2000–01 National Professional Soccer League season

National Professional Soccer League
Season2000–01
ChampionsMilwaukee Wave (3rd title)
Matches played205
Top goalscorerDenison Cabral (69)
Average attendance4,888
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The 2000–01 National Professional Soccer League season was the seventeenth and final season for the league.

League standings

American Conference

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PCT GB
1 Harrisburg Heat 40 24 16 556 552 +4 .600 —
2 Buffalo Blizzard 40 22 18 513 484 +29 .550 2
3 Baltimore Blast 40 22 18 591 529 +62 .550 2
4 Philadelphia KiXX 40 22 18 542 449 +93 .550 2
5 Cleveland Crunch 40 18 22 542 617 −75 .450 6
Source: RSSSF

National Conference

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PCT GB
1 Milwaukee Wave 40 24 16 544 452 +92 .600 —
2 Toronto ThunderHawks 40 21 19 574 556 +18 .525 3
3 Wichita Wings 39 18 21 516 533 −17 .462 5.5
4 Kansas City Attack 40 14 26 526 637 −111 .350 10
5 Detroit Rockers 40 13 27 469 579 −110 .325 11
6 Edmonton Drillers 9 6 3 135 120 +15 .667 2.5
Source: RSSSF

Playoffs

Conference Semifinals Conference Finals Championship
                 
A1 Harrisburg Heat 19 9 –
A4 Philadelphia KiXX 21 14 –
A4 Philadelphia KiXX 19 12 16
American Conference
A3 Baltimore Blast 23 8 15
A2 Buffalo Blizzard 8 13 –
A3 Baltimore Blast 9 18 –
A4 Philadelphia KiXX 12 8 8 – –
N1 Milwaukee Wave 16 9 10 – –
N1 Milwaukee Wave 22 2 22
N4 Kansas City Attack 7 12 17
N1 Milwaukee Wave 18 24 –
National Conference
N2 Toronto ThunderHawks 14 17 –
N2 Toronto ThunderHawks 14 7 16
N3 Wichita Wings 8 17 12

Scoring leaders

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

Player Team GP G A Pts
Hector Marinaro Cleveland 34 63 41 161
Gino DiFlorio Harrisburg 35 51 48 142
Dino Delevski Wichita 39 57 15 139
Denison Cabral Baltimore 35 69 15 134
Joe Reiniger Milwaukee 29 51 30 134
David Bascome Harrisburg 40 53 25 128
Domenic Mobilio Detroit 39 59 20 124
Clovis Simas Kansas City 37 56 26 120
Bernie Lilavois Harrisburg 39 44 36 119
Doug Miller Buffalo 35 47 27 118

League awards

All-NPSL Teams

First Team   Position   Second Team Third Team
Victor Nogueira, Milwaukee G Pete Pappas, Philadelphia Doug Petras, Harrisburg
Glenn Carbonara, Milwaukee D Wes Wade, Kansas City Jason Dieter, Baltimore
Omid Namazi, Philadelphia D Droo Callahan, Detroit John Ball, Cleveland
Gino DiFlorio, Harrisburg M Joe Reiniger, Milwaukee Mauro Biello, Toronto
Hector Marinaro, Cleveland F Denison Cabral, Baltimore Domenic Mobilio, Detroit
David Bascome, Harrisburg F Dino Delevski, Wichita Bernie Lilavois, Harrisburg

All-Rookie Team

Player Position Team
Nino Da Silva F Kansas City
Gabriel Gervais F Toronto
Greg Howes M Milwaukee
Alex Zotincă D Kansas City
Chris Morman D Harrisburg
Theo Zagar GK Toronto

References