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1998–99 National Professional Soccer League season

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

{{Infobox football league season

| competition = National Professional Soccer League

| logo =

| season = 1998–99

| winners = Cleveland Crunch (3rd title)

| league topscorer = Hector Marinaro (84)

| single game topscorer =

| biggest home win =

| biggest away win =

| matches = 260

| total goals =

| longest wins =

| longest unbeaten =

| longest losses =

| highest attendance =

| lowest attendance =

| average attendance = 5,996

| prevseason = 1997–98

| nextseason = 1999–2000

}}

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

League standings

=American Conference=

==East Division==

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

|ranking_style=percentage

|show_GB=yes |GB_team=1

|team1=PHI|team2=HAR|team3=BAL|team4=FLA

|win_PHI=23 |loss_PHI=17|gf_PHI=492 |ga_PHI=444 |name_PHI=Philadelphia KiXX

|win_HAR=21 |loss_HAR=19|gf_HAR=498 |ga_HAR=478 |name_HAR=Harrisburg Heat

|win_BAL=19 |loss_BAL=21|gf_BAL=519 |ga_BAL=579 |name_BAL=Baltimore Blast

|win_FLA=12 |loss_FLA=28|gf_FLA=351 |ga_FLA=527 |name_FLA=Florida ThunderCats

|col_adv=green1 |result1=adv |result2=adv

|update=complete

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

}}

==Central Division==

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

|ranking_style=percentage

|show_GB=yes |GB_team=1

|team1=CLE|team2=MIL|team3=MTL

|win_CLE=26 |loss_CLE=14|gf_CLE=637 |ga_CLE=539 |name_CLE=Cleveland Crunch

|win_MIL=25 |loss_MIL=15|gf_MIL=518 |ga_MIL=428 |name_MIL=Milwaukee Wave

|win_MTL=19 |loss_MTL=21|gf_MTL=439 |ga_MTL=437 |name_MTL=Montreal Impact

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

|update=complete

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

}}

=National Conference=

==North Division==

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

|ranking_style=percentage

|show_GB=yes |GB_team=1

|team1=EDM|team2=BUF|team3=DET

|win_EDM=23 |loss_EDM=17|gf_EDM=497 |ga_EDM=439 |name_EDM=Edmonton Drillers

|win_BUF=22 |loss_BUF=18|gf_BUF=573 |ga_BUF=560 |name_BUF=Buffalo Blizzard

|win_DET=12 |loss_DET=28|gf_DET=430 |ga_DET=510 |name_DET=Detroit Rockers

|col_adv=green1 |result1=adv |result2=adv

|update=complete

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

}}

==Midwest Division==

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

|ranking_style=percentage

|show_GB=yes |GB_team=1

|team1=STL|team2=KC |team3=WIC

|win_STL=21 |loss_STL=19|gf_STL=595 |ga_STL=533 |name_STL=St. Louis Ambush

|win_KC= 19 |loss_KC= 21|gf_KC= 527 |ga_KC= 539 |name_KC= Kansas City Attack

|win_WIC=18 |loss_WIC=22|gf_WIC=538 |ga_WIC=601 |name_WIC=Wichita Wings

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

|update=complete

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

}}

Playoffs

{{#invoke: Team bracket | main

| rounds = 4

| compact = yes

| sets = 3 / 3 / 3 / 5

| boldwinner = high

| RD1 = Conference Quarterfinals

| RD2 = Conference Semifinals

| RD3 = Conference Finals

| RD2-group1 = American Conference

| RD2-group2 = National Conference

| RD1-omit = 1 / 2 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16

| RD1-seed1 = A4

| RD1-team1 = Harrisburg Heat

| RD1-score1-1= 10

| RD1-score1-2= 8

| RD1-score1-3= –

| RD1-seed2 = A5

| RD1-team2 = Montreal Impact

| RD1-score2-1= 16

| RD1-score2-2= 10

| RD1-score2-3= –

| RD1-seed3 = N4

| RD1-team3 = Kansas City Attack

| RD1-score3-1= 18

| RD1-score3-2= 14

| RD1-score3-3= 21

| RD1-seed4 = N5

| RD1-team4 = Wichita Wings

| RD1-score4-1= 10

| RD1-score4-2= 16

| RD1-score4-3= 10

| RD2-seed1 = A1

| RD2-team1 = Cleveland Crunch

| RD2-score1-1= 9

| RD2-score1-2= 28

| RD2-score1-3= 15

| RD2-seed2 = A5

| RD2-team2 = Montreal Impact

| RD2-score2-1= 10

| RD2-score2-2= 11

| RD2-score2-3= 9

| RD2-seed3 = A2

| RD2-team3 = Philadelphia KiXX

| RD2-score3-1= 9

| RD2-score3-2= 13

| RD2-score3-3= 14

| RD2-seed4 = A3

| RD2-team4 = Milwaukee Wave

| RD2-score4-1= 11

| RD2-score4-2= 11

| RD2-score4-3= 5

| RD2-seed5 = N1

| RD2-team5 = Edmonton Drillers

| RD2-score5-1= 12

| RD2-score5-2= 22

| RD2-score5-3= 17

| RD2-seed6 = N4

| RD2-team6 = Kansas City Attack

| RD2-score6-1= 16

| RD2-score6-2= 8

| RD2-score6-3= 13

| RD2-seed7 = N2

| RD2-team7 = St. Louis Ambush

| RD2-score7-1= 13

| RD2-score7-2= 12

| RD2-score7-3= 12

| RD2-seed8 = N3

| RD2-team8 = Buffalo Blizzard

| RD2-score8-1= 16

| RD2-score8-2= 10

| RD2-score8-3= 11

| RD3-seed1 = A1

| RD3-team1 = Cleveland Crunch

| RD3-score1-1= 15

| RD3-score1-2= 30

| RD3-score1-3= –

| RD3-seed2 = A2

| RD3-team2 = Philadelphia KiXX

| RD3-score2-1= 0

| RD3-score2-2= 15

| RD3-score2-3= –

| RD3-seed3 = N1

| RD3-team3 = Edmonton Drillers

| RD3-score3-1= 8

| RD3-score3-2= 10

| RD3-score3-3= –

| RD3-seed4 = N2

| RD3-team4 = St. Louis Ambush

| RD3-score4-1= 16

| RD3-score4-2= 16

| RD3-score4-3= –

| RD4-seed1 = A1

| RD4-team1 = Cleveland Crunch

| RD4-score1-1= 20

| RD4-score1-2= 21

| RD4-score1-3= 12

| RD4-score1-4= 8

| RD4-score1-5= 18

| RD4-seed2 = N2

| RD4-team2 = St. Louis Ambush

| RD4-score2-1= 9

| RD4-score2-2= 10

| RD4-score2-3= 14

| RD4-score2-4= 12

| RD4-score2-5= 12

}}

Scoring leaders

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

class="wikitable"
width="30%" | Player

! width="18%" | Team

! width="7.5%" | GP

! width="7.5%" | G

! width="7.5%" | A

! width="7.5%" | Pts

align=center

| align=left | Hector Marinaro

| align=left | Cleveland

348438195
align=center

| align=left | Doug Miller

| align=left | Buffalo

408223194
align=center

| align=left | Erik Rasmussen

| align=left | Wichita

347254184
align=center

| align=left | Gino DiFlorio

| align=left | Harrisburg

405652159
align=center

| align=left | Ken Snow

| align=left | Philadelphia

417418155
align=center

| align=left | Zoran Karić

| align=left | Cleveland

284959150
align=center

| align=left | Franklin McIntosh

| align=left | Cincinnati

364865161
align=center

| align=left | Joe Reiniger

| align=left | St. Louis

405532148
align=center

| align=left | Mauro Biello

| align=left | Montreal

405337135
align=center

| align=left | Bojan Vučković

| align=left | Detroit

384924118

League awards

All-NPSL Teams

class="wikitable"
First Team  Position  Second TeamThird Team
Victor Nogueira, Milwaukee

| align=center | G

|Pat Onstad, Edmonton

|Paolo Ceccarelli, Philadelphia

Kevin Hundelt, St. Louis

| align=center | D

|Genoni Martinez, Wichita

|Glenn Carbonara, Milwaukee

Matt Knowles, Philadelphia

| align=center | D

|Todd Rattee, Edmonton

|Droo Callahan, Detroit

Erik Rasmussen, Wichita

| align=center | M

|Zoran Karić, Cleveland

|Mauro Biello, Montreal

Hector Marinaro, Cleveland

| align=center | F

|Gino DiFlorio, Harrisburg

|Ken Snow, Philadelphia

Doug Miller, Buffalo

| align=center | F

|Joe Reiniger, St. Louis

|Michael King, Milwaukee

All-NPSL Rookie Teams

class="wikitable"
First Team  Position  Second Team
Nando Hernandez, St. Louis

| align=center | G

|Paul Shepherd, Edmonton

Nevio Pizzolitto, Montreal

| align=center | D

|Nicola Corneli, Montreal

Josh Timbers, Milwaukee

| align=center | D

|C.W. Raines, Wichita

Martin Nash, Edmonton

| align=center | M

|Lester Felician, Cleveland

Gerson Echeverry, Harrisburg

| align=center | F

|Tim Leonard, St. Louis

Ian Clarke, Milwaukee

| align=center | F

|Chris Stathopoulos, Montreal

References

  • [https://www.rsssf.org/usadave/mislii.html Major Indoor Soccer League II (RSSSF)]

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