1987–88 Dallas Sidekicks season explained

Club:	Dallas Sidekicks
Season:	1987–88
Stadium:	Reunion Arena
League:	MISL
League Result:	3rd (Eastern Division)
Chrtitle:	Owner
Chairman:	Sidekicks I, Ltd.
Mgrtitle:	Head Coach
Manager:	Gordon Jago
Average Attendance:	9,878
Cup1:	MISL Playoffs
Cup1 Result:	Lost Eastern Division Semifinals (vs. Cleveland Force, 1-3)
Prevseason:	1986–87
Nextseason:	1988–89

The 1987–88 Dallas Sidekicks season was the fourth season of the Dallas Sidekicks indoor soccer club. The team entered the season as defending MISL champions. They made it back to the playoffs for the third consecutive year, but were unsuccessful in the defense of their title, losing in the first round. The team's average attendance for the season was 9,878, which is the franchise record to this day.

Schedule and results

Preseason

Preseason (3-4)
	Date	Away	Score	Home	Arena	Record	Attendance
1	October 10	Dallas Sidekicks	3-4	Kansas City Comets		0-1	4,011
2	October 16	Dallas Sidekicks	4-1			1-1	5,603
3	October 18		7-4	Dallas Sidekicks		1-2	N/A
4	October 23	Dallas Sidekicks	4-2			2-2	5,603
5	October 24	Dallas Sidekicks	5-9			2-3	3,645
6	October 27	Dallas Sidekicks	6-8		N/A (Richfield, Ohio)	2-4	12,619
7	October 31		2-5	Dallas Sidekicks		3-4	2,146

Regular season

1987–88 Regular Season (28-28)

November (4-5)
	Date	Away	Score	Home	Arena	Record	Attendance
1	November 4	Dallas Sidekicks	4-3			1-0	13,452
2	November 7		2-5	Dallas Sidekicks	Reunion Arena	2-0	16,115
3	November 12		1-3	Dallas Sidekicks	Reunion Arena	3-0	5,767
4	November 13	Dallas Sidekicks	4-7			3-1	12,102
5	November 17	Dallas Sidekicks	3-6			3-2	7,135
6	November 18	Dallas Sidekicks	1-3			3-3	6,604
7	November 20		4-3 (OT)	Dallas Sidekicks	Reunion Arena	3-4	12,368
8	November 25	Dallas Sidekicks	4-3 (OT)			4-4	10,048
9	November 28		2-1	Dallas Sidekicks	Reunion Arena	4-5	12,107

December (4-5)
	Date	Away	Score	Home	Arena	Record	Attendance
10	December 2		4-6	Dallas Sidekicks	Reunion Arena	5-5	6,107
11	December 4	Dallas Sidekicks	3-4 (OT)			5-6	9,176
12	December 6		7-6 (3OT)	Dallas Sidekicks	Reunion Arena	5-7	7,517
13	December 12		0-3	Dallas Sidekicks	Reunion Arena	6-7	9,277
14	December 18	Dallas Sidekicks	5-7			6-8	7,826
15	December 19		0-2	Dallas Sidekicks	Reunion Arena	7-8	8,770
16	December 26	Dallas Sidekicks	1-5			7-9	8,905
17	December 27	Dallas Sidekicks	4-3 (OT)			8-9	7,044
18	December 30		5-2	Dallas Sidekicks	Reunion Arena	8-10	9,170

January (5-6)
	Date	Away	Score	Home	Arena	Record	Attendance
19	January 2		1-2	Dallas Sidekicks	Reunion Arena	9-10	11,507
20	January 5	Dallas Sidekicks	6-7 (OT)			9-11	2,984
21	January 8		4-6	Dallas Sidekicks	Reunion Arena	10-11	9,277
22	January 15	Dallas Sidekicks	1-3			10-12	4,235
23	January 17		3-2	Dallas Sidekicks	Reunion Arena	10-13	9,407
24	January 21		4-5 (OT)	Dallas Sidekicks	Reunion Arena	11-13	7,239
25	January 22	Dallas Sidekicks	1-2			11-14	15,106
26	January 24		3-6	Dallas Sidekicks	Reunion Arena	12-14	10,107
27	January 26	Dallas Sidekicks	2-7			12-15	3,032
28	January 29	Dallas Sidekicks	3-4			12-16	10,172
29	January 30	Dallas Sidekicks	4-2			13-16	8,857

February (6-4)
	Date	Away	Score	Home	Arena	Record	Attendance
30	February 5	Dallas Sidekicks	4-5			13-17	8,821
31	February 7		2-4	Dallas Sidekicks	Reunion Arena	14-17	10,105
32	February 10		2-3	Dallas Sidekicks	Reunion Arena	15-17	7,117
33	February 12	Dallas Sidekicks	2-5			15-18	9,674
34	February 14		2-7	Dallas Sidekicks	Reunion Arena	16-18	11,720
35	February 19	Dallas Sidekicks	7-8 (3OT)			16-19	4,886
36	February 20		1-3	Dallas Sidekicks	Reunion Arena	17-19	11,817
37	February 23		1-4	Dallas Sidekicks	Reunion Arena	18-19	6,057
38	February 26		4-5 (OT)	Dallas Sidekicks	Reunion Arena	19-19	12,378
39	February 27	Dallas Sidekicks	3-4			19-20	10,284

March (7-3)
	Date	Away	Score	Home	Arena	Record	Attendance
40	March 1		1-6	Dallas Sidekicks	Reunion Arena	20-20	6,877
41	March 5		2-4	Dallas Sidekicks	Reunion Arena	21-20	11,877
42	March 9		4-5	Dallas Sidekicks	Reunion Arena	22-20	7,197
43	March 12	Dallas Sidekicks	1-2			22-21	9,693
44	March 13	Dallas Sidekicks	2-7			22-22	5,111
45	March 19		3-4 (OT)	Dallas Sidekicks	Reunion Arena	23-22	13,030
46	March 20		3-4	Dallas Sidekicks	Reunion Arena	24-22	10,131
47	March 23		5-2	Dallas Sidekicks	Reunion Arena	24-23	7,576
48	March 27	Dallas Sidekicks	5-3			25-23	3,857
49	March 30	Dallas Sidekicks	5-4			26-23	13,053

April (2-5)
	Date	Away	Score	Home	Arena	Record	Attendance
50	April 2	Dallas Sidekicks	3-8			26-24	3,287
51	April 5	Dallas Sidekicks	2-5			26-25	4,879
52	April 7		3-4 (OT)	Dallas Sidekicks	Reunion Arena	27-25	10,771
53	April 8	Dallas Sidekicks	2-3			27-26	14,415
54	April 10		2-4	Dallas Sidekicks	Reunion Arena	28-26	15,198
55	April 15	Dallas Sidekicks	2-6			28-27	9,060
56	April 16	Dallas Sidekicks	3-5			28-28	18,364

Legend:

Postseason

Eastern Division Semifinals (1-3)
	Date	Away	Score	Home	Arena	Series	Attendance
1	April 22	Dallas Sidekicks	2-3			0-1	5,651
2	April 24	Dallas Sidekicks	6-3			1-1	5,690
3	April 29		5-4 (2OT)	Dallas Sidekicks	Reunion Arena	1-2	10,517
4	May 1		5-2	Dallas Sidekicks	Reunion Arena	1-3	8,600

Final standings

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1	y-Minnesota Strikers	56	31	25	.554	--	274	252
2	x-Cleveland Force	56	30	26	.536	1	242	219
3	x-Dallas Sidekicks	56	28	28	.500	3	200	204
4	x-Baltimore Blast	56	25	31	.446	6	235	249
5	Chicago Sting	56	24	32	.429	7	227	247

y – division champions, x – clinched playoff berth

External links

1987-88 Dallas Sidekicks season statistics at Kicks Fan fansite