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1992–93 National Professional Soccer League season

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National Professional Soccer League
Season1992–93
ChampionsKansas City Attack
Matches played260
Highest attendance16,410
Milwaukee at St. Louis
(March 20)
Average attendance5,123

Statistics of National Professional Soccer League in season 1992–93. Also this was the first year for the NPSL being the top level of professional indoor soccer.

League standings

                            G   W   L    %   GB   GF   GA  Home  Road
    American Division
Baltimore Spirit           40  27  13  .675   -  582  488  18-2  9-11
Cleveland Crunch           40  25  15  .625   2  702  563  16-5  9-10
Buffalo Blizzard           40  23  17  .575   4  570  503  16-5  7-12
Harrisburg Heat            40  22  18  .550   5  597  556  14-6  8-12
Dayton Dynamo              40  20  20  .500   7  562  584  16-5  4-15
Detroit Rockers            40  16  24  .400  11  566  666  11-9  5-15
Canton Invaders            40  13  27  .325  14  519  634  9-12  4-15
    National Division
Wichita Wings              40  27  13  .675   —  587  435  18-3  9-10
Kansas City Attack         40  26  14  .650   1  657  555  15-5  11-9
Chicago Power              40  22  18  .550   5  483  514  15-5  7-13
St. Louis Ambush           40  19  21  .475   8  582  610  13-7  6-14
Milwaukee Wave             40  17  23  .425  10  513  509  11-9  6-14
Denver Thunder             40   3  37  .075  24  439  742  2-13  1-24
Quarterfinals:  Harrisburg def. Baltimore 16-3, 22-9
               Cleveland def. Buffalo 13-20, 12-6, 13-6 
               St. Louis def. Wichita 17-15 OT, 18-16 OT
               Kansas City def. Chicago 9-8, 14-10 
Semifinals:     Cleveland def. Harrisburg 16-15, 18-20(OT), 16-7
               Kansas City def. St. Louis 21-17, 4-15, 16-14(OT) 
FINALS:         Kansas City defeated Cleveland  18-6, 12-8, 12-17, 16-19,19-7

Scoring leaders

GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points

Player Team GP G A Pts
Hector Marinaro Cleveland Crunch 38 100 50 248
Zoran Karic Cleveland Crunch 33 78 72 222
Gino Diflorio Canton Invaders 40 81 28 178
Rudy Pikuzinski Buffalo Blizzard 39 67 36 165
Jon Parry Kansas City Attack 40 66 27 161
Franklin McIntosh Harrisburg Heat 40 56 51 157
Sean Bowers Detroit Rockers 40 59 39 156
Brian Haynes Kansas City Attack 40 57 27 144
Goran Hunjak Baltimore Spirit 39 53 46 141
Kia Canton Invaders 35 62 32 136

League Awards

Most Valuable Player: Hector Marinaro, Cleveland

Defender of the Year: Kim Roentved, Wichita

Rookie of the Year: Brett Phillips, Harrisburg

Goalkeeper of the Year: Cris Vaccaro, Baltimore

Coach of the Year: Zoran Savic, Kansas City

All-NPSL Teams

First Team   Position   Second Team Third Team
Cris Vaccaro, Baltimore G Kris Peat, Wichita Jamie Swanner, Buffalo
Kim Roentved, Wichita D Terry Woodberry, Wichita Daryl Doran, St Louis
Sean Bowers, Detroit D George Fernandez, Cleveland Denzil Antonio, Canton

Doug Neely, Baltimore

Zoran Karic, Cleveland M Pato Margetic, Chicago Franklin McIntosh, Harrisburg
Hector Marinaro, Cleveland F Jon Parry, Kansas City Attack Gino Diflorio, Canton
Rudy Pikuzinski, Buffalo F Goran Hunjak, Baltimore Randy Pikuzinski, Buffalo

All-NPSL Rookie Teams

First Team   Position   Second Team
Brett Phillips, Harrisburg G Nat Gonzalez, Wichita
Denis Hamlett, Harrisburg D Ed Carmean, Kansas City
Jason Dieter, Baltimore D Brian Enge, Wichita
Barry Stitz, Baltimore M Joey Murtagh, Baltimore
Eric Eichmann, Wichita F Scott Gaither, Detroit
Andrew Crawford, Denver F Dave Reichart, Wichita


References