Dallas Sidekicks Players: Mike Uremovich

Dallas Sidekicks Players

#4 Mike Uremovich

	Position:	Defender
	Height:	6'0"
	Weight:	165
	Birthdate:	June 5, 1962
	Birthplace:	Perusic, Yugoslavia
	Citizenship:	Canada
	Previous Club:	Phoenix Pride
	Pronunciation:	Your-REM-oh-vich
	Seasons Pro:	10
	Seasons with the Sidekicks:	5

How He Got Here

Uremovich's contract was purchased from the Phoenix Pride on July 19, 1984.

Somebody Had To Be First

The purchase of his contract marked the first time a contract was purchased from another MISL club.

Uremovich Through the Years

1984-85	1985-86	1986-87

1990-91	1991-92

Honor Roll

1985-86

Named Defensive Player of the Game twice

1991-92

Named Defensive Player of the Game on the following dates:
1. November 1, 1991 <view box score>
2. November 8, 1991 <view box score>

Milestones

Event	Date	Opponent
Sidekicks' 100th Regular Season Goal	January 22, 1985	Cosmos
100th Career Point	December 9, 1990	San Diego Sockers
300th MISL game	January 13, 1991	Baltimore Blast

Record Book

Uremovich holds a share of the following Sidekicks records:

Playoff Games Played in a Season (17 in 1987. Shared with 7 other Sidekicks)
Playoff Blocked Shots in a Season (38, 1987. Shared with Victor Moreland)

Leading the Team

Uremovich shared the lead in Playoff Blocked Shots with Victor Moreland during the 1987 Playoffs.

Always There

Uremovich played in the first 132 Regular Season and Playoff games the Sidekicks were involved in.

MASHed

Uremovich suffered a head injury on February 27, 1987 that ended his then-team record games playing streak. He only missed 4 games recovering from that injury.

Sidekicks Highlights

1984-85

Recorded the 100th goal ever scored by the Sidekicks on January 22, 1985 vs the Cosmos
- Click Here for to view the Box Score of that match.
Played all 48 games played this season.

1985-86

Scored his first goal of the season (a Game Winning Goal) on December 28 vs Minnesota
Assisted on Billy Caskey's 1st Quarter goal vs. San Diego on November 22, 1985.
Scored goals in back-to-back games

February 22, 1986 vs Los Angeles
February 25 vs Minnesota

Scored 2 other goals during the Regular Season
1. January 25 vs Chicago
2. March 16 vs Cleveland

Played all 48 Regular Season and 4 Playoff games (100 total game streak over 2 seasons)

1986-87

Scored the Eastern Division Semifinals Series Winning Goal at Baltimore on May 21, 1987

Assisted on Mark Karpun's Double Overtime Game Winning Goal in Game 6 of the MISL Championship Series vs Tacoma on June 18.
Assisted on Kevin Smith's goal in Game 4 of the Eastern Division Semifinals on May 17, 1987

Scored the Game Winning Goal vs Los Angeles on December 12,1986
Scored goals in 4 additional Regular Season games
1. December 26 vs Minnesota
2. January 28, 1987 at Minnesota
3. Febuary 3 vs San Diego
4. April 19 vs Minnesota

1990-91

Scored 2 goals and 1 assist on January 13, 1991 vs Baltimore.
Blocked 5 shots vs Kansas City on March 3, 1991.

1991-92

Scored the Game Winning Goal on November 8, 1991 vs the Cleveland Crunch

Regular Season Statistics

Note: Personal Fouls were not an official MISL statistic until the 1990-91 season

with Dallas

	GP	G	A	PTS	SH	PIM	F	BL	PPG	SHG	GWG	OTG
1984-85	48	6	14	20	48	6	NA	44	0	0	0	0
1985-86	48	5	17	22	53	8	85	37	0	0	1	0
1986-87	48	5	10	15	52	2	85	78	0	0	1	0
1990-91	47	7	12	19	51	18	66	64	0	0	0	0
1991-92	40	5	9	14	32	10	74	64	0	0	1	0
Totals	231	28	62	90	236	44	310	287	0	0	3	0
All-Time Ranking	10	26	12	18	21	16	8	7	NA	NA	24	NA

6th Attacker Statistics

	GP	MIN	SH	SV	SV PCT	GA	GAA	W	L	W PCT
1990-91	1	:04	0	0	.000	0	0.00	0	0	.000

Playoffs Statistics

	GP	G	A	PTS	SH	PIM	F	BL	GWG
1986	4	0	0	0	6	0	10	2	0
1987	17	5	5	10	32	6	52	38	1
1992	9	1	0	1	5	2	9	12	0
Totals	30	6	5	11	43	8	71	52	1

Where Did He Go?

Uremovich signed with the Baltimore Blast as a Free Agent on August 25, 1987. After two seasons away from the sport, Uremovich returned to Dallas for the final 2 MISL seasons.

Mike Uremovich currently coaches for the Solar (youth) Soccer Club in Dallas.