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  Dallas Sidekicks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Dallas Sidekicks were one of the longest operating professional soccer teams in the United States, based in Dallas, Texas, and operating from 1984 until suspending operations following the 2004 season.
The team was founded as a member of the originial Major Indoor Soccer League.
The team's most famous player was Tatu, who was known for throwing his shirt into the stands after every goal.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dallas_Sidekicks   (147 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Indoor soccer great Tatu closes 21-year career
The No. 2 scorer in indoor soccer history, a four-time league champion and the only man to win coach- and player-of-the-year honors in the same year is part of a Sidekicks team that's at the bottom of the Major Indoor Soccer League standings.
Tatu's frustration has been obvious to nearly everyone as he's often berated his much younger teammates and struggled to summon the energy necessary for his fifth year as a player and head coach.
Tatu was reluctant at first – players in Brazil would never do such a thing – but he eventually relented after team officials kept pestering him as attendance figures continued to fall.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/soccer/20030321-1716-na-spt-soc-taleoftatu.html   (1045 words)

  
 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Soccer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
He was hired by the University of Tampa as an assistant coach in 1981 and became the team's head coach in 1987.
In 1996, Fitzgerald left the University of Tampa for Major League Soccer when he was hired as an assistant coach for the Columbus Crew.
McManus played college soccer for the University of Alabama at Birmingham from 2000 to 2003, where he was recognized as one of the best defenders in Conference USA.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Soccer   (502 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Tough times for Tatu; youngsters key in MLS SuperDraft   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Tatu could only raise his eyes to the rafters of the old Baltimore Arena, newly christened 1st Mariner Arena in a shrewd business move by Blast owner and 1st Mariner Bank CEO Edwin Hale.
Tatu had some opportunities to bring Dallas within a single goal, but his free kicks just couldn't connect.
Tatu had plenty to say, but he kept it to his team.
www.usatoday.com /sports/soccer/columnist/dure/2003-01-13-dure_x.htm   (1265 words)

  
 USIndoor to Offer Commemorative Tatu Cards
The United States Indoor Soccer Association is joining the Dallas Sidekicks and Donruss Trading Card Co. in honoring legendary Sidekick, Tatu, by offering his limited edition player cards via USIndoor.com.
The 1986-87 Championship Year card, displaying Tatu and his first Dallas Sidekick Championship, is sure to be popular, along with the 2002-03 season card that will be handed out at the last home game versus the Baltimore Blast on Sunday, March 23, 2003,.
Tatu entered the season near the top of the career list in several categories.
www.usindoor.com /tatucards.html   (395 words)

  
 tatu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Tatu is a Tahitian term which means, "to mark." In this meaning the term is the basis for the word tattoo.
Tatu was also the codename Che Guevara of Cuban revolutionary fame used while he was assisting Marxist supporters of Laurent Kabila in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Tatu is the nickname of one of the best indoor soccer players of all time, Antonio Carlos Pecorai.
www.33beat.com /tatu.html   (287 words)

  
 1998 PSA Awards
Tatu, the most prolific scorer in the history of professional soccer in the United States, led the Sidekicks to an overall record of 10-2 and a spot in the PSA Championship Game during his first year as a head coach.
Tatu led the PSA in goal scoring with 22 and finished second to teammate David Doyle with 35 points.
Tatu was also selected to the All-PSA first team and earned PSA Coach of the Year honors in his first season behind the bench.
members.aol.com /Vonisun/PSAawards.html   (591 words)

  
 ESPN.com - SOCCER - Tatu says the fire no longer there
DALLAS -- Tatu, in his 18th season as a player for the Dallas Sidekicks and his fifth as a coach, said Monday that the 2002-2003 season will be his last as a player and perhaps as a coach.
Tatu said he has often thought about the time when he would eventually retire.
Tatu has played for the Sidekicks since their inaugural season in 1984-85.
espn.go.com /soccer/news/2002/0826/1423163.html   (246 words)

  
 Camp Directors
Tatu's full name is Antonio Carlos Pecorari--the nickname "TATU" was passed down from his father.
Played professional soccer for 10 years, with the Dallas Tornado, Wichita, San Jose, St. Louis, and Dallas Sidekicks and was In goal for the first ever Sidekicks victory vs. New York Cosmos.
He Played pro indoor soccer for 10 years in the US, was MISL Champion in 1987, Two time Sidekicks MVP, and was MISL goalkeeper of the year in 1987.
www.tatusoccer.com /coaches.htm   (635 words)

  
 United Soccer Leagues (USL)
In addition to being editor of the school newspaper, he was very active in soccer in and around the Oneonta, N.Y., community, starting the Empire State Soccer League and launching the magazine Soccer Monthly, which eventually became the official magazine of the U.S. Soccer Federation.
Marcos became a "soccer internationalist" of sorts as early as 1969, when he was part of a European tour for the Hartwick team.
The icon, a diminutive Brazilian with the catchy nickname "Tatu," was best known for tossing his shirt into the stands after every goal he scored during his prestigious indoor career.
www.uslsoccer.com /aboutusl/history/53794.html   (908 words)

  
 WISL Weekly Release #4   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Tatu tallied 10 points (5 goals and 5 assists) as the Dallas Sidekicks won back-to-back home games by a combined score of 23-6.
In that game, Tatu - who is in his 15th season with the Sidekicks - tallied three goals in the first 8:23 of play.
Tatu begins the week as the league’s leading scorer with 19 points (six points ahead of teammate David Doyle), first in the league in goals with nine (two ahead of Arizona’s Rick Soderman and Doyle) and first in the league in assists (four ahead of Arizona’s Randy Soderman).
members.aol.com /Vonisun/WISL4.html   (530 words)

  
 Cavaliers Top Qualifiers at ACC Track & Field Championships :: Tatu qualifies in both 800 and 1500, Lindner third in ...
Virginia's Alex Tatu posted the top qualifying time in the 1500 and also was one of the top qualifiers in the 800 as the Cavalier track and field teams continued action on Friday (April 22) at the ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Tallahassee.
Tatu finished behind teammate and top qualifier McGavock Dunbar in the 800 as the men had three athletes qualify for the final as Virginia was the only school to have more than one student-athlete in the top eight of the preliminaries.
Tatu also qualified for the Regional meet in the 800m, which was his personal best time.
www.cstv.com /sports/c-track/stories/042305aag.html   (638 words)

  
 Cavaliers Smash School Records at ACC Track & Field Championships :: Grant joins Jorgensen as ACC Champion, three ...
Virginia's Billie-Jo Grant won the discus competition as her second throw of the day was the longest of the afternoon, and Kellen Blassingame and David Sullivan smashed their own school records to help the Virginia men take fourth at the ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships which were held in Tallahassee today (April 23).
UVa first-year Alex Tatu took home the silver in both the 800 and 1500m runs, just nipping teammate McGavock Dunbar by.05 in the 800 as the Cavaliers finished the competition with 81.5 points, their highest finish in four years.
Tatu took second in the 1500m with his 3:49.78 in the first individual running event of the day and came back in the afternoon to earn his second runner-up finish, going 1:51.02 in the 800 and just beating teammate Dunbar, who took third with his 1:51.07.
www.theacc.com /sports/c-track/recaps/042305aas.html   (553 words)

  
 Coaching Staff
Cara started her collegiate soccer career at Richland Community College and with her leadership skills, was named team captain her freshman year.
From 2000-2001, she was the assistant soccer coach at Coronado High School in Lubbock, Texas.
Steve Woodward is one of the D'Feeters Soccer Club college liaisons in charge of all our junior and senior players placement to colleges, he travels with them to all exposure tournaments such as WAGS, Orange Classic, Surf Cup, Shoot-Out Showcase, etc. to promote our players and to answer all questions asked by the college coaches.
www.dfeeters.com /staff.htm   (3054 words)

  
 Major Indoor Soccer League
Tatu would absolutely love to see his beloved Dallas Sidekicks kicking around the soccer ball in preparation for this season’s upcoming MISL Championship Series.
Tatu stated that the primary investor is, like himself, interested in fielding a professional team capable of winning championships, but also one that was certain to set a good example for the youth in the community.
Tatu added that the search for minority investors had made significant progress, with some potentially on board, but that work in that area remains a sensitive and evolving process.
www.misl.net:16080 /people?cat=10&id=4023   (939 words)

  
 MISL: Dallas Sidekicks halt operations after two decades.
Tatu has been with the Dallas Sidekicks for all 19 years as a player and a coach.
Tatu spent his entire indoor career in Dallas, scoring a league-record 736 goals while holding numerous other MISL marks.
Though he is not being paid by the league, Tatu will assist trying to find a new owner and hopes to continue the club's community involvement through youth camps and tournaments.
www.soccertimes.com /proleagues/indoor/2004/sep14.htm   (568 words)

  
 Sidekicks host Monterrey Fri. Feb 5, 7pm - OurSports Central   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
HEAD COACH TATU: Tatu is in his sixth season as the Head Coach of the Dallas Sidekicks.
Tatu led the Sidekicks to the World Indoor Soccer League finals in each of his first four years as head coach, winning the 1998 and 2001 titles.
Tatu is the only person to earn Player of the Year and Coach of the Year awards in the same season accomplishing this great achievement in 1998.
www.oursportscentral.com /services/releases?id=3008109&l_id=&t_id=   (2091 words)

  
 Dallas Sidekicks
Whether you are new to soccer, a casual fan or a long time Sidekicks fan, the Powerade Jr.
Tatu finished with one goal and one assist.
Tatu will arrive at the McDonald's at Royal Lane and Reeder Road before 1 p.m.
www.mysoccertexas.com /dallas_sidekicks.htm   (418 words)

  
 Athens Review, Athens, Texas - Tatu’s camp? It’s ‘Good! Good! Good!’
The Tatu All Star Soccer Camp is in town this week for its 15th year, and the field is packed with players who aspire to one day chisel their skills to the level of the camp’s namesake, maybe even better.
Tatu said the participants at the camp now are so much better at a younger age.
Tatu and his camp counselors, consisting of current and former players and coaches and even some former campers themselves, use different styles to accomplish this goal.
www.athensreview.com /sports/local_story_164104223.html   (551 words)

  
 Virginia's Alex Tatu wins 1500 at JMU Invitational :: Hits regional qualifying mark with a personal best time
Virginia's Alex Tatu won the 1500m run at the JMU Invitational tonight, running a personal-best 3:46.15 and qualifying for the NCAA East Regional event in the process.
Tatu's time was six seconds faster than his closest competitor and moved him up to the #7 spot all-time at Virginia.
Tatu will next compete at the NCAA East Regional meet in Randall's Island on May 27-28.
www.theacc.com /sports/c-track/recaps/050805aac.html   (119 words)

  
 SoccerAmerica.com: Home
Major Indoor Soccer League scoring champion Greg Howes is a near-unanimous selection as the league's MVP after leading the Milwaukee Wave to the championship series.
Former MISL great Tatu was voted MISL Coach of the Year after guiding the Dallas Sidekicks to a 21-15 record and the Western Division title.
Tatu, who was the Sidekicks' player-coach for five seasons before retiring as a player following the 2002-03 season, engineered a turnaround from a 9-27 mark the previous season.
www.socceramerica.com /article.asp?Art_ID=562134544   (536 words)

  
 United Soccer Leagues (USL)
The Austin Sockadillos, founded by Marcos, became the first expansion team in USL history in 1987, bringing the league to a total of six teams for the 1987-88 season.
The team was co-owned by Tatu, who was fondly referred to as the Fantastic Armadillo by Marcos, of NASL and MISL fame.
In honor of the great player, the team was named Sockadillos with a posterized cartoon version Tatu, which is Brazilian for armadillo.
www.uslsoccer.com /aboutusl/history/53774.html   (259 words)

  
 Indoor 'Stars of the Century' team is released.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Tatu, who competed in all the major indoor leagues, had 776 goals, 592 assists through 1997.
The backups are brilliant in their own right -- Preki Radosavljevic, pure scorer Julie Veee, and all-time scoring champion Hector Marinaro, still active with the Cleveland Crunch, and indoor soccer's top career scorer with 942 goals and 501 assists.
Ron Newman led the Sockers to 10 titles in 11 seasons and is the all-time coach.
www.soccertimes.com /proleagues/indoor/1999/feb04.htm   (371 words)

  
 System Toolbox
It seems that the SSH name is a trademark of his company (SSH Communications Security Group Corp.), and he has politely asked that the OpenSSH team stop infringing on his trademark.
The letter that Tatu wrote was extremely polite.
It's not necessarily the protocol he's concerned with (although he does warn that SSH1 does have some severe problems that the OpenSSH developers are continuing to promulgate in their version), but it's simply a matter where he's trying to defend his trademark and his business in a cordial way.
www.systemtoolbox.com /bfarticle.php?content_id=21   (613 words)

  
 Dallas Sidekicks
Tatu wins the award after leading the Sidekicks to a 21-15 record and a MISL Western Division Championship.
Tatu has a career coaching record of 84-68 during the regular season (8-4 during the postseason).
Tatu wins the award after receiving the most voting points (138) and the most first-place votes (22).
www.dallassidekicks.com:16080 /news/?cat=19&id=228   (703 words)

  
 St. Louis Steamers -- An Unofficial Web Site By Jim Fossell -- Archive
His passion for soccer in general and the Steamers in particular is clearly evident.
Oldani is as humble as he is enthusiastic, so he downplays any mention that he is the "man who saved St. Louis indoor soccer", instead deflecting attention to the new owners and their plans for the franchise.
Tatu has assisted in the negotiations, although he is not being paid by the league or the team.
webpages.charter.net /jimfossell/steamers/archive_september_2004.htm   (2336 words)

  
 Russian TV Protests Eurovision Contest (phillyBurbs.com) | Music
Channel One, a member of the European Broadcasting Union which runs the contest, and broadcaster of the competition in Russia, said in a statement that it "officially declares that it discredits the voting results of the Eurovision song contest 2003" and that it would send a formal declaration to the EBU.
The channel claims that Tatu's performance at the contest Saturday in the Latvian capital Riga received "unlikely low points" from the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Malta, Sweden, Norway and Ireland.
Tatu, whose two female singers have shocked many by kissing in one of their videos, was favored to win the annual competition, which has become one of Europe's most popular musical events.
www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/81-05292003-98197.html   (516 words)

  
 CNNSI.com - Soccer - US - U.S. Soccer Week at a Glance: Half a Hamm short - Friday August 30, 2002 10:46 AM
And Hamm's absence for nearly half the season with a knee injury contributed to a drop in attendance of about 15 percent in the league's second season, according to WUSA officials who also cited a typical sophomore slump for sports leagues.
Dallas Sidekicks player-coach Tatu, who gave the team its fourth championship on his final shot of last season, says he plans to retire.
In his 18th season on the team and his fifth as a coach, 40-year-old Tatu said Monday at training camp opening that the 2002-2003 Major Indoor Soccer League season will be his last as a player.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/us/news/2002/08/29/us_glance   (3054 words)

  
 Tatu @ Celebrity-News.Net - News Rumors, Gossip - Movie, Music, Celebrities, Contacts, Download
New Jersey Herald - By CHRISTINA TATU For The Herald The first thing 10-year-old Monejha Gardner of Harlem recalled about her first visit to Sussex County was the open space and trees.
A beginning toward an explanation of why this is unlikely may be found in Richard Lynn and Tatu Vanhanen's IQ and the Wealth of Nations (2002), which shows the...
The reports said the bomb was exploded at around 8 pm near the veranda of the house belonging to one Saikhom Tatu Singh and no one suffered injury in the...
celebrity-news.net /tatu.html   (1395 words)

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