1992–93 National Professional Soccer League season

{{use mdy dates|date=July 2021}}

{{Infobox football league season

| competition = National Professional Soccer League

| logo =

| season = 1992–93

| winners = Kansas City Attack

| league topscorer = Hector Marinaro (100)

| single game topscorer =

| biggest home win =

| biggest away win =

| matches = 260

| total goals =

| longest wins =

| longest unbeaten =

| longest losses =

| highest attendance = 16,410 MilwaukeeSt. Louis (March 20)

| lowest attendance =

| average attendance = 5,123

| prevseason = 1991–92

| nextseason = 1993–94

}}

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

League Standings

=American Division=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WL

|for_against_style=points

|ranking_style=percentage

|show_GB=yes |GB_team=1

|team1=BAL|team2=CLE|team3=BUF|team4=HAR|team5=DAY|team6=DET|team7=CTN

|win_BAL=27 |loss_BAL=13|gf_BAL=582 |ga_BAL=488 |name_BAL=Baltimore Spirit

|win_CLE=25 |loss_CLE=15|gf_CLE=702 |ga_CLE=563 |name_CLE=Cleveland Crunch

|win_BUF=23 |loss_BUF=17|gf_BUF=570 |ga_BUF=503 |name_BUF=Buffalo Blizzard

|win_HAR=22 |loss_HAR=18|gf_HAR=597 |ga_HAR=556 |name_HAR=Harrisburg Heat

|win_DAY=20 |loss_DAY=20|gf_DAY=562 |ga_DAY=584 |name_DAY=Dayton Dynamo

|win_DET=16 |loss_DET=24|gf_DET=566 |ga_DET=666 |name_DET=Detroit Rockers

|win_CTN=13 |loss_CTN=27|gf_CTN=519 |ga_CTN=634 |name_CTN=Canton Invaders

|col_adv=green1 |result1=adv |result2=adv |result3=adv |result4=adv

|update=complete

|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/usadave/mislii.html RSSSF]

}}

=National Division=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WL

|for_against_style=points

|ranking_style=percentage

|show_GB=yes |GB_team=1

|team1=WIC|team2=KC |team3=CHI|team4=STL|team5=MIL|team6=DEN

|win_WIC=27 |loss_WIC=13|gf_WIC=587 |ga_WIC=435 |name_WIC=Wichita Wings

|win_KC= 26 |loss_KC =14|gf_KC= 657 |ga_KC= 555 |name_KC= Kansas City Attack

|win_CHI=22 |loss_CHI=18|gf_CHI=483 |ga_CHI=514 |name_CHI=Chicago Power

|win_STL=19 |loss_STL=21|gf_STL=582 |ga_STL=610 |name_STL=St. Louis Ambush

|win_MIL=17 |loss_MIL=23|gf_MIL=513 |ga_MIL=509 |name_MIL=Milwaukee Wave

|win_DEN= 3 |loss_DEN=37|gf_DEN=439 |ga_DEN=742 |name_DEN=Denver Thunder

|col_adv=green1 |result1=adv |result2=adv |result3=adv |result4=adv

|update=complete

|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/usadave/mislii.html RSSSF]

}}

Playoffs

{{#invoke: Team bracket | main

| rounds = 3

| sets = 3 / 3 / 5

| boldwinner = high

| RD1-group1 = American Division

| RD1-group2 = National Division

| RD1-seed1 = A1

| RD1-team1 = Baltimore Spirit

| RD1-score1-1= 3

| RD1-score1-2= 9

| RD1-score1-3= –

| RD1-seed2 = A4

| RD1-team2 = Harrisburg Heat

| RD1-score2-1= 16

| RD1-score2-2= 22

| RD1-score2-3= –

| RD1-seed3 = A2

| RD1-team3 = Cleveland Crunch

| RD1-score3-1= 13

| RD1-score3-2= 12

| RD1-score3-3= 13

| RD1-seed4 = A3

| RD1-team4 = Buffalo Blizzard

| RD1-score4-1= 20

| RD1-score4-2= 6

| RD1-score4-3= 6

| RD1-seed5 = N1

| RD1-team5 = Wichita Wings

| RD1-score5-1= 15

| RD1-score5-2= 16

| RD1-score5-3= –

| RD1-seed6 = N4

| RD1-team6 = St. Louis Ambush

| RD1-score6-1= 17

| RD1-score6-2= 18

| RD1-score6-3= –

| RD1-seed7 = N2

| RD1-team7 = Kansas City Attack

| RD1-score7-1= 9

| RD1-score7-2= 14

| RD1-score7-3= –

| RD1-seed8 = N3

| RD1-team8 = Chicago Power

| RD1-score8-1= 8

| RD1-score8-2= 10

| RD1-score8-3= –

| RD2-seed1 = A4

| RD2-team1 = Harrisburg Heat

| RD2-score1-1= 15

| RD2-score1-2= 20

| RD2-score1-3= 7

| RD2-seed2 = A2

| RD2-team2 = Cleveland Crunch

| RD2-score2-1= 16

| RD2-score2-2= 18

| RD2-score2-3= 16

| RD2-seed3 = N4

| RD2-team3 = St. Louis Ambush

| RD2-score3-1= 17

| RD2-score3-2= 15

| RD2-score3-3= 14

| RD2-seed4 = N2

| RD2-team4 = Kansas City Attack

| RD2-score4-1= 21

| RD2-score4-2= 4

| RD2-score4-3= 16

| RD3-seed1 = A2

| RD3-team1 = Cleveland Crunch

| RD3-score1-1= 6

| RD3-score1-2= 8

| RD3-score1-3= 17

| RD3-score1-4= 19

| RD3-score1-5= 7

| RD3-seed2 = N2

| RD3-team2 = Kansas City Attack

| RD3-score2-1= 18

| RD3-score2-2= 12

| RD3-score2-3= 12

| RD3-score2-4= 16

| RD3-score2-5= 19

}}

League Leaders

=Scoring=

class="wikitable"
width=150 | Player

! width=100 | Team

! width=28 | {{abbr|GP|Games played}}

! width=28 | {{abbr|G|Goals}}

! width=28 | {{abbr|A|Assists}}

! width=28 | {{abbr|Pts|Points}}

align=center

| align=left|Hector Marinaro

| align=left|Cleveland

| 38

10050248
align=center

| align=left|Zoran Karić

| align=left|Cleveland

| 33

7872222
align=center

| align=left|Gino DiFlorio

| align=left|Canton

| 40

8128178
align=center

| align=left|Rudy Pikuzinski

| align=left|Buffalo

| 39

6736165
align=center

| align=left|Jon Parry

| align=left|Kansas City

| 40

6627161
align=center

| align=left|Franklin McIntosh

| align=left|Harrisburg

| 40

5651157
align=center

| align=left|Sean Bowers

| align=left|Detroit

| 40

5939156
align=center

| align=left|Brian Haynes

| align=left|Kansas City

| 40

5727144
align=center

| align=left|Goran Hunjak

| align=left|Baltimore

| 39

5346141
align=center

| align=left|Kia

| align=left|Canton

| 35

6232136

=Goalkeeping=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
width=150 | Player

! width=100 | Team

! width=36 | {{abbr|Min|Minutes played, minimum 1410}}

! width=28 | {{abbr|PA|Points against}}

! width=36 | {{abbr|PAA|Points against average}}

! width=28 | {{abbr|W|Won}}

! width=28 | {{abbr|L|Lost}}

align=center

| align=left|Kris Peat

| align=left|Wichita

| 1772

30610.36228
align=center

| align=left|Cris Vaccaro

| align=left|Baltimore

| 1994

37311.222311
align=center

| align=left|Victor Nogueira

| align=left|Milwaukee

| 1692

32211.421515
align=center

| align=left|Jamie Swanner

| align=left|Buffalo

| 2293

46912.272216
align=center

| align=left|Otto Orf

| align=left|Cleveland

| 2032

42612.58259
align=center

| align=left|Carlos Pena

| align=left|Dayton

| 2157

49313.712016
align=center

| align=left|Jeff Robben

| align=left|St. Louis

| 1642

39014.251216
align=center

| align=left|Frank Arlasky

| align=left|Canton

| 1466

38415.71914
align=center

| align=left|Bryan Finnerty

| align=left|Detroit

| 2336

61715.851423

League awards

All-NPSL Teams

class="wikitable"
width=190 | First Team

! width=28 | {{abbr|Pos|Position}}

! width=190 | Second Team

! width=190 | Third Team

Cris Vaccaro, Baltimore

| align=center | G

| Kris Peat, Wichita

| Jamie Swanner, Buffalo

Kim Røntved, Wichita
Sean Bowers, Detroit

| align=center | D

| Terry Woodberry, Wichita
George Fernandez, Cleveland

| Daryl Doran, St. Louis
Denzil Antonio, Canton
Doug Neely, Baltimore

Hector Marinaro, Cleveland
Zoran Karić, Cleveland
Rudy Pikuzinski, Buffalo

| align=center | F

| Pato Margetic, Chicago
Jon Parry, Kansas City
Goran Hunjak, Baltimore

| Franklin McIntosh, Harrisburg
Randy Pikuzinski, Buffalo
Gino DiFlorio, Canton

All-Rookie Teams

class="wikitable"
width=190 | First Team

! width=28 | {{abbr|Pos|Position}}

! width=190 | Second Team

Brett Phillips, Harrisburg

| align=center|G

| Nat Gonzalez, Wichita

Jason Dieter, Baltimore
Denis Hamlett, Harrisburg
Eric Dade, Baltimore

| align=center|D

| Brian Enge, Wichita
Ed Carmean, Kansas City

Eric Eichmann, Wichita
Barry Stitz, Baltimore
Andy Crawford, Denver

| align=center|F

| Scott Gaither, Detroit
Dave Reichart, Wichita
Joey Murtagh, Baltimore