1997-98 Cincinnati Silverbacks Statistics

National Professional Soccer League (NPSL)
Team Record: 15-25
in the NPSL's Central Division
Postseason: 1-2
Lost Conference Quarterfinal
Coach: George Fernandez (15-25)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Attendance: 102,902, Avg. 5,145 in 20 home dates

1997-98 Cincinnati Silverbacks Roster

The Cincinnati Silverbacks of the National Professional Soccer League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 15 wins and 25 losses in the NPSL's Central Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-2.

The Silverbacks recorded 287 goals and allowed 310. Gino DiFlorio scored 67 goals for Cincinnati, while Danny Barber, Bernie Lilavois, Paul McDonnell and Franklin McIntosh each contributed fifteen or more also. Gino DiFlorio accounted for 48 assists. Carlos Pena topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 6.81 goals against average, best among goalkeepers with enough qualifying appearances.

George Fernandez coached the team. The 1997-98 Cincinnati Silverbacks lost in the Conference Quarterfinal.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	OTG	FC	BL	Shts	S%
Gino DiFlorio	F	40	67	48	115	5	6	0	4	1	49	33	320	20.9
Bernie Lilavois	F	40	66	24	90	33	6	0	6	0	56	26	188	35.1
Danny Barber	M	39	41	25	66	8	3	0	2	0	59	27	147	27.9
Franklin McIntosh	F	15	20	27	47	16	1	0	0	0	21	7	96	20.8
Paul McDonnell		32	17	11	28	22	4	0	0	0	45	24	76	22.4
Paul Agyeman		36	13	11	24	18	0	0	1	0	42	22	58	22.4
Brad Smith	F	36	14	8	22	17	1	0	0	0	88	16	53	26.4
George Fernandez	D,M	25	2	20	22	23	0	0	1	0	37	24	31	6.5
Jason Vanacour		30	12	7	19	8	0	0	1	0	49	32	83	14.5
Scott Blokker		37	10	5	15	2	0	0	0	0	54	36	37	27.0
Doug Tegge		34	7	5	12	0	0	1	0	0	24	11	27	25.9
Wes Sechrist	D	32	5	7	12	16	1	0	0	0	76	36	33	15.2
Rob Martella		40	6	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	38	13	31	19.4
Craig Rhodis	D	27	3	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	24	11	11	27.3
Byron Mitchell	D	22	0	4	4	20	0	0	0	0	69	15	11	0.0
Carlos Pena	GK	27	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.0
Denzil Antonio	D,G	4	2	1	3	9	0	0	0	0	9	6	18	11.1
Dan Creech		17	2	1	3	9	0	0	0	0	10	5	17	11.8
Rob Nichols		7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	6	0.0
Bench		0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Stevens		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ricky Rodriguez		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.0
John Mers	GK	15	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0.0
Totals		558	287	212	499	232	22	1	15	1	759	350	1246	23.0

Goalkeepers:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Carlos Pena	27	1541:25	13	13	175	6.81	611	436	.714
Jason Stevens	1	28:04	0	1	4	8.55	8	4	.500
John Mers	15	821:18	2	11	123	8.99	351	228	.650
Jason Vanacour	5	8:37	0	0	3	20.89	4	1	.250
George Fernandez	5	10:27	0	0	4	22.97	7	3	.429
Wes Sechrist	2	2:42	0	0	1	22.22	1	0	.000
Totals	55	2412:33	15	25	310	7.71	982	672	.684

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	GWG	FC	BL	Shts	S%
Gino DiFlorio	F	3	4	3	7	0	0	0	6	2	19	21.1
Bernie Lilavois	F	3	5	0	5	0	1	1	4	4	17	29.4
Danny Barber	M	3	6	8	14	2	0	0	4	4	11	54.5
Paul Agyeman		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	3	0.0
Brad Smith	F	3	5	4	9	0	0	0	16	0	14	35.7
Jason Vanacour		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	7	7	0.0
Scott Blokker		3	1	0	1	0	0	0	11	12	6	16.7
Doug Tegge		3	3	0	3	0	0	0	1	2	6	50.0
Wes Sechrist	D	3	1	1	2	4	0	0	9	3	4	25.0
Rob Martella		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Craig Rhodis	D	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	6	0	1	100.0
Byron Mitchell	D	3	0	3	3	6	0	0	19	3	1	0.0
Carlos Pena	GK	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0
Dan Creech		3	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Ricky Rodriguez		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0.0
John Mers	GK	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		47	27	21	48	16	1	1	92	40	92	29.3

Postseason - Goalkeepers:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Carlos Pena	3	169:40	1	2	18	6.39	62	44	.710
John Mers	2	9:48	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	1.000
Jason Vanacour	1	1:23	0	0	1	60.00	1	0	.000
Totals	6	180:51	1	2	19	6.33	64	45	.703