2021–22 Major Arena Soccer League season

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]

Major Arena Soccer League
Season2021–22
ChampionsSan Diego Sockers
6th title
Matches played141
Goals scored1,758 (12.47 per match)
Top goalscorerIan Bennett (50)
Biggest home winTacoma 9–21 Chihuahua (February 26)
Biggest away winSan Diego 12–3 Tacoma (February 12)
Longest winning run20 by San Diego (January 16–April 3)
Longest losing run11 by Harrisburg (January 29–March 11)
Highest attendance6,011 TacomaKansas City (January 22)
Lowest attendance522 ChihuahuaOntario (March 8) and TacomaOntario (March 21)
Average attendance1,847
2021
All statistics correct as of April 13, 2022.

Changes from 2021

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

  Playoff team
  League champion

(Bold) Division Winner

Central Division

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPts
1Kansas City Comets2313019153131+2241[a]
2Dallas Sidekicks24101112128165−3733
3St. Louis Ambush2491212149173−2431
4Milwaukee Wave2391112146162−1631[a]
Source: MASL
Notes:

East Division

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPts
1Florida Tropics SC2318023179120+5956
2Baltimore Blast2111109142111+3137[a]
3Utica City FC2482014119153−3428
4Harrisburg Heat2440119108169−6113
Source: MASL
Notes:

West Division

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPts
1San Diego Sockers241941018298+8466
2Chihuahua Savage2412327185143+4244
3Ontario Fury2481213132141−928
4Tacoma Stars2451216135192−5719
Source: MASL

2022 Ron Newman Cup

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
               
1San Diego Sockers99
8Milwaukee Wave23
1San Diego Sockers664
4Chihuahua Savage721
4Chihuahua Savage445
5Baltimore Blast531
1San Diego Sockers64
2Florida Tropics SC33
3Kansas City Comets753
6Dallas Sidekicks371
3Kansas City Comets822
2Florida Tropics SC744
2Florida Tropics SC86
7St. Louis Ambush44

References