1996-97 Cleveland Crunch Statistics

National Professional Soccer League (NPSL)
Team Record: 29-11
in the NPSL's Central Division
Postseason: 5-6
Lost Championship
Coach: Bruce Miller (29-11)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Attendance: 160,880, Avg. 8,044 in 20 home dates

1996-97 Cleveland Crunch Roster

The Cleveland Crunch of the National Professional Soccer League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 29 wins and 11 losses in the NPSL's Central Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 5-6.

The Crunch paced the league with 395 goals. Cleveland allowed 290 goals. Hector Marinaro scored 104 goals for the squad, while Nikola Vignjevic, Tom Tanner, Kia, Zoran Karic, Henry Gutierrez and John Ball each netted fifteen or more as well. Zoran Karic contributed 81 assists. Otto Orf earned 28 wins in front of the net for the team and a team-best 7.07 goals against average, topping goalkeepers with enough qualifying appearances.

Bruce Miller coached the team. The 1996-97 Cleveland Crunch lost in the Championship.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	FC	BL	Shts	S%
Hector Marinaro	F	36	104	65	169	16	6	0	7	38	14	371	28.0
Zoran Karic	F	34	81	81	162	77	3	4	9	38	1	374	21.7
Nikola Vignjevic	F	40	58	35	93	6	7	0	5	37	25	215	27.0
Henry Gutierrez	F	40	36	32	68	46	5	1	0	118	14	143	25.2
Tom Tanner	M	38	22	17	39	47	2	0	3	89	43	80	27.5
Kia	F	37	23	11	34	4	4	0	1	36	9	62	37.1
John Ball	D	39	18	11	29	22	0	0	2	102	41	45	40.0
Andy Schmetzer	F	22	14	13	27	0	1	0	1	41	37	45	31.1
Tim Tyma	D	40	8	10	18	24	0	0	1	53	67	20	40.0
Matt Knowles	D	14	12	5	17	8	2	0	0	22	18	48	25.0
Otto Orf	GK	37	2	11	13	11	0	1	0	4	4	13	15.4
James Finn	D	27	5	4	9	2	0	0	0	29	10	9	55.6
Scott Schweitzer	D	22	3	4	7	32	0	0	0	45	37	20	15.0
Obi Moneme	M	12	2	3	5	0	0	0	0	14	7	11	18.2
Todd Dusosky	F	14	1	4	5	2	0	0	0	23	14	9	11.1
Troy Dusosky	D	26	2	2	4	2	0	0	0	22	16	9	22.2
Zoran Stojanovic		9	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	10	4	5	20.0
Nikola Ristic	M	15	0	3	3	6	0	0	0	16	23	15	0.0
Rob Marinaro	GK	19	0	3	3	13	0	0	0	3	3	3	0.0
Mike Veneto	F	14	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	66.7
Mark Jonas	F	8	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	6	1	3	33.3
Glen Carbonara	D	12	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	13	11	8	0.0
Bench		0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0
Denny Ciornei	GK	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Cowmey	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.0
Doug Smith	M	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals		561	395	318	713	335	30	6	29	761	406	1512	26.1

Goalkeepers:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Matt Knowles	3	9:50	0	0	1	6.10	4	3	.750
Otto Orf	37	1993:10	28	9	235	7.07	817	582	.712
Rob Marinaro	18	382:50	1	2	49	7.68	158	109	.690
Hector Marinaro	3	7:48	0	0	1	7.69	1	0	.000
Andy Schmetzer	1	2:07	0	0	1	28.35	2	1	.500
Denny Ciornei	1	4:15	0	0	3	42.35	4	1	.250
Totals	63	2400:00	29	11	290	7.25	986	696	.706

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	FC	BL	Shts	S%
Hector Marinaro	F	11	15	14	29	12	0	0	1	19	8	101	14.9
Zoran Karic	F	11	18	22	40	18	0	0	2	27	3	128	14.1
Nikola Vignjevic	F	11	4	6	10	2	1	0	0	11	18	34	11.8
Henry Gutierrez	F	11	3	6	9	2	0	0	1	31	8	43	7.0
Tom Tanner	M	11	4	4	8	17	0	0	0	26	13	23	17.4
Kia	F	11	17	1	18	0	4	0	0	13	3	31	54.8
John Ball	D	11	5	1	6	13	0	0	1	30	14	13	38.5
Andy Schmetzer	F	11	8	3	11	7	0	0	0	24	17	32	25.0
Tim Tyma	D	8	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	18	4	3	0.0
Otto Orf	GK	11	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	9	0.0
James Finn	D	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50.0
Scott Schweitzer	D	11	3	4	7	12	0	1	0	46	6	11	27.3
Troy Dusosky	D	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0.0
Zoran Stojanovic		9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	7	1	0.0
Nikola Ristic	M	11	1	1	2	5	0	0	0	18	17	4	25.0
Rob Marinaro	GK	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bench		0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		152	79	64	143	96	5	1	5	274	120	436	18.1

Postseason - Goalkeepers:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Tom Tanner	1	1:36	0	0	0	0.00	0	0
Otto Orf	11	638:40	5	6	78	7.34	247	169	.684
Rob Marinaro	1	3:50	0	0	1	20.00	2	1	.500
Hector Marinaro	2	5:58	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	1.000
Andy Schmetzer	4	9:56	0	0	2	13.33	5	3	.600
Totals	19	660:00	5	6	81	7.36	256	175	.684