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1999–2000 National Professional Soccer League season

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National Professional Soccer League
Season1999–2000
ChampionsMilwaukee Wave (2nd title)
Matches played264
Average attendance5,430

Statistics of National Professional Soccer League in season 1999–2000.

League standings

  AMERICAN CONFERENCE     GP   W   L    PCT   GB     GF    GA  Home  Road
    East Division
Baltimore Blast           44  26  18   .591  ----   658   544  16-6 10-12
Philadelphia Kixx         44  24  20   .545   2.0   599   564  15-7  9-13
Harrisburg Heat           44  16  28   .364  10.0   626   707  9-13  7-15
    Central Division
Cleveland Crunch          44  27  17   .614  ----   694   578  20-2  7-15
Montreal Impact           44  24  20   .545   3.0   568   577  15-7  9-13
Buffalo Blizzard          44  19  25   .432   8.0   495   617  14-8  5-17
  NATIONAL CONFERENCE
    North Division
Milwaukee Wave            44  31  13   .705  ----   657   483  20-2 11-11
Edmonton Drillers         44  22  22   .500   9.0   546   550  16-6  6-16
Detroit Rockers           44  19  25   .432  12.0   498   539  12-10 7-15
    Midwest Division
Kansas City Attack        44  24  20   .545  ----   694   628  16-6  8-14
Wichita Wings             44  21  23   .477   3.0   596   614  14-8  7-15
St. Louis Ambush          44  11  33   .250  13.0   488   718  7-15  4-18
Conference semifinals:    Cleveland defeated Montreal 21-7, 21-11.
                         Baltimore defeated Philadelphia 15-11, 25-12.
                         Milwaukee defeated Wichita 21-8, 9-6.
                         Edmonton defeated Kansas City 26-25, 15-14.
Conference finals:        Cleveland defeated Baltimore 28-18, 25-22.
                         Milwaukee defeated Edmonton 13-7, 14-4.
CHAMPIONSHIP:             Milwaukee defeated Cleveland 18-20, 18-12, 15-27, 14-8, 19-6.

Scoring leaders

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

Player Team GP G A Pts
Hector Marinaro Cleveland Crunch 38 103 34 231
Gino Diflorio Harrisburg Heat 44 68 72 214
Jason Dunn Wichita Wings 44 95 32 203
Clovis Simas Kansas City Attack 42 92 22 175
Joe Reiniger St Louis Ambush 36 70 29 172
Braeden Cloutier Cleveland Crunch 44 55 61 172
Nikola Vignjevic Edmonton Drillers 40 61 63 166
Bernie Lilavois Harrisburg Heat 37 71 29 156
Domenic Mobolio Montreal Impact 35 64 28 150
Goran Hunjak Philadelphia Kixx 44 52 43 145

League Awards

Most Valuable Player: Hector Marinaro, Cleveland

Defender of the Year: James Dunn, Wichita

Rookie of the Year: Clovis Simas, Kansas City

Goalkeeper of the Year: Victor Nogueira, Milwaukee

Coach of the Year: Keith Tozer, Milwaukee

Finals MVP: Michael Richardson, Milwaukee

All-NPSL Teams

First Team   Position   Second Team Third Team
Victor Nogueira, Milwaukee G Scott Hileman, Baltimore Pete Pappas, Philadelphia
Michael Richardson, Milwaukee D Jeff Davis, Kansas City Droo Callahan, Detroit
James Dunn, Wichita D Todd Rattee, Edmonton Oscar Draguicevich, Cleveland
Gino Diflorio, Harrisburg M Nikola Vignjevic, Edmonton Wes Wade, Kansas City
Hector Marinaro, Cleveland F Clovis Simas, Kansas City Joe Reiniger, St Louis
Jason Dunn, Wichita F Braeden Cloutier, Wichita Denison Cabral, Baltimore

All-NPSL Rookie Teams

First Team   Position   Second Team
Jim Larkin, Edmonton G Kaj Stefansen, Buffalo
Alen Sosa, Kansas City D Pat Morris, Philadelphia
Lovelace Ackah, Milwaukee D Kevin Kalish, St Louis
Steve Klein, Harrisburg M Gary DePalma, Detroit
Drew Kaufman, Harrisburg F Jason Russell, Milwaukee
Clovis Simas, Kansas City F Dino Delevski, Wichita

References