1997-98 Cleveland Crunch Statistics

National Professional Soccer League (NPSL)
Team Record: 21-19
in the NPSL's Central Division
Postseason: 0-2
Lost Conference Semifinal
Coach: Bruce Miller (21-19)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Attendance: 165,298, Avg. 8,265 in 20 home dates

1997-98 Cleveland Crunch Roster

The Cleveland Crunch of the National Professional Soccer League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 21 wins and 19 losses in the NPSL's Central Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-2.

The Crunch paced the league with 322 goals. Cleveland surrendered 323 goals, most in the circuit. Hector Marinaro scored 87 goals for the squad, while Shawn Boney, Marcelo Carrera, Zoran Karic, Alejandro Moreno, Andy Schmetzer and Tom Tanner each contributed fifteen or more, too. Zoran Karic accounted for 91 assists. Otto Orf topped the team with 20 wins and a team-best 7.41 goals against average, pacing goalkeepers with enough qualifying appearances.

Bruce Miller coached the team. The 1997-98 Cleveland Crunch lost in the Conference Semifinal.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	OTG	FC	BL	Shts	S%
Zoran Karic	F	35	62	91	153	44	3	0	4	0	68	2	370	16.8
Hector Marinaro	F	36	87	43	130	17	7	1	5	0	51	34	307	28.3
Tom Tanner	M	29	21	15	36	24	1	1	4	0	60	29	86	24.4
Andy Schmetzer	M	28	17	14	31	15	0	0	2	0	58	38	69	24.6
Alejandro Moreno	M	22	20	9	29	13	7	0	1	0	48	21	54	37.0
Marcelo Carrera	F	19	18	11	29	4	1	0	2	1	19	11	78	23.1
Nikola Ristic	D	40	14	11	25	9	0	1	0	0	75	55	54	25.9
Bozidar Simic	M/D	30	14	10	24	0	0	0	1	0	76	47	69	20.3
John Ball	D	39	11	9	20	43	1	3	1	0	88	59	61	18.0
Shawn Boney	F	31	15	3	18	17	1	0	0	0	46	12	66	22.7
Scott Schweitzer	D	39	9	8	17	38	0	0	0	0	86	81	64	14.1
Chad James	F	31	7	8	15	2	0	0	0	0	27	21	34	20.6
Troy Dusosky	D	39	6	7	13	10	1	0	0	0	57	40	51	11.8
Nikola Vignjevic	F	17	5	8	13	16	0	0	0	0	13	6	41	12.2
Kia	F	15	8	3	11	0	4	0	0	0	12	4	32	25.0
Otto Orf	GK	36	1	7	8	6	0	0	1	0	2	4	14	7.1
Frank Filo	D	17	2	4	6	0	0	1	0	0	13	18	12	16.7
Bill Crook	D	6	2	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	18	8	14	14.3
Denny Ciornei	GK	4	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Radke	D	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	50.0
Freddie Butler	M	4	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	4	1	2	50.0
Tony Dore	D	17	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	13	10	4	25.0
Todd Hoffard	GK	13	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0.0
Bench		0	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maher Atta	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
David Brown	M	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Matt Miles	F	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.0
Pappy Ampofo-Danso	F	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	0.0
Ezenwa Ihekoronye	D	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Totals		568	322	266	588	291	27	7	21	1	842	505	1491	21.6

Goalkeepers:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Alejandro Moreno	1	0:01	0	0	0	0.00	0	0
Scott Schweitzer	2	0:44	0	0	0	0.00	0	0
Otto Orf	36	2057:49	20	16	254	7.41	785	531	.676
Todd Hoffard	13	241:54	1	1	44	10.91	114	70	.614
Denny Ciornei	4	81:01	0	1	18	13.33	41	23	.561
Hector Marinaro	12	19:47	0	1	7	21.23	11	4	.364
Totals	68	2401:16	21	19	323	8.07	951	628	.660

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	FC	BL	Shts	S%
Zoran Karic	F	2	5	4	9	0	0	5	0	28	17.9
Hector Marinaro	F	2	4	3	7	2	0	9	2	15	26.7
Tom Tanner	M	2	0	2	2	0	0	7	2	2	0.0
Andy Schmetzer	M	2	1	0	1	0	0	7	7	5	20.0
Nikola Ristic	D	2	0	2	2	0	0	5	3	2	0.0
Bozidar Simic	M/D	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
John Ball	D	2	1	0	1	2	0	9	6	4	25.0
Shawn Boney	F	2	2	2	4	2	0	4	0	5	40.0
Scott Schweitzer	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	3	0.0
Chad James	F	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
Troy Dusosky	D	1	2	0	2	0	0	1	2	5	40.0
Nikola Vignjevic	F	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	5	0.0
Kia	F	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	50.0
Otto Orf	GK	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bill Crook	D	2	0	1	1	0	0	8	1	1	0.0
Tony Dore	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Todd Hoffard	GK	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ezenwa Ihekoronye	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		31	16	14	30	6	1	72	29	78	20.5

Postseason - Goalkeepers:

Player	GP	Min	L	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Otto Orf	2	121:03	2	19	9.42	64	45	.703
Todd Hoffard	1	0:28	0	0		0	0
Hector Marinaro	1	3:07	0	0	0.00	1	1	1.000
Totals	4	124:38	2	19	9.19	65	46	.708