stars 2-5 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 2-3 8,330 6 November 22 San Diego Sockers 5-3 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 2-4 6,882 7 November 23 Dallas Sidekicks 4-5 Pittsburgh Spirit Civic Arena 2-5 9,224 8 November 26 Dallas Sidekicks 5-7 Minnesota Strikers Met Center 2-6 3,771 9 November 30 Dallas Sidekicks 8-6 Wichita Wings Kansas Coliseum 3-6 4,119
December (6-4) # Date Away Score Home Arena Record Attendance 10 December 3 Chicago Sting 3-4 (OT) Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 4-6 4,242 11 December 6 Dallas Sidekicks 4-2 Cleveland Force Richfield Coliseum 5-6 10,191 12 December 8 Dallas Sidekicks 5-4 Baltimore Blast Baltimore Arena 6-6 8,579 13 December 13 Baltimore Blast 9-5 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 6-7 7,364 14 December 14 Dallas Sidekicks 5-7 St. Louis Steamers St. Louis Arena 6-8 8,187 15 December 18 Pittsburgh Spirit 4-5 (OT) Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 7-8 4,009 16 December 20 Dallas Sidekicks 6-4 Los Angeles Lazers The Forum 8-8 4,235 17 December 21 Dallas Sidekicks 3-7 San Diego Sockers San Diego Sports Arena 8-9 7,479 18 December 27 Dallas Sidekicks 3-6 Chicago Sting Chicago Stadium 8-10 7,201 19 December 28 Minnesota Strikers 2-4 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 9-10 6,370
January (6-5) # Date Away Score Home Arena Record Attendance 20 January 3 Kansas City Comets 2-1 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 9-11 7,112 21 January 4 Dallas Sidekicks 4-8 Baltimore Blast Baltimore Arena 9-12 11,746 22 January 8 Cleveland Force 5-2 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 9-13 3,710 23 January 10 Dallas Sidekicks 5-4 (2OT) Cleveland Force Richfield Coliseum 10-13 10,738 24 January 12 Dallas Sidekicks 8-1 Minnesota Strikers Met Center 11-13 6,715 25 January 18 Pittsburgh Spirit 4-5 (2OT) Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 12-13 11,136 26 January 21 Wichita Wings 2-3 Dallas Sidekicks Kansas Coliseum 13-13 4,311 27 January 24 Dallas Sidekicks 4-6 St. Louis Steamers St. Louis Arena 13-14 11,227 28 January 25 Chicago Sting 4-7 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 14-14 11,612 29 January 30 Minnesota Strikers 8-11 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 15-14 4,091 30 January 31 Dallas Sidekicks 1-4 Pittsburgh Spirit Civic Arena 15-15 6,753
February (3-3) # Date Away Score Home Arena Record Attendance 31 February 7 Dallas Sidekicks 4-5 (OT) Tacoma Stars Tacoma Dome 15-16 9,152 32 February 9 Dallas Sidekicks 5-4 Kansas City Comets Kemper Arena 16-16 11,844 33 February 11 Kansas City Comets 4-5 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 17-16 4,417 34 February 14 Cleveland Force 6-3 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 17-17 6,474 35 February 22 Los Angeles Lazers 7-8 (OT) Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 18-17 10,832 36 February 25 Minnesota Strikers 7-4 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 18-18 5,316
March (7-3) # Date Away Score Home Arena Record Attendance 37 March 1 Dallas Sidekicks 6-4 Chicago Sting Chicago Stadium 19-18 10,125 38 March 2 Dallas Sidekicks 2-5 Pittsburgh Spirit Civic Arena 19-19 10,972 39 March 5 Chicago Sting 7-3 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 20-19 4,828 40 March 8 Dallas Sidekicks 2-5 Baltimore Blast Baltimore Arena 20-20 12,407 41 March 13 St. Louis Steamers 1-7 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 21-20 5,289 42 March 16 Cleveland Force 4-6 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 22-20 9,261 43 March 19 Baltimore Blast 3-4 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 23-20 7,379 44 March 23 Pittsburgh Spirit 1-4 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 24-20 11,836 45 March 27 Dallas Sidekicks 6-5 (OT) Chicago Sting Chicago Stadium 25-20 6,919 46 March 29 Dallas Sidekicks 3-9 Cleveland Force Richfield Coliseum 25-21 18,135
April (0-2) # Date Away Score Home Arena Record Attendance 47 April 2 Dallas Sidekicks 2-6 Minnesota Strikers Met Center 25-22 5,895 48 April 5 Dallas Sidekicks 3-8 San Diego Sockers San Diego Sports Arena 25-23 10,382
Legend:   Win   Loss

Postseason

Eastern Division Semifinals (1-3)
#	Date	Away	Score	Home	Arena	Series	Attendance
1	April 12	Dallas Sidekicks	3-5	Minnesota Strikers	Met Center	0-1	7,101
2	April 13	Dallas Sidekicks	2-7	Minnesota Strikers	Met Center	0-2	5,151
3	April 16	Minnesota Strikers	1-4	Dallas Sidekicks	Reunion Arena	1-2	10,218
4	April 19	Minnesota Strikers	7-4	Dallas Sidekicks	Reunion Arena	1-3	13,908

Final Standings

Eastern Division

		GP	W	L	Pct	GB	GF	GA
1	y-Cleveland Force	48	27	21	.563	--	252	212
2	x-Minnesota Strikers	48	26	22	.542	1	232	242
3	x-Dallas Sidekicks	48	25	23	.521	2	220	231
4	x-Baltimore Blast	48	24	24	.500	3	211	201
5	Chicago Sting	48	23	25	.479	4	196	196
6	Pittsburgh Spirit	48	23	25	.479	4	221	237

y – division champions, x – clinched playoff berth

External links

• 1985-86 Dallas Sidekicks season stats at Kicks Fan fansite