2021–22 Major Arena Soccer League season
| Season | 2021–22 |
|---|---|
| Champions | San Diego Sockers 6th title |
| Matches played | 141 |
| Goals scored | 1,758 (12.47 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Ian Bennett (50) |
| Biggest home win | Tacoma 9–21 Chihuahua (February 26) |
| Biggest away win | San Diego 12–3 Tacoma (February 12) |
| Longest winning run | 20 by San Diego (January 16–April 3) |
| Longest losing run | 11 by Harrisburg (January 29–March 11) |
| Highest attendance | 6,011 Tacoma – Kansas City (January 22) |
| Lowest attendance | 522 Chihuahua – Ontario (March 8) and Tacoma – Ontario (March 21) |
| Average attendance | 1,847 |
← 2021 2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of April 13, 2022. | |
The 2021–22 Major Arena Soccer League season is the fourteenth season for the league. The regular season started on November 26, 2021, and ended on April 3, 2022. Each team was scheduled to play a 24-game schedule.[1] However, two Baltimore Blast games in December were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[2][3][4] and a Florida Tropics SC game at the end of the season was cancelled due to a Southwest Airlines outage preventing the visiting Blast from arriving.[5]
Changes from 2021
[edit]- Promoted to MASL from M2
- Returning
- Relegated to M2 from MASL
- On Hiatus
- Folded
- Change in season format
- On October 5, 2021, the MASL announced that teams will be divided into three divisions (Central, East, and West).[1]
- On October 15, 2021, the MASL announced the following changes for the 2021–22 season:
- Standings will be based on a points system similar to the EISL's variant of the three points for a win system, where a regulation win receives 3 points, a regulation loss receives no points, an overtime or shoot-out win receives 2 points, and an overtime or shoot-out loss receives 1 point.
- Division champions and the top five teams remaining advance to the playoffs, with the division champions seeded on top of the 5 wild cards. Similar to last season, every playoff series will be a 2 game home and home series; if tied after 2 games, a 15 minute overtime period then, if necessary, a golden goal overtime period will follow the end of regulation of Game 2.[9]
Standings
[edit] Playoff team
League champion
(Bold) Division Winner
Central Division
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas City Comets | 23 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 153 | 131 | +22 | 41[a] |
| 2 | Dallas Sidekicks | 24 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 128 | 165 | −37 | 33 |
| 3 | St. Louis Ambush | 24 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 149 | 173 | −24 | 31 |
| 4 | Milwaukee Wave | 23 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 146 | 162 | −16 | 31[a] |
Source: MASL
Notes:
Notes:
East Division
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida Tropics SC | 23 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 179 | 120 | +59 | 56 |
| 2 | Baltimore Blast | 21 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 142 | 111 | +31 | 37[a] |
| 3 | Utica City FC | 24 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 119 | 153 | −34 | 28 |
| 4 | Harrisburg Heat | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 108 | 169 | −61 | 13 |
Source: MASL
Notes:
Notes:
West Division
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego Sockers | 24 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 182 | 98 | +84 | 66 |
| 2 | Chihuahua Savage | 24 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 185 | 143 | +42 | 44 |
| 3 | Ontario Fury | 24 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 132 | 141 | −9 | 28 |
| 4 | Tacoma Stars | 24 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 135 | 192 | −57 | 19 |
Source: MASL
2022 Ron Newman Cup
[edit]| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | San Diego Sockers | 9 | 9 | – | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Milwaukee Wave | 2 | 3 | – | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | San Diego Sockers | 6 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Chihuahua Savage | 7 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Chihuahua Savage | 4 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Baltimore Blast | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | San Diego Sockers | 6 | 4 | – | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Florida Tropics SC | 3 | 3 | – | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Kansas City Comets | 7 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Dallas Sidekicks | 3 | 7 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Kansas City Comets | 8 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Florida Tropics SC | 7 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Florida Tropics SC | 8 | 6 | – | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | St. Louis Ambush | 4 | 4 | – | ||||||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b "MASL ANNOUNCES 2021-22 SCHEDULE". Major Arena Soccer League. October 5, 2021. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
- ^ "BALTIMORE V MILWAUKEE GAME POSTPONED". Major Arena Soccer League. December 17, 2021. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
- ^ "BALTIMORE V KANSAS CITY GAME POSTPONED". Major Arena Soccer League. December 17, 2021. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
- ^ a b c "COVID PROTOCOL UPDATE". Major Arena Soccer League. February 23, 2022. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
- ^ "BAL V FLA". Major Arena Soccer League. April 3, 2022. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
- ^ a b "MASL WELCOMES THE CHIHUAHUA SAVAGE". Major Arena Soccer League. July 13, 2021. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
- ^ a b "Stats". Major Arena Soccer League. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
- ^ "Turlock Cal Express Round Out Lineup for 2021-2022 Season". M2. October 8, 2021. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
- ^ "MASL ANNOUNCES NEW POINT SYSTEM AND PLAYOFF FORMAT". Major Arena Soccer League. October 15, 2021. Retrieved November 20, 2021.