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

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.

Changes from 2021

Promoted to MASL from M2

• Chihuahua Savage^[6]

Returning

• Baltimore Blast
• Harrisburg Heat
• Milwaukee Wave
• Utica City FC^[7]

Relegated to M2 from MASL

• Turlock Cal Express^[8]

On Hiatus

• Mesquite Outlaws
• Monterrey Flash
• Rochester Lancers^[7]

Folded

• Soles de Sonora^[6]

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

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:

1. The December 18 Blast–Wave game and the December 19 Blast–Comets game resulted in a Did Not Play and both teams received one point.^[4]

East Division

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:

1. The December 18 Blast–Wave game and the December 19 Blast–Comets game resulted in a Did Not Play and both teams received one point.^[4]

West Division

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

	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	–