2025–26 Major Arena Soccer League season
| Season | 2025–26 |
|---|---|
← 2024–25 2026–27 → | |
The 2025–26 Major Arena Soccer League season is the eighteenth season of the league and the eleventh season as the Major Arena Soccer League. The regular season started on November 28, 2025, and ends on March 29, 2026. Each team will play 24 games for a total 96 games to be played.[1]
Changes from 2024–25
The league dropped from 12 teams from the 2024–25 season to 8 teams. With only 8 teams in the league, the playoff structure adjusted to having the top 6 teams qualify for the Ron Newman Cup Playoffs, with the top 2 seeds receiving a first-round bye.
Teams
Stadiums and locations
| Team ! Arena ! Location ! Capacity |
|---|
| Baltimore Blast | TU Arena | Towson, Maryland | 3,580 |
| Empire Strykers | Toyota Arena | Ontario, California | 9,736 |
| Kansas City Comets | Cable Dahmer Arena | Independence, Missouri | 5,800 |
| Milwaukee Wave | UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | 9,500 |
| San Diego Sockers | Frontwave Arena | Oceanside, California | 7,500 |
| St. Louis Ambush | Family Arena | St. Charles, Missouri | 9,643 |
| Tacoma Stars | accesso ShoWare Center | Kent, Washington | 7,141 |
| Utica City FC | Adirondack Bank Center | Utica, New York | 3,860 |
Returning
8 of the 12 teams that competed in the previous season returned for the 2025–26 season
- Baltimore Blast
- Empire Strykers
- Kansas City Comets
- Milwaukee Wave
- San Diego Sockers
- St. Louis Ambush
- Tacoma Stars
- Utica City FC
Dropped to MASL 2
- The Harrisburg Heat relocated to Hershey Park Arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania for the 2025–26 season. The Heat have temporarily moved to M2 due to the arena dates only working with the M2 schedule. The Heat will return to MASL for the 2026–2027 season.[2]
Folded
- The Dallas Sidekicks, Texas Outlaws, and Chihuahua Savage were removed from the league's list of teams on its website prior to the start of the season.
Change in season format
For the first time in league history, each team will have the opportunity to play every opponent.[3]
Regular season
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas City Comets | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 100 | 86 | +14 | 27 |
| 2 | Milwaukee Wave | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 86 | 77 | +9 | 24 |
| 3 | San Diego Sockers | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 81 | 67 | +14 | 24 |
| 4 | Tacoma Stars | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 63 | 81 | −18 | 20 |
| 5 | St. Louis Ambush | 13 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 59 | 66 | −7 | 21 |
| 6 | Baltimore Blast | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 79 | 69 | +10 | 17 |
| 7 | Empire Strykers | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 70 | 73 | −3 | 14 |
| 8 | Utica City FC | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 74 | 96 | −22 | 12 |
Teams get 3 points for a regulation win, 2 points for an overime/shootout Win, 1 Point for an overtime/shootout loss.
Last update: Feb 8th, 2026
2026 Ron Newman Cup
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||
* represent overtime periods
References
- ^ "Schedule - Major Arena Soccer League". Retrieved February 4, 2026.
- ^ "News: MASL AND HARRISBURG HEAT RELEASE JOINT STATEMENT - Major Arena Soccer League". www.maslsoccer.com. October 3, 2025.
- ^ "News: 2025-26 MASL SCHEDULE POWERED BY FASTBREAK AI - Major Arena Soccer League". www.maslsoccer.com. October 16, 2025.