View source for 2000-01 National Professional Soccer League season

{| class="wikitable"
|+Seasons
|[[1999-2000 National Professional Soccer League season|1999-2000]]
|'''2000-01'''
|Final season
|}

== Teams and Alignment ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Conference
!Team
!Primary Venue
!Municipality
|-
| rowspan="5" |American Conference
|Baltimore Blast
|CFG Bank Arena
|Baltimore
|-
|Buffalo Blizzard
|KeyBank Center
|Buffalo, New York
|-
|Cleveland Crunch
|Wolstein Center
|Cleveland
|-
|Harrisburg Heat
|New Holland Arena at The Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center
|Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
|-
|Philadelphia KiXX
|The Spectrum
|Philadelphia
|-
| rowspan="6" |National Conference
|Detroit Rockers
|Joe Louis Arena
|Detroit
|-
|Edmonton Drillers (''folded during season'')
|Northlands Coliseum
|Edmonton, Alberta
|-
|Kansas City Attack
|Hy-Vee Arena
|Kansas City, Missouri
|-
|Milwaukee Wave
|Bradley Center
|Milwaukee
|-
|Toronto ThunderHawks
|Mississauga Sports & Entertainment Centre
|Mississauga, Ontario
|-
|Wichita Wings
|Britt Brown Arena at Kansas Coliseum
|Park City, Kansas
|}

=== Changes ===

* League realigned into American Conference and National Conference.
* Baltimore Blast realigned from American Conference East Division to American Conference.
* Buffalo Blizzard realigned from American Conference Central Division to American Conference.
* Cleveland Crunch realigned from American Conference Central Division to American Conference.
* Detroit Rockers realigned from National Conference North Division to National Conference.
* Edmonton Drillers realigned from National Conference North Division to National Conference.
* Harrisburg Heat realigned from American Conference East Division to American Conference.
* Impact de Montréal fold indoor operations.
* Kansas City Attack realigned from National Conference Midwest Division to National Conference.
* Milwaukee Wave realigned from National Conference North Division to National Conference.
* Philadelphia KiXX realigned from American Conference East Division to American Conference.
* St. Louis Ambush fold.
* Toronto ThunderHawks enfranchised in National Conference, playing at Mississauga Sports & Entertainment Centre in Mississauga, Ontario.
* Wichita Wings realigned from National Conference Midwest Division to National Conference.
* Edmonton Drillers fold during season.

== Regular Season Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Conference
!Team
!W
!L
!GB
|-
| rowspan="5" |American Conference
|'''Harrisburg Heat'''
|'''24'''
|'''16'''
|
|-
|'''Buffalo Blizzard'''
|'''22'''
|'''18'''
|'''2'''
|-
|'''Baltimore Blast'''
|'''22'''
|'''18'''
|'''2'''
|-
|'''Philadelphia KiXX'''
|'''22'''
|'''18'''
|'''2'''
|-
|Cleveland Crunch
|18
|22
|6
|-
| rowspan="6" |National Conference
|'''Milwaukee Wave'''
|'''24'''
|'''16'''
|
|-
|'''Toronto ThunderHawks'''
|'''21'''
|'''19'''
|'''3'''
|-
|'''Wichita Wings'''
|'''18'''
|'''21'''
|'''5.5'''
|-
|'''Kansas City Attack'''
|'''14'''
|'''26'''
|'''10'''
|-
|Detroit Rockers
|13
|27
|11
|-
|''Edmonton Drillers''
|''6''
|''3''
|''2.5''
|}

== Postseason Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |Team (Best-of-Three)
! colspan="2" |Team (Best-of-Three)
! colspan="2" |Team (Best-of-Five)
!Champions
|-
|Harrisburg Heat
|0
| rowspan="2" |'''Philadelphia KiXX'''
| rowspan="2" |'''2'''
| rowspan="4" |Philadelphia KiXX
| rowspan="4" |0
| rowspan="8" |'''Milwaukee Wave'''
|-
|'''Philadelphia KiXX'''
|'''2'''
|-
|Buffalo Blizzard
|0
| rowspan="2" |Baltimore Blast
| rowspan="2" |1
|-
|'''Baltimore Blast'''
|'''2'''
|-
|'''Milwaukee Wave'''
|'''2'''
| rowspan="2" |'''Milwaukee Wave'''
| rowspan="2" |'''2'''
| rowspan="4" |'''Milwaukee Wave'''
| rowspan="4" |'''3'''
|-
|Kansas City Attack
|1
|-
|'''Toronto ThunderHawks'''
|'''2'''
| rowspan="2" |Toronto ThunderHawks
| rowspan="2" |0
|-
|Wichita Wings
|1
|}

== Special Event Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Event
!Away
!Score
!Home
|-
|NPSL All-Star Game
|National Conference
|18-19
|'''American Conference'''
|}

== Markets and Venues ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Combined Statistical Area
!Metropolitan Statistical Area
!Metropolitan Division
!County / Equivalent
!Municipality
!Venue
!Team / Event
!Regular
!Postseason
!Total
|-
| rowspan="2" |Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Olean, NY Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Erie County, New York
| rowspan="2" |Buffalo, New York
| rowspan="2" |KeyBank Center
|Buffalo Blizzard
|20
|One
|21
|-
|NPSL All-Star Game
|
|
|One
|-
|Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Cleveland, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Cuyahoga County, Ohio
|Cleveland
|Wolstein Center
|Cleveland Crunch
|20
|
|20
|-
|Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI Combined Statistical Area
|Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI Metropolitan Division
|Wayne County, Michigan
|Unincorporated
|USA Hockey Arena
|Detroit Rockers
|20
|
|20
|-
| colspan="4" |Edmonton Census Metropolitan Area
|Edmonton, Alberta
|Northlands Coliseum
|Edmonton Drillers
|Five
|
|Five
|-
|Harrisburg-York-Lebanon, PA Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
|Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
|New Holland Arena at The Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center
|Harrisburg Heat
|20
|One
|21
|-
|Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Jackson County, Missouri
|Kansas City, Missouri
|Hy-Vee Arena
|Kansas City Attack
|20
|One
|21
|-
|Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha, WI Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
|Milwaukee
|Bradley Center
|Milwaukee Wave
|20
|Five
|25
|-
|New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Trenton-Princeton, NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Mercer County, New Jersey
|Trenton, New Jersey
|CURE Insurance Arena
|Philadelphia KiXX
|Four
|
|Four
|-
| rowspan="2" |Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD Combined Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division
| rowspan="2" |Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
| rowspan="2" |Philadelphia
|The Spectrum
|Philadelphia KiXX
|16
|Two
|18
|-
|Xfinity Mobile Arena
|Philadelphia KiXX
|
|One
|One
|-
| colspan="4" |Toronto Census Metropolitan Area
|Mississauga, Ontario
|Mississauga Sports & Entertainment Centre
|Toronto ThunderHawks
|20
|Three
|23
|-
|Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Baltimore
|CFG Bank Arena
|Baltimore Blast
|20
|Three
|23
|-
|Wichita-Arkansas City-Winfield, KS Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Wichita, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Sedgwick County, Kansas
|Park City, Kansas
|Britt Brown Arena at Kansas Coliseum
|Wichita Wings
|19
|One
|20
|-
| colspan="7" |'''Total'''
|'''204'''
|'''18'''
|'''223'''
|}
[[Category:2000-01]]
[[Category:National Professional Soccer League (1990-2001) seasons]]