1996-97 Baltimore Spirit Statistics

National Professional Soccer League (NPSL)
Team Record: 20-20
in the NPSL's Eastern Division
Postseason: 3-2
Lost Conference Semifinal
Coach: Mike Stankovic (20-20)
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Attendance: 95,192, Avg. 4,760 in 20 home dates

1996-97 Baltimore Spirit Roster

The Baltimore Spirit of the National Professional Soccer League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 20 wins and 20 losses in the NPSL's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-2.

Baltimore scored 260 goals and conceded 258. Bojan Vuckovic netted 58 goals for the Spirit, while Jason Dieter, Bobby Joe Esposito, Jimmy Glenn, Branko Segota and Sasa Zoric each contributed fifteen or more also. Bojan Vuckovic accounted for 26 assists. Joe Mallia and Chris Vaccaro topped the squad with 8 wins each. Joe Mallia recorded a 6.02 goals against average, pacing goalkeepers with enough qualifying appearances.

Mike Stankovic coached the team. The 1996-97 Baltimore Spirit 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%
Bojan Vuckovic	F	36	58	26	84	12	2	0	5	1	104	24	216	26.9
Sasa Zoric		39	30	16	46	16	0	0	4	0	93	22	147	20.4
Bobby Joe Esposito	F	35	26	12	38	0	10	1	2	0	28	24	73	35.6
Branko Segota	M,F	18	15	20	35	7	2	0	0	0	22	6	85	17.6
Barry Stitz		36	10	22	32	18	0	0	3	0	69	32	64	15.6
Jason Dieter		32	22	8	30	14	3	0	1	0	50	44	74	29.7
Mike Stankovic	D	21	10	17	27	23	1	0	0	0	44	24	66	15.2
Doug Neely	D	34	7	19	26	9	2	1	0	0	35	39	55	12.7
Jimmy Glenn	F	30	18	7	25	7	0	0	1	0	22	5	49	36.7
Ronald Simmons	D	25	9	11	20	28	1	0	1	0	52	43	66	13.6
Michael Henning		31	11	8	19	4	0	0	0	0	28	11	38	28.9
Nesko Milovanovic		21	14	3	17	19	1	0	2	0	81	11	80	17.5
Lance Johnson		27	8	5	13	14	0	0	0	0	52	46	36	22.2
Jamie Christie		34	4	6	10	0	0	0	0	0	44	17	45	8.9
Albert Oni		28	5	4	9	4	0	0	1	0	25	6	17	29.4
Todd Hicks		29	4	5	9	4	0	0	0	0	25	18	25	16.0
Shane Dougherty		14	4	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	6	22	18.2
Chris Vaccaro	GK	17	2	3	5	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	100.0
Bill Harte	M	9	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	6	2	50.0
Joe Mallia	GK	19	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0.0
Josh Houle		23	2	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	22	3	9	22.2
Bench		0	0	0	0	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim McCombs	GK	11	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0.0
Totals		569	260	201	461	248	22	2	20	1	814	387	1178	22.1

Goalkeepers:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Bojan Vuckovic	1	0:41	0	0	1	87.80	1	0	.000
Barry Stitz	3	2:42	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	1.000
Jim McCombs	11	586:23	4	5	58	5.93	207	149	.720
Joe Mallia	19	807:51	8	7	81	6.02	282	201	.713
Chris Vaccaro	17	1001:50	8	7	105	6.29	343	238	.694
Mike Stankovic	7	17:00	0	0	5	17.65	7	2	.286
Jason Dieter	2	5:07	0	0	2	23.45	2	0	.000
Doug Neely	5	7:35	0	0	4	31.65	6	2	.333
Ronald Simmons	1	1:56	0	1	2	62.07	2	0	.000
Totals	66	2431:05	20	20	258	6.37	851	593	.697

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	FC	BL	Shts	S%
Bojan Vuckovic	F	5	11	3	14	2	0	0	1	18	1	37	29.7
Sasa Zoric		3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	9	3	5	20.0
Bobby Joe Esposito	F	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0.0
Branko Segota	M,F	5	11	4	15	0	0	0	0	13	3	29	37.9
Barry Stitz		5	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	13	4	10	20.0
Jason Dieter		2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	2	5	20.0
Mike Stankovic	D	5	2	3	5	2	0	1	1	18	22	21	9.5
Doug Neely	D	5	5	1	6	4	1	0	0	4	6	9	55.6
Jimmy Glenn	F	5	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	5	3	6	0.0
Ronald Simmons	D	5	1	3	4	6	0	0	0	13	12	6	16.7
Michael Henning		3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0.0
Lance Johnson		5	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	16	8	6	16.7
Jamie Christie		5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	100.0
Albert Oni		5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0
Shane Dougherty		5	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	12	5	6	33.3
Joe Mallia	GK	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Steve Boardman	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals		74	38	21	59	16	1	1	3	142	73	147	25.9

Postseason - Goalkeepers:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Joe Mallia	5	293:49	3	2	29	5.94	98	69	.704
Mike Stankovic	2	6:11	0	0	2	20.00	3	1	.333
Totals	7	300:00	3	2	31	6.20	101	70	.693