1997–98 National Professional Soccer League season

July 2021 March 2026 National Professional Soccer League 1997–98 Milwaukee Wave Hector Marinaro (87) 260 18,197 Philadelphia at Milwaukee(March 13) 6,369 1996–97 1998–99 The 1997–98 National Professional Soccer League season was the fourteenth season for the league. Also marks the twentieth season of professional Division 1 indoor soccer. League standings American Conference East Division main WL percentage yes 1 PHI HAR BAL 26 14 569 484 Philadelphia KiXX 21 19 530 518 Harrisburg Heat 12 28 487 569 Baltimore Spirit green1 adv adv complete RSSSF Central Division main WL percentage yes 1 MIL CLE CIN 28 12 593 486 Milwaukee Wave 21 19 627 612 Cleveland Crunch 15 25 563 604 Cincinnati Silverbacks green1 adv adv adv complete RSSSF National Conference North Division main WL percentage yes 1 BUF EDM MTL DET 21 19 495 504 Buffalo Blizzard 18 22 428 418 Edmonton Drillers 16 24 455 518 Montreal Impact 13 27 464 571 Detroit Rockers green1 adv adv complete RSSSF Midwest Division main WL percentage yes 1 STL WIC KC 27 13 625 513 St. Louis Ambush 22 18 575 559 Wichita Wings 20 20 442 497 Kansas City Attack green1 adv adv adv complete RSSSF Playoffs main 4 yes 3 / 3 / 5 / 7 high Conference Quarterfinals Conference Semifinals Conference Finals Championship American Conference National Conference 1 / 2 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 A4 Harrisburg Heat 14 5 18 A5 Cincinnati Silverbacks 12 27 13 N4 Kansas City Attack 8 14 – N5 Edmonton Drillers 4 8 – A1 Milwaukee Wave 19 18 – A4 Harrisburg Heat 4 11 – A2 Philadelphia KiXX 10 29 – A3 Cleveland Crunch 4 27 – N1 St. Louis Ambush 17 18 – N4 Kansas City Attack 8 15 – N2 Buffalo Blizzard 16 14 – N3 Wichita Wings 19 15 – A1 Milwaukee Wave 7 19 12 16 – A2 Philadelphia KiXX 9 5 3 10 – N1 St. Louis Ambush 17 10 14 19 – N3 Wichita Wings 9 8 21 11 – A1 Milwaukee Wave 16 18 17 8 21 – – N1 St. Louis Ambush 14 10 14 12 10 – – Scoring leaders GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points Player Team GP G A Pts Hector Marinaro Cleveland 36 87 43 212 Zoran Karić Cleveland 35 62 91 206 Gino DiFlorio Cincinnati 40 67 48 177 Joe Reiniger St. Louis 39 61 39 164 Bernie Lilavois Cincinnati 40 66 24 150 Bojan Vučković Baltimore 32 60 38 148 Michael King Milwaukee 40 52 35 139 Rudy Pikuzinski Buffalo 38 53 38 139 Kevin Sloan Philadelphia 36 57 23 131 Franklin McIntosh St. Louis 34 38 55 127 League awards Most Valuable Player: Victor Nogueira, Milwaukee Defender of the Year: Matt Knowles, Philadelphia Rookie of the Year: Travis Roy, Detroit Goalkeeper of the Year: Victor Nogueira, Milwaukee Coach of the Year: Keith Tozer, Milwaukee Playoffs MVP: Victor Nogueira, Milwaukee All-NPSL Teams First Team   Position   Second Team Third TeamVictor Nogueira, Milwaukee GScott Hileman, EdmontonPete Pappas, PhiladelphiaDaryl Doran, St. Louis DWes Wade, Kansas CityRichard Chinapoo, HarrisburgMatt Knowles, Philadelphia DOmid Namazi, PhiladelphiaRandy Prescott, Detroit Todd Rattee, EdmontonZoran Karić, Cleveland MGino DiFlorio, CincinnatiKevin Sloan, PhiladelphiaHector Marinaro, Cleveland FMichael King, MilwaukeeBojan Vučković, BaltimoreJoe Reiniger, St Louis FErik Rasmussen, WichitaRudy Pikuzinski, Buffalo All-NPSL Rookie Teams First Team   Position   Second Team Kevin Zimmerman, Kansas City GPaul Shepherd, EdmontonKyle Swords, Harrisburg DBo Simic, ClevelandChris Jahr, Milwaukee DO'Neil Brown, EdmontonGarret Kusch, Wichita MKyle Bosch, EdmontonShawn Beyer, Kansas City FMatt Tirschman, BaltimoreTravis Roy, Detroit FShawn Boney, Cleveland References Major Indoor Soccer League II (RSSSF) Category:1997 in American soccer leagues Category:1998 in American soccer leagues Category:1997 in Canadian soccer Category:1998 in Canadian soccer 1997-98