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Medical Study

1989: 3 Dallas researchers published a study saying the then-common practice of football players breathing pure oxygen on the sidelines assists in regaining stamina and makes for better performance on the field. The researches used 12 members of the Dallas Sidekicks as test subjects for the study.

Future Opponents

1992: The National Professional Soccer League admitted the Baltimore Spirit to the league.

By The Numbers

1993: The CISL's use of the size 4 ball, which is used internationally for indoor play, rather than the traditional size 5 ball used outdoors and in all other pro indoor leagues before and since, increased goal scoring through the first 5 weeks of the season by 22% over the same time period in the previous Major Soccer League season (1991-92).
- 15.1 goals per game were scored during the first 5 weeks of play in the CISL's 1993 season.

Regular Season Games

1996: at Washington Warthogs 7 Sidekicks 2

Birthday

1952: Steve Parker (Trainer 2000-2004)

1968: John Olu-Molomo