Matt Knowles
Matt Knowles
Born: October 7, 1970
Philadelphia, PA
Position: D
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 190
Career: 1990-2002
Division II and III stats
Matt Knowles has scored 334 goals and recorded 242 assists in his 415-game career with the Illinois Thunder, Milwaukee Wave, Denver Thunder, Cleveland Crunch, New York/New Jersey Metrostars, Philadelphia KiXX, Miami Fusion, MetroStars, Detroit Rockers and Harrisburg Heat. He began playing during the 1990 season and has taken the field during the 2002 campaign.
![]() Illinois Thunder |
![]() Milwaukee Wave |
![]() Denver Thunder |
![]() Cleveland Crunch |
![]() New York/New Jersey Metrostars |
![]() Philadelphia KiXX |
![]() MetroStars |
![]() Miami Fusion |
![]() Detroit Rockers |
![]() Harrisburg Heat |
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Scoring:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | GS | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG | FC | FS | Y | R | OFF | BL | Shts | S% | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990-91 | NPSL | Illinois Thunder | 39 | 0 | 23 | 19 | 42 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 186 | 12.4 | 0 | |
| 1991-92 | NPSL | Illinois Thunder | 40 | 0 | 45 | 32 | 77 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 271 | 16.6 | 0 | |
| 1992-93 | NPSL | Milwaukee Wave | 31 | 0 | 20 | 18 | 38 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 100 | 20.0 | 0 | |
| 1992-93 | NPSL | Denver Thunder | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| 1993-94 | NPSL | Milwaukee Wave | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 11.8 | 0 | |
| 1994-95 | NPSL | Milwaukee Wave | 37 | 0 | 33 | 21 | 54 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 205 | 16.1 | 0 | |
| 1995-96 | NPSL | Milwaukee Wave | 35 | 0 | 46 | 36 | 82 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 255 | 18.0 | 0 | |
| 1996-97 | NPSL | Cleveland Crunch | 14 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 48 | 25.0 | 0 | |
| 1996-97 | NPSL | Milwaukee Wave | 8 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 46 | 17.4 | 0 | |
| 1996 | MLS | New York/New Jersey Metrostars | 21 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||
| 1997 | MLS | New York/New Jersey Metrostars | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||
| 1997-98 | NPSL | Philadelphia KiXX | 38 | 0 | 48 | 30 | 78 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 266 | 18.0 | 0 | |
| 1998-99 | NPSL | Philadelphia KiXX | 37 | 0 | 42 | 32 | 74 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 257 | 16.3 | 0 | |
| 1998 | MLS | Miami Fusion | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 1998 | MLS | MetroStars | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||
| 1999-00 | NPSL | Detroit Rockers | 17 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 95 | 11.6 | 0 | |
| 2000-01 | NPSL | Detroit Rockers | 40 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 189 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| 2001-02 | MISL | Harrisburg Heat | 35 | 0 | 22 | 15 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 157 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| 2002-03 | MISL | Philadelphia KiXX | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8.3 | 0 | |
| Indoor | 383 | 0 | 334 | 242 | 576 | 273 | 28 | 4 | 23 | 794 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 424 | 2124 | 15.7 | 0 | |||
| Outdoor | 32 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||
| Totals | 415 | 25 | 334 | 242 | 576 | 273 | 28 | 4 | 23 | 831 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 424 | 2134 | 15.7 | 4 |
Goalkeeping:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | GS | Min | W | L | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | CS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990-91 | NPSL | Illinois Thunder | 9 | 0 | 24:05 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 20.00 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .182 |
| 1992-93 | NPSL | Milwaukee Wave | 8 | 0 | 28:14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10.71 | 9 | 4 | 0 | .444 |
| 1994-95 | NPSL | Milwaukee Wave | 10 | 0 | 30:55 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11.61 | 14 | 8 | 0 | .571 |
| 1995-96 | NPSL | Milwaukee Wave | 8 | 0 | 31:36 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11.25 | 20 | 14 | 0 | .700 |
| 1996-97 | NPSL | Cleveland Crunch | 3 | 0 | 9:50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.00 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .750 |
| 1996-97 | NPSL | Milwaukee Wave | 3 | 0 | 16:45 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14.12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .429 |
| 1997-98 | NPSL | Philadelphia KiXX | 1 | 0 | 0:10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1998-99 | NPSL | Philadelphia KiXX | 6 | 0 | 17:39 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16.67 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .375 |
| 1999-00 | NPSL | Detroit Rockers | 2 | 0 | 9:17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13.33 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .500 |
| Totals | 50 | 0 | 168:31 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 0.00 | 77 | 39 | 0 | .506 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | GS | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG | FC | FS | Y | R | OFF | BL | Shts | S% | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991-92 | NPSL | Illinois Thunder | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 25.0 | 0 | |
| 1994-95 | NPSL | Milwaukee Wave | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 26.7 | 0 | |
| 1995-96 | NPSL | Milwaukee Wave | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 26 | 7.7 | 0 | |
| 1996 | MLS | New York/New Jersey Metrostars | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 1997-98 | NPSL | Philadelphia KiXX | 6 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 57 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| 1998-99 | NPSL | Philadelphia KiXX | 5 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 42 | 11.9 | 0 | |
| Indoor | 20 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 33 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 152 | 11.8 | 0 | |||
| Outdoor | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| Totals | 23 | 1 | 18 | 15 | 33 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 153 | 11.8 | 1 |
Postseason - Goalkeeping:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | GS | Min | W | L | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994-95 | NPSL | Milwaukee Wave | 3 | 0 | 5:50 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30.86 | 4 | 1 | .250 |
| 1995-96 | NPSL | Milwaukee Wave | 1 | 0 | 2:24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | |
| 1998-99 | NPSL | Philadelphia KiXX | 3 | 0 | 5:13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11.50 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 7 | 0 | 13:27 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17.84 | 6 | 2 | .333 |










