# 2000–01 National Professional Soccer League season

The 2000–01 National Professional Soccer League season was the seventeenth and final season for the league.

## League standings
### American Conference

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | PCT | GB |
| 1 | Harrisburg Heat | 40 | 24 | 16 | 556 | 552 | +4 | .600 | — |
| 2 | Buffalo Blizzard | 40 | 22 | 18 | 513 | 484 | +29 | .550 | 2 |
| 3 | Baltimore Blast | 40 | 22 | 18 | 591 | 529 | +62 | .550 | 2 |
| 4 | Philadelphia KiXX | 40 | 22 | 18 | 542 | 449 | +93 | .550 | 2 |
| 5 | Cleveland Crunch | 40 | 18 | 22 | 542 | 617 | −75 | .450 | 6 |

### National Conference

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | PCT | GB |
| 1 | Milwaukee Wave | 40 | 24 | 16 | 544 | 452 | +92 | .600 | — |
| 2 | Toronto ThunderHawks | 40 | 21 | 19 | 574 | 556 | +18 | .525 | 3 |
| 3 | Wichita Wings | 39 | 18 | 21 | 516 | 533 | −17 | .462 | 5.5 |
| 4 | Kansas City Attack | 40 | 14 | 26 | 526 | 637 | −111 | .350 | 10 |
| 5 | Detroit Rockers | 40 | 13 | 27 | 469 | 579 | −110 | .325 | 11 |
| 6 | Edmonton Drillers | 9 | 6 | 3 | 135 | 120 | +15 | .667 | 2.5 |

## Playoffs

| Conference Semifinals | Conference Semifinals | Conference Semifinals | Conference Semifinals | Conference Semifinals | Conference Finals | Conference Finals | Conference Finals | Conference Finals | Conference Finals | Championship | Championship | Championship | Championship | Championship | Championship | Championship | |
| A1 | Harrisburg Heat | 19 | 9 | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| A4 | Philadelphia KiXX | 21 | 14 | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| A4 | Philadelphia KiXX | 21 | 14 | – | A4 | Philadelphia KiXX | 19 | 12 | 16 | | | | | | | | |
| American Conference | American Conference | American Conference | American Conference | American Conference | A4 | Philadelphia KiXX | 19 | 12 | 16 | | | | | | | | |
| American Conference | American Conference | American Conference | American Conference | American Conference | A3 | Baltimore Blast | 23 | 8 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| A2 | Buffalo Blizzard | 8 | 13 | – | A3 | Baltimore Blast | 23 | 8 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| A3 | Baltimore Blast | 9 | 18 | – | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| A3 | Baltimore Blast | 9 | 18 | – | | | | | | A4 | Philadelphia KiXX | 12 | 8 | 8 | – | – | |
| | | | | | | | | | | N1 | Milwaukee Wave | 16 | 9 | 10 | – | – | |
| N1 | Milwaukee Wave | 22 | 2 | 22 | | | | | | | | | | | | N1 | Milwaukee Wave | 16 | 9 | 10 | – | – |
| N4 | Kansas City Attack | 7 | 12 | 17 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| N4 | Kansas City Attack | 7 | 12 | 17 | N1 | Milwaukee Wave | 18 | 24 | – | | | | | | | | |
| National Conference | National Conference | National Conference | National Conference | National Conference | N1 | Milwaukee Wave | 18 | 24 | – | | | | | | | | |
| National Conference | National Conference | National Conference | National Conference | National Conference | N2 | Toronto ThunderHawks | 14 | 17 | – | | | | | | | | |
| N2 | Toronto ThunderHawks | 14 | 7 | 16 | N2 | Toronto ThunderHawks | 14 | 17 | – | | | | | | | | |
| N3 | Wichita Wings | 8 | 17 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Scoring leaders

GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts |
| Hector Marinaro | Cleveland | 34 | 63 | 41 | 161 |
| Gino DiFlorio | Harrisburg | 35 | 51 | 48 | 142 |
| Dino Delevski | Wichita | 39 | 57 | 15 | 139 |
| Denison Cabral | Baltimore | 35 | 69 | 15 | 134 |
| Joe Reiniger | Milwaukee | 29 | 51 | 30 | 134 |
| David Bascome | Harrisburg | 40 | 53 | 25 | 128 |
| Domenic Mobilio | Detroit | 39 | 59 | 20 | 124 |
| Clovis Simas | Kansas City | 37 | 56 | 26 | 120 |
| Bernie Lilavois | Harrisburg | 39 | 44 | 36 | 119 |
| Doug Miller | Buffalo | 35 | 47 | 27 | 118 |

## League awards

* Most Valuable Player: Gino DiFlorio, Harrisburg
* Defender of the Year: Omid Namazi, Philadelphia
* Rookie of the Year: Nino Da Silva, Kansas City
* Goalkeeper of the Year: Victor Nogueira, Milwaukee & Pete Pappas, Philadelphia
* Coach of the Year: Richard Chinapoo, Harrisburg
* Finals MVP: Joe Reiniger, Milwaukee

## All-NPSL Teams

| First Team | Position | Second Team | Third Team |
| Victor Nogueira, Milwaukee | G | Pete Pappas, Philadelphia | Doug Petras, Harrisburg |
| Glenn Carbonara, Milwaukee | D | Wes Wade, Kansas City | Jason Dieter, Baltimore |
| Omid Namazi, Philadelphia | D | Droo Callahan, Detroit | John Ball, Cleveland |
| Gino DiFlorio, Harrisburg | M | Joe Reiniger, Milwaukee | Mauro Biello, Toronto |
| Hector Marinaro, Cleveland | F | Denison Cabral, Baltimore | Domenic Mobilio, Detroit |
| David Bascome, Harrisburg | F | Dino Delevski, Wichita | Bernie Lilavois, Harrisburg |

### All-Rookie Team

| Player | Position | Team |
| Nino Da Silva | F | Kansas City |
| Gabriel Gervais | F | Toronto |
| Greg Howes | M | Milwaukee |
| Alex Zotincă | D | Kansas City |
| Chris Morman | D | Harrisburg |
| Theo Zagar | GK | Toronto |