1996-97 Cincinnati Silverbacks Statistics

National Professional Soccer League (NPSL)
Team Record: 21-19
in the NPSL's Central Division
Postseason: 2-3
Lost Conference Semifinal
Coach: George Fernandez (21-19)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Attendance: 63,459, Avg. 3,173 in 20 home dates

1996-97 Cincinnati Silverbacks Roster

The Cincinnati Silverbacks of the National Professional Soccer League ended the 1996-97 season with a record of 21 wins and 19 losses in the NPSL's Central Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-3.

Cincinnati chalked up 294 goals and yielded 266. Mike Araujo scored 49 goals for the Silverbacks, while Denzil Antonio, Darko Kolic, Bernie Lilavois, Franklin McIntosh, Danny Pena and Brad Smith each contributed fifteen or more, too. Franklin McIntosh recorded 65 assists. Carlos Pena topped the squad with 18 wins and a team-best 5.78 goals against average, best among goalkeepers with enough qualifying appearances.

George Fernandez coached the team. The 1996-97 Cincinnati Silverbacks 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%
Franklin McIntosh	F	36	48	65	113	75	4	1	7	1	45	18	243	19.8
Mike Araujo		40	49	33	82	38	11	0	2	0	40	20	169	29.0
Bernie Lilavois	F	31	31	17	48	28	2	0	2	0	52	10	75	41.3
Denzil Antonio	D,G	40	28	15	43	7	4	0	2	0	111	66	149	18.8
Brad Smith	F	32	20	13	33	85	1	0	2	0	75	12	84	23.8
Darko Kolic	F	34	19	13	32	9	0	0	0	0	32	12	64	29.7
Danny Pena	D	22	17	5	22	47	0	0	0	0	34	27	67	25.4
Danny Barber	M	26	11	11	22	8	0	0	2	0	24	17	48	22.9
George Fernandez	D,M	37	5	13	18	20	0	0	0	0	46	45	49	10.2
Rudy Doliscat	D	36	11	6	17	24	0	0	0	0	99	55	65	16.9
Scott Blokker		38	13	2	15	20	0	0	1	0	37	38	42	31.0
Dan Creech		18	8	4	12	13	0	0	0	0	23	4	24	33.3
Wes Sechrist	D	33	8	4	12	35	0	0	2	0	36	19	29	27.6
Rene Ortiz	D	15	8	3	11	0	3	0	0	0	14	17	64	12.5
Rob Martella		25	7	2	9	4	0	0	0	0	16	10	19	36.8
Doug Tegge		22	5	3	8	5	0	0	1	0	10	4	27	18.5
Rob Ukrop	F	5	3	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	11	2	10	30.0
Paul Cann		5	2	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	8	3	6	33.3
Carlos Pena	GK	33	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Jimmy Glenn	F	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	6	1	1	100.0
Terry Brown	F	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	5	4	0
John Mers	GK	14	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0.0
Bench		0	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
James Danaher		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nikola Jokisic		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Vincent Beck	D	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	6	0.0
Totals		552	294	216	510	447	25	1	21	1	731	388	1243	23.7

Goalkeepers:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Wes Sechrist	1	1:41	0	0	0	0.00	0	0
Carlos Pena	33	1827:23	18	14	176	5.78	631	455	.721
John Mers	14	555:31	3	5	82	8.86	195	113	.579
George Fernandez	5	11:37	0	0	4	20.66	4	0	.000
Danny Pena	6	9:43	0	0	4	24.70	6	2	.333
Totals	59	2405:55	21	19	266	6.63	836	570	.682

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	GWG	FC	BL	Shts	S%
Franklin McIntosh	F	5	3	13	16	5	0	0	17	5	21	14.3
Mike Araujo		5	5	2	7	5	1	0	8	3	20	25.0
Bernie Lilavois	F	5	9	0	9	7	1	0	8	1	19	47.4
Denzil Antonio	D,G	5	4	0	4	2	1	2	15	12	11	36.4
Brad Smith	F	5	7	2	9	16	0	0	24	1	14	50.0
Darko Kolic	F	5	3	1	4	2	0	0	5	2	11	27.3
Danny Barber	M	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	4	6	5	40.0
George Fernandez	D,M	5	1	3	4	9	0	0	10	20	7	14.3
Rudy Doliscat	D	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	6	0	1	0.0
Scott Blokker		5	1	1	2	0	0	0	15	9	5	20.0
Wes Sechrist	D	5	1	1	2	2	0	0	11	7	1	100.0
Rob Martella		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.0
Doug Tegge		2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Paul Cann		4	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	2	1	0.0
Carlos Pena	GK	5	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bench		0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		64	36	27	63	59	3	2	131	68	118	30.5

Postseason - Goalkeepers:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Franklin McIntosh	1	0:07	0	0	0		0	0
Carlos Pena	5	304:16	2	3	33	6.51	111	78	.703
George Fernandez	2	3:10	0	0	0	0.00	0	0
Totals	8	307:33	2	3	33	6.45	111	78	.703