1997-98 Cleveland Crunch Statistics
Team Record: 21-19
in the NPSL's Central Division
Postseason: 0-2
Lost Conference Semifinal
Coach: Bruce Miller (21-19)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Attendance: 165,298, Avg. 8,265 in 20 home dates
The Cleveland Crunch of the National Professional Soccer League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 21 wins and 19 losses in the NPSL's Central Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-2.
The Crunch paced the league with 322 goals. Cleveland surrendered 323 goals, most in the circuit. Hector Marinaro scored 87 goals for the squad, while Shawn Boney, Marcelo Carrera, Zoran Karic, Alejandro Moreno, Andy Schmetzer and Tom Tanner each contributed fifteen or more, too. Zoran Karic accounted for 91 assists. Otto Orf topped the team with 20 wins and a team-best 7.41 goals against average, pacing goalkeepers with enough qualifying appearances.
Bruce Miller coached the team. The 1997-98 Cleveland Crunch 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoran Karic | F | 35 | 62 | 91 | 153 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 68 | 2 | 370 | 16.8 |
| Hector Marinaro | F | 36 | 87 | 43 | 130 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 51 | 34 | 307 | 28.3 |
| Tom Tanner | M | 29 | 21 | 15 | 36 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 60 | 29 | 86 | 24.4 |
| Andy Schmetzer | M | 28 | 17 | 14 | 31 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 38 | 69 | 24.6 |
| Alejandro Moreno | M | 22 | 20 | 9 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 21 | 54 | 37.0 |
| Marcelo Carrera | F | 19 | 18 | 11 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 78 | 23.1 |
| Nikola Ristic | D | 40 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 55 | 54 | 25.9 |
| Bozidar Simic | M/D | 30 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 47 | 69 | 20.3 |
| John Ball | D | 39 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 43 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 59 | 61 | 18.0 |
| Shawn Boney | F | 31 | 15 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 12 | 66 | 22.7 |
| Scott Schweitzer | D | 39 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 81 | 64 | 14.1 |
| Chad James | F | 31 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 21 | 34 | 20.6 |
| Troy Dusosky | D | 39 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 40 | 51 | 11.8 |
| Nikola Vignjevic | F | 17 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 41 | 12.2 |
| Kia | F | 15 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 32 | 25.0 |
| Otto Orf | GK | 36 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Frank Filo | D | 17 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 16.7 |
| Bill Crook | D | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 14.3 |
| Denny Ciornei | GK | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Radke | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Freddie Butler | M | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Tony Dore | D | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Todd Hoffard | GK | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Maher Atta | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| David Brown | M | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Miles | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Pappy Ampofo-Danso | F | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Ezenwa Ihekoronye | D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 568 | 322 | 266 | 588 | 291 | 27 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 842 | 505 | 1491 | 21.6 |
Goalkeepers:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Schweitzer | 2 | 0:44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alejandro Moreno | 1 | 0:01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Otto Orf | 36 | 2057:49 | 20 | 16 | 254 | 7.41 | 785 | 531 | .676 |
| Todd Hoffard | 13 | 241:54 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 10.91 | 114 | 70 | .614 |
| Denny Ciornei | 4 | 81:01 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 13.33 | 41 | 23 | .561 |
| Hector Marinaro | 12 | 19:47 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 21.23 | 11 | 4 | .364 |
| Totals | 68 | 2401:16 | 21 | 19 | 323 | 8.07 | 951 | 628 | .660 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG | OTG | FC | BL | Shts | S% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoran Karic | F | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 17.9 |
| Hector Marinaro | F | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 26.7 |
| Tom Tanner | M | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Andy Schmetzer | M | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Nikola Ristic | D | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Bozidar Simic | M/D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Ball | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Shawn Boney | F | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 40.0 |
| Scott Schweitzer | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Chad James | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Troy Dusosky | D | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 40.0 |
| Nikola Vignjevic | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Kia | F | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Otto Orf | GK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Bill Crook | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Tony Dore | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Todd Hoffard | GK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ezenwa Ihekoronye | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 31 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 29 | 78 | 20.5 |
Postseason - Goalkeepers:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otto Orf | 2 | 121:03 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 9.42 | 64 | 45 | .703 |
| Todd Hoffard | 1 | 0:28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hector Marinaro | 1 | 3:07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 |
| Totals | 4 | 124:38 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 9.19 | 65 | 46 | .708 |
