1996-97 Cleveland Crunch Statistics
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
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.
Cleveland paced the league with 395 goals. The club allowed 290 goals. Hector Marinaro scored 104 goals for the Crunch, while John Ball, Henry Gutierrez, Zoran Karic, Kia, Tom Tanner and Nikola Vignjevic each netted fifteen or more as well. Zoran Karic contributed 81 assists. Otto Orf earned 28 wins in front of the net for the squad 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 |