1987-88 Cleveland Force Statistics

Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL)
Team Record: 30-26
in the MISL's Eastern Division
Postseason: 7-6
Lost Championship
Coach: Timo Liekoski (30-26)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Attendance: 315,807, Avg. 11,279 in 28 home dates

1987-88 Cleveland Force Roster

The Cleveland Force of the Major Indoor Soccer League ended the 1987-88 season with a record of 30 wins and 26 losses in the MISL's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 7-6.

Cleveland scored 242 goals and gave up 219. Craig Allen netted 41 goals for the Force, while Carl Valentine, Gino DiFlorio, Kai Haaskivi, Michael King, John Stollmeyer and Andy Schmetzer each tallied fifteen or more, too. Kai Haaskivi contributed 38 assists. P.J. Johns topped the squad with 19 wins. Victor Nogueira registered a 3.69 goals against average, leading regularly-used goalkeepers.

Timo Liekoski coached the team. The 1987-88 Cleveland Force lost in the Championship.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	OTG	BL	Shts	S%
Craig Allen	F	47	41	32	73	14					15	186	22.0
Kai Haaskivi	M	39	15	38	53	6					43	148	10.1
Gino DiFlorio	F	53	22	22	44	0					25	136	16.2
Carl Valentine	F	32	24	13	37	2					13	119	20.2
Desmond Armstrong	D	50	11	21	32	8					47	98	11.2
John Stollmeyer	D	53	21	10	31	16					105	135	15.6
Andy Schmetzer	F	42	20	9	29	2					27	72	27.8
Pasquale DeLuca	D	48	13	15	28	18					95	73	17.8
Michael King	D	56	18	6	24	10					28	88	20.5
Ali Kazemaini	F	29	14	10	24	2					18	84	16.7
Dennis Mepham	D	36	11	10	21	4					71	75	14.7
Bobby Joe Esposito	F	37	10	4	14	0					15	34	29.4
Benny Dargle	D	56	5	5	10	16					115	83	6.0
Brian Bliss	D	51	4	4	8	4					34	76	5.3
Rui Felgueira	F	24	6	1	7	2					2	31	19.4
Walter Schmetzer	M	32	2	3	5	4					17	46	4.3
Paul Kitson	F	19	4	0	4	0					0	2	200.0
Elias Zurita	F	26	3	1	4	2					2	17	17.6
Glenn Lurie	F	8	2	1	3	4					3	12	16.7
Victor Nogueira	GK	21	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Bench		0	0	0	0	52	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gino Epifani	GK	2	0	0	0	0					0	0
Francis Okaroh	D	13	0	0	0	2					5	2	0.0
P.J. Johns	G	36	0	0	0	12					0	4	0.0
Totals		810	246	207	453	182	0	0	0	0	680	1523	16.2

Goalkeepers:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Victor Nogueira	20	1155:00	11	8	71	3.69	530	225	.425
P.J. Johns	36	2158:35	19	17	134	3.72	1035	474	.458
Walter Schmetzer	1	55:07	0	1	5	5.44	18	6	.333
Gino Epifani	2	4:24	0	0	2	27.27	1	1	1.000
Totals	61	3377:30	30	26	214	3.80	1585	707	.446

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	GWG	OTG	BL	Shts	S%
Craig Allen	F	12	10	7	17	4	2	1	0	3	56	17.9
Kai Haaskivi	M	13	6	13	19	8	2	1	0	18	42	14.3
Gino DiFlorio	F	12	6	8	14	4	1	0	0	11	42	14.3
Carl Valentine	F	12	5	6	11	6	0	0	0	11	40	12.5
Desmond Armstrong	D	13	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	13	17	5.9
John Stollmeyer	D	13	6	3	9	6	4	2	0	31	44	13.6
Andy Schmetzer	F	13	4	2	6	0	0	0	0	6	28	14.3
Pasquale DeLuca	D	7	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	5	14	7.1
Michael King	D	13	1	1	2	4	0	0	0	11	18	5.6
Ali Kazemaini	F	7	5	0	5	2	0	2	1	3	13	38.5
Dennis Mepham	D	13	4	0	4	0	0	1	0	26	32	12.5
Bobby Joe Esposito	F	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Benny Dargle	D	12	3	1	4	2	0	0	0	33	11	27.3
Brian Bliss	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rui Felgueira	F	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Walter Schmetzer	M	10	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	5	0.0
Paul Kitson	F	13	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	6	0.0
Elias Zurita	F	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bench		0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0
John Baretta	GK	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
P.J. Johns	G	13	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Totals		182	52	46	98	64	9	7	1	174	371	14.0

Postseason - Goalkeepers:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
P.J. Johns	13	787:58	7	6	47	3.58	384	163	.424
Totals	13	787:58	7	6	47	3.58	384	163	.424