1998-99 Cleveland Crunch Statistics
Team Record: 26-14
in the NPSL's Central Division
Postseason: 7-3
Won Championship
Coach: Bruce Miller (26-14)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Attendance: 160,670, Avg. 8,034 in 20 home dates
The Cleveland Crunch of the National Professional Soccer League ended the 1998-99 season with a record of 26 wins and 14 losses in the NPSL's Central Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 7-3.
Cleveland paced the league with 335 goals. The club allowed 282 goals. Hector Marinaro scored 84 goals for the Crunch, while John Ball, Shawn Boney, Troy Dusosky, Lester Felician, Zoran Karic, Andy Schmetzer, Tom Tanner and Goran Vasic each netted fifteen or more, too. Zoran Karic contributed 59 assists. Otto Orf earned 25 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 6.49 goals against average, topping goalkeepers with enough qualifying appearances.
Bruce Miller coached the team. The 1998-99 Cleveland Crunch won the Championship.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG | OTG | FC | BL | Shts | S% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hector Marinaro | F | 34 | 84 | 38 | 122 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 47 | 39 | 328 | 25.6 |
| Zoran Karic | F | 28 | 49 | 59 | 108 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 211 | 23.2 |
| Goran Vasic | F | 40 | 40 | 26 | 66 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 21 | 178 | 22.5 |
| Tom Tanner | M | 34 | 19 | 26 | 45 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 75 | 32 | 123 | 15.4 |
| John Ball | D | 40 | 26 | 13 | 39 | 48 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 40 | 87 | 29.9 |
| Lester Felician | F | 38 | 24 | 9 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 19 | 74 | 32.4 |
| Shawn Boney | F | 29 | 18 | 12 | 30 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 73 | 27 | 97 | 18.6 |
| Andy Schmetzer | F | 34 | 19 | 10 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 67 | 65 | 104 | 18.3 |
| Troy Dusosky | D | 38 | 19 | 7 | 26 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 92 | 59 | 85 | 22.4 |
| Nikola Ristic | D | 37 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 69 | 56 | 47 | 17.0 |
| Scott Schweitzer | D | 30 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 48 | 43 | 20.9 |
| Chad James | F | 31 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 15 | 25 | 36.0 |
| Otto Orf | GK | 38 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 0.0 |
| Kirk Dietrich | F | 24 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 28.6 |
| Darren Tilley | F | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 8.3 |
| Bozidar Simic | D | 17 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Adam Cornett | M | 26 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 25.0 |
| Omar Dalombo | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 14 | 7.1 | |
| Kia | F | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Jeff Deist | F/M | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Jesse Legodi | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | |
| Nick Dicello | GK | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Denny Ciornei | GK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Oscar Draguicevich | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | |
| Totals | 559 | 335 | 249 | 584 | 286 | 34 | 8 | 26 | 2 | 866 | 468 | 1492 | 22.5 |
Goalkeepers:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goran Vasic | 2 | 0:58 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 62.07 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Hector Marinaro | 4 | 7:38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 |
| Tom Tanner | 1 | 1:20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Otto Orf | 38 | 2126:33 | 25 | 11 | 230 | 6.49 | 799 | 569 | .712 |
| Denny Ciornei | 1 | 28:56 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8.29 | 9 | 5 | .556 |
| Nick Dicello | 14 | 238:49 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 11.56 | 99 | 53 | .535 |
| Andy Schmetzer | 2 | 3:32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16.98 | 2 | 1 | .500 |
| Totals | 62 | 2407:46 | 26 | 14 | 282 | 7.03 | 911 | 629 | .690 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG | OTG | FC | BL | Shts | S% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hector Marinaro | F | 10 | 26 | 8 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 100 | 26.0 |
| Zoran Karic | F | 8 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 58 | 12.1 |
| Goran Vasic | F | 10 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 37 | 27.0 |
| Tom Tanner | M | 10 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 14 | 41 | 17.1 |
| John Ball | D | 10 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 21 | 32 | 21.9 |
| Lester Felician | F | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Shawn Boney | F | 10 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 51 | 19.6 |
| Andy Schmetzer | F | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 20 | 11 | 27.3 |
| Troy Dusosky | D | 10 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 39 | 23.1 |
| Nikola Ristic | D | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 19 | 10 | 30.0 |
| Scott Schweitzer | D | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 19 | 12 | 16.7 |
| Chad James | F | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 28.6 |
| Otto Orf | GK | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 18.2 |
| Kirk Dietrich | F | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bozidar Simic | D | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Adam Cornett | M | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Kia | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Dicello | GK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 140 | 88 | 66 | 154 | 66 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 216 | 154 | 416 | 21.2 |
Postseason - Goalkeepers:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hector Marinaro | 2 | 2:50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 |
| Otto Orf | 10 | 587:29 | 7 | 3 | 52 | 5.32 | 217 | 165 | .760 |
| Nick Dicello | 2 | 9:41 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13.33 | 4 | 2 | .500 |
| Totals | 14 | 600:00 | 7 | 3 | 54 | 5.40 | 222 | 168 | .757 |
