Dallas
Sidekicks Players
#11 David
Doyle
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Position:
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Forward
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Height:
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5'11"
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Weight:
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165
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Birthdate:
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August
8, 1965
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Birthplace:
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Dublin,
Ireland
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Citizenship:
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Ireland
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Previous
Club:
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Kansas
City Comets
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College:
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Campbell
University
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Pronounciation:
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David
D'Oil
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Seasons
Pro:
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16
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Seasons
with the Sidekicks:
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12
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How He Got
Here
Signed as a
Free Agent after the Kansas City Comets
folded in 1991.
College Days
- Lead the nation in goal
scoring (36) his Senior year (1986) at Campbell University.
- Only player in school
history to have his jersey number retired by the school (#11)
Draft Notice
Doyle was drafted
out of Campbell University by the Kansas City
Comets in the first round (3rd pick overall) of the 1987 MISL College Draft.
Overdraft
Protection
Doyle was one
of 5 players that the Sidekicks protected when the club joined the CISL in 1993.
The CISL recognized these 5 players as being "drafted" in each of
the first 5 rounds of the 1993 Profesional Draft.
Always Remember
the First Time
Doyle recorded
a Powerplay Goal and the Game Winning Goal as part of a Hat Trick during his
first match as a Sidekick on Opening Day,
1991
M*A*S*H*ed
Doyle missed
six games after he broke his ankle during a match with Philadelphia on January
25, 2004.
Sidekicks
Highlights
1991-92
- Ranked 2nd in Goals Scored
and Game Winning Goals in the Major (Indoor) Soccer League.
- Earned first victory
as a goalkeeper on April 3, 1992 at Wichtia
(score: 5-3)
- Other Game Winning Goals
during 1991-92:
- Scored two Playoff Game
Winning Goals:
1993
- Lead the team with 6
powerplay goals.
- Started all 28 Regular
Season games.
- Second on team in Scoring
with 93 points
- Record at least one point
(goal or assist) in all 28 Regular Season games.
- 23 multi-point games
- Recorded 6 Hat Tricks:
- Scored 4 goals in one
half on two occasions:
1994
- One of two players to
start all 28 Regular Season Games
- Tied for first on Team
in Shots on Goal with 233
- Lead the Sidekicks in
Game Winning Goals (7)
- Recorded an 18 game goal
scoring streak between July 1 (vs Portland)
and August 27 (vs Pittsburgh)
- Recorded eight Regular
Season Hat Tricks (games with more than 3 goals in parentheses):
- Scored Hat
Tricks in each of the Eastern Division Finals matches vs Washington
1995
- Completed a 73 game point
scoring streak (ended against Mexico
Torors on August 27)
- Finished second in the
CISL in both Hat Tricks and Game Winning Goals
- Lead the Sidekicks in
the Playoffs in both Game Winning Goals and Powerplay Goals with 2 each.
- Recorded 8 Hat Tricks
for a second consecutive season:
1996
- Lead the CISL in Goals
scored with 47.
- Finished second in CISL
to Tatu in Points.
- Only Sidekick to have
played all 28 Regular Season and all 4 Playoff games
- Recorded a career best
43 blocked shots during the Regular Season
- Tied the Sidekicks 1996
Season high Goal Scoring record with 5 goals vs Indianapolis
on August 17.
- Earned 4 assists on September
21st match vs Portland, a
season best.
- Recorded 15 multi-goal
games (lead the Sidekicks).
- Completed 18 games with
more than one point (goal or assist).
- Doyle's 9 Powerplay goals
tied for the CISL lead.
- Lead the Sidekicks in
Shootout goals
- Scored a Hat Trick against
Detroit on July
27 and then finished the game as the Emergency Goalkeeper for the second
night in a row.
- Recorded 9 Hat
Tricks, extending his streak of 8 Hat Tricks or more in a season to 3:
1997
- Completed his CISL
career by finishing second to Tatu in
all-time leading scoring with 391 points (221 goals and 170 assists).
1998
1999
- Lead the WISL with 29
goals scored
- Scored the first goal
of the game twice
- Scored 4 Game Winning
Goals:
- Scored 4 goals vs "Mexico"
(August 14) and Utah
(October 3)
- Scored 2 additional Hat
Tricks besides those listed above:
2000
- Converted the Game Winning
Shootout attempt at Houston on
August 20.
- Named Offensive Player
of the Game once.
2001
2002-03
- Scored the 1,000th point
(goals plus assists) of his career March
15, 2003 at Milwaukee.
- became only the
10th player all-time to score 1,000 points in a career.
- tied Kia for 3rd all-time
in Powerplay goal scoring at :53 seconds of the second quarter in this
match.
- Doyle is one
of only 4 players all-time to score 80 Powerplay goals.
- Lead the Sidekicks with
six 3-point goals (the multi-point scoring system was used this season).
- Assisted Armando
Valdivia's
goal at 10:45 of the 2nd period on February
7, 2003 at Kansas City.
- This assist moved
Doyle past Preki into 17th all-time in the assists catagory.
- Scored 2 goals on January
3, 2003 at Cleveland.
- these goals allowed
Doyle to become the 8th player in history to score 600 goals in a career.
- Ejected from the match
after earning his 3rd blue card of the game on December
28 at Harrisburg.
- Scored both a penalty
kick and a shorthanded goal on December
15, 2002. vs. Cleveland
- Scored a powerplay goal
on December 14 vs. Baltimore.
- this goal, at 5:19
of the 1st quarter, allowed Doyle to pass Brank Segota into 10th place
all-time in points.
- Scored 2 goals off 4
shots on November 24 vs. Harrisburg.
- made 6 saves in 13:59
as an emergency goalkeeper on November
10 at San Diego.
- scored 2 goals and assisted
on another on November 9 vs. San
Diego.
- Earned 3 assists, a
season best, on November 2 at Harrisburg.
- played goalkeeper for
an entire match on October 19 at Philadelphia
- He became the first
Sidekick to ever play an entire match as the Emergency Goalkeeper.
- Doyle faced 16 shots,
made 11 saves, and earned one assist during this match.
- Scored two goals on
October 13 at Baltimore.
- Earned the win playing
Sixth Attacker on Opening Day, 2002 vs. Philadelphia.
- Doyle is the only
6th Attacker in Sidekicks history to earn a decision on Opening Day.
2003-04
- Scored one goal and
assisted on another vs. Cleveland on October
19.
- Scored one goal and
assisted on another while becoming the Sidekicks all-time leader in penalty
minutes earned vs. Philadelphia on October
22