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Comets to a 24-20 record and a berth in the MISL Playoffs. His 210-point performance established a Kansas City single-season club scoring record, eclipsing the mark of 181 points established by current Comets player/assistant coach Goran Hunjak during the 1994-95 campaign. The two-time all-star was honored as the M ISL Offensive Player of the Week for the seven day periods ending December 2, January 13, March 3, March 17, March 24, March 31, and April 14. Delevski was also honored as the M ISL Offensive Player of the Month for January, March, and April and First Team All-MISL. Delevski has posted 154 goals, 50 assists, and 376 points in just 95 career games. The forward has averaged 3.96 points and 1.62 goals per outing during his professional indoor career. Kansas City?s Delevski Named League MVP ino Delevski, of the Kansas City Comets, has been named the 2001-02 Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) Most Valuable Player. Delevski was selected by MISL team management and a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters from each of the League's host cities. Voters were asked to list three MVP candidates. A first-place ballot was worth five points, a second-place selection three points, and a third-place vote one point. Delevski, 25, becomes the youngest player ever to receive the League's top individual honor after leading the MISL in scoring and claiming the SPALDING Scoring Champion Award following a 210-point campaign. Delevski's achievement marked the end of Cleveland Crunch forward and indoor soccer legend Hector Marinaro's seven-year hold on the points title. Marinaro finished second in scoring with 188 points while D leading the League with 73 assists. The Ok lahoma City Univers ity product received 100 points and 13 first-place votes. Milwaukee's Joe Reiniger finished second in the voting with 42 points and four first-place votes. The Wave's Victor Nogueira was third with 34 points and four first-place ballots, followed by Hector Marinaro, of the Cleveland Crunch. Delevski dominated the MISL scoring chart during the 2001-02 campaign, despite playing in just his second full season of professional indoor soccer. The native of Macedonia paced the MISL and established a League single-season record with 21 3-point goals while also leading in 2-point goals (51) and total goals (86). Delevski averaged 4.88 points and two goals per outing during the 200102 regular season, while leading the Nogueira Receives Unprecedented 8th Goalkeeper Award i ct or N o gu e i r a , of the Milwaukee Wave, received the honor for Goalk eeper of the Year for an unprecedented eighth time. Nogueira was selected through a voting process involving MISL team management as well as a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters from each of the League's host cities. Nogueira, 42, claimed the League honor in 1993-94, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, and 1999-00. The native of Mozambique shared the award last season with Philadelphia's Peter Pappas, who finished second in this year's voting. V Nogueira, a former Nat ional Prof essional Soccer League MVP (1995-96, 1997-98), received 102 points and 13 first-place votes. Pappas garnered 98 points and 11 first-place votes. Kansas City's Chris Damico finished third in the voting with 23 points and two first-place votes. Nogueira led the MISL in all three of the League's major goalkeeping categories during the 2001-02 campaign, while posting a sparkling 27-5 record. The 10-year Wave veteran paced the MISL in wins, points-against average (9.50), and G O A L I n d o o r • June-July 2002• 14 save percentage (.724). During the season, the eight-time All-League selection was named the M ISL Def ensive Player of the Week on seven occasions, while being named the League's Def ens i v e Player of the M onth for December, January, February, and April. Since joining the Wave prior to the 1992-93 season, Nogueira has posted a 227-108 record (.678 win percentage). During this time, the indoor legend has posted a 10.30 points against average and a .724 save percentage. Nogueira, who began his professional career at the age of 15 in his native South Africa, is the only player in North American 2002 M ISL A ttendance Regular Season (22 Home Games, reported by Home Teams) TE A M S EA SON H IG H TOTA L Milwaukee 10,070 146,624 Philadelphia 12,188 117,207 Baltimore 9,368 109,056 Cleveland 8,538 103,129 Kansas City 9,615 102,539 Harrisburg 5,841 90,022 L EA G U E 668,577 A V ER A G E 6,664 5,327 4,957 4,687 4,660 4,091 5,065

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