1997-98 Philadelphia KiXX Statistics

National Professional Soccer League (NPSL)
Team Record: 26-14
in the NPSL's Eastern Division
Postseason: 3-3
Lost Conference Final
Coach: Dave MacWilliams (26-14)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 172,733, Avg. 8,637 in 20 home dates

1997-98 Philadelphia KiXX Roster

The Philadelphia KiXX of the National Professional Soccer League ended the 1997-98 season with a record of 26 wins and 14 losses in the NPSL's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-3.

The KiXX scored 292 goals and yielded 246. Kevin Sloan netted 57 goals for Philadelphia, while Don D'Ambra, Bobby Joe Esposito, Matt Knowles, Omid Namazi and John Olu-Molomo each contributed fifteen or more as well. Omid Namazi accounted for 53 assists. Pete Pappas earned 24 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 5.66 goals against average, topping goalkeepers with enough qualifying appearances.

Dave MacWilliams coached the team. The 1997-98 Philadelphia KiXX lost in the Conference Final.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG	OTG	FC	BL	Shts	S%
Kevin Sloan	M	36	57	23	80	15	5	2	5	2	83	29	243	23.5
Matt Knowles	D	38	48	30	78	24	6	1	3	0	90	40	266	18.0
Omid Namazi	D,M	39	17	53	70	18	3	1	1	0	125	51	100	17.0
Don D'Ambra	F	40	52	17	69	13	3	0	7	0	103	23	173	30.1
John Olu-Molomo	M,F	33	29	11	40	13	3	0	2	0	67	22	92	31.5
Marcelo Valencia		31	9	19	28	14	0	0	1	0	31	29	54	16.7
Rob Johnson	F	30	14	10	24	13	0	0	1	0	49	13	44	31.8
Bobby Joe Esposito	F	36	15	8	23	6	1	0	1	0	29	10	48	31.3
Mali Walton	D	38	8	13	21	30	0	0	0	0	77	46	42	19.0
Mike Veneto		32	10	7	17	0	0	0	1	0	28	12	30	33.3
Joey Murtagh		31	9	6	15	18	1	0	0	0	29	11	25	36.0
Jose Luis Rojano		34	10	4	14	2	0	0	1	0	17	19	43	23.3
Brian Theil		40	4	9	13	25	0	0	1	0	93	66	26	15.4
Scott Henderson	D	40	1	9	10	2	0	0	0	0	65	100	29	3.4
Kwaku Adu-Gyamfi		31	4	3	7	0	0	0	1	0	28	5	33	12.1
Pete Pappas	GK	34	0	6	6	4	0	0	0	0	7	3	5	0.0
John McIntyre		9	4	0	4	5	0	0	1	0	9	5	8	50.0
Nick Chrisanthon		6	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	3	1	100.0
Vincent Beck	D	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bench		0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Mann	GK	1	0	0	0						0		0
Paul Royal	GK	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Franklin McIntosh	GK	1	0	0	0						0		0
Scott McDoniel	GK	1	0	0	0						0		0
Trip Ellis		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Connor		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0.0
Juan De La O	GK	13	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Totals		600	292	230	522	230	22	4	26	2	940	490	1264	23.1

Goalkeepers:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Paul Royal	1	0:01	0	0	1	3,600.00	1	0	.000
Scott Henderson	2	0:09	0	0	2	800.00	2	0	.000
Scott McDoniel	1	0:47	0	0	0	0.00	0	0
Matt Knowles	1	0:10	0	0	0	0.00	0	0
Franklin McIntosh	1	2:07	0	0	0	0.00	0	0
Omid Namazi	11	34:59	0	0	3	5.15	7	4	.571
Pete Pappas	34	1886:52	24	9	178	5.66	669	491	.734
Juan De La O	12	492:32	2	5	62	7.55	189	127	.672
Pat Mann	1	5:22	0	0	2	22.36	3	1	.333
Totals	64	2422:59	26	14	248	6.14	871	623	.715

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	GWG	OTG	FC	BL	Shts	S%
Kevin Sloan	M	6	5	4	9	4	1	0	0	19	3	39	12.8
Matt Knowles	D	6	4	5	9	4	0	0	0	26	4	57	7.0
Omid Namazi	D,M	6	0	5	5	23	0	0	0	18	8	11	0.0
Don D'Ambra	F	6	10	6	16	0	1	1	1	21	4	34	29.4
Marcelo Valencia		6	6	4	10	0	0	1	0	13	1	21	28.6
Rob Johnson	F	6	3	2	5	7	0	0	0	12	4	11	27.3
Bobby Joe Esposito	F	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	4	12	0.0
Mali Walton	D	6	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	13	11	11	9.1
Mike Veneto		6	4	1	5	0	0	1	1	12	1	10	40.0
Joey Murtagh		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0.0
Brian Theil		6	0	1	1	13	0	0	0	17	9	4	0.0
Scott Henderson	D	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	10	14	5	20.0
Kwaku Adu-Gyamfi		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pete Pappas	GK	6	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0
John McIntyre		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.0
Vincent Beck	D	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Bench		0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Juan De La O	GK	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		89	34	30	64	61	2	3	2	175	65	217	15.7

Postseason - Goalkeepers:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Marcelo Valencia	1	5:54	0	0	1	12.00	1	0	.000
Omid Namazi	1	9:19	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	1.000
Pete Pappas	6	330:04	3	3	42	7.64	128	86	.672
Juan De La O	2	21:57	0	0	2	5.71	10	8	.800
Totals	10	367:14	3	3	45	7.36	140	95	.679