Canadian-born Marinaro and Serbia native Karic filled that quota immediately. Besides Marinaro and Karic, holdovers from the MISL Crunch were midfielders Tommy Tanner and Andy Schmetzer, defender George Fernandez and young goalkeeper Otto Orf. Orf had only a 14–32 record the previous three years with the club as backup to P.J. Johns. Before switching leagues, Miller had signed four-time NPSL goalkeeper of the year Jamie Swanner from the Canton Invaders. That contract was voided when the Crunch entered the NPSL. Swanner and several ex-Invaders signed as free agents with another expansion team, the Buffalo Blizzard. New Crunch coach Gary Hindley wanted Orf as his starter, citing the big keeper's strong throwing arm as an offensive weapon. He wanted Orf getting the ball to Marinaro and Karic with outlet passes at the team's new home, the CSU Convocation Center, where the playing surface was considerably smaller than at the Richfield Coliseum. Orf became a 25-game winner, Marinaro and Karic shattered all scoring records, and Cleveland advanced to the league finals, where it lost to the Kansas City Attack, three games to two. A year later, the Crunch finally broke through to win Cleveland's first championship in any pro sport in 30 years. Marinaro scored the dramatic game-winner in double overtime as Cleveland overcame a 15–10 deficit to defeat the visiting St. Louis Ambush, 17–15, to take the series, three games to one. Lichter faded from view when the MISL folded and Hoffman became even more active as owner during the Crunch's almost yearly run to the finals. Hoffman eventually sold his interest to a Cleveland group headed by Richard Dietrich. Soon after, the NPSL reorganized itself as the new Major Indoor Soccer League in 2001. The team took on the old Cleveland Force name in 2002. Team honors League championships 1993–94 NPSL Champions 1995–96 NPSL Champions 1998–99 NPSL Champions 2021 MASL2 Champions Division titles (Regular Season) 1990–91 MSL Eastern Division 1994–95 NPSL American Division 1995–96 NPSL American Division 1996–97 NPSL Central Division 1998–99 NPSL Central Division 1999-00 NPSL Central Division 2021-22 M2 Great Lakes Division Division/Conference titles (Playoffs) 1991 MSL Eastern Division 1993 NPSL American Division 1994 NPSL American Division 1996 NPSL American Division 1997 NPSL American Conference 1999 NPSL American Conference 2000 NPSL American Conference Individual honors Most Valuable Player Award 1992–93 Hector Marinaro 1993–94 Zoran Karic 1994–95 Hector Marinaro 1995–96 Hector Marinaro (shared with Milwaukee's Victor Nogueira) 1996–97 Hector