Dallas Desperados
August 5, 2020
Arena Football League (2002-2008) Born: 2002 – Arena Football League expansion franchise Folded: August 4, 2009 First Game: April 20, 2002 (W 57-44 @ Carolina Cobras)
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Dallas Texans (1990-1993)
December 27, 2014
The Dallas Texans were the first of four Arena Football League teams to set up shop in the Dallas-Fort Worth region. The Texans earned a trip to Arena Bowl IV in their first season of play in 1990. Pro Football Hall-of-Famer Ernie Stautner was the Texans’ head coach in 1990 and would win the league’s Coach-of-the-Year award (and then never coach indoor football again).
Dallas Stars (1982-1983)
March 24, 2014
A largely forgotten two-year entry in Team Tennis. You won’t find much, if anything, that’s survived into the internet era about these Dallas Stars, who played the 1982 and 1983 seasons of Team Tennis at Reunion Arena. The Stars won the league title in 1982, defeating the Phoenix Sunsets in the playoff final. Read more…
Dallas Sidekicks (1984-2004)
November 5, 2013
The Sidekicks won championships in the Major Indoor Soccer League (1987), Continental Indoor Soccer League (1993), Premier Soccer Alliance (1998) and World Indoor Soccer League (2001). At the peak of their popularity in the late 1980’s, the Sidekicks attracted nearly 10,000 fans per match to Reunion Arena for a 28-game home calendar. The team’s success and community goodwill was inextricably tied to the talents of resident superstar Tatu, the Brazilian scoring wizard who led the Sidekicks on the field for 19 of their 20 seasons. By the time that the Sidekicks finally closed their doors in 2004, they were the longest continuously operating professional soccer franchise in the United States.
Dallas Tornado
December 16, 2011
That the Dallas Tornado existed as long as they did – 15 seasons from 1967 to 1981 – is a testament to the endurance of American Football League founder Lamar Hunt and fruitcake baron Bill McNutt. The Tornado existed longer than the famed New York Cosmos. They developed the first American-born “Superstar” of the soccer (at least by ABC’s definition) in Kyle Rote Jr. But the team was never wildly popular in Dallas. The club wandered around the metroplex in nomadic fashion, shifting among five different stadiums in little more than a decade of play.