1992–93 National Professional Soccer League season

National Professional Soccer League
Season1992–93
ChampionsKansas City Attack
Matches played260
Top goalscorerHector Marinaro (100)
Highest attendance16,410 Milwaukee – St. Louis (March 20)
Average attendance5,123

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

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT GB
1 Baltimore Spirit 40 27 13 582 488 +94 .675 —
2 Cleveland Crunch 40 25 15 702 563 +139 .625 2
3 Buffalo Blizzard 40 23 17 570 503 +67 .575 4
4 Harrisburg Heat 40 22 18 597 556 +41 .550 5
5 Dayton Dynamo 40 20 20 562 584 −22 .500 7
6 Detroit Rockers 40 16 24 566 666 −100 .400 11
7 Canton Invaders 40 13 27 519 634 −115 .325 14
Source: RSSSF

National Division

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT GB
1 Wichita Wings 40 27 13 587 435 +152 .675 —
2 Kansas City Attack 40 26 14 657 555 +102 .650 1
3 Chicago Power 40 22 18 483 514 −31 .550 5
4 St. Louis Ambush 40 19 21 582 610 −28 .475 8
5 Milwaukee Wave 40 17 23 513 509 +4 .425 10
6 Denver Thunder 40 3 37 439 742 −303 .075 24
Source: RSSSF

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                 
A1 Baltimore Spirit 3 9 –
A4 Harrisburg Heat 16 22 –
A4 Harrisburg Heat 15 20 7
American Division
A2 Cleveland Crunch 16 18 16
A2 Cleveland Crunch 13 12 13
A3 Buffalo Blizzard 20 6 6
A2 Cleveland Crunch 6 8 17 19 7
N2 Kansas City Attack 18 12 12 16 19
N1 Wichita Wings 15 16 –
N4 St. Louis Ambush 17 18 –
N4 St. Louis Ambush 17 15 14
National Division
N2 Kansas City Attack 21 4 16
N2 Kansas City Attack 9 14 –
N3 Chicago Power 8 10 –

League Leaders

Scoring

Player Team GP G A Pts
Hector Marinaro Cleveland 38 100 50 248
Zoran Karić Cleveland 33 78 72 222
Gino DiFlorio Canton 40 81 28 178
Rudy Pikuzinski Buffalo 39 67 36 165
Jon Parry Kansas City 40 66 27 161
Franklin McIntosh Harrisburg 40 56 51 157
Sean Bowers Detroit 40 59 39 156
Brian Haynes Kansas City 40 57 27 144
Goran Hunjak Baltimore 39 53 46 141
Kia Canton 35 62 32 136

Goalkeeping

Player Team Min PA PAA W L
Kris Peat Wichita 1772 306 10.36 22 8
Cris Vaccaro Baltimore 1994 373 11.22 23 11
Victor Nogueira Milwaukee 1692 322 11.42 15 15
Jamie Swanner Buffalo 2293 469 12.27 22 16
Otto Orf Cleveland 2032 426 12.58 25 9
Carlos Pena Dayton 2157 493 13.71 20 16
Jeff Robben St. Louis 1642 390 14.25 12 16
Frank Arlasky Canton 1466 384 15.71 9 14
Bryan Finnerty Detroit 2336 617 15.85 14 23

League awards

All-NPSL Teams

First Team Pos Second Team Third Team
Cris Vaccaro, Baltimore G Kris Peat, Wichita Jamie Swanner, Buffalo
Kim Røntved, Wichita
Sean Bowers, Detroit 		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 		F Pato Margetic, Chicago
Jon Parry, Kansas City
Goran Hunjak, Baltimore 		Franklin McIntosh, Harrisburg
Randy Pikuzinski, Buffalo
Gino DiFlorio, Canton

All-Rookie Teams

First Team Pos Second Team
Brett Phillips, Harrisburg G Nat Gonzalez, Wichita
Jason Dieter, Baltimore
Denis Hamlett, Harrisburg
Eric Dade, Baltimore 		D Brian Enge, Wichita
Ed Carmean, Kansas City
Eric Eichmann, Wichita
Barry Stitz, Baltimore
Andy Crawford, Denver 		F Scott Gaither, Detroit
Dave Reichart, Wichita
Joey Murtagh, Baltimore