2019–20 Major Arena Soccer League season

The 2019–20 Major Arena Soccer League season is the twelfth season for the league. The league adopted a new format during the offseason, merging the four divisions into two conferences and eliminating the divisional format. On 12 March 2020, the league announced they would end the regular season early due to the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak.[2] On July 1, 2020, MASL announced that the Board of Directors had voted to conclude the 2019–20 season with the recognition of the Monterrey Flash and Florida Tropics being the winners of the Western and Eastern Conferences, respectively.[3]

Major Arena Soccer League
Season2019–20
ChampionsMonterrey Flash (West), Florida Tropics (East)
Matches played179
Goals scored2,289 (12.79 per match)
Top goalscorerFranck Tayou (44 goals)
Biggest home winMonterrey Flash 14–1 Dallas Sidekicks
(December 2, 2019)
Biggest away winRochester Lancers 4–17 Florida Tropics SC
(January 3, 2020)
Highest scoring24 goals
Rochester Lancers 8–16 St. Louis Ambush
(February 1, 2020)
Longest winning run13 Games:
Monterrey Flash
(11/22/19–1/17/2020)
Longest losing run21 Games:
Rochester Lancers
(11/29/19–3/7/20)
Total attendance454,670 (1 match did not report attendance)[1]
Average attendance2,540
2020-21 →
All statistics correct as of July 11, 2020.

Changes from 2018-19
Expansion
Folded
Moved to MASL 2
Returning
Change in season format

On July 19, 2019, the MASL announced the following changes for the 2019–20 season.

  • Teams will be divided into two conferences (Eastern and Western), rather than four divisions.
  • All playoff matchups will follow the best of three format, with the third game being a mini-game following game #2, if the series is tied.

Standings

As of March 12, 2020[6]
  2019-20 League Championship
  2019-20 Playoff Team
(Bold) Division Winner
(Italic) Defending Champion o-Eliminated from playoffs x-clinched playoff spot

Eastern Conference
Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PCT GB
1 Florida Tropics SC—x 21 18 3 173 86 +87 .857 +4
2 Milwaukee Wave 20 14 6 157 96 +61 .700 +0.5
3 Utica City FC 20 14 6 141 106 +35 .700 +0.5
4 Baltimore Blast 23 15 8 175 104 +71 .652 —
5 Harrisburg Heat 21 13 8 150 115 +35 .619 1
6 Kansas City Comets-o 21 10 11 145 136 +9 .476 4
7 St. Louis Ambush-o 21 9 12 126 168 −42 .429 5
8 Orlando SeaWolves-o 20 1 19 88 202 −114 .050 12.5
9 Rochester Lancers-o 22 1 21 79 235 −156 .045 13.5
Updated to match(es) played on March 12, 2020. Source: MASL

Tiebreakers are as follows: Win%, Head to Head, Goal Differential, Wins, Losses.

Western Conference
Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PCT GB
1 Monterrey Flash—y 22 20 2 196 111 +85 .909 +9
2 San Diego Sockers-x 21 15 6 124 104 +20 .714 +4.5
3 Ontario Fury 21 12 9 137 115 +22 .571 +1.5
4 Sonora Suns 22 11 11 173 154 +19 .500 —
5 Tacoma Stars 20 8 12 112 124 −12 .400 2
6 Turlock Cal Express 20 8 12 112 128 −16 .400 2
7 Mesquite Outlaws-o 21 7 14 109 123 −14 .333 3.5
8 Dallas Sidekicks-o 22 3 19 92 178 −86 .136 8
Updated to match(es) played on March 12, 2020. Source: MASL

Tiebreakers are as follows: Win%, Head to Head, Goal Differential, Wins, Losses

Statistics

Top scorers
Rank Scorer Club Games Goals Assists Points
1 Franck Tayou Ontario Fury 21 47 18 65
2 Leo Gibson Kansas City Comets 20 29 31 60
3 Vinicius Dantas Baltimore Blast 22 37 17 54
4 Ian Bennett Milwaukee Wave 20 44 7 51
5 Brayan Aguilar Monterrey Flash 20 33 15 48
6 Ricardo Carvalho Florida Tropics SC 21 23 23 46
7 Tony Donatelli Baltimore Blast 23 22 23 45
8 Max Ferdinand Milwaukee Wave 20 17 27 44
9 Enrique Cañez Sonora Suns 21 33 10 43
10 Nick Perera Tacoma Stars 20 22 20 42

[7]

Playoffs

Top 4 teams from both conferences qualify. Teams seeded 1st get to choose which lower seeded opponent from their conference they will face in the opening round. All rounds of the playoffs, including the championship finals, are best 2 of 3, with the 3rd game being a 15-minute mini-game, if required. On May 21, MASL announced that it intends on having playoffs, with modifications such as one centralized location, and a five-day training camp period.[8] However, on June 3, MASL announced that the plan from May 21 was no longer being implemented, due to logistical difficulties as well as any positives being outweighed by the negatives.[9] With the announcement of the Flash and Tropics winning their conferences, the 2020 season concluded with no playoffs.

End-of-season awards

MASL announced their end of season awards schedule would start on the 8th of April with the All-MASL Honorable Mentions team and culminate on the 18th of April with the MVP award.

References
  1. MASL Attendance
  2. https://www.maslsoccer.com/news/major-arena-soccer-league-to-end-regular-season-ef
  3. https://www.maslsoccer.com/news/flash-and-tropics-named-regular-season-champions
  4. https://www.maslsoccer.com/news/mesquite-outlaws-will-join-major-arena-soccer-leag
  5. https://www.maslsoccer.com/news/masl-announces-revised-2019-2020-schedule
  6. "Standings - Major Arena Soccer League". www.maslsoccer.com.
  7. MASL Stats
  8. https://www.maslsoccer.com/news/statement-on-2019-20-season
  9. https://www.maslsoccer.com/news/masl-still-monitoring-return-to-play-scenarios
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