B-52s lose inaugural game 15-3 to Dallas Sidekicks
The Dallas Sidekicks beat the Wichita B-52s 15-3 on Saturday night in the B52s’ first game in the Premier Arena Soccer League.
Dallas scored the game’s first five goals, led 8-2 and halftime and 12-3 by the end of the third quarter.
Matt Clare scored the B-52s’ first goal at 1:48 of the second quarter with an assists from Colin Lawter. Alex Moseley and Travis Pittman also had goals.
Nestor Hernandez and Frank Mbemba each scored four goals for Dallas.
Wichita will play its first home game next Saturday against Illinois.
| Wichita | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 |
| Dallas | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | — | 15 |
First quarter — 1, Dallas, Mbemba (Davis), 5:39. 2, Dallas, Hernandez (Xavier), 6:18. 3, Dallas, David (Bellomy, Couch), 7:38. 4, Dallas, Richardinho (PK), 12:31. 5, Dallas, Hernandez (Bellomy), 13:00. Penalty — McDonnell, Wichita (tripping), 12:29.
Second quarter — 6, Wichita, Clare (Lawter), 1:48. 7, dallas, Shamu (Lovegrove), 3:17. 8, Dallas, Mbemba (Stavrou), 4:55 (pp). 9, Dallas, Guarda (Hernandez), 7:44 (pp). 10, Wichita, Moseley (Clare), 14:05. Penalties — McConnell, Wichita (6 fouls team foul), 4:33. Barton, Wichita (tripping), 6:41.
Third period — 11, Dallas, Lovegrove (Bellomy), :47. 12, Dallas, Lovegrove (Videla), 4:28. 13, Wichita, Pittman (Moseley), 7:37. 14, Dallas, Hernandez (David), 11:24 (sh). 15, Dallas, Mbemba (Lovegrove), 13:02. Penalty — Ricardinho, Dallas (6 fouls team foul).
Fourth period — 16, Dallas, Videla (Lovegrove), 1:54. 17, Dallas, Mbemba (Shamu), 9:25. 18, Dallas, Hernandez (Guarda), 11:27 (pp). Penalty — Clare, Wichita (6 fouls team foul).
Shots — Wichita 14-5—19, Dallas 24-2—26.
Power plays — Wichita o for 1, Dallas 3 for 4.
Saves —Wichita, Martinez, 24 shots, 9 saves. Dallas, Xavier, 14 shots, 11 saves.
This story was originally published November 2, 2013 at 11:54 PM with the headline "B-52s lose inaugural game 15-3 to Dallas Sidekicks."