The 1988–89 Dallas Sidekicks season was the fifth season of the Dallas Sidekicks indoor soccer club. The season saw the team make the playoffs for the fourth consecutive year. The team hosted the 1989 Major Indoor Soccer League All-Star Game at Reunion Arena, losing to the MISL All–Stars, 8-1. The team also hosted an international exhibition against the Russian team Lokomotiv Moscow. 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

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 7,216Legend:

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 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