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Joe Papeleo #1

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Signed as a Free Agent on July 30, 1987.


On July 30, 1987, he signed as a free agent with the Dallas Sidekicks. He was the 1990 MISL Goalkeeper of the Year. The MISL collapsed at the end of the 1991–1992 season and the Sidekicks moved to the Continental Indoor Soccer League. Papaleo was the 1993 CISL Goalkeeper of the Year.[5] Papaleo wore number 91. In 1989, he met Nick Veason an eleven-year-old soccer player dying of AIDS. He then changed his jersey number to 61. This was in honor of Veason's birthday of June 1st. Papaleo visited Veason every day during his last five weeks alive. He died on October 28, 1990. Papaleo, Billy Phillips and Sidekicks' equipment manager Chris Agnes were pallbearers at his funeral. In 1995, the Sidekicks traded Papaleo to the Pittsburgh Stingers, but he retired soon after.


 


College Days


Named to All-American Team his senior year at Syracuse, 1982.

Named Soccer America Goalkeeper of the Year, 1982

Played for the East team in the 1982 Senior Bowl

Named MVP of U.S. Olympic Sports Festival, 1981

 


Draft Notice (before he came to Dallas)


Papeleo was selected by the Pittsburgh Spirit with the First Round pick in the 1982 MISL Draft (11th overall)


 


Honor Roll


1987-88


MISL Defensive Player of the Week twice


Week of December 17, 1987

Week of January 18, 1988

 


1988-89


MISL Defensive Player of the Week

Week of January January 30, 1989

Week of April 8, 1989

MISL All-Star (all Sidekicks players given All-Star credit for this season)

Named Defensive Player of the Game on 12 occasions

 


1989-90


MISL Goalkeeper of the Year (Gold Glove)

2nd Team, all-MISL

Met Life/Sidekicks Defensive Player of the Month twice

January 1990

March 1990

MISL Defensive Player of the Week for week ending April 8, 1990.

 


1991-92


MISL Defensive Player of the Month twice

December, 1991

March 1992

Defensive Player of the Game

October 24, 1991 <view box score>

 


1993


CISL Goalkeeper of the Year (Gold Glove)

1st Team, all-CISL

 


1994


1st Team, all-CISL


 


Record Book


Papeleo holds the following Sidekicks records:


Regular Season


Career Saves (2363)

Saves in a Game (48, at La Raza de Monterrey on July 11, 1993)

Career Shots Faced (5570)

Shots Faced in a Season (1071 in 1991-92)

Shots Faced in a Game (60, November 2, 1990 vs Wichita)

Career Victories (104)

Consecutive Victories, both all-time and during a season (11 in 1993)

Career Goals Allowed By a Goalkeeper (823)

 


Playoffs


Career Best Winning Percentage (.625 10-6 record with Sidekicks)

Career Assists credited to a goalkeeper (2, tied with Hank Henry)

Lowest Goals Against Average, Season (2.88)

 


If You Can't Beat Them...


Papeleo signed with Dallas just over a month after being the losing Goalkeeper for Game 7 of the 1987 MISL Finals against the Sidekicks.


 


...Beat Them


Papeleo not only started the first game of the 1987-88 season at Tacoma, he also won the game, and assisted on the first Sidekicks goal of the season (his first point as a Sidekick).


 


Why The Number Kept Changing


Papeleo chose number #32 in 1988-89 by adding his youngest daughters birthday numbers (9/7/88) together. After adding his 3 children's birth-day-of-month together, and deciding to wear #40, he met a young cancer patient named Tara Brecheen. The 13 year old Duncanville girl loved soccer and was determined to keep playing even while suffering from cancer.


When he found out she was dying, Papeleo visited Tara at her Duncanville home every day for her last 5 weeks of life. Before the 1990-91 season began, he added Tara's birthday to his player number, (January 11), raising it to 51. He had a special replica of that uniform made for her, which she wore to the last Sidekicks match she went to.


Miss Brecheen died on October 28, 1990. Members of the Sidekicks, including Papaleo, Coach Billy Phillips, and equipment manager Chris Agnes served as pallbearers at her funeral on October 30, 1990.


 


Top 10


Papeleo finished in the Top 10 Goalkeepers in either the MISL or CISL during the following years:


Major Indoor Soccer League


1987-88 (4th, 3.62 GAA)

1988-89 (4th, 3.86 GAA)

1989-90 (1st, 3.34 GAA)

1990-91 (8th, 5.86 GAA)

1991-92 (2nd, 5.26 GAA)

Continental Indoor Soccer League


1993 (1st, 5.29 GAA)

1994 (2nd, 5.97 GAA)

 


Sidekicks Highlights


1987-88


Recorded his best Goals Against Average as a Goalkeeper of Record (meeting the minimum level of playing time to be recognized on the MISL's leader board) at 3.62 (Papeleo did have a 3.56 GAA as a backup Goalkeeper in Pittsburgh)

Shutout the San Diego Sockers 3-0 on December 12, 1987. This was the only time the Sockers franchise had been shut out indoors in San Diego's history.

Earned the Sidekicks only Playoff win, a 6-3 decision over the Cleveland Force in Game 2 (April 24, 1988)

 


1988-89


Recorded a personal 3 game winning streak

February 25, 1989 at Los Angeles

March 4 at Los Angeles

March 7 vs Wichita

 


1989-90


Earned win at Wichita on March 27, 1990 (his first ever win at the Kansas Coliseum during his then-8 year career)

15th Win of the season on April 8, 1990 vs St. Louis cinched the Western Division Championship. Papaleo recorded 17 saves on 30 shots during that match.

 


1990-91


Recorded win on Opening Day (October 20, 1990 vs San Diego)

Earned 100th Career win at St. Louis Storm on March 8, 1991

Played in 10,000th career minute during vs St. Louis on November 11, 1990

 


1991-92


Blocked 44 shots vs San Diego on October 24, 1991

Won 6 consecutive starts

February 22, 1992 vs Tacoma

February 29 vs Cleveland

March 6 vs San Diego

March 15 at St. Louis

March 21 vs St. Louis

March 25 vs Wichita

 


Recorded two separate 4 game winning streaks

First Streak

October 19, 1991 at Baltimore (Opening Day)

October 24 at San Diego

November 1 vs St. Louis

November 8 vs Cleveland

Second Streak

December 13 vs San Diego

December 26 at Wichita

December 27 vs Cleveland

December 29 vs Tacoma

 


1994


Opened the Season with 6 consecutive wins

June 11 vs San Diego

June 14 at Houston

June 15 vs Washington

June 18 vs La Raza de Monterrey

June 26 at Pittsburgh

July 2 vs Arizona

 


Recorded two seperate 4 game winning streaks

First Streak

July 16 vs Anaheim

July 23 vs Houston

July 27 at Detroit

August 10 at San Jose

Second Streak

August 14 vs Detroit

August 19 vs Sacramento

August 27 vs Pittsburgh

September 1 at Anaheim

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