
1996-97 Baltimore Spirit Statistics
Team Record: 20-20
in the NPSL's Eastern Division
Postseason: 3-2
Lost Conference Semifinal
Coach: Mike Stankovic (20-20)
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Attendance: 95,192, Avg. 4,760 in 20 home dates
The Baltimore Spirit of the National Professional Soccer League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 20 wins and 20 losses in the NPSL's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-2.
The Spirit scored 260 goals and conceded 258. Bojan Vuckovic netted 58 goals for Baltimore, while Jason Dieter, Bobby Joe Esposito, Jimmy Glenn, Sasa Zoric and Branko Segota each contributed fifteen or more also. Bojan Vuckovic accounted for 26 assists. Joe Mallia and Chris Vaccaro topped the squad with 8 wins each. Joe Mallia recorded a 6.02 goals against average, pacing goalkeepers with enough qualifying appearances.
Mike Stankovic coached the team. The 1996-97 Baltimore Spirit lost in the Conference Semifinal.
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Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG | OTG | FC | BL | Shts | S% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bojan Vuckovic | F | 36 | 58 | 26 | 84 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 104 | 24 | 216 | 26.9 |
Sasa Zoric | M | 39 | 30 | 16 | 46 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 93 | 22 | 147 | 20.4 |
Bobby Joe Esposito | F | 35 | 26 | 12 | 38 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 24 | 73 | 35.6 |
Branko Segota | M,F | 18 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 85 | 17.6 |
Barry Stitz | 36 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 69 | 32 | 64 | 15.6 | |
Jason Dieter | 32 | 22 | 8 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 44 | 74 | 29.7 | |
Mike Stankovic | D | 21 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 24 | 66 | 15.2 |
Doug Neely | D | 34 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 39 | 55 | 12.7 |
Jimmy Glenn | F | 30 | 18 | 7 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 49 | 36.7 |
Ronald Simmons | D | 25 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 43 | 66 | 13.6 |
Michael Henning | M | 31 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 11 | 38 | 28.9 |
Nesko Milovanovic | 21 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 81 | 11 | 80 | 17.5 | |
Lance Johnson | 27 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 46 | 36 | 22.2 | |
Jamie Christie | 34 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 17 | 45 | 8.9 | |
Albert Oni | 28 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 17 | 29.4 | |
Todd Hicks | D | 29 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 18 | 25 | 16.0 |
Shane Dougherty | 14 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 18.2 | |
Chris Vaccaro | GK | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100.0 |
Bill Harte | M | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 50.0 |
Joe Mallia | GK | 19 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
Josh Houle | 23 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 22.2 | |
Bench | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim McCombs | GK | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
Totals | 569 | 260 | 201 | 461 | 248 | 22 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 814 | 387 | 1178 | 22.1 |
Goalkeepers:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bojan Vuckovic | 1 | 0:41 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 87.80 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
Barry Stitz | 3 | 2:42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 |
Jim McCombs | 11 | 586:23 | 4 | 5 | 58 | 5.93 | 207 | 149 | .720 |
Joe Mallia | 19 | 807:51 | 8 | 7 | 81 | 6.02 | 282 | 201 | .713 |
Chris Vaccaro | 17 | 1001:50 | 8 | 7 | 105 | 6.29 | 343 | 238 | .694 |
Mike Stankovic | 7 | 17:00 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17.65 | 7 | 2 | .286 |
Jason Dieter | 2 | 5:07 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23.45 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
Doug Neely | 5 | 7:35 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 31.65 | 6 | 2 | .333 |
Ronald Simmons | 1 | 1:56 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 62.07 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
Totals | 66 | 2431:05 | 20 | 20 | 258 | 6.37 | 851 | 593 | .697 |
Postseason - Scoring:
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG | OTG | FC | BL | Shts | S% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bojan Vuckovic | F | 5 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 37 | 29.7 |
Sasa Zoric | M | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 20.0 |
Bobby Joe Esposito | F | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
Branko Segota | M,F | 5 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 29 | 37.9 |
Barry Stitz | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 20.0 | |
Jason Dieter | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20.0 | |
Mike Stankovic | D | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 22 | 21 | 9.5 |
Doug Neely | D | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 55.6 |
Jimmy Glenn | F | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 0.0 |
Ronald Simmons | D | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 16.7 |
Michael Henning | M | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
Lance Johnson | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 16.7 | |
Jamie Christie | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | |
Albert Oni | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
Shane Dougherty | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 33.3 | |
Joe Mallia | GK | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
Steve Boardman | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 74 | 38 | 21 | 59 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 142 | 73 | 147 | 25.9 |
Postseason - Goalkeepers:
Player | GP | Min | W | L | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Mallia | 5 | 293:49 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 5.94 | 98 | 69 | .704 |
Mike Stankovic | 2 | 6:11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20.00 | 3 | 1 | .333 |
Totals | 7 | 300:00 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 6.20 | 101 | 70 | .693 |