1999–2000 National Professional Soccer League season

Football league season

National Professional Soccer League
Season	1999–2000
Champions	Milwaukee Wave (2nd title)
Matches played	264
Top goalscorer	Hector Marinaro (103)
Average attendance	5,430
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

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

Most Valuable Player: Hector Marinaro, Cleveland
Defender of the Year: James Dunn, Wichita
Rookie of the Year: Clovis Simas, Kansas City
Goalkeeper of the Year: Victor Nogueira, Milwaukee
Coach of the Year: Keith Tozer, Milwaukee
Finals MVP: Michael Richardson, Milwaukee

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

Major Indoor Soccer League II (RSSSF)

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