1998–99 National Professional Soccer League season

National Professional Soccer League

Season	1998–99
Champions	Cleveland Crunch (3rd title)
Matches played	260
Average attendance	5,996
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

Statistics of National Professional Soccer League in season 1998–99.

League standings

  AMERICAN CONFERENCE     GP   W   L    PCT   GB    GF   GA   Home  Road  
    East Division
Philadelphia Kixx         40  23  17  .575  ----   492   444  18-2  5-15
Harrisburg Heat           40  21  19  .525   2.0   498   478  12-8  9-11
Baltimore Blast           40  19  21  .475   4.0   519   579  12-8  7-13
Florida ThunderCats       40  12  28  .300  11.0   351   527  9-11  3-17

    Central Division
Cleveland Crunch          40  26  14  .650  ----   637   539  15-5  11-9
Milwaukee Wave            40  25  15  .625   1.0   518   428  17-3  8-12
Montreal Impact           40  19  21  .475   7.0   439   437  11-9  8-12

   NATIONAL CONFERENCE
    North Division
Edmonton Drillers         40  23  17  .575  ----   497   439  15-5  8-12
Buffalo Blizzard          40  22  18  .550   1.0   573   560  13-7  9-11
Detroit Rockers           40  12  28  .300  11.0   430   510  9-11  3-17

    Midwest Division
St. Louis Ambush          40  21  19  .525  ----   595   533  14-6  7-13
Kansas City Attack        40  19  21  .475   2.0   527   539  13-7  6-14
Wichita Wings             40  18  22  .450   3.0   538   601  12-8  6-14

Conf. Quarterfinals: Kansas City defeated Wichita, 18-10, 14-16 (2 OT), 21-10.
                    Montreal defeated Harrisburg, 16-10, 10-8 (OT).
Conf. Semifinals:    St. Louis defeated Buffalo, 13-16, 12-10, 12-11.
                    Edmonton defeated Kansas City, 12-16, 22-8, 17-13.
                    Philadelphia defeated Milwaukee, 9-11, 13-11, 14-5.
                    Cleveland defeated Montreal, 9-10, 28-11, 15-9.
Conference Finals:   St. Louis defeated Edmonton, 16-8, 16-10.
                    Cleveland defeated Philadelphia, 15-0, 30-15.
FINALS:              Cleveland defeated St. Louis, 20-9, 21-10, 12-14, 8-12, 18-12.

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
Hector Marinaro	Cleveland Crunch	34	84	38	195
Doug Miller	Buffalo Blizzard	40	82	23	194
Erik Rasmussen	Wichita Wings	34	72	54	184
Gino Diflorio	Harrisburg Heat	40	56	52	159
Ken Snow	Philadelphia Kixx	41	74	18	155
Zoran Karic	Cleveland Crunch	28	49	59	150
Franklin McIntosh	Cincinnati Silverbacks	36	48	65	161
Joe Reiniger	St Louis Ambush	40	55	32	148
Mauro Biello	Montreal Impact	40	53	37	135
Bojan Vuckovic	Detroit Rockers	38	49	24	118

League Awards

Most Valuable Player: Hector Marinaro, Cleveland

Defender of the Year: Kevin Hundelt, St Louis

Rookie of the Year: Martin Nash, Edmonton

Goalkeeper of the Year: Victor Nogueira, Milwaukee

Coach of the Year: Ross Ongaro, Edmonton

Playoffs MVP: Hector Marinaro, Cleveland

All-NPSL Teams

First Team	Position	Second Team	Third Team
Victor Nogueira, Milwaukee	G	Pat Onstad, Edmonton	Paolo Ceccarelli, Philadelphia
Kevin Hundelt, St Louis	D	Genoni Martinez, Wichita	Glenn Carbonara, Milwaukee
Matt Knowles, Philadelphia	D	Todd Rattee, Edmonton	Droo Callahan, Detroit
Erik Rasmussen, Wichita	M	Zoran Karic, Cleveland	Mauro Biello, Montreal
Hector Marinaro, Cleveland	F	Gino Diflorio, Harrisburg	Ken Snow, Philadelphia
Doug Miller, Buffalo	F	Joe Reiniger, St Louis	Michael King, Milwaukee

All-NPSL Rookie Teams

First Team	Position	Second Team
Nando Hernandez, St Louis	G	Paul Shepherd, Edmonton
Nevio Pizzolitto, Montreal	D	Nicola Corneli, Montreal
Josh Timbers, Milwaukee	D	C.W. Raines, Wichita
Martin Nash, Edmonton	M	Lester Felician, Cleveland
Gerson Echeverry, Harrisburg	F	Tim Leonard, St Louis
Ian Clarke, Milwaukee	F	Chris Stathopoulos, Montreal

References

• Major Indoor Soccer League II (RSSSF)