1988–89 Dallas Sidekicks season

San Diego Sockers, 3-4)

Average home league attendance	8,567
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The 1988–89 Dallas Sidekicks season was the fifth season of the Dallas Sidekicks

. The Sidekicks won 6-2 and the attendance of 12,111 was the second highest that year for the team. Long–time head coach Gordon Jago was promoted to General Manager on March 2. Assistant coach Billy Phillips was promoted into Jago’s position.

Roster

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  USA Hank Henry 2 MF  ENG Terry Woodberry 3 DF  USA Troy Snyder 4 FW  COL Jorge Acosta 5 DF  USA Mike Powers 7 MF  ITA Gino DiFlorio 8 MF  ENG Wes McLeod 9 FW  BRA Tatu 10 FW  USA Kevin Smith 11 FW  ENG Godfrey Ingram 11 FW  NED Marcel Loosveld

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 MF  ENG Michael King 14 MF  TRI Richard Chinapoo 15 FW  BRA Marco Leite 16 FW  USA Eloy Salgado 18 MF  CAN Mark Karpun 20 MF  BRA Bruno Feretti 21 FW  COL Willie Molano 22 FW  USA Doc Lawson 25 MF  BRA Beto 31 GK  POL Krys Sobieski 32 GK  USA Joe Papaleo

Schedule and results

Preseason

Preseason (2-3)
#	Date	Away	Score	Home	Arena	Record	Attendance
1	October 8	Dallas Sidekicks	15-1	Houston Express	Houston Indoor Soccer Center	1-0	N/A
2	October 14	Dallas Sidekicks	3-4 (OT)	Baltimore Blast	N/A (Richfield, Ohio)	1-1	N/A
3	October 16	Dallas Sidekicks	3-0	SMU Mustangs	Ownby Stadium	2-1	4,135
4	October 22	Wichita Wings	8-5	Dallas Sidekicks	N/A Nashville, Texas	2-2	N/A
5	October 29	Dallas Sidekicks	2-3	Wichita Wings	Kansas Coliseum	2-3	N/A

Regular season

1988–89 Regular Season (24-24)
November (5-3) # Date Away Score Home Arena Record Attendance 1 November 4 Dallas Sidekicks 6-5 (3OT) Tacoma Stars Tacoma Dome 1-0 12,218 2 November 6 Baltimore Blast 6-3 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 1-1 15,077 3 November 12 Dallas Sidekicks 2-5 Wichita Wings Kansas Coliseum 1-2 9,520 4 November 13 Tacoma Stars 3-6 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 2-2 7,117 5 November 18 Wichita Wings 5-8 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 3-2 9,110 6 November 19 San Diego Sockers 2-1 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 3-3 10,885 7 November 25 Dallas Sidekicks 8-6 Los Angeles Lazers The Forum 4-3 5,182 8 November 27 Los Angeles Lazers 4-7 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 5-3 7,101
December (5-3) # Date Away Score Home Arena Record Attendance 9 December 2 Dallas Sidekicks 4-3 Kansas City Comets Kemper Arena 6-3 7,275 10 December 4 Baltimore Blast 3-2 (2OT) Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 6-4 8,577 11 December 9 Kansas City Comets 2-6 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 7-4 7,096 12 December 16 Tacoma Stars 5-6 (3OT) Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 8-4 7,877 13 December 17 Dallas Sidekicks 3-7 Tacoma Stars Tacoma Dome 8-5 5,796 14 December 27 Dallas Sidekicks 2-6 Wichita Wings Kansas Coliseum 8-6 9,688 15 December 28 Los Angeles Lazers 4-5 (OT) Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 9-6 9,199 16 December 30 Dallas Sidekicks 6-5 Baltimore Blast Baltimore Arena 10-6 10,118
January (3-4) # Date Away Score Home Arena Record Attendance 17 January 6 Tacoma Stars 4-6 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 11-6 9,559 18 January 7 Kansas City Comets 4-7 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 12-6 12,197 19 January 13 San Diego Sockers 7-1 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 12-7 10,006 20 January 15 Dallas Sidekicks 2-7 Kansas City Comets Kemper Arena 12-8 8,530 21 January 21 Los Angeles Lazers 4-3 (OT) Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 12-9 12,106 22 January 24 Wichita Wings 4-3 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 12-10 6,024 23 January 28 San Diego Sockers 3-4 (OT) Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 13-10 10,991
February (3-6) # Date Away Score Home Arena Record Attendance 24 February 3 Dallas Sidekicks 4-6 Baltimore Blast Baltimore Arena 13-11 10,057 25 February 4 Wichita Wings 3-5 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 14-11 9,118 26 February 7 Dallas Sidekicks 1-3 Wichita Wings Kansas Coliseum 14-12 7,306 27 February 8 Dallas Sidekicks 0-4 San Diego Sockers San Diego Sports Arena 14-13 6,486 28 February 15 Dallas Sidekicks 1-4 Baltimore Blast Baltimore Arena 14-14 6,418 29 February 17 Baltimore Blast 3-2 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 14-15 10,830 30 February 19 Dallas Sidekicks 4-3 (2OT) Kansas City Comets Kemper Arena 15-15 11,696 31 February 24 Dallas Sidekicks 2-8 San Diego Sockers San Diego Sports Arena 15-16 8,845 32 February 25 Dallas Sidekicks 4-2 Los Angeles Lazers The Forum 16-16 6,135
March (5-4) # Date Away Score Home Arena Record Attendance 33 March 4 Dallas Sidekicks 4-2 Los Angeles Lazers The Forum 17-16 4,341 34 March 7 Wichita Wings 6-8 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 18-16 5,377 35 March 15 Kansas City Comets 6-3 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 18-17 5,719 36 March 17 Dallas Sidekicks 2-7 Wichita Wings Kansas Coliseum 18-18 8,452 37 March 19 Dallas Sidekicks 3-4 San Diego Sockers San Diego Sports Arena 18-19 6,830 38 March 23 San Diego Sockers 3-5 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 19-19 6,868 39 March 25 Los Angeles Lazers 1-7 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 20-19 7,064 40 March 29 Dallas Sidekicks 4-8 Tacoma Stars Tacoma Dome 20-20 4,314 41 March 31 Dallas Sidekicks 4-3 Los Angeles Lazers The Forum 21-20 5,533
April (3-4) # Date Away Score Home Arena Record Attendance 42 April 1 Dallas Sidekicks 3-4 San Diego Sockers San Diego Sports Arena 21-21 9,136 43 April 6 Tacoma Stars 1-0 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 21-22 3,227 44 April 8 Dallas Sidekicks 6-2 Baltimore Blast Baltimore Arena 22-22 9,677 45 April 9 Kansas City Comets 1-2 Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 23-22 5,776 46 April 14 Baltimore Blast 3-4 (OT) Dallas Sidekicks Reunion Arena 24-22 8,646 47 April 15 Dallas Sidekicks 2-5 Tacoma Stars Tacoma Dome 24-23 9,295 48 April 18 Dallas Sidekicks 3-8 Kansas City Comets Kemper Arena 24-24 7,216
Legend:   Win   Loss

Postseason

MISL Semifinals (3-4)
#	Date	Away	Score	Home	Arena	Series	Attendance
1	May 3	Dallas Sidekicks	4-7	San Diego Sockers	San Diego Sports Arena	0-1	12,218
2	May 6	Dallas Sidekicks	5-4	San Diego Sockers	San Diego Sports Arena	1-1	9,289
3	May 12	San Diego Sockers	5-4 (OT)	Dallas Sidekicks	Reunion Arena	1-2	6,285
4	May 13	San Diego Sockers	3-7	Dallas Sidekicks	Reunion Arena	2-2	7,015
5	May 16	San Diego Sockers	1-4	Dallas Sidekicks	Reunion Arena	3-2	5,407
6	May 18	Dallas Sidekicks	2-7	San Diego Sockers	San Diego Sports Arena	3-3	7,664
7	May 20	Dallas Sidekicks	0-1	San Diego Sockers	San Diego Sports Arena	3-4	11,604

Final standings

MISL

		GP	W	L	Pct	GB	GF	GA
1	x-Baltimore Blast	48	29	19	.604	--	215	208
2	x-San Diego Sockers	48	27	21	.563	2	218	168
3	x-Dallas Sidekicks	48	24	24	.500	5	185	206
4	x-Tacoma Stars	48	23	25	.479	6	208	207
5	x-Wichita Wings	48	23	25	.479	6	213	208
6	Kansas City Comets	48	21	27	.438	8	218	222
7	Los Angeles Lazers	48	21	27	.438	8	194	233

x – clinched playoff berth

External links

• 1988-89 Dallas Sidekicks season statistics at Kicks Fan fansite