1996-97 Columbus Invaders Statistics

National Professional Soccer League (NPSL)
Team Record: 5-35
in the NPSL's Central Division
Coach: Dragoslav Jaha (3-23)
Coach: Chuck Martini (2-12)
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Attendance: 31,757, Avg. 1,588 in 20 home dates

1996-97 Columbus Invaders Roster

The Columbus Invaders of the National Professional Soccer League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 5 wins and 35 losses in the NPSL's Central Division.

The Invaders scored 240 goals and surrendered 454, most in the circuit. Mark Kerlin netted 31 goals for Columbus, while Joe Callahan, Hamid Harrak, Jim Hesch, Nick Igel and Amos Magee each tallied fifteen or more, too. Don Gramenz contributed 21 assists. Jim Adams topped the squad with 3 wins. Chuck Martini recorded a 9.72 goals against average, pacing goalkeepers with enough qualifying appearances.

Dragoslav Jaha and Chuck Martini coached the team.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	OTG	FC	BL	Shts	S%
Mark Kerlin	F	26	31	15	46	26	1	0	0	0	34	10	115	27.0
Joe Callahan	D	38	25	11	36	14	2	0	2	1	81	49	143	17.5
Nick Igel		27	20	15	35	24	0	1	1	0	46	23	77	26.0
Amos Magee	F	28	16	18	34	2	2	0	0	0	27	11	60	26.7
Don Gramenz	D	29	10	21	31	4	0	0	1	1	38	31	53	18.9
Jim Hesch		14	15	11	26	19	1	0	0	0	30	10	52	28.8
Neil Gilbert	D	33	11	14	25	23	1	0	1	0	93	41	54	20.4
Hamid Harrak		27	15	8	23	21	2	0	0	0	52	10	61	24.6
Chris Duff		30	12	9	21	11	0	0	0	0	46	32	70	17.1
Emeka Moneme		14	12	3	15	0	0	0	0	0	27	5	33	36.4
Paul Cann		14	6	9	15	2	0	0	0	0	32	9	36	16.7
Ricci Greenwood	M	19	8	5	13	10	1	0	0	0	32	6	47	17.0
Mirsad Bubalo		11	10	2	12	0	0	0	0	0	10	3	18	55.6
Willy Merrick		12	8	3	11	5	0	0	0	0	9	6	52	15.4
George Crawford		25	4	5	9	0	0	0	0	0	31	29	9	44.4
Dave Adams	F	9	5	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	8	8	17	29.4
Noah Epstein	F	6	4	3	7	5	1	0	0	0	8	3	21	19.0
Jim Adams	GK	15	2	5	7	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	100.0
Charles Ordonho		11	2	4	6	2	0	0	0	0	9	0	20	10.0
Matt Garey		5	2	3	5	2	1	0	0	0	9	10	6	33.3
Gerald Celestin	F	6	2	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	18.2
Chuck Martini	GK	25	0	5	5	12	0	0	0	0	5	1	2	0.0
Chad James		2	4	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	9	44.4
Mark Manganello		2	3	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	10	30.0
Daniel Leon		4	3	1	4	5	0	0	0	0	5	1	10	30.0
Patrick McAndrew		8	3	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	9	5	19	15.8
Scott Spencer		8	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	12	6	3	33.3
Freddie Smith	F	5	2	0	2	9	0	0	0	0	16	5	22	9.1
Dejan Jelcic		6	1	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	20.0
Tim Tsirambidis		1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100.0
Mario Chavez		1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	25.0
Andy Kessinger		4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	5	20.0
Mac Cozier	F	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Mike Potier		2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Payne	GK	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.0
Boban Arsic		21	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	30	13	4	0.0
Bench		0	0	0	0	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rob Gardner		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Christian		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Peding Bragich		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Ron Stoltz		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Billy Zufall		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mike Dixon		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.0
Dragoslav Jaha	M	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
Steve Nied		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.0
Marlon Morris		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	4	0.0
Philip Pelok		4	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	0.0
Eric Nichols		7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	6	2	0.0
Ben Powers		9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	9	1	0.0
Totals		524	240	184	424	273	13	1	5	2	754	349	1066	22.5

Goalkeepers:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Jim Hesch	2	3:55	0	0	0	0.00	0	0
Chuck Martini	24	1136:44	2	19	184	9.71	493	309	.627
Dejan Jelcic	4	129:11	0	2	21	9.75	55	34	.618
Jim Adams	14	701:51	3	8	127	10.86	255	128	.502
Mike Potier	2	68:57	0	1	13	11.31	27	14	.519
Mike Payne	3	164:39	0	3	43	15.67	89	46	.517
Hamid Harrak	2	17:11	0	0	5	17.46	7	2	.286
Joe Callahan	9	146:57	0	1	47	19.19	90	43	.478
Rob Gardner	1	30:52	0	1	11	21.38	20	9	.450
Ben Powers	3	5:43	0	0	3	31.49	4	1	.250
Totals	64	2406:00	5	35	454	11.32	1040	586	.563