1998–99 National Professional Soccer League season

July 2021 March 2026 National Professional Soccer League 1998–99 Cleveland Crunch (3rd title) Hector Marinaro (84) 260 5,996 1997–98 1999–2000 The 1998–99 National Professional Soccer League season was the fifteenth season for the league. League standings American Conference East Division main WL percentage yes 1 PHI HAR BAL FLA 23 17 492 444 Philadelphia KiXX 21 19 498 478 Harrisburg Heat 19 21 519 579 Baltimore Blast 12 28 351 527 Florida ThunderCats green1 adv adv complete RSSSF Central Division main WL percentage yes 1 CLE MIL MTL 26 14 637 539 Cleveland Crunch 25 15 518 428 Milwaukee Wave 19 21 439 437 Montreal Impact green1 adv adv adv complete RSSSF National Conference North Division main WL percentage yes 1 EDM BUF DET 23 17 497 439 Edmonton Drillers 22 18 573 560 Buffalo Blizzard 12 28 430 510 Detroit Rockers green1 adv adv complete RSSSF Midwest Division main WL percentage yes 1 STL KC WIC 21 19 595 533 St. Louis Ambush 19 21 527 539 Kansas City Attack 18 22 538 601 Wichita Wings green1 adv adv adv complete RSSSF Playoffs main 4 yes 3 / 3 / 3 / 5 high Conference Quarterfinals Conference Semifinals Conference Finals American Conference National Conference 1 / 2 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 A4 Harrisburg Heat 10 8 – A5 Montreal Impact 16 10 – N4 Kansas City Attack 18 14 21 N5 Wichita Wings 10 16 10 A1 Cleveland Crunch 9 28 15 A5 Montreal Impact 10 11 9 A2 Philadelphia KiXX 9 13 14 A3 Milwaukee Wave 11 11 5 N1 Edmonton Drillers 12 22 17 N4 Kansas City Attack 16 8 13 N2 St. Louis Ambush 13 12 12 N3 Buffalo Blizzard 16 10 11 A1 Cleveland Crunch 15 30 – A2 Philadelphia KiXX 0 15 – N1 Edmonton Drillers 8 10 – N2 St. Louis Ambush 16 16 – A1 Cleveland Crunch 20 21 12 8 18 N2 St. Louis Ambush 9 10 14 12 12 Scoring leaders GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points Player Team GP G A Pts Hector Marinaro Cleveland 34 84 38 195 Doug Miller Buffalo 40 82 23 194 Erik Rasmussen Wichita 34 72 54 184 Gino DiFlorio Harrisburg 40 56 52 159 Ken Snow Philadelphia 41 74 18 155 Zoran Karić Cleveland 28 49 59 150 Franklin McIntosh Cincinnati 36 48 65 161 Joe Reiniger St. Louis 40 55 32 148 Mauro Biello Montreal 40 53 37 135 Bojan Vučković Detroit 38 49 24 118 League awards Most Valuable Player: Hector Marinaro, Cleveland Defender of the Year: Kevin Hundelt, St. Louis Rookie of the Year: Martin Nash, Edmonton Goalkeeper of the Year: Victor Nogueira, Milwaukee Coach of the Year: Ross Ongaro, Edmonton Playoffs MVP: Hector Marinaro, Cleveland All-NPSL Teams First Team   Position   Second Team Third TeamVictor Nogueira, Milwaukee GPat Onstad, EdmontonPaolo Ceccarelli, PhiladelphiaKevin Hundelt, St. Louis DGenoni Martinez, WichitaGlenn Carbonara, MilwaukeeMatt Knowles, Philadelphia DTodd Rattee, EdmontonDroo Callahan, DetroitErik Rasmussen, Wichita MZoran Karić, ClevelandMauro Biello, MontrealHector Marinaro, Cleveland FGino DiFlorio, HarrisburgKen Snow, PhiladelphiaDoug Miller, Buffalo FJoe Reiniger, St. LouisMichael King, Milwaukee All-NPSL Rookie Teams First Team   Position   Second Team Nando Hernandez, St. Louis GPaul Shepherd, EdmontonNevio Pizzolitto, Montreal DNicola Corneli, MontrealJosh Timbers, Milwaukee DC.W. Raines, WichitaMartin Nash, Edmonton MLester Felician, ClevelandGerson Echeverry, Harrisburg FTim Leonard, St. LouisIan Clarke, Milwaukee FChris Stathopoulos, Montreal References Major Indoor Soccer League II (RSSSF) Category:1998 in American soccer leagues Category:1999 in American soccer leagues Category:1998 in Canadian soccer Category:1999 in Canadian soccer 1998-99