1999–2000 National Professional Soccer League season

National Professional Soccer League
Season1999–2000
ChampionsMilwaukee Wave (2nd title)
Matches played264
Top goalscorerHector Marinaro (103)
Average attendance5,430

The 1999–2000 National Professional Soccer League season was the sixteenth season for the league.

League standings

American Conference

East Division

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PCT GB
1 Baltimore Blast 44 26 18 658 544 +114 .591
2 Philadelphia KiXX 44 24 20 599 564 +35 .545 2
3 Harrisburg Heat 44 16 28 626 707 −81 .364 10
Source: RSSSF

Central Division

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PCT GB
1 Cleveland Crunch 44 27 17 694 578 +116 .614
2 Montreal Impact 44 24 20 568 577 −9 .545 3
3 Buffalo Blizzard 44 19 25 495 617 −122 .432 8
Source: RSSSF

National Conference

North Division

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PCT GB
1 Milwaukee Wave 44 31 13 657 483 +174 .705
2 Edmonton Drillers 44 22 22 546 550 −4 .500 9
3 Detroit Rockers 44 19 25 498 539 −41 .432 12
Source: RSSSF

Midwest Division

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PCT GB
1 Kansas City Attack 44 24 20 694 628 +66 .545
2 Wichita Wings 44 21 23 596 614 −18 .477 3
3 St. Louis Ambush 44 11 33 488 718 −230 .250 13
Source: RSSSF

Playoffs

Conference Semifinals Conference Finals Championship
                 
A1 Cleveland Crunch 21 21
A4 Montreal Impact 7 11
A1 Cleveland Crunch 28 25
American Conference
A2 Baltimore Blast 18 22
A2 Baltimore Blast 15 25
A3 Philadelphia KiXX 11 12
A1 Cleveland Crunch 20 12 27 8 6
N1 Milwaukee Wave 18 18 15 14 19
N1 Milwaukee Wave 21 9
N4 Wichita Wings 8 6
N1 Milwaukee Wave 13 14
National Conference
N3 Edmonton Drillers 7 4
N2 Kansas City Attack 25 14
N3 Edmonton Drillers 26 15

Scoring leaders

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

Player Team GP G A Pts
Hector Marinaro Cleveland 38 103 34 231
Gino DiFlorio Harrisburg 44 68 72 214
Jason Dunn Wichita 44 95 32 203
Clovis Simas Kansas City 42 92 22 175
Joe Reiniger St. Louis 36 70 29 172
Braeden Cloutier Cleveland 44 55 61 172
Nikola Vignjević Edmonton 40 61 63 166
Bernie Lilavois Harrisburg 37 71 29 156
Domenic Mobilio Montreal 35 64 28 150
Goran Hunjak Philadelphia 44 52 43 145

League awards

All-NPSL Teams

First Team   Position   Second Team Third Team
Victor Nogueira, Milwaukee G Scott Hileman, Baltimore Pete Pappas, Philadelphia
Michael Richardson, Milwaukee D Jeff Davis, Kansas City Droo Callahan, Detroit
James Dunn, Wichita D Todd Rattee, Edmonton Oscar Draguicevich, Cleveland
Gino DiFlorio, Harrisburg M Nikola Vignjević, Edmonton Wes Wade, Kansas City
Hector Marinaro, Cleveland F Clovis Simas, Kansas City Joe Reiniger, St. Louis
Jason Dunn, Wichita F Braeden Cloutier, Wichita Denison Cabral, Baltimore

All-NPSL Rookie Teams

First Team   Position   Second Team
Jim Larkin, Edmonton G Kaj Stefansen, Buffalo
Alen Sosa, Kansas City D Pat Morris, Philadelphia
Lovelace Ackah, Milwaukee D Kevin Kalish, St. Louis
Steve Klein, Harrisburg M Gary DePalma, Detroit
Drew Kaufman, Harrisburg F Jason Russell, Milwaukee
Clovis Simas, Kansas City F Dino Delevski, Wichita

References