2014–15 Major Arena Soccer League season

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The 2014–15 Major Arena Soccer League season was the seventh season for the league and the first since six teams from the former Major Indoor Soccer League defected to what was formerly called the Professional Arena Soccer League.[2] The regular season started on October 25, 2014, and ended on March 1, 2015. Each team played a 20-game schedule.[3][4][5][6] Also it was the 37th season of professional Division 1 indoor soccer in the USA and the first season for the MASL as the top league.

Standings[edit]

As of March 1, 2015
  2014-15 League Championship  2014-15 Playoff Team
(Bold) Division Winner  Dropped Out in Mid-Season

Eastern Conference[edit]

Western Conference[edit]

† Dropped out of league on December 23, 2014.[7]
†† Dropped out of league on January 15, 2015. Tacoma replaces them in the schedule.[8]

2015 Ron Newman Cup[edit]

Playoff format[edit]

Top three finishers in each division qualify for the playoffs. The winner of the playoff between the second and third place teams will play the first place team for the division title.

In the Eastern Conference, the playoff format will be the one used in the former MISL. Each round will be a home and home series. Teams that win both games will advance. If the wins are split between the two teams, a fifteen-minute mini game will be played immediately after the second game to break the tie. In the Western Conference, the playoff format will be single elimination, which was used in the former PASL. The Ron
Newman Cup final will use the home and home (MISL) format, including a mini game to break the tie.[9][10]

Eastern Conference Playoffs[edit]

Eastern Division Semi-Final[edit]

Rochester wins series 2 games to 1.

Eastern Division Final[edit]

Central Division Semi-Final[edit]

Milwaukee wins series 2 games to 1.

Central Division Final[edit]

Eastern Conference Championship[edit]

Baltimore wins series 2 games to 0.

Western Conference Playoffs[edit]

Southern Division Semi-Final[edit]

Southern Division Final[edit]

Pacific Division Semi-Final[edit]

Pacific Division Final[edit]

Western Conference Championship[edit]

Monterrey wins series 2 games to 0.

Newman Cup Championship[edit]

Monterrey wins Newman Cup 2 games to 1.

Statistics[edit]

Top scorers[edit]

* MASL Record
Last updated on March 1, 2015. Source: “Scoring Leaders”. Major Arena Soccer League.

Individual Awards[edit]

All-League First Team[edit]

All-League Second Team[edit]

All-League Third Team[edit]

All-Rookie Team[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ “2014-15 League Attendance”. Major Arena Soccer League. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  2. ^ Marshall, Raymond (July 29, 2014). “MASL Announces 2014-15 Alignment”. The Dallas Morning News. Dallas, TX: A. H. Belo. Archived from the original on October 18, 2014. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
  3. ^ “MASL Announces Alignment, Launches New Website”. Major Arena Soccer League. July 29, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-08-02. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
  4. ^ Spicciarello, Franco (September 10, 2014). “Soccer Indoor, al via la Major Arena Soccer League (MASL)”. Soccer Italia (in Italian). Rome, Italy. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
  5. ^ Padilla, Jesus (September 19, 2014). “Pérez se reencuentra con instinto goleador”. Diario La Estrella (in Spanish). Fort Worth, Texas: McClatchy. Archived from the original on October 15, 2014. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
  6. ^ “MASL Announces 2014/15 Schedule”. Major Arena Soccer League. September 9, 2014. Archived from the original on September 11, 2014. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
  7. ^ “MASL Announcement Regarding Hidalgo”. Major Arena Soccer League. December 23, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-12-24. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
  8. ^ “Tacoma Stars return to professional ranks in MASL at ShoWare Center this Friday”. Major Arena Soccer League. January 15, 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-02-14. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  9. ^ “Major Arena Soccer League Announced Division Playoff Formats and Scenarios”. Major Arena Soccer League. February 14, 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-02-14. Retrieved February 14, 2015.
  10. ^ “MASL Playoff Preview”. Major Arena Soccer League (MASL). February 26, 2015. Archived from the original on February 27, 2015. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
  11. ^ “MASL Announces Major Award Winners for 2014/15 Season”. Major Arena Soccer League (MASL). March 19, 2015. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
  12. ^ a b c “MASL Announces 2014/15 All-League Teams”. Major Arena Soccer League (MASL). March 9, 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-03-11. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
  13. ^ “MASL Announces 2014/15 All-Rookie Team”. Major Arena Soccer League (MASL). March 5, 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-03-07. Retrieved March 5, 2015.

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