1985–86 Dallas Sidekicks season

March 2026 August 2023 Dallas Sidekicks 1985–86 Reunion Arena MISL 3rd (Eastern Division) Owner Don Carter Head Coach Gordon Jago 6,654 MISL Playoffs Lost Eastern Division Semifinals 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 0 USA GK Billy Phillips 1 NLD GK Jan van Beveren 2 ENG DF David Stride 3 IRL DF Victor Moreland 4 CAN DF Mike Uremovich 5 IRL DF Martin Donnelly 6 USA MF Ed Radwanski 7 USA FW Perry Van der Beck 8 ENG MF Wes McLeod 9 BRA FW Tatu 10 USA FW Kevin Smith 11 POR MF Pedro DeBrito 12 IRL MF Billy Caskey 13 YUG MF Louis Nanchoff 14 USA FW Jeff Rogers 15 USA FW Jim Gabarra 15 ARG FW Oscar Fabbiani 16 CHI FW Diego Castro 17 USA DF Mark Evans 18 CAN MF Mark Karpun 19 SWE MF Rickard Strombeck 20 ENG FW Steve Gardner 20 SCO FW Charlie Cooke 22 USA FW Doc Lawson 31 POL 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 10,382Legend: #ccffcc Win 1px solid #ccffcc #ffcccc Loss 1px solid #ffcccc 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 Games played W Wins L Losses Pct Win percentage GB Games back GF Goals for GA Goals against 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 Category:Dallas Sidekicks (1984–2004) seasons Dallas Sidekicks Dallas Sidekicks