1998–99 National Professional Soccer League season

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National Professional Soccer League
Season1998–99
ChampionsCleveland Crunch (3rd title)
Matches played260
Top goalscorerHector Marinaro (84)
Average attendance5,996

The 1998–99 National Professional Soccer League season was the fifteenth season for the league.

League standings

American Conference

East Division

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PCT GB
1 Philadelphia KiXX 40 23 17 492 444 +48 .575 —
2 Harrisburg Heat 40 21 19 498 478 +20 .525 2
3 Baltimore Blast 40 19 21 519 579 −60 .475 4
4 Florida ThunderCats 40 12 28 351 527 −176 .300 11
Source: RSSSF

Central Division

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PCT GB
1 Cleveland Crunch 40 26 14 637 539 +98 .650 —
2 Milwaukee Wave 40 25 15 518 428 +90 .625 1
3 Montreal Impact 40 19 21 439 437 +2 .475 7
Source: RSSSF

National Conference

North Division

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PCT GB
1 Edmonton Drillers 40 23 17 497 439 +58 .575 —
2 Buffalo Blizzard 40 22 18 573 560 +13 .550 1
3 Detroit Rockers 40 12 28 430 510 −80 .300 11
Source: RSSSF

Midwest Division

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PCT GB
1 St. Louis Ambush 40 21 19 595 533 +62 .525 —
2 Kansas City Attack 40 19 21 527 539 −12 .475 2
3 Wichita Wings 40 18 22 538 601 −63 .450 3
Source: RSSSF

Playoffs

Conference Quarterfinals Conference Semifinals Conference Finals Finals
A1 Cleveland Crunch 9 28 15
A4 Harrisburg Heat 10 8 – A5 Montreal Impact 10 11 9
A5 Montreal Impact 16 10 – American ConferenceA1 Cleveland Crunch 15 30 –
A2 Philadelphia KiXX 0 15 –
A2 Philadelphia KiXX 9 13 14
A3 Milwaukee Wave 11 11 5
A1 Cleveland Crunch 20 21 12 8 18
N2 St. Louis Ambush 9 10 14 12 12
N1 Edmonton Drillers 12 22 17
N4 Kansas City Attack 18 14 21 N4 Kansas City Attack 16 8 13
N5 Wichita Wings 10 16 10 National ConferenceN1 Edmonton Drillers 8 10 –
N2 St. Louis Ambush 16 16 –
N2 St. Louis Ambush 13 12 12
N3 Buffalo Blizzard 16 10 11

Scoring leaders

GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A =

Assists
, Pts = Points

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

League awards

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 Karić, 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

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