1995–96 National Professional Soccer League

Statistics of National Professional Soccer League in season 1995–96.

National Professional Soccer League

Season	1995–96
Champions	Cleveland Crunch (2nd title)
Matches played	260
Highest attendance	17,603 Baltimore at St. Louis (March 23)
Average attendance	5,069
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

League standings

                            G   W   L    %   GB   GF   GA  Home  Road
    American Division
Cleveland Crunch           40  31   9  .775   –  775  553  16-4  15-5
Baltimore Spirit           40  25  15  .625   6  604  492  15-5 10-10
Harrisburg Heat            40  24  16  .600   7  604  516  13-7  11-9
Buffalo Blizzard           40  21  19  .525  10  562  586  13-7  8-12
Cincinnati Silverbacks     40  14  26  .350  17  496  579  11-9  3-17
Tampa Bay Terror           40  14  26  .350  17  544  621  8-12  6-14
Canton Invaders            40   5  35  .125  26  425  706  3-17  2-18

    National Division
Kansas City Attack         40  32   8  .800   –  599  430  17-3  15-5
Milwaukee Wave             40  30  10  .750   2  610  438  18-2  12-8
St. Louis Ambush           40  24  16  .600   8  676  560  14-6 10-10
Wichita Wings              40  20  20  .500  12  547  531  12-9  8-11
Detroit Rockers            40  14  26  .350  18  485  607  9-11  5-15
Chicago Power              40   6  34  .150  26  381  689  3-16  3-18

Div. Semifinals: Cleveland defeated Buffalo 25-15, 17-20, 17-11
                Baltimore defeated Harrisburg 16-11, 7-6
                Kansas City defeated Wichita 10-9, 11-9
                St. Louis defeated Milwaukee 9-10, 12-10, 14-12
Div. Finals:     Cleveland beat Baltimore 15-11, 16-14 (OT), 14-23, 13-12
                Kansas City defeated St. Louis 18-16, 14-25, 4-1, 10-30,20-9
FINALS:          Cleveland defeated Kansas City 18-28,17-22,24-12,19-9,20-16,16-12

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
Hector Marinaro	Cleveland Crunch	33	96	58	247
Zoran Karic	Cleveland Crunch	27	62	61	184
Franklin McIntosh	Baltimore Spirit	36	48	77	177
Joe Reiniger	St Louis Ambush	39	65	45	170
Shawn Medved	Cincinnati Silverbacks	40	61	53	164
Mark Moser	St Louis Ambush	35	73	29	159
Dennis Brose	Detroit Rockers	32	59	33	151
Michael King	Milwaukee Wave	35	59	31	148
Kevin Sloan	Baltimore Spirit	40	63	29	143
Bojan Vuckovic	Tampa Bay Terror	35	63	23	142

League Awards

Most Valuable Player: Hector Marinaro, Cleveland & Victor Nogueira, Milwaukee

Defender of the Year: Matt Knowles, Milwaukee

Rookie of the Year: Jason Willan, Detroit

Goalkeeper of the Year: Victor Nogueira, Milwaukee

Coach of the Year: Keith Tozer, Milwaukee

All-NPSL Teams

First Team	Position	Second Team	Third Team
Victor Nogueira, Milwaukee	G	Scoop Stanisic, Harrisburg	Brett Phillips, Kansas City
Daryl Doran, St Louis	D	Kevin Hundelt, St Louis	Jim Schwab, Kansas City
Matt Knowles, Milwaukee	D	Mike Stankovic, Baltimore	Kim Roentved, Wichita
Zoran Karic, Cleveland	M	Danny Kelly, Harrisburg	Franklin McIntosh, Baltimore
Hector Marinaro, Cleveland	F	Kevin Koetters, Kansas City	Shawn Medved, Cincinnati
Joe Reiniger, St Louis	F	Marcelo Carrera, Buffalo	Michael King, Milwaukee

All-NPSL Rookie Teams

First Team	Position	Second Team
Drew Burwash, Canton	G	Todd Hoffard, Harrisburg
John Limniatis, Kansas City	D	Nick DeSantis, Chicago
Rudy Doliscat, Buffalo	D	Todd Rattee, Milwaukee
Giuliano Oliviero, Milwaukee	M	Lenin Steenkamp, Tampa Bay
Jason Willan, Detroit	F	Mauro Biello, Buffalo
Paul Dailly, Wichita	F	Todd Dusosky, Cleveland

References

• Major Indoor Soccer League II (RSSSF)